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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1915
Page
1
A Sunday evening storm swept across the city causing wind and lightning damage to electricity and telephone lines. Short circuits knocked outages in and out, delaying church services and trapping belated travelers. J E Hoerl led repair crews while roads reopened as the storm subsided.
Chairman R J Strauss returned from Milwaukee where Democratic county chairmen formed a separate organization electing Frank B Keefe of Oshkosh as president. The state committee, via Joseph Martin, refused to engage in patronage fights, directing office seekers to higher officials. Preliminary steps plan a fall meeting of Democrats in the district.
A comic exchange shows a city boy questioning a farmer about egg production while the farmer explains hens handle the work. The dialogue hints at rural self sufficiency and practical farming humor.
The Immanuel Lutheran church marks its 35th anniversary and Rev L M Thomas’s 30th as pastor with a gala next Sunday. A new parsonage opening at 9:45 am precedes morning services. Rev GC Hartenstein preaches, and Rev William Nommensen of Grand Rapids delivers an English address during evening services. The day funds the parsonage, with a 700-member congregation dating to 1889, church building costs noted at 10 000 in 1892 and a 1896 school costing 7 000. a 1915 parsonage addition completes the property.
The last brick of the new pavement on Central avenue was laid near Kestel's corner just after nine o'clock yesterday morning. Grout filler began on the final block and a second coat is expected tomorrow. The street from Fifth to Ninth streets is open, with one block at a time to follow as filler sets. Sidewalks are being widened per the engineer's plan.
Almond A. Atwood of Grand Rapids wed Olga Sowaske in Grand Rapids. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W L Atwood longtime Marshfield residents. Atwood is well known in Marshfield.
A Boston Transcript remark notes many widows now washing for income after husbands who did not believe in preparedness. The line implies community cost and resilience following difficult times.
G Bruderli of Grand Rapids recalls bunking with Lord Kitchener during the 1880 1884 Nile campaigns. He served as a sergeant and orderly to Gen Gordon and shared tents and meals with Kitchener. Bruderli asserts post war pride in his personal link to the famed British commander.
Thomas E. Hayes, a Fond du Lac railroad engineer, sues editor E. S. Bailey of Marshfield News for 16000 damages alleging injuries after Bailey's auto struck him on Central avenue near Park avenue while Hayes walked to the Northwestern depot. Bailey claims the car was faulty and that he mistook a vacant lot for the street, disputing the severity of injuries.
Secretary of State John S. McDonald grants a charter to the Valecia Evanor Snear Milk Company of Maine to do business in Wisconsin. The firm will take over the bankrupt Valecia Condansed Milk Company with a 8600000 capitalization, 250000 paid in, based in Bethel Wisconsin. Officers named include President P R Montagne of La Crosse, Vice President WM A Siefert of Madison, Secretary W H Walters of Madison, and Treasurer E Rekstedt of Madison.
A quirky line attributes sudden action to a tailor sage who jokes that quick decisions may leave a person unsettled or airborne. The aphorism hints at improvised choices and their uncertain outcomes.
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