Promising Outlook for Wisconsin Zinc Mining Era
A long feature argues southwest Wisconsin’s lead and zinc potential will reshape industry and finance. It cites growth in U S mineral output, mining profits, and the Joplin district's rise, with quotes on dividends, investment returns, and the national dependence on mining for prosperity.
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Wisconsin
California
Pacific
Golden State
Joplin
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Statistics
Shaw
The
New York Tribune
Northwest
Southwest Wisconsin zinc rush fuels mining fever
A Minnesota Wisconsin mining correspondent charts a southwest Wisconsin zinc boom from Joplin to Cuba City. He cites rising prices, abundant drilling, and quick transportation as driving a flood of investment, new hotels, and massive gear orders while warning against fraudulent schemes and urging fair dealing to maximize regional growth.
Despondent man commits suicide at county poor farm
Despondent over old age and failing health, 60 year old An drew Bonadour shot himself at the county poor farm Saturday night. He died at 11:30 Sunday morning after being found by neighbor Benjamin Jones and attended by Dr. Gunn. Bonadour, well known in the city, left behind a brother Martin Bonadour. funeral set for Tuesday morning at the Bonadour home. A meeting of the M B church official board is planned for this evening.
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Andrew Bonadour
Bonadour
Benjamin Jones
Jones
M. F. Collins
Gunn
Martin Bonadour
St. John’s Church
Wildey Hall
G. Fink
St. Francis’ Hospital
Freeport
Onion Carpenters
St. Joseph's Hall
Tribune Lotfice
New Mining Co Enters Field Near This City
A special to The Tribune reports the secretary of state issued a license to incorporate Singer Mining and Milling Company with 50000 capital. Incorporators Frederick Bremerman Charles W Singer and Joseph H Gladden are prominent local mining men with rich land holdings. The firm may start on Buck Range but no exact site is known. Prospecting showed 18 fine claims. Deputy Game Warden Chetlam notes 1021 hunting licenses issued in Jon Daviess County in the year ending May 1, boosting game law enforcement.
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Tribune
Singer Mining and Milling Company
Frederick Bremerman
Charles W. Singer
Joseph H. Gladden
Messrs. Singer and Bremerman
Buck Range
Singer Company
Chetlam
Jon Daviess County
Death of Thomas Scott, noted horseman, after long illness
Thomas Scott, famed local horseman and mining worker, died after a lingering stomach ailment at age sixty five in Vinegar Hill. He leaves two brothers and five sisters, with funeral services at the Scott home and burial in Grant Hill cemetery near Council Hill. He never married and was known for horsemanship and upright character. Piano buyers note factory-direct prices arranged with leading manufacturers by O. C. Kraehmer.
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Eteran
Thomas Scott
Great
Mr. Scott
Vinegar Hill Township
James Scott
Vinegar Hill
Scott
Charles
Elmer
Alice
Elizabeth
R. Bowden
Joseph Allison
Ernest Hint
Manly street bout draws crowd as officer arrives
A lively street brawl on Commerce Street ends without arrests after bystanders cheer the local celebrity as a stranger reportedly from Mizzary proves to be a match. The clash draws a crowd. a passing officer intervenes, leaving the crowd amused and the participants unsettled for future meetings.
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Commerce Street
Mizzary
Prominent Farmer Injured In Dise Harrow Accident
W W Etzler, supervisor of Winslow township and a well known farmer, was injured this morning while guiding a dise harrow on a field near his home. His foot was caught under a sharp knife, cut severely, and bleeding was heavy. He reached home and a physician dressed the wound. There is danger of blood poisoning and possible amputation of the foot.
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Winslow
W. W. Etzler
The Arg Light Bugs Big Insects Carry Disease
Milwaukee building inspector Kochy warns at the tuberculosis convention that large electric light bugs, up to three inches, swarm around lights in drains and manholes. He claims they disseminate disease, feeding on slime and spreading illness when they fly at night.
