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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1915
Page
1
Marshfield closes the season in high spirits with a 3 to 2 victory over Shawano. Ten baserunners per side amid cold weather and several errors marked the game, with Wood and Braem delivering key moments and a disputed New Richmond pitcher claim noted by fans.
Miss Rosa Bille and John P Adler wed in a 9:30 AM ceremony at St John’s Catholic Church. Rev Joseph F Volz officiated as guests filled the church for a line of bridesmaids, flower children, and a grand wedding breakfast at the Bille home. The couple planned a three week auto honeymoon visiting Toledo Buffalo Niagara Falls New York Washington. Adler manages the New Adler opera house and Marshfield Poster Advertising with his father.
The Second Regiment military band of this city provides music for the Dodge County fair at Beaver Dam this week. The fair is reputed as one of the state’s best county gatherings.
Yesterday morning at 10 o clock in the Baker lyville church Miss Katie Zinthaeper united in marriage to William Nickla. Nickla resides just north of Marshfield. The ceremony connected two local families in a small town church setting.
Visitors note Marshfield’s advance over the past year with new paving on Central Avenue and many new homes. Downtown, a wholesale business, a fur niture house, and a piano shop rise as Krasin Bros plan a brick and concrete 44 by 64 foot building with two apartments. The progress boosts property values and tax base, signaling local prosperity.
The semi annual muster of Company A Second regiment Wisconsin National Guard was held Monday evening at the armory with fifty six men reporting for roll call. Drills were lively and the muster occurs on the last Monday of March and September each year. Officers inspect company property and report to the adjutant general. Company A is thriving and new men show progress while guardsmen stay attentive to possible service before year end.
The C Petersen Construction company advances paving on two blocks of Third Street between Central Avenue and Walnut Street. Concrete curbs finished, surface smoothing begun, concrete base laid quickly due to good weather. With brick soon to follow, the street will connect to Central Avenue and traffic awaits opening.
Mr and Mrs Robert Grandt celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary at their North Hewitt home on Sunday September 26. A large crowd attended including relatives from Milwaukee Cedarburg West Bend Grant on Marshfield and Kewaskum. Guests wished the couple many more happy anniversaries.
Manager W. Rice announces Charles Chaplin will appear at the Unique theater next Sunday in a four act comedy revue titled Fire Mixup. The program includes a 3 pm matinee and two evening shows making it one of the funniest comedies presented this season.
A fireplace in the rear of John Brackendorf’s saloon sparked a small blaze after sparks landed on kindling. Marshfield volunteer fire department quickly contained the fire with chemical extinguishers and water, preventing a potentially downtown disaster.
Delegates Mrs. Hamilton Roddis and Mrs. Frank A. Noll to the state Federation to meet in LaCrosse in October. Mrs. J. C. Hayward and Miss Frances Roddis also named as delegates. Peace Day program included War Poems and Hague Peace Conference references. Next meeting October 11, Founders' and Mothers' Day observed.
Residents on East Third Street from Sventie to Cedar celebrate a new move by property owners to trim shade trees. The cutting lets sunshine reach the street nearly all day, improving the outlook with more light while plenty of shade remains in reserve.
Picture framing offered with neat attractive designs and guaranteed workmanship. Tice presents latest furniture styles with right prices and assurance of customer satisfaction.
A jumble of rural humor, warnings on bedbugs from a farm magazine, and improbable odds about a monkey wrench falling on a motorist. The piece also notes Harry Lauder stories, a judge meeting Sadie Brown, and a brief marriage notice of Susan Sternitzky to William Van Ryn with upcoming move to Sheffield. Fort Atkinson football report closes the item.
The 1915 law Chapter 279 shortens probate proceedings in Wood County Court. It reduces filing claims from six to four months, requires creditor notices at petition filing, and combines orders and notices. It cuts publication notices from three to two, standardizes three weeks publication, and lowers overall administration time by about three months when uncontested.
Peter Heiser of this city was seriously injured Thursday while demonstrating a farm tractor at the Langlade county fair in Antigo. Heiser was explaining the tractor to a group of farmers when frightened horses near by caused the bridle to slip and he was struck and dragged by the auto as it slid along the road. He was brought home to Marshfield and a medical exam found no broken bones so recovery is hoped in a few days. The report also notes deaths and a contest prize winner in Marshfield.
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