Tragic Cunarder Tuscania Sinking Sparks Irish Coast Shock
Reports from Washington and Belfast indicate the Tuscania torpedoing off northeast Ireland likely killed around 101 Americans with about 2 153 officers and 1 500 survivors. Rescue efforts saved many, bodies washed ashore, and officials note no panic aboard the liner as British destroyers aided in evacuations.
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Washington
Ireland
Lansing
Belfast
Tuscania
Admiralty
London
Sims
Rome
E. C. Dubuque
Mueller
Brooklyn
Dubuque
Navy Department
United States Expeditionary Force
Buncrana
Islay
Scotland
Londonderry
Military
Loughfoyle
County Infirmary
Larne
County Antrim
Torpedo Sinks Transport Tuscania After Warning Seen
Eye witnesses recount a torpedo strike on the Tuscania as it turned to dodge. The ship sank within 48 minutes with destroyers aiding survivors from sea and lifeboats. Survivors said lifeboat lowering ran into trouble due to list, causing further casualties.
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Tuscania
London
Baraboo Honors First Sauk County World War Hero Carl Sherman
Crowds fill the Baptist church in Baraboo for the funeral of Carl N. Sherman the county’s first World War casualty. The service features Civil War veterans, Boy Scouts, and Sons of Veterans as he is laid to rest in khaki and flag lines, with Rotafl e salute and taps marking the burial at the cemetery.
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Sauk County
Baptist Church
Baraboo
Carl N. Sherman
Boy Scouts
Leonard Roser
Sons of Veterans and
Guard of Honor
J. E. Johnson
Yonder Hill
Samuel Henke
Card of Thanks for Death and Burial Support
Acknowledges help given at the death and burial of the Sherman family member. Notes appreciation for Mayor Thaerer business community G A R Sons of Veterans Boy Scouts Park View club pallbearers C A Melzl and male chorus Rev. Johnson Rev. Henke and all who sent flowers from Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sherman and others.
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Thaerer
Sons of Veterans
Boy Scouts
Park View Club
C. A. Melzl
Johnson
Henke
W. H. Sherman
N. F. Sherman
Abba Willard
John Niles
R. E. Sherman
Mae Laing
No Seeds This Year With Weekly News
Baraboo News Publishing Co announces no garden seeds will be offered this spring to subscribers due to seed supply issues. The firm supplying seeds reports limited varieties and tripled costs, making the traditional gift impractical this year.
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Boo
Youths jailed after Sauk Prairie farm incident
Edward Bubb and his brother Charles, aged 18 and 16, were jailed in Baraboo after a dispute on two Sauk County farms led to a gun discharge injuring Roy Hoover. The youths, from Milwaukee, were bound over to the circuit court after testimony and are held with their mother in Milwaukee and father a bartender.
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Edward Bubb
Charles Bubb
Milwaukee
Baraboo
Sauk County
Roy Hoover
Sauk Prairie
Edward
Mr. Hoover
Andrew Gruber
Mr. Grubbe
Prairie du Sac
James H. Hill
Mazamanie
Mr. Hill
Sauk
Hill
Prairie du Lac
Circuit Court
Maude Frazier
Bentley, Kelley & Hill
Hoover
Gruber
William Welk
Sumpter Shooting Case Stirs Payment Dispute
Local dispute centers on wage payments for youths linked to the Sumpter case. Hoover and Gruber agreed to send wages to the Milwaukee truant officer, but the youths object to this and demand the money directly.
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Sumpter
Hussa Brewery Closed at Bangor by County Official
The Hussa brewery at Bangor, about fourteen miles from La Crosse, was closed by County Fuel Administrator D. W. MacWillie for alleged violation of the Monday closing order issued by Fuel Administrator Garfield.
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Bangor
la Crosse
D. W. MacWillie
Garfield
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John Sansum
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Frank Koons
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Verne Payne
Clarence Schenck
Louis Schultz
Robert Holmes
George Steckenbauer
Earl Veerhusen
Otto Bates
Otto Arndt
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Randall Herfort
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Vern Caflisch
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Erswell, Blackburn, Scheible Co
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Henry Koppke
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Lamont Stanley
Lucius Bump
Otto Uphoff
Richard Brandt
George Indermayer
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Clarence Farnworth
John Beaver
Michael Beaver
Herbert Judevine
Almon Sherman
John Jeffries
William Durkee
Edward Durkee
Clarence Sherman
Vernard
Hillsboro
Byron Sherman
Walter Sherman
B. Eastman
Mount Tabor
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Adams
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