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Clark County Press, Neillsville, Wisconsin

June 12, 2013, Page 11

Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press"

Transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.

Index of "Oldies" Articles 

 

Compiled by Dee Zimmerman

 

Clark County News

June 1908

 

Mrs. Dux, who lives in “Ketel Hollow,” has a large amount of strong tomato, cabbage and cauliflower plants, which she will sell very cheap.  (“Ketel or Dutch Hollow” was located along Second Street, junction of State Street at the bottom of the hill. DZ)                                                                                            

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Sheriff Jaseph took an hour off Tuesday night and caught a walleyed pike weighing ten pounds and six ounces, down near the mouth of the Cunningham Creek.  It is the biggest pike ever caught in Black River and will keep the local fishermen jumping for years to come, if they can beat it.

 

Jesse Lowe went down into Jackson County trout fishing Saturday, making a fair catch, which he distributed around town among several invalids who are unable to catch fish for themselves.

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The White Coaster Wagons that Tragsdorf, Zimmerman & Co. has for sale are certainly a joy to any boy or girl as they stand any kind of road, or use, and you can get one from the price of 25’ to $5.50.

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Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Woelffer’s daughter, Marie, was a year old Sunday and quite a party of friends assembled at the home to help the little lady celebrate the event, bringing some fine presents to remind her of the day when she grows older.

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Spring chickens weighing 1½ to 2 pounds, each, are bringing$5.50 to $6.00 per dozen in Chicago and Minneapolis. After they have passed through the hands of the dressers and dealers, they must cost the customers 75’ to $1.00 each; and yet these are so called “hard times.”  Several dozen of these chicks have been shipped from Neillsville the past week.

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Nearly 11,000 pounds of butter were manufactured by two creameries in the village of Thorp last week, and the flush season is still to come.  Two cheese factories, one in Worden and the other in Reseburg townships made about 7,000 pounds of cheese during that period. This beats saw mill days.                

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Ladies! You certainly want a set of Puffs, that Mrs. M. Marcus will make for you, also Pompadours and Switches, ready-made and to order. Her residence is the brick house near the depot.  

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Next Sunday there will be a picnic and Children’s Day Exercises at the Lutheran Church, near Wm. Beyer’s farm, northwest of Neillsville. Dinner will be served to visitors at a reasonable price. There will be good music by Beyer’s Band.

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The Gress Cafι soda fountain was put into commission last Saturday and they enjoyed a fine patronage. Each patron received a carnation as a souvenir.                                                          

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James Paulus is preparing to remodel the interior of the Omaha Hotel, put in a furnace and furnish it throughout with new and up-to-date hotel furniture.  He will take charge of the Omaha Hotel himself, after July 1st.  Mr. Wingenter will take charge of the Wasserburger boarding house.                                      

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The parties who stole beer at the bottle house at the Neillsville Brewery last week, and threatened the night marshal at the depot, are known to the undersigned.  If any of them are again found committing a misdemeanor, they will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.  Jas. Wedding, night Marshal                   

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Mr. and Mrs. John Subke, of Levis, celebrated their Silver wedding anniversary Tuesday night. A large number of their friends met at their home to help them celebrate the event. A fine time was reported by those who attended.

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The city is building a cement sidewalk in front of Mrs. C. W. Sterns’ residence, taking in payment a small portion of her lot adjoining the North Side city fire hose house.                                     

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Last Sunday was an ideal day for a picnic and the Kinderfest of the St. Johannes Evangelical Lutheran Congregation got the full benefit of the day.  A large crowd attended the exercise in H. E. Bartell’s grove.  Many took dinner at the generously loaded tables. There was a program, with the children doing well in showing excellent training.

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The Misses Bertha Steinberg, Hattie Klueckmann, Bertha Schoenherr and Erick Schoenherr, Jr., of Globe, started on a trip to Luster, Michigan, Saturday, where they will attend Lizzie Schoenherr’s wedding.

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A letter received from Chas. Cornelius in Boston, announced that after July 1, all mail addressed to him or his family should be addressed to Neillsville. They expect to leave Boston the last of this month, returning by way of the Great Lakes.

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Dr. Pitcher has his dental offices in the Esch building, fitted up and ready for business.

