Pasco’s Rise as a River Trade and Irrigated Boomtown
Pasco sits at the Columbia and Snake junction with rapid river navigation and burgeoning rail routes. The town pledges vast irrigation wealth, wholesale warehousing, and new institutions as bonds for a $75,000 court house and a $40,000 modern brick school pass, with Miss Lola Lamberton noting prospective visits and showing views of Pasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasco
Columbia
Snake Rivers
Yakima River
Walla Walla River
Spokane
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Columbia River
Kettle Falls
Wash
Priest Rapids
Pacific Ocean
Celilo Rapids
U.S
Snake River
Mnaha River
Oregon
Umatilla
Wallola
Snake
Inland Empire
Twin Cities
Celilo Falls
Celilo Locks
Northern Pacific Railway
St. Paul
Walla Walla
Pendleton
R. R
Lewiston
Chicago, Milwaukee
Unfortunate Fire Destroys Mrs Wilcox House
Plain Sunday morning fire gutted the house of Mrs Wilcox in Bear Creek Town. She, widow of Thomas Wilcox of the Wisconsin Infantry, faced years of legal struggle to keep the thirty acre homestead. No insurance covered the total loss and neighbors helped save some furniture. Mrs Wilcox vows to rebuild while crops grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilcox
Philipp Named Milwaukee Police and Fire Commissioner
E. J. Philipp, former Sauk City Baraboo Reedsburg and LaValle resident, is appointed Milwaukee police and fire commissioner, to succeed Sherman Brown on June 1. Mayor Rose will send the nomination to the common council. Philipp is a Milwaukee notable, Union Refrigerator Transit president, and a former Republican county committee chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Philipp
Sauk City
Baravoo
Reedsburg
LaValle
Milwaukee
Josephine Melzl
Baraboo
Philipp
Seiferit Bros
Sherman Brown
Rose
Common Council
Philip
Republican County Committee
Union Refrigerator Transit Company
Sauk County
Madison
Chicago & North- Western Railroad Company
Death of Osman Patterson in Ontario California
Osman Patterson 24 year old former Master mechanic’s office clerk and First Regiment band member died Wednesday noon at his Ontario California home while there to improve health. Born July 8 in Edmund Wisconsin he married Mildred Brownell October 17 1907. Survived by wife son Curtis brother Elden sister Ida and parents Mr and Mrs Jorge T Patterson Baraboo. Diabetes diagnosed about a year ago. reports were favorable until last Thursday when he grew ill and died Wednesday afternoon after a letter to his parents.
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Osman Patterson
Master Mechanic’s
First Regiment
Ontario
Cal
Edmund
Wisconsin
Mildred Brownell
Curtis
Elden
West
Ida
Jorge T. Patterson
Baraboo
Death of Geo W Graham in Caledonia at 41
Geo W Graham aged about 41 died at his Caledonia home Wednesday at 12 30 p m after a three year illness. He leaves a wife, one daughter and two sons. Sister Mrs Geo Williams resides on East Cook street. daughter Jennie Graham graduates in 1907 from Portage High School. Funeral held at Fairfield Baptist church this afternoon at 2 30 with a 1 o'clock family service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo W. Graham
Caledonia
John Graham
Geo. Williams
East Cook Street
Jennie Graham
Portage High School
Graham
Fairfield Baptist Church
H. R. MacMillan
Remains Removed of Nellie Hyland in 1901
Mr and Mrs H G Hyland of Portage spent days with E A Hyland in Prairie du Sac as Nellie Hyland's remains, died in 1901 at age 40, were disinterred and moved to Beaver Dam family lot beside parents and sisters. Nellie Hyland was twin to E A Hyland of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Hyland
Portage
E. A. Hyland
Messrs. Hyland
Nellie
Beaver Dam
Miss Hyland
Prairie du Sac News
Miss Nelle Sias Dies in Michigan
A notice from Mrs. H. M. Acott reports the death of Miss Nelle Sias at U. B. H. hospital Grand Rapids where she trained as a nurse and served as assistant superintendent. She died after an operation for cancer about a year ago. Interment will be in Midland Michigan with many friends mourning her passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Acott
Nelle Sias
U. B. H. Hospital
Grand Rapids
Mich
Miss Sias
D. W. Hitchcock
Midland, Mich
Marriage Licenses Listed for Merrimack Residents
Licensed to marry were Marry Herman P. Padrutt and Olive M. Keller, both residents of Merrimack town. The notice records the couple as a legal union seeking civil recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman P. Padrutt
Olive M. Keller
Merrimack Town
Narrow Escape in Cheyenne Woman Shot by Stray Bullet
Mrs. J. A. Gaukel once of Prairie du Sac narrowly escaped death when struck by a stray .38 caliber bullet while standing beside a door in Cheyenne Wyoming. Her husband is a former resident of Prairie du Sac, and she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mary Henn of Sumpter.
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J. A. Gaukel
Prairie du Sac
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Mary Henn
Sumpter
Postal Employes Convention Set for July 5 in Devils Lake
Arrangements for a large state postal employes convention on July 5 are nearly complete with local committees working hard. A short trip to Devils Lake is planned with luncheon, yacht ride, and city tours plus a banquet and dancing. Notables include Postmaster General Hitchcock and Frank T. Rogers with other officials from Chicago and Bloomington. Citizens are urged to contribute to entertainment funds by month end and return responses from the Ten Thousand club envelopes.
