Three Pennsylvanians Claim Youth Killed by Train Identified
District Attorney H. R. Bohn of this city says three Pennsylvania families sent letters claiming to be the parents of a youth killed near North Freedom on July 22. The York Police description of Milton Raver and a Rock Island clue align with the victim, though a tattoo remains unverified. A second claim cites Stanley B. Mills, with similar details, while a third letter references Evans Sechrist with limited matching data.
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H. R. Bohn
North Freedom
Pennsylvania
Bohn
York Police
York
Milton Raver
Rock Island II
Wisconsin
Milter Ryer
Parents claim body of youth killed by train near Baraboo
F S Sechrist of Tolna Pennsylvania declares himself Evan Sechrist age 17 the deceased youth killed July 22 by a train near North Freedom. He identified the boy by a world atlas map and personal belongings. The father arrived to claim the remains and take them home, with District Attorney H R Bohn handling identification papers.
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F. S. Sechrist
Tolna
Pennsylvania
North Freedom
Baraboo
Evan Sechrist
Reedsburg
York
Bohn
Pennsyilvania
Bank Robbery Strikes Caledonia Missouri Thieves Take Cash
Armed men held up the Bank of Caledonia in Missouri on Thursday and escaped with about $3100 in cash after locking cashier L Cogrill in the vault. Police investigate the vault scene and search for suspects. Local authorities report no injuries.
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Missouri Bank
Bandits
Bank of Caledonia
Missouri
L . Cogrill
Wisconsin State Roads Praised for Maintenance Efforts
The Wisconsin Highway Commission reports the second quarter of the year as among the best in history despite material shortages. Patrol maintenance on main highways is credited with preventing deterioration, while other states struggle. About 20,000 pocket highway maps were distributed this summer, many reaching non resident tourists impressed by Wisconsin's road system.
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Highway Commission
Wisconsin
Commission
Estimate Cost of Ball Park Project in Baraboo
City Engineer H. E. French and Dr. H. J. Irwin surveyed the fair grounds to estimate improvements for a ball park inside the track. The hill removal would cost about 1200 dollars for roughly 5000 yards of dirt, and funding is sought to clear the diamond or relocate if funds fall short.
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H. E. French
H. J. Irwin
Fair Grounds
Irwin
Baraboo
Salvation Army Rescues Girls In Wisconsin Study
Adjutant Bertha Smith announced that 156 young girls from Wisconsin have been cared for at the Salvation Army Rescue Home and Maternity hospital in St Paul. Seventeen percent came from towns over ten thousand, eighty-one Wisconsin towns sent girls, and seven six places were small cities or villages. Ages ranged with a median around nineteen. seven girls were sixteen and eight fourteen.
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Wisconsin
Salvation Army Rescue Home
St Paul
Bertha Smith
Ten Thousand Grove
Winnebago Pow Wow Draws Tribes to Tomah
Winnebago Indians from Wisconsin gather in Tomah for a four day Indian Pow-wow August 13 to 16. Daily games include La Crosse, baseball, canoe, horse and foot races, with dancing in fancy costumes. Organizers include Chief Standing Water Walker Henry Mike Henry Smith Jesse Little George Weasel White Magis and Bartley Pear.
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Wisconsin
Tomah
la Crosse
Chief Standing Water
Vm Walker
Henry Mike
Henry Smith
Jesse Little George
Weasel White Magis
Bartley Pear
Drowns in Gravel Pit Swimming Hole
Charles Austin aged 45 drowned Thursday in a gravel pit at Libertyville Illinois while swimming with two companions. The tragedy occurred during a casual swim at the site used as a makeshift pool.
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Charles Austin
Libertyville
Loganville Cow Testing Reports Poor July Milk Yield
The Loganville Cow Testing Association reports a very poor July with only thirty seven cows producing over forty pounds of butterfat due to unfavorable weather and short pastures. August ends the testing year on Sept 1 and a reorganization meeting is planned.
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Loganville Cow Testing Association
Alvin W. Wardas
Fred Co. Kruse and Sons
Fred C. Kruse & Sons
R.H
R. H
Gerhardt Schuette
Conrad S. Kruse
Sonn Schwenkoff
Jaude
Theo Hasz
Henry Schluter
Guy Seamans GJ
John Repke
J Schwenkhoff
Conrad Kruse
Price of Flour Rises After Brief Decline
Last week and early this week flour prices fell causing some to think prices would stay low. The Deppe Lumber and Produce Company reports the market has reversed and flour now sits above the previous high before the decline.
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Deppe Lumber and Produce Company
United States Tightens Arms Embargo on Mexico
Mexico sought via the American embassy in Mexico City to close Lower California ports to curb arms shipments to Esteban Cantu rebel governor. Washington said action requires Congress approval, but the state department under the 1918 proclamation permits Mexicala cooperation with Calexico to stop border smuggling of war materials.
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Mexico City
Lower
California
United States
Esteban Cantu
State Department
Washington
de la Huerta
Congress
Department
Mexico
Mexicala
Calexico
Lone Fireman Holds Post Amid Memphis Fire Strike
One Memphis firefighter, Leon Foltz, refused to quit during the citywide strike and continues to work with volunteers as the others walk off.
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Leon Foltz
Memphis
Elimination of Crossings Big Problem
State report shows grade crossing work incomplete with many accidents. In last quarter 20 crossing incidents caused 9 deaths and 21 injuries among 72 railroad incidents. autos accounted for 16 events with 8 deaths and 19 injuries. Trespassers caused 12 deaths and 2 injuries among 34 injuries. Relocations near Camp Douglas Manston Tomah Manitowie and Byron approved. Hartford and Janesville delayed.
