Wisconsin candidate Falvey accused in highway fund theft
A Marinette man filed a complaint with the county clerk charging Assemblyman William H Falvey with illegally taking 7,700 dollars from county highway funds while serving as supervisor and highway committee chair. Friends say the charge aims to hurt his renomination bid at the primaries, brought by Theodore Kersten of Crivitas.
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New York
America
Simon
Theodore Kersten
Crivi- Tas
Fire destroys ViRoQua tobacco packing house and 1906 stock
Vi ro qua Wis Aug 16 The large tobacco packing house of C H Helgeson was destroyed by fire along with nearly 00 cases of 1906 tobacco. Loss on tobacco about 50000 with insurance of two thirds to three quarters of value. Adjacent dwelling belonging to Helgeson also burned.
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Viroqua
Wis
C. H. Hergeson
Helgeson
Erich Maw Buys His Way To Poorhouse
Ashland Wisconsin August 10 Dominick Bach fearing public charge turned over his bank account to the poor department his funds exhausted leaving Erich Maw to face poverty and uncertain welfare steps as the story notes a dramatic shift in finances amid poverty concerns.
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Erich Maw
Ashland
Wis
Dominick Bach
Man Nearly Killed by Fast Train at Wisconsin Crossing
Racine Wisconsin Aug 10 At the Sixteenth street crossing of the North Western road a south bound passenger train struck a horse and carriage carrying J C Torgenson his wife and two children. The vehicle and occupants were thrown twenty feet and the rig wrecked while the horse broke its legs. Mr Jorgenson was bruised and injured internally while Mrs Jorgenson and the children escaped without a scratch.
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Racind
Wis
Quarrel Ends With a Broken Skull at Quarry
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin August 19 A quarry quarrel leaves one man dead and a second Macedonian suspect Mike Habeck hunted for murder. The victim’s name is not known and Habeck fled after a quarrel last night. Police wired Habeck’s description to other cities.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Leath
Era & Smith
Mike Habeck
Chicago
Itaheck
Nebraska schedules eleven games for 1908 season
The 1908 Nebraska football schedule features eleven games, one fewer than last year, and marks a return to athletic relations with Iowa after a three year break. The slate includes games against Peru State Normal, Doane College, Grinnell, Minnesota, Haskell Indians, Iowa, Ames, Kansas, Hastings Presbyterian, and Wabash, with locations mainly in Lincoln and a few road contests.
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Iowa
Nebraska State Normal of Peru
Doane College of Crete
Grinnell
Minnesota
Minneapo
Haskell Indians
Iowa City
Aimes
Omaha
Kansas
Hastings
Presbyterian College
Wabash
Black setter of district attorney dies after operation
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin on August 10 the black setter belonging to District Attorney B A Husting died under anesthesia after a cancer operation. The cancerous growth weighed eleven ounces and was removed, but the dog's condition deteriorated from the shock and it did not recover.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
B. A. Husting
J. W. Hooley
Resort Hotel Raid by Sheriff at Elkhart Lake
Sheriff Henry Kiefer raided a summer resort hotel at Elkhart Lake capturing several gambling slot machines. Disguised, he entered on foot under cover of a teashind, targeting a second attempt after the manager previously hid the machines. Machines were taken to Elkhart jail and smashed with an axe. One machine was a new model seized just yesterday at 4 p.m.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Henry Kiefer
Elkhart Lake
Elktart
Famous horseman dies at Kenosha in accident
Wic Aug 10 Pred year old son of Michael Lise KENOSHA Wis Aug 19 Will tle white playing near a cistern accidentally fell into two feet of water Tipton a noted horse owner and trainer in the northwest was among the mourners.
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Wic
Michael Lise
Kenosha
Wis
Will Tle
Tipton
Northwest
Hynne-Benrud Granite Co Expands City Operations
Hynne-Benrud Granite Co rapidly grows in Brest progress with a long term lease for the Nephid building across Third and King streets. The firm plans to use the present building as manufacturing and the new site as offices and salesroom, aiming to employ 35 skilled workers and display a large stock of monuments and finished work in the northwest.
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Brest
Nephid
Third and
King Streets
Hynne
Forthwest
Hynne Haseen
Rarhin
Jay Street
Benrud
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