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Clark County Press, Neillsville, Wisconsin
October 31, 2012, Page 13 Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press" Transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon. Index of "Oldies" Articles
Compiled by Dee Zimmerman
Clark County News |
October 1882
A party of surveyors is constantly
at work on the Neillsville and North Eastern Railway.
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Dave Garbush desires us to state that he will give a dance at
Maple Works Hall, Maple Works, on Thursday evening, Oct. 5 and that good music
and all that goes to make a party enjoyable will be supplied. Cigars, lemonade,
and such, can be had in the adjoining hall. A cordial invitation is extended to
all.
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The stave factory of Hein & Meyer is assuming enormous
proportions. Their dry sheds now cover a large portion of their grounds.
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Odd Fellows hall is undergoing a thorough refitting and
promises, when completed, to rank with the best of the state.
The work is being done by Capt. J. W. Tolford, which is a guarantee that
it will be in the best manner.
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Geo. H. Ray informs us that he has just sold the entire tract
of pine lands situated along the Eau Claire River, owned by Almer Coburn, to the
Eau Claire Lumber company. The price paid is upwards of half-a-million dollars.
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Dr. Crandall shipped his household goods on Friday and took
the evening train for his new home, Pelican Rapids, Minn.
He was accompanied by D. R. Brown, who will help him get settled.
Big money was offered by several for Dr. Crandall’s pet racing
horse, but it did not tempt the Doctor.
Race winner “Old Dan” occupied a boxcar on the same train that the
household goods were shipped out on.
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Another grand excursion over the C. St. P., M & O railroad
will start from Neillsville Oct. 31. The fare from here to Norfolk, Nebraska and
return is only $16. Tickets are
good on a stop-over at St. Paul and any station west of St. Paul, and will be
good to return home upon for forty days from date of purchase.
James W. Ferguson who took the benefit of the last excursion is expected
home this week.
The Neillsville branch of the St. Paul & Omaha road does a
good business in the way of passengers. There are two trains a day and those who
often travel over the road speak of the large numbers that crowd into the
omnibuses at the Neillsville station; many times there are twenty to thirty
people at one time.
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Mrs. Rachel Pope Howard, aged 47, died in the Town of Grant,
Clark County, Wis. Oct. 9, 1882.
Mrs. Howard was born in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England, April 30, 1835, and left
England for America, June 15, 1852, settled in Ohio, and moved to Cook County,
Ill., in 1855. March 31, 1856 at
Chicago, she was married to Robert Howard and came to Clark County in 1857,
where they have ever since shared the toils of this new county.
She leaves five children and her much beloved husband to mourn her loss,
also a sister, Mrs. Counsell. She
was a nurse and mother to the whole community, being always ready to attend the
sick or any in trouble, would we have more such as her.
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Rosenfold & Neumann have lately purchased a hay press and are
now having a large hay barn built on their place. The boys bid fair to eclipse
any business formerly done in Unity.
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The plate glass fronts were put into Bruley & Rossman’s store
last Tuesday. E. Bruley’s new store
will be lighted with gas.
The second story of C. Blakeslee’s store building, opposite
Dr. French’s residence, is being finished off.
(The Blakeslee building was at the
northwest corner of the 4th and Hewett Streets intersection. DZ)
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Landers & Anson, of Stevens Point, are putting in a logging
camp on section 11-25, 3w, and will put into Wedges Creek during the coming
logging season for about four million feet of pine.
Messrs. Wm. Ritchie and Andrew J. Bullard have taken a contract of these
parties to put in about two and one-half million feet from the Hathaway tact in
the same vicinity.
(Section 25, 3w, is in
the Town of Seif, west side of Resewood Avenue and four miles north of U. S.
Hwy. 10. DZ)
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We regret to learn that Horace Heath, of Heathville, Town of
Fremont, has lost his wife, Caroline last Wednesday.
Four of their children died this summer of diphtheria. This last stroke
of pain will make him desolate indeed.
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An “Up Country Man,” who was at Neillsville recently, noticed
the Janitor performing the duties of the County clerk in the absence of that
worthy. The transaction seemed to work all right, except that Woodward though
the Janitor’s salary was hardly adequate compensation for doing the business for
both offices.
