Wisconsin heirs swarm for fortune claim on German estate
Judge G T Moeskes in Appleton received numerous letters from claimants across the country asserting heirs to Gen Witthuhn. Only living member of the fourth generation is Mrs Frederika Lorenz as the estate sits in trust with the German government. A letter from Dr Kossuth Morgen of St Louis asks Moeskes to locate a fortune tied to another lineage after noting similarities with Witthuhn.
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Appleon
Wis
G. T. Moeskes
Witthuhn
Frederika Lorenz
Moeskes
Gen. Witthuhn
Judge Moeskes
Kossuth Morgner
St. Louis
U S Detectives Nab Chicago Ring Over Counterfeits
U S Secret Service agents T R McManus and Thomas Porter arrested Hugo Rudolf Albert Donnerstag and Adolph Zacharias in Rhinelander Wisconsin for counterfeiting. They seized spurious five ten and twenty dollar gold pieces tied to a regional distribution network traced from Merrill to Hearford Junction and Rhinelander.
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Rhinelander
Wis
United State Secret Service
T. R. McManus
Milwaukee
Thomas Porter
Chicago
Hugo Rudolf
Albert Donnerstag
Adolph Zacharias
Secret Service
McManus
Merrill
Heatford Junction
Special United
Rudolf Donnerstag
Albert
Hugo
Rudolf
Zacharias
Heirs Seek Vast German Estate Worth Millions
Correspondents from St. Louis Danville and Chicago pursue an 1805 Saxony will leaving about 100 000 thalers to remain undivided for 100 years. The money would grow in value while held in trust by the Saxony government. Claimants include F. J. Lorenz, Danville TH, and Frank A. Lawrence of Chicago who may be heirs to the fortune.
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St. Louis
Saxony
F. J. Lorenz
Danville
Witthuhn
Germany
Frank A. Lawrence
Chicago
Lorenz
Counterfeit Gold Ring Arrests and Suspect Capture
States Agent Thomas Porter of Chicago pursued Rudolf Donnerstag after counterfeits were found on him. Hugo and Albert Donnerstag were captured near their home, with Hugo attempting to approach officers armed with a rifle. Authorities recovered counterfeit coins and materials used to alter metal along with an accomplice Zacharias.
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Thomas Porter
Chicago
Donnerstag
Porter
McManus
Hugo
Kidney Cure Praise From Oakville Resident
R A Gray J P of Oakville Indiana says ten years bedridden by kidney disease could not move part of his body until Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended. He calls it a God send and credits the remedy with relief after consulting top medical skill.
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R. A. Gray
J. P
Oakville
Ind
Foley
O. T. Erhart
Edith Babbitt Located With Relatives Near Beloit
Miss Edith Babbitt believed de mented and missing since leaving Chicago a month ago is found at Portage with her brother in law the Rev J D Whitelaw relatives will meet the Whitelaws committee there Miss Babbitt spoke by telephone with Prof R W Burr her mother is greatly distressed and her brother traced her through Indiana ports prior to this find in Wisconsin other notes mention a man dead in a quarry and Frank H Pilling losing 18000 in a fake boxing match at Tacoma and Jared Fox dying from internal injuries after a fall from a streetcar in Elroy
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Beloit
Wis
Edith Babbitt
Chicago
Portage
J. D. Whitelaw
Whitelaws
Miss Babbitt
Congressman Babbitt
Moody Institute
Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Leathem & Smith
Richland Center
Frank H. Pilling
Tacoma
Wash
Elroy
Jared Fox
Northwestern Road
New Jersey Editor Praises Foley’s Honey and Tar
M. T. Lynch, editor of the Phillipsburg Daily Post, writes that his family has used many cough and cold medicines but none as good as Foley’s Honey and Tar, praising it highly in a testimonial.
