No Special Call For Harvest Hands For Northwest Railroads
Railroads in the northwest have not received definite harvest hand needs or set special rates for the season. With prospects of average crops, demand for labor is expected, but a 30 day rate rule may hinder early implementation. The Washington commission has adjourned. only emergency action could allow quick rates. A terse closing joke about a half baked man and his hot wife ends the piece.
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Northwest
Wahlington
Washington
Campbell Returns From Pacific Coast Tour of Navy
James Campbell has returned from a year with the 56th Pacific Marine Corps. He left August 6, 1906, aboard the Milwaukee, visiting major Pacific coast cities. Ill health forced his return though he praises the coast climate and plans to come back soon.
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James Campbell
Pacific Coast
56Th
Pacific Marine Corps
Mr. Campbell
Milwaukee
Campbell
Pacific
Charleston
Chicago
Boston
Father and Son Arrest in Simmering Family Dispute
William Bachman 52 of 1430 Adams street swore out a warrant for his son Adolph Bachman 22 after claiming the younger man assaulted him over a telephone dispute. Undersheriff Mohr arrested Adolph this afternoon. The elder says the son attacked him after he ordered the phone removed and paid the bill. The son will be tried in the morning.
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William Bachman
Adams _§ street
Adolph Bachman
Bachman
Mohr
Slay Women in New York Casts City Into Mourning
Police hunted murderers after two women were found dead in New York. Mrs Sophie Kehrer was strangled in her bed at 475 West Twenty second Street Monday night and another unnamed woman was found strangled under the front steps at 204 East Ninety second Street early today. The city voiced strong outrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sophie Kehrer
West Twenty-second Street
East Ninetieth Street
Fatal Chicago confrontation ends in shooting
In Chicago on August 1 William Wood a Black ex convict was killed by Police Sergeant Hertz after a running gun battle with several officers. Henry A. Noyes a bystander was fatally wounded in the abdomen during the exchange. Wood was found in a bakery basement and opened fire when ordered to surrender. A crowd then killed Wood after cornering him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wm. Wood
Hertz
Wood
Henry A. Noyes
R. J Mecomb
McComb
Worms Found in Urania Glacier by Scientific Party
Professor John B. Flett and colleagues from Chicago found millions of tiny worms in the Urania glacier on Mount Rainier. The inch long creatures appeared as a wriggling mass in the ice, with ice near the discovery almost dark with them.
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Tacoma
Wash
Mount Rainier
John B. Flett
Prof
Cowles
Chicago
Urania Glacier
Nuncio Sergius Arrested in Jewel Theft Case
Philadelphia report says Nuncio Sergius was detained on a warrant from Emilio Sergius of New York accusing him of stealing antique family jewels valued at 30 000 dollars. The pieces are heirlooms.
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Philadelphia
Nuncio Sergius
Emilio Sergius
New York
British Minister Reports Raisuli Threat to Kill Prisoner
Gerard A. Lowther, the British minister in Tangier, received a letter from Caid Sir Harry MacLean saying Raisuli, who holds a prisoner, vows death unless Mohammed El Torres, the sultan’s foreign affairs representative at Tangier, withdraws troops from Eskmes territory.
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Tangier
Gerard A. Lowther
Caid
Harry MacLean
Raisuli
Mohammed el Torres
Eskmes
Force Jumpers to Return Girl Perjury Charge Likely
Olga Lundell a 17 year old from Sac City Iowa was sent out of town by a sect called the Holy Jumpers after her mother arrived to retrieve her. Habeas corpus proceedings revealed the group refused to produce her, claiming she came voluntarily, while witnesses linked her to a Burning Bush publication and a transfer to Milwaukee en route to Chicago.
