Monona Assembly Opens in Madison with Noted Speakers
The 27th annual Monona Lake Assembly meets in Madison from July 24 to August 3 featuring Opie Read Rev George R Stuart Gov Folk of Missouri and Gov Bob Taylor among lecturers. Musical acts include Lorelei quartet Metropolitan Jubilee singers and Wisconsin Marine Band plus educational programs led by Rev E L Eaton Prof H W Fairbanks and others.
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Monona Lake Assembly
Madison
Opie Read
George R. Stuart
Sam Jones
Joseph D. Hartzell
Africa
Folk
Missouri
Frederick Warte
Bob Taylor
Tennessee
C. N. Howard
Florence OD. Richards
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Roy Moulton
Chicago University
Parnahassilsa
Carter
Ross Crane
Lorelei Ladies
Metropolitan Jubilee Singers
Wisconsin Marine Band of
E. L. Eaton
H. W. Fairbanks
Chicago
D. Lang
St. Paul
M. A. B. Smith
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
The Sick
Lewis Palmer, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Mac Palmer, is confined at home with measles. Wesley News plans to depart next Monday for Hot Springs Arkansas after trials at Battle Creek sanitarium Mt Clemens and other cures for rheumatism.
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Lewis
Mac Palmer
Wesley News
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Mt. Clemens
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Sauk County Candidate Seeks Sheriff Nomination
A candidate informs Sauk County voters that he is running for sheriff and urges support on primary day, stating the name is known to the public and asking for favorable consideration.
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Sauk
Wood seeks Republican nomination for Sauk County clerk
S H Wood announces candidacy for county clerk in Sauk County before the September primaries. He asks voters for support from Republicans and expresses thanks in advance for any assistance.
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S. H. Wood
Meisser Announces Candidacy for Sauk County Clerk
J. W. Meisser declares candidacy for county clerk and asks Republican voters in Sauk County to place his name on the September primary ballot. He thanks supporters and requests votes and kind words.
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Sauk County
J. W. Meisser
Auditor in Circus Theft Case Faces Trial in Tarboro
William T. Spaith, auditor for the Carl Hagenbeck circus, is arrested in Cleveland on charges of taking $30,000 from the Forepaugh Sells ticket wagon during a November 1904 robbery in Tarboro North Carolina. The robbery occurred before hundreds onlookers as the show unloaded and tents went up. the Forepaugh Sells show is managed by Gus and Henry Ringling.
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William T. Spaith
Carl Hagenbeck
Cleveland
Tarboro
N. C
Gus
Henry Ringling
New Swift Passenger Train Links Madison and Milwaukee
H C Cheyney announced a new Madison to Milwaukee passenger train to start Monday. It departs Madison at 8:00 am on weekdays and arrives in Milwaukee at 10:20 am. Return trips depart Milwaukee at 4:45 pm, arriving in Madison at 7:00 pm, cutting 50 minutes from current Milwaukee Madison travel time.
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Baraboo
Milwaukee
H.C. Cheyney
Chicago& Northwestern Road
Madison
Chance for Two Young Men to Enter Annapolis
Rep Babcock struggles to fill two Annapolis Naval Academy vacancies for the Third Wisconsin district. Three nominees failed to qualify. the Navy demands completion before June for mental and physical exams. Babcock invites interested young men to contact him.
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Babcock
Annapolis Naval Academy
Wisconsin
Navy Department
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Testimonial Planned for W. D. Cantillon by Railway Conductors
Division 113 of the Order of Railway Conductors will present a handsome bound testimonial to W. D. Cantillon on May 27. Cantillon recently became assistant general manager of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway system after a long career starting as a brakeman in 1879 and rising to general superintendent before his latest promotion.
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W. D. Cantillon
Chicago and Northwestern
Knobs Near Spring Green Shatter During Earthquake
The Spring Green News reports that the Knobs near Spring Green Wisconsin split into hundreds of pieces after the San Francisco quake. A nearby large oak was shaken, with large limbs cast about, though not from the falling sandstone.
