Larger Bond Subscription Necessary in Fourth Liberty Loan
Unofficial reports suggest buyers of the Fourth Liberty Loan will be expected to subscribe for larger amounts than in prior issues. The Seventh District, including Iowa and much of Illinois Wisconsin Indiana and Michigan, prepares for the drive starting September 28 with county and school district organizations forming the campaign machine. District leaders aim to both raise more subscribers and greatly increase individual subscriptions to double the district’s total from the third loan.
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Fedora Reserve
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
My Irish Cinderella at Adler Theatre Next Sunday
The Adler Theatre presents My Irish Cinderella on Sunday Sept 22 with matinee and night showings. Peggy McNeil plays Peggy as Wingate Earl schemes to claim the Earl of Lonsdale’s estate while a bold American aviator wins Peggy’s heart, amid Irish wit and popular songs by Daisy Carleton.
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Adler Theatre
Peggy McNeil
New York
London
Wingate Earl
Earl of Lonsdale
Peggy
Earl
Daisy Carleton
Ireland
Erin
New Home on Oak Street Welcomes McGinllig Family
The McGinllig family moved into their handsome new residence on the corner of Oak Street and West Sixth as neighbors celebrate the fresh address and the start of a local homestead.
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C.D. McGinllig
Oak Street
West
Grand Rapids May Rest Rooms Plan Rejected by City Council
Grand Rapids pushes rest room plans as a rival city prepares installations while Marshfield’s council rejects a Chamber of Commerce driven Market Square and Rest Room proposal citing financial strain. The exchange highlights differing municipal priorities and potential shifts in regional trade and farmer welfare.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of_Commerce
Grand
Rapids
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Tribune
Private Victor Irminger and the mule Tobe in France
In a war zone near Avondale Missouri the Marine Private Victor Irminger rest beside a wall when a loud bray from an old Missouri mule named Tobe echoes the farm’s days. Irminger recalls how the mule was pressed into service by a mule buyer after his enlistment.
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Kansas City
U. S
France
Tobe
Missouri
Victor Irminger
Avondale
Irminger
Wounded in France writes of hospital care and mail
Corp George B Harper, Co A 127 Infantry, reports from a French hospital after a July 21 machine gun wound to his left leg. He describes care, Red Cross aid, a 56 bed ward, and hopes for a month or more of stay. He asks family to forward items to P O No 724 and to write often, sending congratulations on a recent marriage.
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France
Red Cross Society
P. S
Manufacturers Meet at Stevens Point War Industries Board
A regional War Industries Board meeting for Subsection No 6 of Region 17 gathered largely from Grand Rapids Stevens Point Marshfield and Port Edwards with A G Felker F B Lamson J M Alexander as chairman. Reports from Portage and Wood counties noted progress on winning war work and plans to route bid schedules from Milwaukee to suitable associations. Information on orders and blue print specifications available via phone telegraph or photostat at cost. Secretaries received Form A bidding copies for Navy Department orders.
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J. M. Alexander
Port Edwards
Portage
Wood Counties
Chamber of Commerce
Stevens Point
Grand Rapids
Marshfield
Milwaukee
Commercial Association
Eac
Navy Department
Dentist Dr W T Pond Over the Woolworth Store
Dentist Dr W T Pond operates above the Woolworth store in a concise rented space noted by local listings. The ad mentions professional dental services with emphasis on accessibility and location, providing a compact contact cue for residents seeking care.
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Woolworth
Wausau Soldier Critiques German Teaching Row
Franklin E. Gritzmacher, from Camp Greenleaf Ga, praises the Wausau school board for keeping German in the high school. He mocks anti German sentiment, urges teaching harsh German propaganda, and condemns German actions, urging patriotic responses as American citizens support the policy.
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Marathon County
Board of Education
Wausau
Camp Greenleaf
Chickamauga Park
Wausau High School
Seed corn drive urges Wood County pickup and seed supply
Wisconsin emergency agent urges farmers to select dry seed corn now for 1920 planting and to share with neighbors, recalling prior seeds shipped into Wood County and money lost on poor seed. The notice asks residents to test germination, dry thoroughly, and plan to sell well cured seed worth 20000 dollars to boost local supply. A summons from Wood County Circuit Court follows the seed advisory.
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Wood County
W. W. Clark
Bids Wanted for City Sewers in Marshfield Wisconsin
Bids are invited by the Board of Public Works Marshfield for two 8 inch sewers on West Ninth Street and West A Street with separate price bids for complete work and for labor and materials. Proposals need a 5 percent certified check, bids due October 1 1918, City Clerk John Seubert delivering in Marshfield.
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Board of Public Works
Marshfield
Wisconsin
Ninth Street
Central Avenue
Blum Bros. Box
John Seubert
Marshfield Band Headlines Neillsville Fair Show
The Marshfield band, a main attraction at Clark County fair in Neillsville, provided music for all three days. Eleven members managed the trip due to work commitments, yet they delivered a strong performance and pleased fair patrons.
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Marshfield
Clark County
Neillville
Slack Named Not a Slacker Soldier in Marine Corps Notice
Washington dispatch notes Preston Leo Slack, a private in the Marine Corps, commended for remarkable courage and fidelity to duty as a liaison agent during enemy operations in the Bois de Belleau. Slack enlisted May 29, 1917, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Washington, D. C
Bill Shakespeare
Slack
United States Marine Corps
Preston Leo Slack
Marine Corps
Bois de Belleau
U.S Marines
Boston
Mazz
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Harley Clingy
Corp
George B. Harper, Co. A
United State War Industries Board
A. G. Felker
F. B. Lamson
Adler
Opera House
SUN
Iri
Arya
Pabst Theatre
The
Ali
Red Cross
Free America
Lusitania
Franklin E, Gritzmacher
One Adler
Win
Hart
William
United States War
Pershing
Crusaders
U.S. Government
Dr Rosco (Fatty) Arbuckle
Paramount Arbuckle
Vitagraph
Nell Shipman
Alfred Whitman
Girl From
Cyrus Townsend Brady
State of
Charles F. Banderob
Katherine “‘Banderob
Edwards
Neillsville Fair
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