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Kochy
Milwaukee
Monroe
Frost area notes light damage from frost event
A very cold Saturday night caused a heavy frost with ice on ponds and sheltered areas. Farmers report minimal damage and fruit trees unharmed though some fear early spring frosts tied to moon phases could devastate crops later. A separate Chicago item notes a bold $30,000 robbery at Levi Leiter estate offices near police HQ with no clues yet.
Death of former Jo Daviess citizen Ro bert J Rawlins
Notice in the Portland Oregonian dated April 26 reports the death on April 24 at Estacada Oregon of Ro bert J Rawlins a former Jo Daviess county resident born in Guilford sixty nine years ago. He crossed the plains during the 1849 gold fever and never returned to his boyhood home. He was a brother of the late Gen John A Rawlins and an uncle of Charles Rawlins of the county.
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Plains
Guilford
Portland Oregonian
Estacada
Ore
Robert J. Rawlins
Jo Daviess County
Rawlins
John A. Rawlins
Charles Rawlins
County
Accident at Scales Mound Prominent Farmer Hurt
A Council Hill message reports Elmer Bastian, a well known farmer between Council Hill and Scales Mound, injured Sunday afternoon after slipping under a moving eastbound freight. He threw himself away from the track, foot crushed requiring amputation, but he survived and rests at home convalescing with good prospects.
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Council Hill
Elmer Bastian
Scales Mound
Bastian
Social Personal in City Visitors and Travelers
Swell of names shows John Gribble Seo O Rourke of Savanna Mary Brown Mrs B McGuire Benton Attorney Glasgow Cullen Warren Mrs T M McCloskey Anna Schneider Hanover Mrs F G Roberts and son Thomas Chicago Albert Raymond Chicago Miss Dora Sievers Dubuque Scott Green returned to Chicago James Cowling Chicago Catherine Desmond and Mrs Herman Hellstein Chicago trip P G Scanlon Chicago Platteville mining men led by I P R Trego J S Brooks J Penington J H Fox in town visiting friends
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John Gribble
Dubuque
Seo. O'Rourke
Savanna
Mary Brown
Milwaukee
B. McGuire
Benton
W. H. Glasgow
R. C. Cullen
Warren
F. G. Roberts
Thomas
Chicago
Albert Raymond
McCloskey
Park Avenue
Dora Sievers
Dodge Street
Master Scott Green
James Cowling
Smith
Beach Street
Catherine Desmond
Herman Hellstein
P. G. Scanlon
Platteville
R. Trego
J. 5. Brooks
J. Penington
J. H. Fox
The Five Year Olds Prayer in Library
Two brothers, eight and five, argue in a library after the younger overturns ink. The older apologizes and prays for forgiveness, while the younger asks God to wish his brother away to another house. The scene ends with the other brother kneeling and offering a different prayer.
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Mother
Winthrop
Causes of Influenza Theories and Soil Poison Exhalations
The article outlines several theories of influenza causes. A scientist argues a living poison in the earth emerges under climatic conditions. Hot summer, cold winter, and rainy spring create stagnant water and poisonous exhalations. Once infected, people carry it with them.
Baron Tevara’s Long Residence Fathered In Washington
Baron Tevara longtime Austrian ambassador to Washington acted as godfather at a baptism in Rev. Dr Addison's church. Addison, puzzled, asked if he had been long in Washington. The Baron replied in humor that he had been there since there were no streets.
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Baron Tevara
Washington
Dr Addison
Addison
the Sunday Magazine
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Mars
Amust
Iowa
Grant
LaFayette
County Farm
M. B. Enureh
NEW Mining CO
Singer Mining and Milling Company Incorporated
O. C. Kraehmer
Senator Dryden
New York
Matilda
Islington
London
Galena Horticultural Society
J. Guggenheim
Hortense Guggenheim
Sheean
Munster
Phillip Guggenheim
Moore
Glessner
Mesdames Baume
Scheerer
Reading
Matlack
Hughlett
West Diggings
Anna Smith
John Dwyer
High Street
B.C. Dwyer
No. 3 Hose Company
Levi Z. Leiter
JO Daviess
Oregon
San Francisco
Army S
T. M. McCloskey
Anna Schneider
Hanover
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