Sarasota Ringling Circus Boost Sparks City Parades
Sarasota residents flocked to Tampa for the Ringling brothers circus with 750 tickets sold locally and a grand parade. Officials praised the Ringlings while Tampa restaurants faced service shortages amid crowd pressure and travel chaos. The piece also notes generous gifts received by the Sauk County Historical Society and a series of antiquarian donations from local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry North
Sarasota
Fla
Ringling Brothers
Tampa Tribune
Bay
Tampa
John
Charlie Ringling
Ringlings
George Washington Franklin Col
William Yulee Perry
Board of Trade
E. O. Burns
Arthur Edwards
Frank Dean
Seaboard
John Ringling
Sarasotans
Ed Burns
Charlie
Trade Board
Perry
Franklin
J. Pulvius
Messrs
Charles
Restauants
Portage Man Falls Four Stories at Weyenberg Factory
Paul Schultz fell four stories into an elevator shaft at the Weyenberg shoe factory in Portage. He struck the shaft timbers while descending, breaking his fall and likely saving his life. Conscious again, he wished to return to work, but doctors and a contractor urged he go home due to possible internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Schultz
Weyenberg
Portage
Hutter
Schultz
Picking Bugs With an Electric Vacuum Cleaner
A farmer uses a long feed wire and a vacuum cleaner to remove potato bugs from his patch quickly. The method, praised for speed, comes from an article in The Youths Companion.
Ringling Brothers Plan Sticker Campaign for Florida West Coast
The Ringling Brothers announce a new advertising plan for Sarasota and the West Coast. Mr John Ringling expects stickers to cover the country, boosting visitor numbers and potential investors to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Ringling Brothers
Sarasota
West Coast
John Ringling
Florida
Wisconsin Dairy Output and a Meteor Over Lake Michigan
A Wisconsin dairy summary notes enormous milk production figures and state dairy supremacy in 1918 including cheese and butter output. The piece also reports a meteor seen over Lake Michigan causing a bright flash and earth shocks across several states with witness accounts from Grand Haven and Milwaukee coast guard stations.
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Wisconsin
Dustrial
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Grand Haven
Mich
William Kincaid
Coast Guard
McKinley Park
Milwaukee
Chicago
Crosslake Steamer
Lake Geneva
Albuquerque
N. M
Topeka
Kas
Maryland
Balimore
Blue Ridge Mountains
English Channel
Tours
France
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Kansas
St. Joseph Mo
Airplane Provokes Geese Chase Near Black Creek Wisconsin
An aviator near Black Creek Wisconsin chased a flock of wild geese while flying high above. The birds veered and dropped to escape, but the plane kept closing in as spectators watched the unusual aerial display before the pilot headed toward Green Bay.
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Black Creek
Wis
Green Bay
Lonely Grave By Greenfield Road Noted By Stranger
About a mile east of the Man mound in Greenfield, near the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wilkinson, lies a lonely grave by a triangular patch where three roads meet. A white headstone marks the site, said to be Jesse Campbell who settled Greenfield around 1851 and died about 1855. He was a blacksmith and bought land from Aaron Wilkinson where his shop stood. He requested burial there, the lone grave in the area.
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Greenfield
W. M. Wilkinson
Mr. Wilkinson
Jesse Campbell
Aaron Wilkinson
Baraboo
Portage
Ducks and Canoes Remember Baraboo's Golden Duck Hunts
The reminiscence recalls Alderman L. M. Jacobs and famed local hunters like John Brewer M. H. Mould P. H. Crossman Harry Abbott F. C. Carey and Will Hoyt. Hunters paddled canoes on Baraboo River near Montello and sent ducks to larger cities before returning with plentiful bags after freezing weather. Camp disputes over Fox river shooting rights are noted but never halted plentiful birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Jacobs
John Brewer
M. H. Mould
P. H. Crossman
Harry Abbott
Will Hoyt
Baraboo
Montello
Fox River
Blacksmiths shovel found at Fort Crawford recalls early fur trade
A three foot iron shovel unearthed at Fort Crawford near Prairie du Chien, presented to the Wisconsin Historical Museum, sparks recollections of the French and Indian fur trade, the Black Hawk war, and Jefferson Davis. The dig site is now owned by W H Graves as part of fort markings.
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Fort Crawford
Fort Crawforn
J. P. Albee
State Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Museum
Madison
Jefferson Davis
W. H. Graves
State Historical Committee
Crawford
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
Black Hawk
Illinois
Sauk City
Delts
Zachary Taylor
United States
The
Confederacy
Major Taylor
Hopkins U Buildings Burn in Baltimore Fire Loss Near $1 Million
A cluster of buildings formerly used by Milwaukee journalist occupants at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and about twenty nearby structures in the Howard Ross Monument and Eutan streets area were destroyed or badly damaged by fire yesterday. Estimated loss stands around $1,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Howard, Ross, Monument and Eutansts
Alphabet pangram debate after January point
The Youths Companion notes a pangram claim and predicts stronger sentences after January 15. It asserts that pack my box with five lisuer jugs is a famous example containing every letter of the alphabet, suggesting next developments may yield better sentences.
Madison Children Hurt in Sled Crash
Three Madison children were injured when a coupe driven by Timothy Brown of the Central Wisconsin Trust Company collided with a sled at Pickney and East streets. Richard Keeley age 5 suffered a broken arm and scalp wound. George ONeill age 7 had serious scalp wounds and facial cuts. William Helm age 10 was shaken and bruised. The accident involved unguarded street conditions and left the children hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Childers
Madison
Richard Keeley
R T. Keeley
Keeley- Neckerman Company
George Oneill
Charles O'Neill
Bank of Wiscasin
St Mary's Hospital
William Helm
F. W. Karstens
Hub Clothing Company
Timothy Brown
Central Wisconsin Trust Company
Pickney
East Street
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Sauk County
England
London
Borneo
Simee Twins
Ironton
Albany N. Y
E. F. Dithmar
W. A. Titus
Fond du Lac
Arizona
New Mexico
Portage Man Falls
Red Cross
Ewald Hammermeister
Fort Sheridan
Miles
Wirer
Pat
George Niles
Sgt
Feely
Sgt. Langill
Miss Dessell
Brest
Miss Lawrence
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington D.C
Army of Occupation
Miss Hickey
Coblenz
Camp
Miss Houghter
Old Hopkins
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