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Devils Lake
Gen. Hitchcock
Washington
Frank T. Rogers
Nat’l. Pres
Chicago
Ill
Edward C. Zander
Manitowoc
Wis
J. F. Monger
Nat’l. Treas
Ten Thousand Club
Memorial Day Services Planned for May 31 in Town
Memorial day events begin Sunday worship at the Presbyterian church with the G A R marching to church. On Monday the G A R forms for a forenoon parade to the cemetery with public school pupils invited to join. At 2 pm the Decoration day address by Rev L A Goddard at the Congregational church followed by an escort by First Regiment band. Friday May 28 school exercises with post members speaking in each room. Second ward dedicates tablet for Abraham Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
First Regiment
L. A. Goddard
Presbyterian Church
J.S. Crowder
M. E
Second Ward
Abraham Lincoln
Parsons Case Ends as Guardian Escorts Children
Children of the Parsons family travel from Oregon Wisconsin to Sparta to join guardian E J Battles. The move concludes the case in which grandfather and former guardian Mr Parsons was removed by Judge Kelsey. Grandmother died recently. mother resides at Reedsburg asylum.
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E. J. Battles
Oregon
Wis
Sparta
Parsons
Mr. Parsons
Kelsey
Battles
Reedsburg Asylum
DRAW YOUR PAPERS RIGHT
Albert Giese sued A. M. Petteys in H. L. Halsted's court claiming piping valued at $65 was part of property transferred when Giese sold his blacksmith shop to Petteys. Justice Halsted awarded $12.50 and costs. The parties reside in North Freedom. E A Evans and Daniel Ruggles represented the sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Giese
A. M. Petteys
H. L
One Left 10 Go The Best Laid Plans of Lice and Men
William McLeish cousin William McLeish and Leonard Holl with his wife planned to travel to Washington for the Alaska and Yukon exposition. Mrs Holl died and Leonard gives up the trip. Another William McLeish relinquishes after the death of John Staudenmayer, leaving one McLeish to go. William McLeish departed last Thursday for Seattle and South Park Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McLeish
Leonard Holl
Washington
Farmers Benefit From High Prices Across Produce
Deep Clover farmers in Sauk County enjoy strong markets as wheat tops multi year highs and corn remains firm. Butter, eggs, hogs, sheep, lambs, calves, and cattle command good prices while city buyers cover the costs, though many face tight budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk County
June Meeting Called by County Board Members
A special meeting of the county board, called by County Clerk S H Wood, is set for June 1. Topics include settling accounts with ex sheriffs over fees, with action likely decided. Calls signed by a majority of board members authorize the meeting under statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Wood
Mrs Witwen Dead Widow of Peter Witwen
Mrs. Witwen of Sauk City died Monday night after a 24 hour illness from internal hemorrhages. Born in Devose Switzerland January 1 1839 she was 78 years four months and 16 days. She leaves two sons Emil Clement and John Clement two daughters Miss Mary Clement and Mrs Paul Held and one brother Erhart Accola all of Prairie du Sac or nearby. Funeral at Evangelical church Prairie du Sac today conducted by Rev Geo H Scheible.
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Katherine Witwen
Peter Witwen
Sauk City
Baraboo
Paul Held
Prairie du Sac
Erhart Accola
Evangelical Church
Geo. H. Scheible
Early Pioneer Richard Powers Sr Dies in Wisconsin
Richard Powers Sr a Sauk county pioneer and longtime Irish Canadian settler died at his daughter Mrs William Farrells home in Hamilton street after a three week illness He was seventy nine and survived by his widow nine children and several grandchildren The end came at 10 o clock with nearly all children home except two in Oklahoma He was born in Quebec Canada and came to Wisconsin in 1857 settling in Sauk county later moving to Marathon county and then to grow near Wausau The Irish Settlement in Sauk county marks his place in local history.
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Richard Powers, Sr
Sauk County
William J. Farrell
Hamilton Street
Thomas E
Durant
Oklahoma
Richard E
Quebec
Canada
Wisconsin
Marie Carroll
Honey Creek
Marathon County
Texas
Powers
Farrell
Mr. Powers
W. P. Sloan
James A . John D
W. J. Farrell
Miss Clare
Wausau
James £. Thornton
M. W. Schumacher
Ashland
Thomas E. Powers
Durant, Oklahoma
Hen Rescues Four Pigs On Freedom Farm
On Herman Kapelka’s Freedom farm a motherly hen sheltered four lost piglets in her nest saving them from the cold. The fourth pig perished, but the tale credits the hen with remarkable maternal instinct and hints at future pork profits from the surviving trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Kapelka
Freedom
Mr. Kapelka
Hawkes Pioneer of Otsego Passes at 87
Hans Hawkes, early Otsego settler who arrived in 1846 with an ox team, dies at 87. He was among Columbia County’s first twelve residents, and ex-Sheriff H. H. Hawkes is one of his seven surviving sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Hawkes
Columbia County
Otsego
Portage
H. H. Hawkes
Portage Register
Miss Minnie Rasebein Leaves for Madison Visit
Miss Minnie Rasebein travels to Madison to spend a few weeks with her sister Mrs. William Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Rasebein
Madison
Wiliam Murphy
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Pasco, Washington
Lola Lamberton
Franklin County
Thursaday’s Daily
George W. Graham
Fairfield
Michigan
Richard Powers
Wausau Record-Herald
North Freedom Journal
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