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The silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Black,
which was celebrated at their residence in the Town of Weston on the 26th, was
an exceedingly enjoyable occasion. Many of the guests arrived early in the day,
while others did not put in an appearance until evening. Mr. and Mrs. Black
entertained the company with such genial hospitality that all were made merry
during the whole evening and regretted with the time came to take their
departure. The presents were many and valuable.
It was the good fortune of the local editor of the Neillsville Times to
receive an invitation; an acceptance resulted in a pleasant buggy ride and a
most delightful holiday. Mr. and
Mr. Black are still in the prime of life and have the promise of many years of
enjoyment. Their home and life are
pure and happy. As we rode home
upon the close of the festivities, their home suggested to us the chaste picture
of domestic love and piety in Burns’ “Cotter’s Saturday Night.”
October 1927
The Emmanuel Evangelical Church of
Chili was organized January 27, 1883 with the Rev. Geo. Winkowitsch presiding
and August Prust the acting Secretary, and the following Trustees Board was
elected and served as follows: William Lindow for a term of 3 years, August
Prust for 2 years and Henry Neinas for 1 year.
For 13 years, this little
congregation worshipped in the public school building and private homes, and in
1896 action was taken to erect a new church on a building site 2 miles southwest
of Chili in the Town of Fremont, with full resignation of the small congregation
to the task and ready to sacrifice time and material, and means.
A modest structure was erected and dedicated by the Rev. G. F.
Kickhoeffer, Presiding Elder of the Portage District and the Rev. D. Schneider,
Pastor. Carl Mundt, Gustave Lindow
and Anton Grim were elected as members of the Board of Trustees and also as
Building Board.
But as this structure has outgrown
its usefulness and is too small to accommodate the growing congregation, a
special meeting was called by the Board of Trustees to be held January 12, 1927
with the pastor, Rev. G. E. Zellmer presiding, to consider the advisability of
remodeling or having a new building. Action was taken for the erection of a new
church building on a site, which the congregation had procured several years
previous, in the village of Chili.
The following members were elected to serve as members of the Building Board: W.
R. Happe, Sr., President; Chas. Lindow, 1st Vice Pres.; August Lindow, 2nd Vice
Pres.; Henry Nebel, Secretary; and Edward Ott, Treas.
Mr. G. A. Krasin, architect of
Marshfield was engaged to draw a blue print and set of specifications for the
new building, which was accepted and the contract granted, with operations
beginning as soon as possible.
This new church, which stands as a
landmark and a credit to the congregation and community, will be dedicated on
Sunday, Oct. 16, by the Bishop S. P. Spreng D. D. Of Naperville, Ill., services
beginning on Friday evening previous, Oct. 14.
Friday evening: Farewell services
in the old church. Opening
services, by the Pastor, Rev. G. E. Zellmer.
Sermon; Rev. A. E. Happe of Fond du
Lac, son of the congregation; Eight o’clock, opening services in the new church
by the pastor; Sermon and communion; by Rev. C. H. Kolander, Eau Claire,
Presiding Elder; Closing Prayer, by Rev. M. D. Betzold, Chili the Assistant
Pastor.
Saturday afternoon: two o’clock,
Sermon by Rev. W. F. Schuelke, former pastor, now of Tomah; three o’clock,
Quarterly Conference, by Presiding Elder.
Saturday evening: Young People’s
Services; Devotional Service, Rev. Schuelke; Young People in the Sunday School,
Rev. A. E. Happe and Rev. H. T. Bandt, Gillett, Wis., also son of this
congregation.
Sunday Morning: Scripture and
Prayer, Rev. C. H. Kolander; Sermon, Bishop S. P. Spreng, D. D.
Sunday Afternoon: Scripture and
Prayer, Rev. M. D. Betzold; Sermon Dedication, Bishop S. P. Spreng, D. D.,
assisted by Rev. Kolander and Zellmer and trustees board.
Sunday Evening Services, 7:30
o’clock
Special Singing and instrumental
music throughout the entire program!
The public is cordially invited to
any and all of these services. No admittance charge, all are invited to worship
with the congregation.
For information to the Public:
The general contract was awarded to
Krasin Bros. of Marshfield; the Electric wiring to the Peterson Electric Co., of
Marshfield; Heating to the Campbell Heating Co., of Des Moines, Iowa; Art Glass
to Forman, Ford & Co. of Minneapolis; Seating to the Manitowoc Church Furniture
Co., of St. Louis and an Irvine Piano from Marshfield.