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Iowa County
Spring Green
Wisconsin
San Francisco
Spring Green News
James H Hill Seeks Clerk of Court Nomination
James H Hill announces his candidacy for the clerk of court nomination and pledges to faithfully discharge the office if elected. He emphasizes commitment to duties and service to the public.
Dictionary of Altitudes lists Sauk County places
The United States Geological Survey releases a Dictionary of Altitudes naming several Sauk County locations with their elevations.
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United States Geological Survey
Wisconsin's broad bounty across fruit, grain and minerals
The passage extols Wisconsin's varied outputs from fruits, vegetables, grains, and lumber to iron, zinc, lead, and gold. It notes a rich dairy and stock sector, abundant deer and wild game, lakes and streams for fishing, and even pearls from clams, portraying a prosperous natural abundance.
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Union
Wisconsin
Mary
McGilvra Griffith Nuptials In Private Home Ceremony
Miss Bessie McGilvra and Mr. William R. Griffith were married at 8:30 p.m. in Boonville family home with Rev. J. M. Melear officiating. Four generations were present, including Grandmother Turney and Ruthie Congdon. Guests came from Connecticut New York Chicago and Texas. The couple planned to settle in South Dakota after a brief visit to Iowa.
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Geo. B. McGilvra
Bessie
William R. Griffith
Red Oak
Iowa
J. M. Melear
D. D
Lohengrin
Miss Cowles
Connecticut
New York
W. G. Kirchofer
Madison
H. B
Walter Turney
Chicago
Pigeon Farm Opens as Vanderpool Spurs Flock Growth
Fred Vanderpool started a pigeon farm by purchasing 25 birds and building a large screen house. The initial stock is expected to multiply to 900 or more within a year, with young pigeons yielding 2.50 to 6.00 dollars per dozen.
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Fred Vanderpool
Friday Town Topics and Local News
Friday Town Topics reports Asa Bump recovering enough from rheumatism to work light duties. J N Vial of Linden promotes lead and zinc mining in town. Lennie Stillson works at Marshall Field Co in Chicago. A S Hawley plans cement walks in Linden with a ten man crew costing 3000 dollars. Mrs M J Prothero travels to visit daughter due to poor health. F R Bentley and Roy Haratmeyer return from Adams County with trout. George McArthur Sr travels to Iowa to see his newborn grandson and Mrs McArthur joins him.
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Lennie Stillson
Marshall Field Co
Chicago
A. S. Hawley
Linden
Home Again Foster Return From Hot Springs
Mr and Mrs A W Foster have come back from Hot Springs Arkansas where Mr Foster enjoyed baths and shows marked health improvement after the trip
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A. W. Foster
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Man kills wolf in Sauk county wolves and bounty
James Nolan of Sextonville hunted in Sauk county chasing wolves. He and his dogs engaged a large gray wolf, Nolan shot and wounded it in its den, then killed the beast and collected the bounty in Baraboo. He also killed five other wolves during the trip.
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James Nolan
Sextonville
Nolan
Sauk County
Mr. Nolan
Baraboo
Richland
Kilbourn Dam Contract Reported Let
Kilbourn news notes a possible bid award to a large eastern builder for the new dam. Engineers arrived to begin work as the project may cost between two and three million dollars and progress could start within weeks. The V shaped structure will sit about four hundred feet below the old dam on solid rock.
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Kilbourn
Eastern Construction Company
Dam Project Nears Start With V Shaped Design
The dam will be built about thirty rods below the old structure with a V shape to allow wheel space. Engineers plan to begin work this week as the steamer Apollo locates rock along the line. Three times the power expected by Kilbourn residents will be generated, and promoters will visit Kilbourn next week to finalize arrangements before operation this Christmas. Mr. George Elwood has returned to Madison to resume work after visiting his mother.
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Apollo
Kilbourn
George Elwood
Madison
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