American Bankers Name Frank G Bigelow President
Frank G. Bigelow of Milwaukee was elected president of the American Bankers Association at San Francisco. A New Yorker by birth born October 9 1817 he moved to Wisconsin in 1861 began as a Milwaukee National Bank messenger rising to millionaire president. He serves as director of Northwestern Mutual Life and chairs numerous large institutions.
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Frank G. Bigelow
Milwaukee
American Bankers’ Association
San Francisco
Mr. Bigelow
Hartford
N. Y
Wisconsin
First National Bank
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
No More Moonshine in the Ozarks Ends Ozark Bootleg Era
Kansas City October 1 The so called Old Gray Fox Jasper Lillard famed for running a still in the Ozarks has been captured after six months of pursuit by revenue officers led by Marshal Thomas. A hidden still was found near his farm. deputies watched but saw nothing. Lillard was eventually arrested in Kansas City and jailed, leaving hundreds of bootleggers in the Ozarks without supply.
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OM Ray Fox
Ozarks
Ozark Region
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Dyspepsia Tablets Claim To Build Strength From Food
An advertisement extols Juart’s and Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as solutions for poor digestion and underweight. It argues flesh forming foods require aid from peptones and diastase to digest, claims tablets supply these enzymes, and promotes universal use by invalids and children for rapid relief and renewed vigor.
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United States
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Great Britain
Milwaukee man aims to lead baseball clubs association
A. W. Priese of Milwaukee seeks the presidency of the American Association of Baseball Clubs to succeed T. J. Ickey who resigned. Priese, secretary of the old Western League, has strong local support and is active in pushing for leadership change amid league reorganization and historical shifts since 1884.
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A.W. Priese
Milwaukee
American Association of Baseball Clubs
T. J. Ickey
Friese
We American Association
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Estate Oak Heater Promises Fifty Hours Burn Time
A bold cold wave warning invites residents to secure an Estate Oak heater that holds fire for fifty hours and uses less coal. The ad touts Aluminum and National models plus gas radiators in various sizes, and offers coal accessories on the second floor with elevator access.
Free Fishers Cause Triggered by Carp Plan in Wisconsin
Fishermen in Atkinson Wisconsin call for free support as a proposed experiment aims to stock Lake Koshkonong with carp to restore waters. The plan, supervised by a state game warden, involves selling captured carp and shipping them east for sale while discarding other species. Local residents fear ecological disruption and vow ongoing opposition as they watch for effects on fishing and wildlife.
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Kerhkunung
Wisconsin
New Fork
Koshkonong
Vonnegut Hardware and the Traveling Advertiser
A fragmented diary style note recounts a man traveling to solicit newspaper ads. He mentions the kindness of most people, hostile rattlesnakes along California railroads, and that he wore out 60 pairs of shoes while on the road.
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Venient
California
E Norris walked 8200 miles to cure consumption
New York report details c E Norris who traveled from San Francisco to New York by tramp, covering 8.27 miles in a year and a half. Once bedridden with tuberculosis at two pounds, he reached 137 pounds upon arrival, aiming to escape city air and illness through a life lived largely outdoors. He began the journey August 5, 1901, after losing his savings, with $1.67 left, seeking health across the continent.
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Bringing Famed English Song Birds To America
Victoria natural History Society ships five pairs of songbirds from England to New York for early arrival. The consignment includes larks and English robins to be distributed on Vancouver Island, with birds described as symbols of poetry and song.
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America
Victoria
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Victoria Natural History Society
England
New York
Vancouver Island
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