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Scandinavia Mr. Hans Gunderson of Stevens Point came down Thursday to visit friends and relatives. Ed. Johnson and Ole Olsen left for Chicago Saturday in charge of eleven car loads of potatoes. Alfred Erickson who has been employed at Ed. Thopmson's phosphate bottling works at Chicago will leave Friday next for Valparaiso, Ind. to learn short hand and typing. C. A. Anderson had a runaway Monday evening on driving home from Waupaca the cutter being considerably damaged. Mr. and Mrs. O. Vig were surprised by the ladies of the village Friday afternoon. The ladies brought with them refreshments and among other things a handsome purse containing about $20. Mr. Vig is the Lutheran school teacher for the congregation and received the surprise as a token of respect. We learn that a new brass band will be started here in the near future. The Silver Lake Corner Band meets regularly once a week in the C. Wrolstad musical parlor on Main street. H. Nottleson is back again after a trip to Pittsburg, Pa. On Wednesday evening last Rev. W. H. Clark grand chief templar of Wis. lectured on temperance to a small but attentive audience. Mr. Clark is a fine orator and it is a treat to hear him. Parfreyville It is hard work to keep the roads open, as the wind blows so constantly they fill up as fast as they are cleared out. Mr. and Mrs. Baker of Weyauwega are visiting friends in this vicinity. Willis Woodard came down from Ironwood last Saturday to spend a week with his parents and friends. Mr. O. Gotham took a trip to Chicago last week. Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, Wisconsin - January 14, 1893 There are 171 men, 59 wives and 20 widows in the Waupaca Veterans Home, which together with 20 employees, not inmates, makes a total of 270 people in the community. In addition to this number there are ten men absent with leave and one without leave. The Waupaca County Republican - Waupaca, WI - January 20, 1893 Baldwin Mills Leander Wilcox and family of Waupaca, visited at Wm. Wilcoxes' last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Nichols of Ogdensburg, visited at Z. South's last week Wednesday. J. M. Hatch has purchased a new span of fine grays. Mr. Haz. Harris has gone to Dakota. LIND The Misses Maude and Blanche Brown are attending school at Weyauwega. Mrs. H. Michleson is very ill with liver trouble. Arthur Parker spent Saturday at Neenah. Mrs. Campbell and daughter Ella of Merrill visited friends near the Centre of the first of the week. Mr. John Goodenoughs' team ran away Wednesday but fortunately no damage was done. The good people of Lind enjoyed a sing at Mrs. M. Jones' Wednesday evening. Lodge will be held Friday night of this week to enable the members to attend Crystal Lake Saturday evening. Fred Woolsey returned home from Little Wolf Wednesday. Miss Ollie Hebblewhite took a trip to Neenah Wednesday. The Waupaca County Republican - Waupaca, WI - January 27, 1893 Baldwin Mills Miss Florence Mather of Waupaca, was in the place Sunday last. Mr. Z. South is yet unable to work much from the affects of the broken little finger of his right hand. Everybody is hauling logs to Weyauwega now-a-days. Their zeal is commendable but the roads are being ruined. Mr. Deithert is in the woods for the balance of the season. Ed. Mather sustained severe injuries from a log rolling on him last Thursday when loading. Had it not been for a plank which was in the way of the fall, and his efforts to push it off with a handpick which he held in his hands, the result might have been fatal. As it is, his lower limbs are badly bruised. His many friends wish him a speedy recovery. A. W. Warren's dog Bruce, was accidentally killed Tuesday morning by a log rolling on him from a logging sleigh. Andrew Benjamin went to Marshfield Wednesday morning. Scandinavia Prof. T. .J. Thorson of Moorhead, N. D. has been visiting his parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Paul Thorson. Miss Ida Thorson visited with friends at Stevens Point over Sunday. C. Nottleson made a trip to Chicago with potatoes, he reports the World's fair buildings in fine progress. C. H. Anderson left for Chicago, but was called back home immediately on account of sickness in his family. Oscar Johnson left for Washington D. C. Tuesday in charge of 7 carloads potatoes for Thorson Bros. Lind Little Frankie Greenlow has been quite sick. Messrs. Pitcher & Bordner of Waupaca passed through here Friday on their way to West Bloomfield. Mrs. A. B. Van Ornum will entertain the Ladies Aid Society at her home Thursday afternoon of this week. Mrs. Kate Neilson of Brushville came up Monday to visit her sister, Mrs. Michleson. Another sister is expected from Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Woolsey visited at Idlewild the first of the week. People talk of organizing a Humane Society here: there is no need as the Lindites are all humane enough, unless we might add, "the little boys that ride the cow to school." The Waupaca County Republican - Waupaca, WI - February 10, 1893 New London The railroad bridge across the Wolf River is nearly completed. Head miller, A. J. Monro, of the Model Flour Mills, has secured a lucrative position in Wyoming. The section boss at Marion reports the finding of iron ore in that vicinity. The. New London Fire Company will give a masquerade ball Saturday evening, Feb 11, at Schantz's new opera house. The annual meeting of the New London Agricultural and Industrial Association will be held at the city hall, Feb 14th. IOLA G. W. Freeman, of Waupaca looked over the town this week. Fred LaSage was called home to Waupaca the first of the week, and found a little boy baby had become one of his family in his absence. The following I.O.O.F. attended the Installation at Waupaca Lodge No. 208, at Waupaca, Wis., D. D. G. M., Ole Thompson, and J. A. Clough. Albert Bue had the misfortune to have his nose broken
