Indians Farm Trial in Caledonia Recounted in County History
Reading from the History of Columbia County 1880, a brief experiment showed Indians were taught to farm on Black Earth Indian Farm in Caledonia. Captain Gideon Low later held the land, with Michael Arquette and others farming. by 1880 W H McLeish owned the property after transitions through Low’s heirs and Standenmeyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
W. H. McLeish
RE. A. Guman
Conant Street
Portage
Reading
Colembia County
Black Earth Indian Farm
Peter Pangaeette
Black Earth
United States
Winnebagoes
Congress
Mississippi
Gideon Low
Fifth Regiment of Infantry
Portage Gy
Michael Arquette
Francis
Charlies Temple
Capt
Low
Robert Tagmant
Wm. WcKinae
Peter Pauquette
Gideon Lew
Black Harth
Lew
Leon Braux
Gilman
Elizabeth M Low
George Staudenmeyer
W. H. MceLeish
Same
Judge Thompson presses moonshiners with jail terms
Judge George Thompson of a northwestern circuit court fines a moonshiner $1,000 and orders fifteen months in jail. He claims jail is the only effective treatment for moonshiners and notes the offender theatrically paid the fine. Moonshiners grow wary under his approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Thompson
James Thompson
Thompson
Judge Thompson
Railway Coach Breaks Into Saloon in Chicago
A Chicago & Northwestern coach left the track at West Kinzie and North Crawford, plunging ten feet down an embankment and into a saloon wall. Brakeman David Riddle, 56, was trapped under wreckage and rescued after firemen cut away steel. The saloon was destroyed but no occupants injured. A switch engine sideswiped the coach.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Chicago
West Kinzie Street
North
Crawford Avenue
David Riddle
Internal Machine Found At Portage Home Alarmed City Officers
A rusty suitcase with weighty contents was found near the rear door of John Bartosz's Portage residence at 1016 Cass Street by Mrs. Bartosz. Officers investigated whether the device was real or a joke as a tab labeled Hands Off suggested possible explosives.
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Portage
John Bartosz
Cass Street Portage
The
Law
Baraboo Library Serves City and County Population
The Baraboo public library serves about 3,300 city residents and 350 township readers, with 12 000 volumes and county traveling libraries providing 2 400 books to 41 stations. The library, built in 1902, opens evenings in winter and houses magazines and daily papers, while rooms in the basement seek funding for chairs and a piano to expand community use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo
Sauk County
Boy Scouts
North Dakota Farmer Warns Bankruptcy Threatens State
John Fray of Turtle Lake testifies before the Senate agriculture committee detailing farming hardship in central North Dakota. He cites unpaid taxes, low crop prices, and rising debts with 50 to 75 percent of farmers at risk, urging two to three years of price support to enable debt relief and farm continuation. The hearing aims to finish testimony on the Norris bill to form a government capitalized farm agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
John Fray
Turtle Lake
N. D
Senate Agriculture Committee
Washington
Norris
First Arrest In Gum Chewing Case Stuns Chicago
Philip Brodsky faced a disturb the peace charge for chewing gum in public. He won a directed not guilty verdict after presenting a humorous brief with two expert witnesses. Miss Irene Kramer withdrew her complaint as the defense argued chewing gum is not a social offense in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Brodsky
Chicago
Irene Kramer
Sherman Checkroom
Gir
Brodsky
Jacobs
State Lake Theatre
Miss Kramer
West van Buren Street
West Side
Kramer
Merrimack Ferryman Travels to Texas by Auto
T. S. Wells and son Lyle of Merrimack are at Lissie Texas to spend winter with brother Borace. They started in November and were fourteen days on the road with several stops. They plan to return in spring so Tim can operate the ferry on Lake Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Wells
Lyle
Merrimack
Lissie
Texas
Ais Ferry
Wisconsin
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Kim
Dom Pach Parté
Perfame
Felix the Cat
Big Laine
Waseca White Rose
Chase & Sanborn
South Side Department Store
Peck Mercantile Co
Dodge Bros
Tarnulzer’s
San
Taylor's
Eaton, Crane and Pike Co
Fordson Tractor
Xmas
H. H. Taylor
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