Los Angeles Seen As Fast-Growth Industrial Hub
In August there were 2,550 traffic accidents and 26 deaths as Los Angeles emerged as a booming, sprawling center. World-renowned preacher Billy Sunday drew thousands, while Schwab plans a $35 million steel plant and Palos Verdes development. Major plants seek relocation here, power and water are affordable, and 1921 February sees daily new industries.
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Los Angeles
America
Billy
Schwab
Los Angeles Harbor
Palos Verdes Ranch
Frank Vanderlip
New York
Seattle
Birthday celebration and local notices in Ableman area
The page records a 43rd birthday celebration for J. P. Ninnemann with guests from several families, a Santa Rosa visitor with Wm. Bartenbach Sr., a Baptist Ladies Aid bazaar set for Oct 29, and multiple local visits. It also mentions court plans for O. R. Hanson, a large planned hotel project in the city, a major real estate deal by Mrs. Mary Mitchell, and reflections on living costs with sign-off by Mike and Hannah Maher of Los Angeles.
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Robert Petz
Herman Luetkins
Paul Gluth
Otto Meyer
Fred Luetkins
Paul Luetkins
John Luetkins
Oscar Hamburg
Loganville
W. P. Egerer
Fred Steinke
Ableman
J. P. Ninnemann
Mr. Ninnemann
Phillip Leidig
Santa Rosa
Calif
Wm. Bartenbach
Ladies Aid of the Baptist Church
Finders Hall
Wm Schultz
Emil Maaske
Okee
E. G. Bentley
Ralph
Rhinelander
Lutheran Sewing Circle
Findershall
Aug. Kamrath
Baraboo
George Schutz
August Langenhan
Sauk City
Hattie Elsing
Howard
Edward
Alma Elsing
F. Scharnke
Baptist Ladies Aid
Theodore Dobbeck
Ed Wiseman
Arizonia
Hanson
Justice Baird
Pico Street
Mary Mitchell
Mike
Hannah Maher
Margo Street
Los Angeles
California
Loot Estimate for New York Mail Robbery Stand at 1.45 Million
The stolen haul from the New York mail robbery is estimated at 1,454,129 dollars and 80 cents, reflecting the value recovered or believed to be taken.
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NEW York Mail
Merrimack Case Faces Federal Judge Over Moonshine
In Merrimack George Miller, charged with making moonshine, is slated for trial before a federal judge after authorities seized the outfit near Baraboo and a chase to the jail followed. Miller, claiming personal use, worked with the Chicago and Northwestern line and faces serious liquor charges. Meanwhile at the high school a biology class explored a mud puppy or water dog found near Sauk City, a fifteenth inch long amphibian with red gill plumes that can briefly live on land.
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George Miller
Merrimack
H. C. Neitzel
Baraboo
Miller
Wisconsin
Chicago & Northwestern
Biology
Norma Hamburg
Lodde’s
Sauk City
Reedburg Pair Wed At Noon
Herman Miller and Miss Emma Krueger, both of Reedsburg, united in marriage at the bride’s parents’ home on West Main street. Rev. William Kanzier of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church performed the ceremony in the presence of about forty relatives. The couple will reside in Reedsburg where the groom works at the post office.
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Herman Miller
Emma Krueger
Reedsburg
August Krueger
West Main Street
William Kansier
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Helen Krueger
Fred Peters
Milwaukee
Madison
Bridge of unusual steel marks nine-year milestone
A railroad bridge in Germany built nine years ago from étatlektron steel weighs 35 percent less than standard materials would and required no repairs if made from usual materials.
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Germany
Golden Wedding at Kilbourn Celebrated by Dougherty Family
Mr and Mrs James Dougherty celebrated their golden wedding at home in Kilbourn with many neighbors and friends in attendance. Sons and daughters included Jos White and family Duluth E Dougherty Glenwood Stephen Lyons Chicago Thos Dougherty Superior John Dougherty Minneapolis and others. A bountiful dinner and social time followed with many gifts and congratulations.
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James Dougherty
Kilbourn
Lyndon and Kilbourn
Spring Green Plans Utility Purchase Hearing Date
The village of Spring Green has set November 14 as the hearing date before the Wisconsin Railroad Commission on its application to buy the electric utility, including the power station and distribution equipment.
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Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Spring Green
Seek billion loan for farmers of Midwest
Eugene Meyer Jr and WFC board members met in Chicago with state bank representatives to make available a loan of 1 billion dollars to agricultural interests. Delegations from Indiana Wisconsin Michigan Illinois and Ohio were heard Thursday with Iowa Nebraska and others addressed today.
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Eugene Meyer, Jr
The
War Finance Corporation
Chicago
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Iowa
Nebraska
Fort nightly Literary club hears nature papers
At the Fort nightly Literary club meeting Miss Leila Johnson spoke on Appreciation of Nature noting it engages all senses and praising outdoor wonders. Mrs. J. E. English discussed Washington Wanderlusts walking club activities with large public turnout and notable visitors including Mrs. Ruggles and Miss Ruth Stillman.
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A. Reinking
Leila Johnson
J. E. English
Emerson
Washington
Husbands Shoots Wife Then Himself in Richland County
William Mathews living west of Lime Ridge shot his wife and then killed himself Friday night. He fired at his seven year old stepdaughter but missed. Domestic trouble is blamed. A man named Kenney found them. The family included two boys and a girl. The wife was about middle age and the husband roughly fifty. Her funeral was held this morning and his this afternoon.
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Clark
Pasadena
Chicago
Los Angeles
Albert Solland
Kenney
School Board Conventions Map Sauk County Schedules
Sauk County school board conventions will be held at Prairie du Sac on November 2 and at Reedsburg on November 19. Meetings start at ten a m.
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Sauk County
Prairie du Sac
Reedsburg
Dollar Divides Norway as War-Era Reforms Pinch
Alderman Hans Okern reports Norway faces high taxes and silent markets since July with a split dollar rate to the United States and drought on liquor and fish trade with Spain. He notes dry Norway blocks wine imports while Spain withholds fish and lumber, and sea patrols deter smuggling.
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Hans Okern
Norway
United States
America
Spain
Europe
John Barleycorn
Milwaukee Road brakeman killed in Prairie du Chien
Harry Homewood of 536 West Mifflin Street Madison was crushed between two cars while connecting them in the Prairie du Chien yards. The 34 year old brakeman, who worked Madison to Marquette Iowa, leaves a wife. body to be brought to Madison for burial.
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Harry Homewood
West
Mifflin Street
Madison
Milwauke
Prairie du Chien
Homewood
Marquette
Iowa
Watertown Man Fined $1,000 For Moonshine Possession
Peter J. Euper pleaded guilty in U S district court at Mudisos to violating the national prohibition law by having moonshine. Judge Claude Z Luse imposed a $1,000 fine.
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Peter J. Euper
Watertown
Wis
Claude Z. Lusel
U. S
Mudisos
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Ures
Mike Maher
Hollywood
Sun Drug Company
Ninth and Broadway
Los Ageles
Ocean Towns
Southern California
Los Angeles Stock Exchange
J. P. Ninneman Ableman
South Spring Street
St. Louis
Main and
Fourth Sts
O. R. Hanson
Hanson Construction Company
Florence
Arizona
Los Angeles Speedway
Ternational Cartoon CO
N. Y
Ked Scholliers
Wisconsin River
Midwest
Richland County
William Mathews
Lime Ridge
Kill
A. Mm
Far
England
Christiana
Okern
Bradford
John Hardwick
Wftt
Ben Doty
Milwaukee Road
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