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The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI) Old Items Taken from The Thorp Courier files of 1906-1931-1956-1981-1996100 Years Ago (1906) Reseburg Ramblings – Bert Goff has sold his saw mill to Peter Heiser of Thorp. Adv. – Don’t suffer all night long from toothache neuralgia or rheumatism. Sloan’s Liniment kills the pain, quiets the nerves and induces sleep. At all dealers, Price 25¢, 50¢ & $1.00: Dr. Ealr (Earl?) S. Sloan, Boston, Mass., USA Peter Heiser is making arrangements to set his portable saw mill located northeast of Withee in operation. Rural Route No. 2 from the local post office has been ordered established by the post office department and will be put in operation on Jan. 2nd, 1907. 75 Years Ago (1931) Eidsvold Epitome – The Marshall Anderson house burned to the ground early Monday morning. The family just got out in time. Two banks, the Neillsville Bank, and the Dairy Exchange Bank of Neillsville, have decided to consolidate and will operate as one institution in the future. The farmhouse of Peter Benzschawel living southwest of Thorp was completely destroyed by fire last Saturday evening. Bellinger Square – Well, I wonder how Santa Claus treated the rest of you folks this Christmas. He was very good to some people while others were passed up – but he left a brand new Chevrolet at Jos. Lemanski’s place shortly before Christmas. Now watch the girls “fall” for Ely and Anthony. 50 Years Ago (1956) A warning again this year was issued this week by the Clark County traffic officers that all tipsy drivers will be strictly apprehended during the holidays. Galveston, Tex.; Bolling Air Force Base of Washington, DC, beat Fort Hood, 29 to 14, in the Shrimp Bowl to win the national service team football crown. James Haas recovered Jerry Johnson’s fumble on the Fort Hood 20 and Eugene Hill scampered the final 18 yards, Bolling was out of danger. 25 Years Ago (1981) The Thorp Volunteer Fire Department made four house calls within a thirteen and one half hour period. Dec. 17, Evelyn Kobylinski, was walking home from her job at Wolf Drug Store, when a “younger male of medium build” came from behind her on the sidewalk in the mid-block of the 500 block of N. Washington St. and pushed her down, grabbed her purse and ran off through the houses to the east. 10 Years Ago (1996) Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre has been voted the first recipient of the “Wisconsin Newspaper Association Newsmaker of the Year” award. A Crandon logger was killed shortly before noon on December 19, 1996 in a wooded area in Worden Township in Clark County. |