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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1913
Page
9
The Junior Civic League published a complete prize list for garden contests at the library awards ceremony. Prizes covered yards, vegetable and flower gardens, window boxes, and vine coverings with multiple first second and third prizes. Names of winners across many categories are listed for prizes ranging from 75 cents to $2 each.
The page lists sections and features including Weak's News 5 Page Garden Contest prizes awarded Miss Malson wins automobile Stevens Paint trimmed and Connor Marsh controversy with classified advertisements and local news notes Country Correspondence Second Section For Landseaker Facts For the Multitude Wisconsin Supreme in Dairying WB Save Millions for Cheese Editorial Comments Growth of bank Deposit Pictures on Every Page
Marshfield hunters flocked to open fields and marshes Sunday for the season opening of chicken and grouse. About 250 people left town in parties with varied gear and dogs, chasing birds across Marathon County. Notable parties reported 41 grouse and chickens, with one dog lost and others returning with birds. The season runs September 7 to October 1, and many groups planned weeklong hunts across diverse locales.
In a sensational game on Stevens Point grounds Marshfield beat Stevens Point 5 4 in ten innings after a tense battle. Arnold of Ashland struck out 21 for Marshfield while the standings show Stevens Point 4 1 800 rate and Marshfield 3 2 600 with Grand Rapids 3 3 500 and Nekoosa 1 4 200. A prior Point Marshfield game was protested and not included in the standings.
New arrivals report three births. A son was born to Mr and Mrs J J Leick of Rozellville on Friday. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Gustav Laschinski Jr on Friday. A daughter was born Friday to Mr and Mrs H C Koenig.
Marshfield women urge a “good live butcher” to deliver meats to restore deli service. Local dealers say delivery is possible but adds cost. William Wenzel of Palace Meat Co notes strong demand and higher delivered prices, citing boiled ham at 35¢/lb locally versus 45¢/lb with deliveries elsewhere, plus beefsteak price gaps.
A collision between two gasoline handcars on the Chel sea to Rib Lake line last Tuesday night killed two men, Andrew Olson and Peter Trojan. Each car had a single occupant. they struck on a curve in opposite directions, throwing both men free. Olson died almost instantly. Trojan suffered a fractured skull and died Saturday morning after surgery at Marshfield hospital.
Central state readers praise the Marshfield Fair noting free acts home products exhibit and pump kins are admired while all enjoy the races. Editors agree the fair made good with no excuses needed and generally positive sentiment runs through the comments from multiple exchanges.
The Times announces Miss Jennie Mattson daughter of John Mattson Richfield won the Ford roadster by a wide margin after a subscriber drive contest. Final counts credit Mattson 699 800 votes with other prizes going to Miss Pearl Hadygeden Miss Lottie Heeg Mrs John Sartell and Mrs Fred Thuss plus smaller awards and refunds.
The Times announces a sixteen page farm edition in two parts, local news and a Landseekers' Information section. It extols the Marshfield Dairy Belt, predicting it will become the world’s busiest dairy center within ten years, urging readers to invest where returns are best and noting strong cheese and butter growth.
Acting on verbal orders from Mayor Robert Connor, police arrested contractor Louis Larsen for starting work on a cement sidewalk in front of Washington school on Central avenue. The dispute involves Marshfield Telephone Exchange poles, city plans, and potential legal costs, with Larsen threatening a civil suit for false arrest.
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