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The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI)
October 26, 1995
Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Old Items Taken from The Thorp Courier files of 1895-1920-1945-1970-1985

100 Years Ago (1895)

23 lbs. loose Muscatel Raisings for $1.00 at the Boston Store.
 
Jones Tompkins, an old Clark County settler, died at his home near Greenwood last week.
 
Miss Nellis Gorman has returned to Oshkosh where she has accepted a position in a millinery shop.
 
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Mat Storey of Eidsvold on Thurs. last.
 
Fire destroyed a large portion of the Village of Fairchild on Mon. morning last, including Foster’s large store, etc.  Loss $100,000
 
Geo. B. Parkhill, L. H. McGuire, Dr. P. McKittrick, Geo. Burke, Jas. Conners, Jos. Lambert and several others are attending circuit court at Neillsville this week.
 
Ignatz Wojtkiewicz and Anton Malinowski received a carload of merchandise on Mon. and have opened a store at the latter’s residence near the old Lombard Depot site four miles east of here.
 
Geo. Burke reports the following real estate deals during the past week; Chas. F. Grow to Ed. Sanders, Old Stangle Place, $600; E. L. Waldron to Frank Neuman, 80 acres north of the village, $7800; H. Banderob to Otto Dudonsky, lot 9, block 1, Collins addition, $225.
 
75 Years Ago (1920)

 
Town Line – A little daughter is said to have arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Vanderhyden one day last week.
 
John Valentine sold his farm northeast of here to Joe Sheblak.
 
Joe Maurerer, who has been night operator at the Soo Depot for several months, was transferred to Colfax last week and Leland P. Frindell now holds that position here.
 
The new residences of Stanley Manicki, John S. Bogumill, Chas Herman, Jerry Asselin Sr. and Arthur Rasmussen are approaching completion.  All of them will be fully equipped with modern conveniences.
 
The new meat market building being erected by O. A. Solvrud & Co. is nearly completed and the new plate glass front is being put in this week.  A large new power sausage machine is also being added to the equipment.
 
Nye, Lusk & Hudson Co. sold their saw mill at Polley last week to the Gilman Manufacturing Co., of Gilman.  The sale includes mill and machinery and mill yards, also several million feet of timber located about fourteen miles west of the mill.
 
Miss Katie Meyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Meyer and Mr. Harry Heiting, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heiting, both of the Town of Reseburg were united in marriage at St. Bernard’s Church in this village on Tuesday morning October 19.
 
50 Years Ago (1945)

 
Mrs. Hixon (Edna) Mead, 66, who has been residing at Neillsville for several years past, died at the General Hospital at Madison, Wed. morning, October 24th.
 
Last rites were conducted by Father Muckerheide at St. Bernard’s Church Sat. morning for Henry Keller, 75, who passed away at the Owen Hospital, Oct. 17, 1945.
 
The death of Staff Sergeant Edward Papierniak, missing in action since Feb. 23, 1944, has been declared as of Oct. 18, 1945, by the War Department, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Papierniak.
 
25 Years Ago (1970)
 
Francis Conway received his 50 year pin from Gilbert Voelker, Chief Ranger at St. Vincent’s Court 1338 Order of Foresters.
 
St. Hedwig’s Chapel, Thorp, was the scene for the marriage of Janet M. Baldeschwiler and Robert F. Lesniewski on Saturday, September 19.
 
Thorp, Colby, Greenwood deadlocked for 1st place in the eastern division of the Cloverbelt Conference after last Friday nights’ action and with a week of the regular schedule football remaining, it looks like a three-way tie for the division title coming up.
 
10 Years Ago (1985)

 
Clark County has been selected as the site for a $3 million memorial to state Vietnam Veterans.  The Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans Memorial Project board made the decision on Thurs. Oct 17 to locate the memorial at Moraine County Park, two (three) miles west of Neillsville on US-10.
 
Anna Meske, 84, Thorp, died Tues. Oct. 22, 1985, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Chippewa Falls.
 
Peter Latz, 923, died Wed. Oct. 16, 1985 at the Thorp Care Center.

 

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