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Frank Tragsdorf of Neillsville went to Muscoda Friday to try out as a pitcher on the city baseball team, there.

 

June 1938

 

Deferred due to illness last march, the Golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Naedler and a family reunion were celebrated Sunday at the home of their youngest son, Hilbert, living near the home farm.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Naedler were married at Jefferson, Wis., March 31, 1888. There they lived on a small farm for a time.  In the fall of 1900 they came to the Town of Pine Valley and purchased the Hilyer farm of 60 acres, adding 55 acres the following spring by purchasing a portion of the old Clark farm.  Mr. Naedler served his township as chairman for several years.

 

There Mr. and Mrs. Naedler worked in harmony throughout the years, building for themselves a happy home and an excellent farm, which they still operate.  They reared a family of five children: Henry Naedler, Neillsville; Mrs. A. C. Haack, Wauwatosa; E. A. Naedler, St. Paul; Wm. Jr., near Granton and Hilbert who resides on the old Bandelow farm, all of whom are a credit to their parents and were present for the celebration.

 

Others who were present from out of town, included Mr. Naedler’s sisters and brother, John F. Naedler, Helenville; Mrs. Albert Doering and her husband, Waterloo, and Mrs. P. Anderson, Janesville, two sisters being unable to come and many nieces and nephews.                                                                                       

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Announcing - the opening of Wagner’s new Restaurant, Sunday, June 5, in their new location, next to the Adler Theatre.

 

Sunday, June 5, make your reservations early!  Sunday Dinner 75’!

 

Menu: Hors d’ Oeuvres and Bismarck Herring, Shrimp Cocktail, Chicken Soup, Salad, half Broiler or U. S. Grade No. 1 Beefsteak, French Fried Sweet Potatoes, Fresh Garden Vegetables, Special Nut ice Cream.  Coffee, Tea, Milk

 

Special music during the dinner by Miss Florence Diemer of Edgar, Baritone soloist, and also in a duet with A. C. Wagner of Edgar, cornetist                                                                                     

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Ken Chrysler, 21, professional roller skater on his way from Ft. Francis, Ontario, to Del Rio, Tex., stopped over in Neillsville for half a day Monday when his skates broke down between here and Fairchild.

 

On his trip across the country, Chrysler has been allowed 14 pairs of skates and 300 wheels, many of which soon wear flat on the concrete.  He got a shipment of 24 new wheels and repairs while here and started Monday afternoon for Stevens Point.  He is competing for $2,000 in prizes offered by a well-known manufacturer of skates.  He is allowed 57 days to complete his cross-country trip and must average 36 miles a day.

 

Chrysler’s home is at Racine, where he plans to stop for a party in his honor.

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By holding Christie to five singles and striking out 13 batters, Fuzz Zallar had an easy time winning Sunday 11 to 3.  M. Krultz and F. Zallar had a big day at bat, each collecting four hits in five attempts.  E. Perko thrilled the crowd with a sensational shoestring catch of B. Bertrang’s hot liner in the ninth inning. Willard now led the league with no defeats.

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Mabie’s barbershop will operate at the present location on Seventh Street until the former Wagner restaurant location has been remodeled for barbershop purposes.                                           

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A new independent baseball team is being organized in the city of Neillsville and is ready to start play in a few more weeks. Any teams wishing games with the new organization may write to Harold Ratsch, Route 4, at Neillsville.

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Visitors’ day at the new Post Office will be observed Saturday, June 11.  Postmaster Frosty Kurth announced this week. The office records will be moved into the new building Sunday, and it is planned to begin business there Monday.

 

Visiting hours on Saturday will be from 1 to 5 p.m. in the afternoon and from 7 to 10 in the evening. The new $50,000 post office is one of the finest buildings of its kind to be found anywhere. There will be someone present to show visitors the building and the new equipment.

 

Gordon S. Barber, assistant division engineer, treasury department here for final inspection, Monday, was greatly pleased with the workmanship and highly complimented the various tradesmen and Wm. W. Cooke, construction engineer, on the good work done.

 

During the construction 25 to 30 men were employed on the job, many of them Neillsville men. Art Kunze and Henry Stucki did the greater share of the carpenter work; P. M. Warlum had the contract for the plumbing, heating and sheet metal work; Elliott Warlum did the electric wiring and Frank Simek the decorating. Other local men were also employed for common labor. The post office dedication day will be held July 3rd at 1 p.m.

