Five Score Years in Shawano Remnants and Local News
Among Our Souvenirs recalls twenty five and twelve years ago in Shawano with notes on travels in Chicago, a fire at Morgan’s Mill, adenoids removal, a baby born to Mr and Mrs Henry Froemming, and various visits. The column mentions real estate moves, price shifts in pork, and local residents visiting relatives in Green Bay and Joliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steeves
Otto Ziebur
Chicago
L.onp
W. I -Thimke
Boehm
Peoria
Ha Nals
Europe
BR. G. Williams
L. Towne
Will Eritz
Tumes Smiley
Martha Smith
Green Gay
Shawano
Julius Giesel
Wolgar
Wisconsin
Seneca
Keats
Charles Rckyon
Shawano Mrickyons
John Jerighson
Benton
Arthur Cantwell
Fetish Medical School
Henry Eggert
Eggern
Dora Kroll
Louise
Dorothy Thdevo
Sturgeon Bay
Mes. Bush
Werllrichs
Pivin
Archie Darezinski
M. &. Derevingttl
Uhlig
Augie
Wausau
Towa
State Fair to Host Greatest Speed Program in History
Wisconsin State Fair Milwaukee runs August 19 to 27 with an $11,500 purse and a stacked lineup of auto sprint events 1 mile dirt track feature and 100 mile dirt track championship plus four days of harness racing featuring top pacers and trotters including Blackstone Chief Counsel and Her Ladyship in entrance list from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Ted Horn
Babe, Stapp
George Barringer
Rex Mays
Mauri Rose
Billy Devore
Tony Willman
Frank Brisko
Duke Nalon
Floyd Davis
Russ Snowberger
America
Blackstone
Chief Counsel
World trotting meet cards top stars and schedules
Records show Peter Astra the leading three year old after last month’s $9398 American stake win. Vesta Hanover tops three-year-olds in 1938, with Spintell and Rosalind also showing sub two minute miles. Four days of events run Aug 21 to Aug 25 featuring pace and trot races plus two-year-old heats. Motorcycle races cap the week on Aug 26 with top U S and Canadian drivers and a 25 mile dirt track championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Astra
Vesta Hanover
Spintell
Rosalind
United States
Canada
When Mother Goes to Camp
A poem by Mabel Dittman from Cecil honors homemakers at North Beach camp July 28 to 30. It humorously shows the domestic disruptions at home while mothers take a vacation, ending with a playful note for next year’s camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Dittman
Frank Dittman
Cecil
North Beach
Sonny
Mary
Brother
Sister
Mother
Daddy
Lamb Crop Slightly Smaller This Year In Wisconsin And U.S.
A crop report shows a reduced lamb crop for Wisconsin and the United States with higher national lamb prices. Wisconsin farms contain about 318000 lambs this year, down from 827000 last year, and 21000 head below the 10 year average. US estimates place the national lamb crop around 31867000 head, slightly smaller than last year but roughly eight percent above the 10 year average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
United States
United States Departments of Agriculture
Report of Shawano County League results 1940s
Sunday results show Morris 2 Bowler 1 Gresham 5 Leopolis 1 Tilleda 0 Caroline 16 Caroline 0. Games listed for Sunday August 13 Tilleda at Leopolis Bowler at Caroline Morris at Gresham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawano County League
B. Pet
Tilleda
Morris
Gresham
Caroline
Leopolis
Wisconsin Lamb and Sheep Prices Compare to Last Year
The lamb crop has shrunk in western states causing overall smaller production. Despite price declines in many agricultural products, Wisconsin lamb prices remain steady at about 7.60 dollars per hundred pounds as of July 15, the same as last year. Wisconsin sheep prices average 2.50 dollars per hundred pounds, about 10 cents below mid July year-ago levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Pedestrian Safety Drives Highlight 1938 Fatalities
Safety Man notes nearly 40 percent of 1938 automobile fatalities were pedestrians. The driver is not always to blame as pedestrians sometimes walk unsafely. Some regions are launching campaigns to educate pedestrians on safe street and highway conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Braun
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. A. Karpinsky
Hotel Schuster
Fred Smith
Margaret Jensen
Edna Berlein
Eberlein
John Gallagher
Noreen
John Arndt
de Pere
Lauerman
Otto
Lores Huebner
Walter A. Foesch
N. P. Uhlig
Laverna
Bernice Huebner
Harold and
Elmer Mueller
Loretta Hartwig
Bonduel
Rt. 2
Louis Hoeffs
H. Borchers
Groomn
William. Eberlein
Harvard University
Harvard
Pocketbook of
Gamble Stores
James Cagney
George Raft
Shawano Theatre
Pleshek
ST. Wenzel’s
Waokechon
Broadview
Clintonville, Wis
Charlie Agnew
NBC
June Lang
Robert Kent
Chill Wills
Marjorie Jreynolds
Arizona
Lua Uta
Cagney Cagney
Raft
Bumsteads
Singleton
Arthur Llake
Larry Simms
Os Blonde
Baby Dumph
J —Second Me
Ares
Indus
Citizens State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Shawano County Journal
Sinclair
Ade
Sinclair Refining Company (Inc
Ray H. Giese
North Main St
Shawano, Wis
Main Street
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