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New Jersey
M. T. Lynch
Phillipsburg
N. J
Daily Post
Foley
O. T. Erhart
Boy Dies After Lumber Wagon Accident in Superior
In Superior Wisconsin on August 11 seven year old Sherman Larson was crushed when he climbed under a lumber wagon driven by August Zachau. The wagon halted in an alley to ask where to unload and the boy, hanging by a chain, slipped under a wheel. he died in his mother's arms within an hour.
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Superior
Wis
Sherman Larson
August Zachau
Little Larson
Little Sherman
State News in Brief from Wisconsin Cities
Sheboygan merchants ban transient display at hotels after merchants join city retailers. Superior swimmer Edward Thompson covers over two miles in 1 hour 28 minutes from White City to Connors Point. Neenah kayaker Fannie Jackson rescued as boat capsizes and she nearly faints. Sheboygan man Stafford Barber, 27, violent, captured after chasing wife and child with an ax. Ashland Dominick Bach 78 turns over $400 bank balance to the poor department and is sent to the poor house. Sturgeon Bay report ends mid sentence with one man.
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Sheboygan
Superior
Duluth-Superior Bay
Edward Thompson
White City
Connors Point
Neenah
Fannie Jackson
Anna Foth
Glendeulah
Stafford Barber
Ashland
Domiinick Bach
Pistakee Yacht Wins Sawyer Cup at Oshkosh
Pats IV representing Pistakee Lake Yacht Club won the E. P. Sawyer challenge cup on Lake Butte Des Morts in a drifting match. Kathryn of Butte Des Morts Yacht Club finished second with Black Point of Geneva close behind and Algoma of Oshkosh Yacht Club fourth. John Buckstaff of Oshkosh sailed the Lorimer boat as the event highlighted Oshkosh Yacht Club's annual regatta aided by nearby clubs.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Pats IV
Lorimer
Pistakee Lake
Pats TV Ssacies Ace
Kathryn
Black Point
Albama
Lake Butte Des Morts
Deewahjack
Pistakee
Butte Des Morts
Windom Inquest Shifts To Accident Theory In Death Of Richard Smith
Windom authorities shift from murder to accident in the death of Richard Smith, a colored youth found near Bing ham Lake. Witnesses say he boasted he could sleep on moving train bumpers, and investigators now suspect he fell from a bumper and was struck by a later train. An early murder theory is largely abandoned as county officials continue probes. An accompanying travel notice advertises economical round trip tickets to many Canadian and New England resorts with sale dates after June 1, 1908.
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Windom
Minn
Richard Smith
Emma Smith
North Seventh Street
Young Smith
Smith
D. A. Stuart
Bingham Lake
Twin City
Canada
New England
Geo. W. Vaux
T. A
Grand Trunk Railway System
Adams St
Chicago
Sensations in arson case at Kenosha hearing
Sensational developments are expected at the hearing for Mike Griffin and Edward Ashman charged with arson in the burning of the Four Corners resort. One man is said to have made a full confession and others in Milwaukee and Kenosha are reportedly implicated.
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Kenosha
Wis
Mike Griffin
Edward Ashman
Four Corners
Milwaukee
Drowning in Wisconsin River Near Bridgeport
Victor Clark of National Iowa, about 25, drowned while bathing in the Wisconsin River at Wright's Ferry three miles above Bridgeport. His companion Robert Schultz and two young women narrowly escaped with their lives as Clark slipped from a sandbar.
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Bridgeport
Wis
Wisconsin
Wright's Ferry
Victor Clark
National
Robert Schultz
Clark
Red Lake County Fair Closes After One Of Its Best
The Red Lake county fair closed with a large crowd and strong turnout. About thirty three horses competed in races and the track record was lowered by Noon Bells of Fargo to 2 16 in the free-for-all. Congressman Steenerson gave a non partisan address Friday afternoon to the attendees.
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Thief River Falls
Mign
Red Lake County
Steenerson
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Watterson
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Postum Cereal Company, Limited
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Frank J. Reed
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Sturgeon Bay
Sawyer Cup
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