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Railroad and Highway Commissions
Camp Douglas
Manston
Tomah
Manitowie
Byron
Hartford
Janesville
Baraboo Plans Large Labor Day Celebration
The World War Veterans of Baraboo, formerly the Rank & File Veterans, will stage a Labor Day event on September 6 at the fair grounds with a Baraboo ball game, auto and motorcycle races, and other attractions. A morning monster parade is discussed if merchants fund floats. otherwise the focus shifts to the afternoon program. Mayor Andre will join at a YMC A meeting to finalize plans, with W G Evenson coordinating temporarily and merchants to be surveyed for support.
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World War Veterans of
Baraboo
Rank & File Veterans Association
Fair Grounds
Post
Andre
W. G. Evenson
Daylight Robbery at Spring Green Market
The People's Cash Market cash register was tapped at noon Tuesday with $35 taken. Owner C M Haas was alone in the building and, after hearing someone enter, went upstairs to find no one present. The theft was discovered when the cash tally was done that night.
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C. M. Haas
Mr.Haas
Musician Purchases Portland House In Quirky Tale
A unnamed Portland musician bought a house in a fashionable area and visited it by taxi. A watchdog left by the previous owner was removed with vigor from the property and the musician joked asking the dog’s owner to inform the animal the house is sold.
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Portland
Drug Store Robbed of Cigarettes worth 70 Dollars
Thieves forced a rear window to raid the G. W. Sepeh drug store in Milwaukee last night stealing cigarettes valued at 70 dollars. Mr. Sepeh reported the store was ransacked to police.
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G. W. Sepeh
Milwaukee
Sepeh
No Coal Shortage Predicted As Panic Eases
Leon Romansk president of the Chicago Coal Exchange told a Wisconsin hotel banquet crowd that there will be coal enough next winter at a reasonable price if consumers avoid panic buying. He blamed yellow journalism and politicians for heightening fears and predicted no fuel famine this winter. He noted 1920 coal output up 4 230 000 tons versus 1919.
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Leon Romansk
Chicago Coal Exchange
Ill Association
Wisconsin Hotel
Publc
Elks Carnival Supreme in Milwaukee Seeks Queen
Baraboo lodge plans to attend the Elks carnival supreme in Milwaukee from Sept 4 to 10. The Baraboo band will travel and Elks with cars will join. Milwaukee expects a carnival queen, with a prize of 10 000 dollars for the chosen beauty.
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Baraboo
Milwaukee
Elks
Elks Carnival Supreme
Milwaukee Order
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Exhibit at the Fair Displays Agriculture
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture will occupy a nine ty foot tent at the State Fair grounds. Each department will show its work with immigration in focus. Charts will tally settlers in Wisconsin this year and prior years. Motion pictures will illustrate outcomes of Wisconsin settlers and feature a documentary of a settler’s achievements.
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Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Department of Immigration
Corporal Arthur Prince Returns to Front Amid Russian Refugee Train
After seventeen months in Soviet Russia where he was wounded and captured on the Archangel front, Corporal Arthur Prince of the 339th U.S. Infantry arrived at the Finnish frontier on a refugee train. He traveled with 300 French Danish and Swedish refugees repatriated by their governments. Prince, from Detroit, was among four Americans sent out by Bolshevik authorities in Moscow.
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Soviet Russia
Archangel
Arthur Prince
Three Hundred Thirty-ninth
United States Infantry
Prince
Russia
Detroit
Moscow
Stills Found and Seized at Adams
Detectives and United States Deputy Marshal pursued violators of the dry laws at Adams. Officers secured considerable evidence against twenty seven violators and arrested one man. several stills were found and taken, along with others in illegal liquor possession.
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United States
Adams
Mail Car Robbery Attempt Hits Baraboo Sleeper Train
Northwestern Railroad agents and federal officers investigated an attempt to rob the mail car of train 614 from Baraboo to Madison. The raid left scattered second class mail and opened letters but little value was stolen, suggesting a small haul and possible entry via an end door with a key. No suspect yet. evidence may reveal the culprits.
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Northwestern Railroad
Baraboo
Madison
Minneapolis
Iqraboo
R. M. Bates
Milwaukee
1Spector Sc
Mail Car Robbery Suspected as Inside Job
Postal Inspectors believe the Northwestern road mail car robbery between Baraboo and Madison was an inside job. Inspectors Bates and Esch began examining the case noting no marks on end doors and that only newspapers and magazines were inside the car.
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Northwestern Road
Baraboo
Madison
R. M. Bates
Milwaukee
W. F. Esch
Lodi
Scratch Causes Death of Madison Printer
Ralph E. King aged 39 died after a small thumb scratch at Cantwell Printing in Madison last week. The injury swelled Thursday and blood poisoning developed by Monday, leading to his death on Friday at the general hospital.
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Cantwell Printing Company
Madison
Ralph E. King
King
General Hospital
Japan to Add 4800 Troops to Korea Garrison
Tokyo announces a dispatch of 4800 additional Japanase soldiers to bolster the Korea garrison as unsettled conditions persist. Shanghai reports confirm the move as part of broader postwar security measures.
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Japan
Korea
Tokio
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Ball Park
Salvation Army
Loganville
Lone Fireman
Daylight Robbery
Spring Green
Coal
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