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Baldwin Mills Andrew Benjamin is sick with conjestion of the lungs. Mrs. T. Looker has been on the sick list for a few days. Messrs. J. Botsford, G. Baxter and wives Sundayed at J. Baxter. New London Louis Procknow, a boy about ten years of age, was severely bitten by a horse, last Sunday. He was in the act of putting the harness on the horse when the animal turned and bit him in the right cheek. The flesh was torn in a frightful manner necessitating a number of stitches to close the wound. Iola W. W. Wells' boy has gone blind in one of his eyes. Mrs. Widow Gibson has just received notice that she will soon be the possessor of a back pension under the old law amounting to something like $900. She is a very deserving lady and all our villagers are pleased for her sake. Elder Sweet has at last decided upon and purchased the property owned by Mrs. Albert Anderson. Considention. $350.00 Arthur Lindsay is hauling stone upon his lot across the street from the Arlington House. We prophecy a fine dwelling in the near future. J. Fowser has resumed control of the depot once more to the satisfaction of his many friends. We are going to have a machine shop in our town the coming summer. Mr. Anderson of Symco, will be the proprietor. Wm. Hatten has given him a site for his building opposite N. G. Nelson's flour mill. The Little Wolf Lumber Co. is going to build an addition on their mill in which they will put machinery for planing lumber and sawing shingles. We are going to have a new livery stable in our town next month. Joe Reed of Royalton, has rented F. Colien's new barn to start a stable in. The
Waupaca County Republican - Waupaca, WI Clintonville Woodmen say the snow is three feet deep on a level in the woods and too deep for rapid work in handling logs. The free library is the best patronized institution in the city and of most value to the people. Prop. Stinson sold 80 acres of land located in section 10, Larrabee, Monday to Wm. Kortbein, consideration $1200. Parfreyville Two good days in which to haul potatoes, and they were improved too. Mr. D. Barnhart's people have just received word that their son Charles who is at work in the woods had the misfortune to break his leg. Mrs. S. Whitney started for Minnesota Tuesday morning, called there by the sickness of her sister. Mrs. Gruner received a telegram yesterday bringing the sad news of the death of her sister's husband in Winneconne.
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Lind Mr. Z. Lamphear an old resident at Lind is very ill. Mr. Nat Pope is visiting at Waukesha. Arthur Hebblewhite of Neenah is spending a few days at home. Arthur Loomis who has been spending a few days with friends left for his home in South Dakota Monday. Four new houses are going up this spring near the Centre. We wonder why Leslie goes to Weyauwega so often this winter. Some of Mr. Davis' children have been sick with scarlet fever. The Waupaca County Republican - Waupaca, WI - March 10, 1893 Baldwin Mills Lucious Harris is home. Florence Mather went to Cheyenne, Wash. last week, to locate. Miss Minnie Dunbar is at Belmont for a visit. Mrs. A. Palmer, Mrs. O. Harris and Mr. J. M. Dunbar are on the sick list. Mr. Bristow, Frank Constance, and Misses Knapp and Evans, ate oysters with B. Millite's Thursday evening. Mr. A. Palmer's team ran away recently. No serious damages heard of other than a neighbor's pussy got run over, breaking its back. Scandinavia Mrs. Poppe and two children are at Green Bay this week. Isa Rice and wife of Ogdensburg visited here on Tuesday last. Mrs. Tom Whittington is improving slowly. Knut Buer was in Chicago last week purchasing goods. He has now an elegant stock of jewelry. Ole J. Peterson returned from Kewaunee last week, and now has charge of the railroad station between this place and Amherst. The Waupaca County Republican - Waupaca, WI - March 17, 1893 The case of Lillian Darrow vs Asa Darrow for non-support etc. came up in court last week F. M. Guersey for plaintiff. Divorce granted and court orders that she can change her name back to Lillian Jones and have custody of her little boys. A. R. Buckman is out with a
new scheme for the prohibition party, that of not opposing the liquor
interests on account of the business being sanctioned by law. They are
going in to hold caucuses all over the state this spring and fight for
municipal and general reform. Mr. Buckman has his hands full of business.
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