Local Items and Mild Skirmishes in South Milwaukee News
The Journal notes a car-load of cedar posts arriving in Waukesha via The C. E. Lewis Co. and mentions various local figures in Milwaukee and surrounding areas. A worker named Frank Janowiak faces arrest over a $12 to $42 check raised amount, cashed by Michael Janowski. A derailment on a work train delayed service but soon cleared.
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Frank Janowiak
Cudahy Bros. Co
Michael Janowski
Eleventh Avenue
Milwaukee
Tech treasurer Linck schedules office visits in St Francis
Linck the tech treasurer will hold office hours in St Francis on Tuesdays and Fridays each week through March 14. He will see the public at his office during these times for routine financial matters and inquiries.
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Tech
Linck
St. Francis
For Rent Dwelling and Store Near Cudahy
Advertises a new dwelling and store for rent at 15 dollars monthly near Cudahy. States address W X Box 177 Cudahy and invites enterprising parties to respond.
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Cudahy
W.X
Poultry price listings for live birds and dressed items
Poultry prices show live chickens 7 to 73 cents per dozen 3.50 to 4.00 for common sizes. Choice large Northern up to 4.50. Geese 6.25 to 6.50 per dozen, Southern and large Northern up to 7.50. Ducks dressed 8 to 10 cents, turkeys 8 to 9 cents each.
Dairy Markets Report Prices by Grade and Item
Butter fresh creamery choice to fancy 23 25 cents per pound. inferior to good 12 22 cents. fresh dairy good to choice 16 20. fresh lines 14 15. fresh roll 11 128 cents. packing stock tied. Cheese flats full cream per pound 112 1240. cheddars 113 120. Young America 113 12 percent. brick choice 12. Limburger 126. Swiss 12. Eggs per dozen 14 16 cents. loss-off cases returned for held and fresh 10 plus for cold storage and 10 for pickled.
Provisions Pricing List From Historic Market Prices
A brief catalog of meat and fat offerings with cash and future month prices. Mess pork at 12.75 cash and 42.85 for May, prime steam lard at 7.45 cash and 7.50 for January, sweet pickled hams at 9.10 each, dry salted shoulders boxed at 64.63, middles at 61.61.
Hay and Seed Prices Mixed Across Commodities
Market reports show hay priced from 5.50 to 9.50 per ton depending on quality and type with actives categories including timothy clover and mixed hay. Straw prices range from 4.50 to 7.00 per ton with oats rye and wheat also listed. receipts described as steady and moderate alongside jobbing prices for clover and timothy per bushel.
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Wisconsin
Tair
Timothy
Thieves at Large Text: Jake Martin and a Missing Gun Warning
A夜 fragmentary report describes nighttime intruders near a wood pile as Jake Martin suspects someone has been sharing his loot. A boarder fires a revolver, waking the household, and the dog’s barking triggers an investigation into a suspected prowler.
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Jake Martin
Jake
Missing Child Seen In New York Heading To Entertainment Ball
Narration describes a 7 foot 240 pound white child with a black shoe and trouser-less stocking, barefoot except for belt ties. He carries an empty trunk with tricks and a 25 piece, wearing sea skin cap, no headwear, and seeking Ehleiters hall for a ball on February 17 as knights and performers wander streets. Police asked to hold him for his deceased parents and possible rescue.
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Usy
Ehleiters
New York
Gladiator
Boston
Jack
Fat Men’s Club
Prince Karl
Africa
Jane” Burs
Uncle Toms
Kentucky
Silver King
Ebleters Hall
Twain novel Padd nhead Wilson dramatizes palmistry plot
A February Century feature surveys Mark Twain’s Paddnhead Wilson with a dramatic interview between Tom and Roxana the mother. The piece notes anti-slavery sentiment, palmistry thumb records and a town meeting driving action. Loeb provides a full page illustration.
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Mark Twain
Nhead Wilson
Tom
Bos
Roxana
Loeb
Gloucester Codfish Life and a Stamp Feud
A travel sketch extols Gloucester Massachusetts as America’s salt cod hub with busy wharves, fish handling methods, and drying frames along Cape Ann. It blends seaport life notes with a unrelated anecdote about stamp-collecting value and an offer of 1 000 000 stamps, illustrating quirky interests of readers.
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Gloucester
New England
Cape Ann
America
Boston
Salem
Boston and Maine Railroad
Eastern
Magnolia
Banc
Enltz
Zion's Herald
Sugar King Claus Spreckels Talks Freely Despite Vague Market Talk
The Chicago Post notes Claus Spreckels, the sugar king, readily agrees to interviews and discusses almost every topic except the sugar market, while other figures like George Parsons La throp and Rev. Cook are highlighted for their talkative or agreeable temperaments.
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Elwors
B Howard
Augustus Thome
George Parsons Lathrop
Rev
Cook
Boston
Claus Spreckels
Spreckele
Chicago Post
Wee Ta
Community News and Social Bits from Town Lake
Obituary notes report Mrs. Jos Grass dies at 42 after long illness with cancer, leaving husband and five children. funeral from residence to Sacred Heart Cemetery. Stomper hosts a Monday choir gathering. Miss Tagzig Euversom departs for Rancho Antonin. Weekend ball at Louis Hhleiter’s features prize subscription. Local notices cover entertainment plans and busy social rounds around Town Lake.
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Jos. Grass
Grass
George
Frank
Anthony
California
Theart
Town Lake
Louis Hhleiter
Cand Entertainment
Eran
Pope's Night Traditions Preserve Marblehead Customs
A New York Sun item describes Marblehead Massachusetts famed for rough speech and quirky old time practices. It recounts Pope's Night celebrations with torches bonfires and mischief led by youths in white gowns and blackened faces. The piece notes Marblehead settled in 1629 by Jersey Guernsey and English settlers and claims the custom survived 250 years.
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New England
Marblehead
Massachusetts
United States
Mexiblehead
Boston
Guy Fawkes
A Window Scene in a Snowbound Street
A narrator describes peering from a window at a street scene in January light. Red and yellow brick houses with snow, a Dutch maiden opposite, subtropical plants and mirrors create a snug room view. The scene emphasizes calm, self-contained beauty and gazes shared across the panes.
Noble act of sharing fetters during Indian war tale
An old New York Advertiser tale recalls English officer Baird, wounded in India, who refused to wear chains alone. A gray haired officer ordered two pairs for each prisoner, then offered to bear an extra pair himself. Baird survived to freedom. the companion died in prison.
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India
Tippoo Sahib
Baird
New York Advertiser
Cholly's Dilemma Cartoon Gag About Gifts
A New York Clipper joke features Cholly puzzled by too many neckties from many girls. He frets about matching each gift and fears confusion if he wears the wrong one, joking that cigars would draw more comments.
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Cholly
Gubl
New York Clipper
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