Railroads Merge For Period Of Present War
The Railroads War Board reports a wartime plan to cut passenger service to essentials, freeing locomotives and crews and moving empty cars to needed districts. It highlights 113,420 empty cars moved, grain export efficiency, and extensive pooling of coal and ore to speed military mobilization while balancing freight and troop movements with public cooperation.
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Railroads’ War Board
Council of National Defense
War Board
Florida
Georgia
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Minnesota
National Army
National Guard
Mann Calf Lost and Local Happenings Near Mann
George Zann lost a valuable calf last week. Pierre Schkney assists Henry Gowman on the farm this week. Albert oil returned from North Dakota harvest fields. Hay near Devil's Lake and Tale and stall grain quality poor. Wedding bells soon near Mann. Julia Egger visited Minnesota State Fair and traveled via Hudson and Eau Claire. John Egger married Martha Rusa at Zion parsonage on Wednesday. They plan to live in Marshfield with a farm in Spencer Township."
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Mann
George Zann
Pierre Shckney
Henry Gowman
Albert
North Dakota
Devil's Lake & Tale
Conrad Seubert
C. Seubert
Julia Egger
Minneapolis
Hudson and
Eau Claire
August Kibbel
John Egger
Zion Evangelical Parsonage
Martha Rusa
Richfield
Marshfield
Spencer
King
Mohle Local Roundup Sees Visits and Daily Life
Mohle notes Mrs. John Hensley and daughter Alice returned to Milwaukee after two weeks with relatives George Hankel. Jake Krause from Fond du Lac visited John Regelo. Farmers are filling their silos. Mrs. Georgia West plans an addition to her farm home. Matt Knedling returned from the Sunish home. L. B. Morey’s little son fell ill but is improving. A large Bakerville dance drew many youths. Ed Lehnert’s farm dog was killed by a car last Sunday evening.
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Mohle
John Hensley
Alice
George Hankel
Milwaukee
Jake Krause
Fond du Lac
John Regelo
Georgia West
Matt Knedling
Mate “Sunish
L. B. Morey
Bakerville
Ed. Lehnert
Busy social week in Richfield as anniversaries and visits fill town
In Richfield on September 17 residents recount a lively period. Grandmother Hugh visited the Kapton home while Mr. and Mrs. Hamiston celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary with friends and a large 100 piece china set. Miss Catol Thomas visited from Grand Rapids. Local church events and a Sunday school convention loom. Marks of drought in northern Montana reach Miss Pansy Wood. Funeral attendance for Vera Brien at Marshfield draws few. Walter Miner recovers from typhoid fever. Ed Cramer improves after an illness. Social center meets Friday. Ina Billings visits from Marshfield. Minnie Gadson visits family. Oscar Ward and mother enjoy a new Dodge. Alvin Hanson returns from Camp Douglas. Eugene Venderhoof and Marshfield family attend Hamiston’s wedding party.
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Richfield
Grandma Hugh
G. H. Kapton
J. M. Hamiston
Cato] Thomas
Grand
Jorden
Walter Miner
Cramer
Ina Billings
Marshfield
Frank Henbest
Minnie Gadson
John Gadson
Oscar Ward
Dodge Cay
Alvin Hanson
Camp Douglas
Julius Hanson
Eugene Venderhoof
Hamiston
Bakerville Community Notes Date Sept 17 Update
Andrew Bush and Tynatz Tleischman set up the foundation for new silos to be erected next week for Louis Kasberger and Andrew Heichsner. Mrs. Frank Yaeger of Boyd Wisconsin visits Mr and Mrs Math Yaeger. Various locals from Shermantown Marshfield Chiti and nearby attended gatherings with John Sicklinger and family. Henry Miller returns home from summer farm work in Indiana to his parents.
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Bakerville
Andrew Bush
Tynatz Tleischman
Louis Kasberger
Andrew Heichsner
Frank Yaeger
Boyd
Wis
Math, Yaeger
Shermantown
John Kass
Joseph Schroeder
Marshfield
Indiana
Ben Miller
Mill Creek Local Notes and Visit Highlights
Mill Creek reports farmers busy cutting corn and filling silos after Jack Wrost's visit last week. Visitors drop by as August Ohay sustains injuries. Mr and Mrs Martin Nelson and children visited from Kichespen. Mr and Mrs Thomas Born and family hosted guests. Wesley Ebbe entertained relatives. Donat Kille and Arnold spent Sunday with relatives at Hewitt. John Behnke of Richfield seen in the locality Saturday.
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Mill Creek
Jack Wrost
John Aris
Ohay
Martin Nelson
Thomas
Wimh
Wesley Ebbe
Donat Kille
Arnold
Hewitt
John Behnke
Richfield
Roosevelt to address Badger City officers
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt and Governor E L Philipp will headline a patriotic mass meeting at the nineteenth convention of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities in Racine on September 27, with events scheduled for September 26 to 28. The mass meeting is set for the evening of September 27.
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Theodore Roosevelt
E. L. Philipp
League of Wisconsin
Racine
University Begins Year On War Basis 1917
The University of Wisconsin plans a war framed 1917-18 academic year with minimal disruption to teaching. Most faculty are in uniform or on government missions, while the aim remains to train students for reconstruction after peace. Registration runs Sept 24 to 26, lectures start Sept 27, and semesters extend to Feb and June with Christmas and spring recesses.
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University of Wisconsin
Wilson
French Soldier Thanks U. S. Helper For Gift
Mrs. C. B. Bird of Wausau received a letter from Jean Lemoine a French soldier thanking her for sending a pair of items during World War II relief efforts. The note expresses gratitude and acknowledges support from American well wishers.
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Deauville
Jean Lemoine
Somme
Wausau Record-Herald
C. B. Bird
State Troops to Vote in Next Wisconsin Election
Wisconsin soldiers and castors will be allowed to vote in the next state election regardless of location, per Governor E. L. Philipp. He believes those abroad may vote in spring or fall if still in foreign service, citing 1915 statute enabling deployment ballots to federal service soldiers on the Mexican border. A state secretary’s representative would carry blank ballots to the field for voting and official tally in Madison.
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Wisconsin
E. L. Philipp
Legislaure
Secretary of State
Wisconsin to Play Eight Football Games This Fall
The 1917 schedule shows eight games for Wisconsin football. Beloit opens the slate in Madison, with Minnesota at home on Nov 18 and Chicago closing the season on Nov 24. Other dates include Notre Dame Oct 13, Illinois Oct 20, Iowa Oct 27, Minnesota Nov 3, Ohio State Nov 10, and a freshmen sophomore game on Nov 17 in Madison.
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University of Wisganain
Beloitee
Lawrence
University of Minnesota
Chicago
Beloit
Madison
Notre Dame
Ilinois
Urbana
Iowa
Minnesota
Ohio State
Red Cross Christmas Seals Mobilize for Holiday Sale
Washington reports an army of four hundred million Red Cross soldiers, each under an inch, mobilizing at strategic points nationwide. These tiny fighters have blocked billions of enemy efforts in nine years, saving thousands of American lives. The seals fund the fight against the white plague in America, with all cash from sales supporting the cause.
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Washington
Red Cross
United States
America
Life of Horses in War Overcome Front Mortality Claim
The piece rebuts the claim that frontline horses live only ten days, noting that about 40 percent of horses sent to the battlefield with the first expeditionary force remained alive and in better condition than when shipped across the channel.
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Ahoent
American
Wells Fargo
Adams
Southern Express
Shiner
Roosevelt
Badger City
First National Bank
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Redemption Fund Banking House
Federal Reserve Bank
University
Bird
U. 8
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