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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1897
Page
5
Fragmented notices describe local vice and virtue from a district paper. Mentions include crop success reports, livestock losses, accidents, marriages, new lighting talks, and a parade of townsfolk such as Johnson, Gray, Vaughn, and Wright. The item sketches civic life with terse, era-tinged detail.
A fatal accident near Pax River Land Go west of Conia avenue occurred at noon when John Popp, helping clear land with John Biber, left to drive away feeding cattle as a tree began to fall. The tree crushed him instantly, trapping him under its 10 inch stump. Judge Wiech supervised removal to Geo. Upman undertakers. Popp, about 40, was Bohemian immigrant with wife and daughter left behind. Funeral planned from St. John's Catholic church on Sunday.
Jung Saturnay from Maze visits an office with rock samples wrapped in a ban dana handkerchief, hoping to send them for assay. He expects a gleaming white mineral to be valuable though the rocks appear ordinary. The farmer believes he has found a silver mine.
Labor Day activities featured a workers union parade led by Woodworkers Union No. members, a noon suspension of business, and a PM parade to the grounds. Judge Pors spoke, Graspers band played, and dancing followed. A cool afternoon picnic drew a sizable crowd with races and farm team feats noted, including Upham’s catching and Bauer Bros. team RKing BR earning second prize.
Chicago visitors include K Smockler and Louis Laemles buying stock. Miss Bessie Smith visits Minneapolis friends while Miss Mary Tack stays with her brother TL Tack. Stratford figures Len Sargent and Chief Justice Mace Bulman visit. Many locals travel for family ties and probate business.
Notice in Wood County Michigan regarding the estate of Peter Multeret of Marshfield Wood County. Petition seeks appointment of Henry Peabhelm as administrator. Hearing set before the Probate Court in Grand Rapids on October 12 A.D. 18 details published in the Marshfield paper.
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