Storm damage hits Dresbach with structure losses
Aug. 9 Dresbach Minnesota reports the worst storm in years tearing down windmills barns brick sheds and fruit and shade trees. A brick house occupied by Millard Deerman and family suffered major front damage and the family narrowly escaped injury. In Dakota Minnesota Aug. 8 the storm wrecked most nearby barns with OO A Tibbetts and his son George trapped as their barn collapsed crushing timber and lumber on horses and men. both were unhurt.
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Dresbach
Minn
Millard Deerman
Dakota
A. Tibbetts
Gile Brown
George
C H Connor in Plummer Idaho
Friends of C H Connor former city comptroller will be interested to know Mr Connor is at present engaged in clerical work for H C Henry principal contractor for the C M and St P coast extension. Mr Connor is located at Plummer near Tekoa Wash in the Coeur d Alene Indian reservation. Mr Connor is enjoying good health.
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C. H. Connor
Connor
H. C. Henry
C. M. & St. P. Coast Extension
Mr. Connor
Plummer
Tekoa
Wash
Couer d'Alene
Pure Food Law Prosecutions Hampered by Justice Courts
Justice court administration undermines enforcement of pure food and pure drug laws in Minnesota and the Northwest. Offenders, often facing jury trials, are acquitted despite evidence and labeling failures. Calls grow for district court indictments to curb local prejudice and politics. similar issues plague child labor and patent medicines enforcement.
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Des Moines
Justice Court
Ottawa
Council Bluffs
Justice
Dan Cupid a Thief: Deadwood Faces Domestic Help Shortage
Aug 9 Deadwood S D. The prominence of marriage among maids has emptied the city. Brides and skilled domestics leave employment citing marriage plans. Employers seek replacements but ads yield few responses. Many families consider moving to flats to escape the servant dilemma.
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Deadwood
Cupid
Northwest briefs from Cedar Rapids to Delano
A crowded cluster of short items from Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota. A well dressed stranger robbed the Wiggins photograph gallery in Cedar Rapids taking 70 dollars and diamonds before fleeing. In Ottumwa Hazel McCantz 11 swallowed a silver quarter and may need surgery after locating the coin with X rays. In Northfield G A Brown, wanted by Alderman Berke for a prior defrauding case, was arrested on a warrant. Davenport reports a countywide injunction against about 250 saloonkeepers. In Lamberton William Kegner was injured when a wagon tongue struck him after a horses began to run. In Boone a 19 month old pulled a plug from a washing machine causing scalding water injuries. In Fergus Falls Mrs. Lindquist and Miss Pearson were thrown from a buggy. Miss Pearson badly hurt. In Ellsworth Theodore Stenzel was stung by bees and survived a severe reaction. this is his second such incident. In White Earth C G Sturtevan of Detroit Minn awarded contract to plot townsite. In St Peter Gustavus Adolphus professor G A Peterson will join Bethany College as chair of Swedish. In Newton Hulda Jensen 17 shot herself after her mother’s death and lover’s alleged unfaithfulness. In Austin Lester Comstock 19 died by self-inflicted gunshot. In Sioux Falls W S Bowen will sell his stake in the Sioux Falls Daily Press and transfer ownership on Sept 1. In Delano Yeggmen robbed Bartlett Bros flour mill last night taking 70 dollars from the cash register.
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Cedar Rapids
Wiggins
Ottumwa
Hazel McCantz
Charles McCantz
Riverview
Northfield
Minn
G. A. Brown
Faribault
Roman Berke
Farmington
Davenport
Scott County
Lamberton
William Kegner
Boone
Frank Cooper
Fergus Falls
Peter Lindquist
Emma Pearson
Battle Lake
Mr. Stenzel
White Earth
Cc. G. Sturtevan
Detroit
Congress
ST. Peter
G. A. Peterson
Gustavus Adolphus College
Bethany College
Landsborg
Kas
Newton
Hulda Jensen
Here
Austin
Lester Comstock
Racine
Sioux Falls
W. S. Bowen
Sioux Falls Daily Press
Delano
Yeggmen
Bartlett Bros
Lastight
Dresbach Baseball Club to Meet La Crosse Nationals
Misses Carrie and Bertha Enge Bretson of Milaca Minn spent Sunday here as Mrs Geo Moore guests. Peter Holcomb fell from a hand car Tuesday and was badly injured. Mr and Mrs A Donaldson of Brn Ill Mrs Shaffer and Wm Young of La Crosse spent yesterday with relatives. Dresbach baseball club will play the La Crosse Nationals next Sunday Aug 11 at two oclock p m. Mr Geo Cordes of La Crescent was a caller today.