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Silver Dome Dances -- June 2, Free Wedding Dance in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hrasky; Tuesday, June 9, Old Time Dance with Al Nickels and his Orchestra, with 7 musicians; June 8, Free Wedding Dance in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Walter; Thursday, June 9, Free Wedding Dance in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Alberts; Plan to dance July 2 - 3 - 4 at the Silver Dome.                                                                                                                 

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There is a new store in Granton, the Schilling’s Farmers Store, which is in the old Lautenbach building. Schilling’s also has a store at Westfield.                                                                                  

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Mrs. Chas. Vedder of Marshfield, mother-in-law of Stanley Morner, Hollywood star, was dealt a perfect bridge hand of 13 hearts at a party Wednesday. After the others had passed, she bid and made seven hearts.

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District Attorney John M. Peterson bought the home of Mrs. Carrie Neverman on Fifth Street, across from the courthouse. Mrs. Neverman had owned the home for about 20 years, which has an interesting history.  Mr. Peterson may remodel the home for office purposes.                                                                       

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With one of the finest pea crops in history now maturing, the J. B. Inderrieden Canning Company expects to begin operation the coming week at full capacity.  Preliminary testing of machinery was finished Saturday and a full schedule of workmen has been lined up, according to Clarence Peacock, local plant manager.

 

The plant will begin at full capacity, with 40 acres of peas scheduled to go through on the first day.  The first run of peas will be the Alaska, of which the plant has contracted 528 acres.  The second run will be on the Perfections, a sweet variety, of which there will be 611 acres.

 

The plant will employ 75 men and 30 women for the run, which will be about six weeks, according to prospects.

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Shedden’s Variety Store, Neillsville’s Oldest Varity Store is Quitting Business!  Selling Out All Remaining Stock in the Next Few Days!                                                                                 

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Sunday Dinners with Good Home Cooking! Chicken Dinners, 40’ and 60’; serving 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Lunches and Short orders served from, 6 a.m. to 1 a.m.

 

Also serving Home-Made Ice Cream! Special Ice Cream orders filled any time at - Lewerenz Sweet Shop, South Hewett Street.                                                                                                   

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Mr. A. C. Wagner received word today that the Sioux Limited Lines was announcing July 8 as the opening date of its new cross-state bus service through Marshfield, Neillsville, Durand, and on to St. Paul.  Westbound buses would go through Neillsville at 5:50 in the morning and 5:50 in the evening.  Eastbound buses would go through here at 12:25 a.m. and 12:25 p.m.                                                                                                                    

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The first of a series of Dairy Divot Diggers outings for dairymen in Wisconsin and adjoining states was held at the Neillsville Country Club Wednesday, with the American Stores Dairy and R. E. Schmedel, manager, as hosts. There were about 85 attending.

 

During the afternoon, the dairymen played golf on the club course, which was followed by a steak supper at the Clubhouse. The steaks were furnished through the courtesy of the Armour Company of Bloomer, and were grilled on the new open-air Paul Bunyan double-oven stove recently built at the club.  In the evening, the group listened to the Louis-Schmeling fight and spent a few hours socially.                                                                                                                           

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Clark County service stations collected many thousands of dollars from their motorist customers towards the all-time record high of $19,537,000 that was paid in 1937 to the state in gasoline taxes by Wisconsin motorists, Louis W. Kurth, chairman, reported.                                                                                

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Between 50 and 60 friends and relatives surprised Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kuhn of the Town of Washburn June 25 on their Silver wedding anniversary. The ladies brought well-filled baskets and served a lovely mid-night lunch. A mock wedding was part of the evening’s entertainment, followed by a presentation of silver to the honored couple.  Mr. and Mrs. Kuhn have spent all of their married life on their farm, except for a few years they resided in Neillsville.

 

  

The above photo was taken of the Neillsville Oil & Electric Co. building in the early 1930s on the east side of the 400 block of Hewett Street. The business was owned by Otto Lewerenz; who is shown standing in front of the building with the employees of the service department.  Lewerenz later operated a restaurant known as “Lewerenz Sweet Shop” on the corner of 5th and Hewett streets.

 

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