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Waukesha
Wis
Olga Lundell
Sac City
Hemlock
Metropolitan Church Association
Gertrude
Edwin L. Harvey
Martha Demerill
Harveys
Olga Lindell
Oakland Avenue
Milwaukee
Chicago
Arrest of Kenosha railroad theft gang shocks city
Kenosha police and Northwestern detectives raided a major theft ring, arresting five long time Milwaukee and Kenosha railway workers led by conductor Jimmy Ritt. Brakemen Walter Lyons Adolph Moe Peter Bub Charles Hill face charges with warrants issued for three more. The thieves allegedly stole railside merchandise, selling goods to customers in smaller towns along the line. The roundup is described as the most sensational in years with up to fifteen suspects to be jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Wis
O’hare
Newhouse
H. S. Greene
A. Goodman
W. J. Stewart
Northwestern Railway
Charles Ritt
Ninth Street
Milwaukee
Kenosha County
Emmett O. Reed
Bassett's Station
Northwestern
Harvard
Ill
Ritt
State gains nine thousand from telegraph tax shift
Madison Wis Aug 1 nearly nine thousand more will come to the state treasury this year as the result of applying ad valorem taxation to telegraph firms instead of a license based on gross earnings. The board of assessors fixed values and taxes totaling twenty two thousand four hundred twenty six dollars and sixty one cents for four companies.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Assessments
Tech Board
Company
Chie
Milw. Tel. Co
Chic
Milw
Lake Superior Tel. Co
North Amer. Tel. Co
West'n Union Tel. Co
Milwaukee Rider Survives 45 Foot Viaduct Plunge In Rescue
C. W. Buettner rode into an open draw on the Sixteenth street viaduct in Milwaukee and fell forty five feet into the river. A boat wrecked his motorcycle but he swam to shore and walked home, later returning to recover the bike and resume work with only a minor knee bruise.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ted Menomonie
Sixteenth Street
C. W. Buettner
Buettner
Ike's Brother Dies in Menominee Death at Home
S M Stephenson of Menominee dies at 4 15 yesterday after a fall that fractured his hip two days earlier. Family gathers at his bedside as his brother Senator Isaac Stephenson of Marinette is with him shortly before death. The longtime ill health follows years of poor health. A humorous remark about marrying a rich wife ends with a quip on docked pay for late nights.
Homecoming festival draws former Prairie du Sac residents and others
Prairie du Sac Wisconsin reports opening day of its annual home celebration with many former residents and visitors from Wisconsin towns. An even larger crowd is expected tomorrow morning, comprising old time citizens and friends. A note on widows and learning closes the piece.
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Prairie DU Sac
Wis
Wisconsin
Baker takes Racine police chief post in Wisconsin
Madison reports Henry C. Baker has become Racine's chief of police. He plans to resign as assistant United States marshal and said the lake shore visit settled the salary and duties to his satisfaction. He will depart his current role soon.
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Madison
Wis
Henry C. Baker
Racine
Baker
Lake Shore
United States Marshal
Milwaukee
Johanna H. Leenhouts
Henry Veenendaal
Milwaukee River
Union Cemetery
Monroe
Edward Flannery
Argyle
Brownton
Milwaukee Road
Edgerton
Father Matthew
T. A and B Society
Oconomowoc
Old Settlers
Marinette
Pembine
Harvey England
Spring Valley
Joseph Killner
Gilman
Omaha Railroad
Chippewa Falls
N. O. Swift
Salt Lake City
Utah
Harry L. Swift
Margaret Kane
Beloit
Beloit Traction Company
J. B. Dow
Traction Company
C. A. Gault
E. G. Smith
Washington
Stephenson
Kenosha
J. Amory Haskell
Powder Combine
United States
Pleasant Prairie
Laflin, Rand Powder Company
Janesville
M. Louise Peterson
Peterson
St. Paul
Mineral Point
Brownville
Editor Endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar for Coughs
M T Lynch editor of the Phil lipsburg Daily Post praises Foley’s Honey and Tar as the best medicine for coughs and colds in his family. O T Erhart advertises Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup with a money back guarantee to cure constipation headaches stomach trouble or indigestion.
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New Jersey
M. T.lynch
Phillipsburg
N. J
Daily Post
Foley
O. T. Erhart
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Wellville
Holy Rollers
May
Kenosha, Wis
Ike
S.S.S
Vecerasce
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Bartl’s Beer
L. P. Cordell
Main
Stevens
C.B. Stevens Optician
McMillan Building
M. F. Bayes
Prop
ST. Opposit
B. & Q. Depot
Parker
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