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Carrie
Bertha Engebretson
Milaca
Minn
Geo. Moore
Peter Holcomb
A. Donaldson
Brron
Ill
Shaffer
Wm. Young
la Crosse
Dresbach Baseball Club
Shirt waist buttons cause hardship for girls
The fashion of buttoning shirt waists down the back is working a great hardship on the girls. It leaves them without a receptacle for gloves, handkerchiefs, powder rags, and even bedding, which they formerly carried in the fronts of their shirt waists.
Forty Days of Burglaries Rock Minneapolis
William Wallace claims forty burglaries in as many days across Minneapolis south side. He confessed to detectives after an overcoat theft at a livery barn led to his arrest. Wallace says he kept a house-by-house record and will guide officers to the robbed sites. Police have his full list but have not released it.
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Minneapolis
Minn
William Wallace
South Side
Wallace
Nelson
Rhodes
Bahan
Nearby Cities Towns and Farms News Snapshot
Mr. John Mullen of Litchfield Minnesota visits Edward Vig. Harry Shannon of Edgerton conducts business in Viroqua. Miss Caroline Brendum and Mrs C T Shanon travel from Westby. Ed Vig and daughter Lucile visit friends at Avalanche. Miss Kate Rayner and Mrs Herron return from a Dakota trip. Viroqua White Sox beat La Farge 11 to 7. Miss Ella Severson and Mrs Ramsland visit. Nellie Rice Iva Purdy host a supper at H L Ratner's restaurant with Alma Nelson Cora Hagen Kathryn Dennis Jerry Nelson Elmer Stuart Henry Helgeson Ben Nuzum Clarence Webb.
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Ed. Vig
Lucile
Avalanche
Kate Rayner
Herron
Dakotas
Viroqua White Sox
la Farge
Viroqua
Ella Severson
Ramsland
Westby
Nellie Rice
Iva Purdy
H. L
Alma Nelson
Cora Hagen
Kathryn Dennis
Tony Schmidt
Jerry Nelson
Elmer Stuart
Henry Helgeson
Ben Nuzum
Stuart Henry Helgeson
Clarence Webb
Local household visits and family news recap
Mrs G W Wolf and children of La Crosse visit her parents Mr and Mrs H Kashek. Elsie Pulver Floy Robinson visit their aunt Mrs Umbarger Riverside. Hazel White visits Mary Froelich. Mrs H Stumpf and G W Wolf spend time at Oswald home Riverside. John Hoch is sick. G W Wolf of La Crosse visits family in village. Albert Rick and son Hershel visit Mrs Rick's parents at Newton. M E Sunday school pupils meet Supt Mrs H E Stumpf. L A S meets Mrs J W Sims Aug 8. Mildred Blashek visits La Crosse. Mrs Stumpf hosts dinner for George and Ed Wolf. Stilwell daughter Printha of Riverside visits relatives. plans eye operation in La Crosse. Mrs Cutcell visits Oak Ridge. Kaeppler of La Crosse visits town. A O Strong leaves for Dakota. G W Wolf family dines at Stokke home. Harville and daughter return home after visiting. Lester Warner of Onalaska visits grandparents H H White. G W Wolf and son Roland visit Mrs Rich Loftus at De Soto.
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G. W. Wolf
la Crosse
H. Kashek
Elsie Pulver
Floy Robinson
Umbarger
Riverside
Hazel White
Mary Froelich
H. Stumpf
Oswald
John Hoch
Albert Rick
Hershel
Steventown social notes and lake camping crowd
Master Charles Adams of La Crosse visits Mr Ed Fuller and families join a Sunday gathering with James Forrests. Oshkosh normal and Valparaiso students camp on Union Mill lake with Mindoro friends. Boating fishing serenades praised as ideal for the lake. Matt Andersons visit La Crosse. Mrs Flossie Merrill hires Lewis school. Mrs John Starr rheumatic. Mrs Chriss Larson under Dr Jegi care. Lutheran youths sing Wednesdays with Marian Berrum as chorister. Frank Brown and family attend Galesville church. James Wilsons attend North Bend. Louis Hulberg hosts a large coffee social. Oscar Sebos leave for Spokane. News notes warn of a dubious agent scheme and advise caution.
