Notice to Creditors in Karl Graffer Estate Wisconsin
State of Wisconsin probate in La Crosse County grants six months to creditors to file claims against Karl Graffer late of La Crosse. The court will examine and adjust claims on October 6, 1908 at 10 a.m. in La Crosse City Court House. By the Court John Brindle y County Judge. Dated April 3, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Wisconsin
Karl Graffer
Lake
Emil Graffer
la Crosse
Rt House
John Brindley
Oklahoma to curb whiskey ads in papers and magazines
Guthrie Oklahoma April 17 The state if successful in its suit to force newspapers to stop whiskey advertisements will seek to prohibit such ads in magazines and papers The authoritiy believes it can regulate liquor sales through advertising controls
Texas Attorney General Davidson Pushes Anti-Trust Drive
Washington dispatch details Texas Attorney General R W Davidson and five aides arriving in Washington to argue before the Supreme Court in Waters Pierce Oil receivership and Texas gross receipts tax cases. The article links Davidson to a broader anti Bailey campaign and notes his bid for a third term. It outlines his fights against grocers plumbers and other trusts and hints at future Senate ambitions.
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Washington
The
la Crosse Tribune
Washington, D. C
J. C. Welliver
Canadian
Rio Grande
R. W. Davidson
Austin
Texas
T. W. Gregory
Jewell Lightfoot
G. A. Allen
G. W. Hawkins
Davidson
United States Supreme Court
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Bailey
Senate
Standard Oil Company
Waters- Pierce Company
Lone Star
Senaator Bailey
Denver
Lumber Trust
Millers’ Trust
Harvester Trust
Plumbers’ Trust
Cushman
Divorced heiress jailed on fraud charges tied to checks
Mrs. Duke, ex wife of millionaire B J Duke, held by municipal judge on two check fraud counts totaling 75 dollars. Bond posted by Robert E Burke, former oil inspector and politician. She claims protracted prosecutions by powerful business enemies and alleges attempts to destroy evidence via hotel fires. She vows to fight on despite illness.
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Beitler
Robt. E. Burke
Grand Pacific
Texas landowner Webb-Duke held in Texas jail
Chicago April 17 Mrs Alice Webb Duke who declares herself owner of 22 000 acres tobacco and valued at 5 000 000 has land in Texas placed under valuation and she has been confined in the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alice
Texas
Webb-Duke
Father shoots daughter then kills himself in Asheville
Dr C C Swinney traveled from Marion to confront his 16 year old daughter Nellie at the normal school parlor. After Nellie began playing piano, he shot her twice in the head and then killed himself. Panic spread among about 390 female boarders.
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Asheville
N.C
Nellie
Wooster Sorority Strike Threat After Initiation Rule
Sorority girls at the University of Wooster threaten to strike over a faculty rule that bans initiations and effectively abolishes sororities. They seek a special faculty meeting to present their case with representatives from Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta. The piece ends with a reflective note on friendships and church as a place of rest rather than refreshment.
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Wooster
Ohio
University of Wooster
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Kappa _ Alpha Theta
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Shoemaker’s
C. C. Shoemaker
Freeport
Ill
Ruplin
S. Fourth ST
Hoeschler’s
Ene
MR. Bailey
Volves
America
New Forest
Zoo
John B. Stetson
Stetson
H. H. Roelofs
Everwear
Ole iNey
Henry N. Boehm
B. J. Duke
Alice Webb
Woodward Supply Coo
J. B. Murray
LaCrosse
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