La Crosse Drops Closing Game to Green Bay
La Crosse lost to Green Bay 3 to 1 in the final game of the series. Green Bay pitcher Gormilky shut down La Crosse while Lanan and Hopkins contributed for Green Bay. Brookings, S. D. is billed as the western state favorite for today’s doubleheader.
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Green Bay
la Crosse
Wausau
Freeport
Oshkosh
Eau Claire
U la Crosse
Gormilky
Brookings
S. D
CIA Looge
Ponds
Green Way
Happert
Tennant
Lanan
Doland
Avon
Ak Vogt
Bond
Medwytzky
Konetchy
Il Cahill
Tucker
Rf Seesiouveee
Killian
Yankee Meat Abroad Shows Strong Demand Despite Exposures
Reports from the commerce and labor department indicate American meats are in strong demand in foreign markets despite new inspection law exposure. European plants are described as having poorer conditions, while American canned meats remain favored by troops, with cheaper prices than German meat. An inspector from Barking criticizes English slaughterhouses, noting Chicago product cleanliness.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
South Africa
Commissiariat Department
Germany
Africa
America
Barking
England
Chicago
Great Britain
Beloit Tragedy Drowns Ruth Macumber at Lake Geneva
In Beloit Wisconsin on August 8 Ruth Macumber 25 daughter of C H Macumber assistant state secretary of the Home Missionary Society drowned near Camp Collie in Lake Geneva while attempting to aid a companion Henry D Smith Beloit College general secretary nearly lost his life in the same incident He and Macumber were pulled from the water while a rescue party arrived Doctors reported Macumber beyond recovery Smith unconscious but showing signs of life and may survive Smith is a Yale Divinity School student and Beloit College alumnus who has led a strong drive to recruit the largest freshman class this summer at Beloit College
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Beloit
Wis
Ruth Macumber
C. H. Macumber
Home Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Camp Collie
Lake Geneva
Henry D. Smith
Beloit College
Macumber
George L. Collie
Miss Macumber
Mr. Smith
Collie
Weds in haste repents purtland divorce case
Alice Arnold Yager, a San Francisco refugee, was granted divorce from Ezra R Yager on cruelty grounds after a three week marriage that began soon after fleeing the Bay City disaster. The couple's brief union included a hurried ceremony and repeated separations amid accusations of abuse.
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Alice Arnold Yager
San Francisco
Ezra R. Yager
Bay City
Yager
St. Charles
Oakland
Portland
Wolves Attack Farmers Near Brule Wisconsin
E F Baxter and Oscar Carlson report a pair of unusually large wolves killed a calf and attacked them as they milked in Brule area. Baxter’s ten year old son arrives with a knife and shotgun, killing the larger wolf. Carlson fells the second with the gun butt. Pelts indicate large size.
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Superior
Wis
E. F. Baxter
Oscar Carlson
Brule
Baxter
Carlson
Young Girl Dies After Fall in Hay Mow
Edna Spindler seven year old daughter of a local milkman fell from the hay loft while searching for eggs with her sister near Deadwood S D. She died almost instantly.
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Deadwood
S. DD
Edna Spindler
Electric Bitters advertised as cure for multiple ailments
E H Wolfe of Bear Grove Indiana credits Electric Bitters with relieving two years of kidney trouble and general debility. The ad claims cures for stomach liver kidney complaints blood diseases headaches dizziness and weakness. Sold for 50 cents and guaranteed by O T Erhart's drug store.
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E. H. Wolfe
Bear Grove
O. T. Erhart
Tragic confession on love and cousin’s suicide in Chicago
Mrs. F. F. Brimkamp recounts how her first cousin James Waterloo, a drug clerk, ended his life after despondency rooted in a forbidden bond. She describes nervous breakdown over a tragedy involving her and her husband, and notes the enduring strain of past relationships on family marriage plans.
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Chicago
F. F. Brimkamp
Assistat State Veterinary Surgeon
Wisconsin
James Waterloo
Waterloo
Brimkamp
Collision on Minnesota & North Western Kills Mrs. Smith
In Cloquet Minnesota a push engine and a handcar collision near town killed Mrs. Matt Smith of Scanlon. A five year old child was fatally injured and three handcar men suffered minor injuries. Mrs. Smith died instantly as the derailed car crushed the child and others escaped with cuts and bruises.
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Cloquet
Minn
Minnesota & Northwestern
Here
Matt Smith
Scanon
Man Wanted To Sell Properties Near La Crosse
Job listing seeks a man to show and assist in selling properties near La Crosse. No experience needed. training provided. Salary $60 a month to start. Steady position for a man willing to devote time to handling customers. Address Security Land & Sgrmie Co Andrus Bldg Minneapolis.
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la Crosse
Security Land
Scgrmie Co
Andrus Bidg
Minneapolis
Rainmaker Hatfield Fails to Bring Rain to Klondike
Aug 8 dispatches from Tacoma report Rainmaker Hatfield has not produced useful rain for Klondike miners as his works shut down. Miners worry about water for sluicing while Hatfield fund supporters plan a meeting to decide on continuing the project. Chief Isaacs of the Moosehide Indians claims he can make rain with paid preference to Dawson miners, and four medicine men oppose Hatfield.
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Tacoma
Wash
Dawson
Hatfield
Klondike
Yukon Valley
Isaacs
Hiatfield
California
Life in the city made safe by a local claim
E W Goodloe of Dutton Street, Waco Texas, praises Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption, saying five years of use left his chronic cough cured and life safer than on the uplands. The remedy, claimed to cure coughs flu croup whooping cough and to prevent pneumonia, is sold at O T Erhart’s drug store with a $1 bottle and a free trial bottle.
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Tectives
Yager
E. W. Goodloe
Dutton St
Waco
Tex
Dr. King
O. T. Erhart’s
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