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Charles Adams
la Crosse
Ed Fuller
J. Tracy
R. Hodge
T. Forrest
James Forrest
Oshkosh Normal
Valparaiso
Ind
Mindoro
Union Mill Lake
Isaac Walton
Matt Anderson
Flossie Merrill
Onalaska
Lewis School
John Starr
Chriss Larson
Jegi
Galesville
Marian Berrum
Frank Brown
James Wilson
North Bend
Louis Hulberg
Oscar Sebo
Spokane
Wash
Lightning Kills Dessel Youth While Hay Stacking
Dessel Minnesota reports Hjalmar Nelson age 20, only son of Mr and Mrs Nels Nelson of Collinwood, killed instantly by lightning while stacking hay. In Crookston thieves dynamited Humboldt bank rear trap door, stole $60 in change. safe vault escape indicated. In Cass Lake a gasoline launch owned by Ole Ferguson, valued at $2,500, burned early yesterday.
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Dessel
Minn
Hjalmar Nelson
Nels Nelson
Collinwood
Crookston
Humboldt
Cass Lake
Ole Ferguson
North Side Opens Public Baths Amid Pleasant Setting
North side bath facilities receive praise from local business people and bathers. Weather kept patrons away, but last night’s inspection showed the baths in fine shape with rising attendance. Four election booths, two toilets, a sandy beach, and a beginner area enhance the site described as ideal for beauty and comfort in clean water.
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North Side
South Side
Brewery Blast Kills and Injures Forty in Santiago
A refinery or brewery in Santiago Chile exploded its carbonic acid pipes, destroying the building and leaving about forty dead or wounded including spectators police and firemen. The disaster prompted frantic rescue efforts and underscored safety concerns.
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Santiago
Chile
Funeral Held For Oscar W Oakes In Oak Grove Cemetery
Oscar W Oakes blown from raft boat Van Sant in Du buque storm laid to rest at Oak Grove cemetery. A 22 year old Wisconsin Telephone collector and rising cartoonist, he married recently and was known across the city. Funeral attendance was large with many floral tributes.
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Oscar W. Oakes
van Sant
Dubuque
Oak Grove
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Alice Marteau
North Side
Twin City
Glen Brown Dead Dies at 76 in Prospect Street Home
Ole O Brown aged 76 veteran died yesterday morning about 10 30 due to dropsy at his Prospect Street home. Widow Mrs O Brown five sons Olaf Henry Albert William of this city Ed Sryant of Winona and two daughters Mrs John Dugan of La Crosse and Mrs D J Boyle of Superior survive. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 20 pm from Charles Street Lutheran Church Rev E O Vik officiating with Andrew Siitzen in attendance and interment in Campbell Cemetery.
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Ole O. Brown
Prospect Street
O. Brown
Olaf
Henry
Abert
William
Ed Sryant
Winona
John Dugan
la Crosse
D. J. Boyle
Snperior
Charles Street
Iutheral
E. O. Vik
Andrew Siiten
Tha
Innement
Campbell Cemetey
North Side Briefs Visit Faces Chicago and Kansas City
Mrs. John Rogowsky and her daughter Miss Martha left last evening to visit relatives and friends in Chicago and Kansas City. Assemblyman Dr. T. H. Miller has been entertaining his father, Harvey.
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John Rogowsky
Miss Martha
Chicago
Kansas City
T. H. Miller
Harvey
Juvenile Criminals Studies by Arthur MacDonald
Arthur MacDonald of Washington describes three studies on juvenile criminals. The first lists physical defects among 65 young offenders, noting hereditary nervous issues, lung diseases, alcoholism, insanity, epilepsy, and mental backwardness as common taints. The second follows 200 children aged 6 to 12 in a reform school, many abandoned. The third outlines the history of a criminal born child who was always unmanageable and born with numerous physical defects.
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Arthur MacDonald
Washington
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