The floor covering from the Klearflax Linen Looms of Duluth, Minn.
through A. H. Dankemyer of Chili.
(The above history of the Emmanuel Evangelical Church
reveals their first church was built in 1896, one mile south and one mile west
of Chili. The Emmanuel Methodist Cemetery is on the northeast corner of the
intersection of Division Avenue and Pine Creek Road, near the site of the first
church building. DZ)
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Eugene Short has recently completed a new hen house, which is
most complete in every way. It is
built with gable ends and loft for straw. The building is 20 by 50 feet and is
designed to accommodate 300 laying hens.
It is modeled after what is known as the Wisconsin plan. The equipment;
roosts, nests, self-feeders and drinking fountains are all galvanized steel.
Mr. Short now has 285 White leghorn pullets that are just starting to lay
eggs, all housed in this building.
In the old hen house he has 165 yearling hens.
He has a modern brooder-house, which is well equipped for raising young
chicks.
Mr. and Mrs. Short started the chicken business in a small way
and have found it to be profitable, so are now expanding.
(In that era, every
farm had a small or larger flock of laying hens. Fresh eggs were available for
daily meals and baking with the balance being sold or exchanged for staple items
weekly at a local grocery store. DZ)
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After Jan. 1, 1928, the new drivers’ license law takes effect.
This law provides that no person shall operate a motor vehicle
upon the highways of Wisconsin without obtaining a drivers’ license.
License will not be issued to persons under 16 years of age.
No fee is charged to the registered owner of a motor vehicle,
but any other person is required to pay a fee of 25 cents.
Each member of the family who drives a car must have a
license, in addition to the registered owner of the car.
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The Methodist Church will serve a Plum Pudding Dinner,
Wednesday, Oct. 26. Menu: Roast
Pork and dressing, applesauce, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, squash, pickles,
light and dark bread, fruit salad, and plum pudding with sauce. Serving 5:30
until 7:00 o’clock
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Last Saturday a special meeting of the stockholders of the
Clark County Agricultural Society was held at the fairgrounds and the matter of
a new grandstand was made the special order of the meeting. The stockholders
also held a wrecking bee, tearing down the remains of the old grand stand and
cleaned up the rubbish.
In this connection it might be well to state that when the old
grandstand was being wrecked, it was found that nothing short of a miracle
prevented a serious accident at the fair last fall.
It was found that the timbers in the old stand were so badly rotted and
so broken by the storm, which wrecked the structure, that it would seem
impossible that the stand could be used and hold as large of a crowd as it did
last fall without buckling and going down in a heap.
It was voted at the meeting Saturday to build a new grandstand
of concrete, steel and wood construction, to cost $10,000. This construction
would make the building practically fireproof and impervious to weather
conditions. Just where the new
stand will be erected was not decided, but the location most favored was on the
west side of the racetrack and facing the east.
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The Willard country reaped a substantial harvest for the
canned bean industry this season, 427,639 pounds of beans being delivered at the
Willard station fro the Neillsville Cannery, for which $17,701.34 was paid out.
This does not include some beans that were delivered before the station was
opened and quite an amount brought in after the Willard station was closed.
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Sunday was the wooden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Pischer’s marriage and about 40 of their friends came to help them
celebrate the event. A fine dinner was served and all had a jolly good time.
A number of useful gifts were given to them, one of which was quite
remarkable, a sauerkraut pounder made o a block of wood with a long handle
attached, which was hand-whittled out by Gottlieb Mallig who is blind.
(This would be the Fifth Anniversary! Dmk)
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Clarence Hell has leased the Paulson Hall and will manage a
first class roller rink with good all fibre skates and music.
He intends to open every Tuesday and Thursday night, with
Sunday matinee and evening. The rink will open Oct. 18 and is featuring Chas
Wilson, fancy trick skater of Pittsburgh, Pa., on opening night.
Ladies Free!
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Goose & Duck Shoot with raffle will be held Sunday, Oct. 23 at
the Will Joyce Farm, 2 miles east and ¾ mile north of Christie.
Rifles and shotguns will be used. No
shot smaller than No. 5!
Paulson’s Garage and Service Station was located at
the northeast corner of West Fifth and Grand Avenue in Neillsville in the early
1900s. The second story featured a
maple hardwood floor, ideal for roller skating and dancing.
It was a busy place with wedding dances and other parties.
The Moose Lodge held their meetings and sponsored events there also.
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