Pioneer Man Writes His Own Obituary In Sharp Politics Clash
Manitowoc, Aug. 14 A 87 year old bachelor G A Woods of Manitowoc wrote and arranged for publication of his own obituary detailing his life and stance against political corruption. The piece notes his limited public offices and a distaste for law practice leading to a real estate career. The obituary includes a long autobiographical meditation on honesty in law and personal romance hints. The article also reports a drowning tragedy at Kilbourn Wisconsin where four Chicago visitors died when a launch capsized near the Dells.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Woods
Wood
Ralph Pfeifer
E. G. Pfeifer
Miss Ward
The
Dells
Pfeiffer
Chicago
Prairie region notes and family visits in Brice's Prairie
Mrs G Vanzandbergen and two sons Charley and Wilfred spent Sunday with her parents. Mrs J Nesham and son Charley and Mrs F Schwerdtfeger and daughter Lucelia of La Crosse visited S Bright for three days. Carl Fuerst returned home after helping clean logs on Black river. Farmers prepare to thresh grain as dry weather dries gardens. Mrs S Bright and three sons Bennie Marion Raymond returned from Neillsville with her mother Mrs EB Grover near Centerville. Rollie Bright visiting La Crosse this week. Miss Blanch Bright returned home after three months in La Crosse. Louis Vanriper helped George Roelnig stack rye.
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G. Vanzandbergen
Charley
Wilfred
J. Nesham
F. Schwerdtfeger
Lucelia
la Crosse
S. Bright
Carl Fuerst
Black River
S Bright
Bennie
Marion
Raymond
Neillsville
EB. Grover
Centerville
Rollie Bright
Miss Blanch Bright
Louis Vanriper
George Roelnig
Rye
Elopement Ends Appleton Couple’s College Years
A note of resignation and sightings of Miss Carrie Schmidt with Virgil Buell led to word of their elopement from Appleton. The couple married in Menominee, Michigan, last Monday morning, and plan to reside in Waupun where Buell works as a traveling salesman for an atlas company.
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Appleton
Wis
Upton
Carrie Schmidt
Virgil Buell
Wallpup
Lawrence University
Menominee, Mich
F. S. Hal- Nock
Buell
Waupun
Atlas Company
Clergy to Be Boarded Free at Neenah Conference
Arrangements for the Methodist conference opening September 16 are under way in Neenah Wisconsin about 200 ministers from eastern Wisconsin will attend. The city will provide free entertainment for visiting clergymen and Mr Drew asks preachers not to bring their wives to keep arrangements simple.
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Neenah
Wis
Drew
Rare tumor case ends with patient’s defiant reply
A surgeon declares a rare tumor in thirty years of work and plans removal. The patient interrupts, insisting he is leaving rather than undergo surgery, asserting the surgeon’s experience is insufficient.
Madison Women Resign Over Department Transfer
In Madison Wisconsin on August 14 the transfer of home economics from the college of letters and science to the agricultural college prompted the resignations of department head Miss Caroline M Hunt and assistant Miss E A Huntington. Hunt joined a New York position and Huntington pursues postgraduate work at Cornell. The move sparked criticism that coeds used the course as an easy filler.
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Madison, Wis
College of Letters and Science
Agricultural College of the State University
Caroline M. Hunt
E. A. Huntington
Hunt
New York City
Veterans to Meet in Janesville for Thirteenth Wisconsin Reunion
Janesville Wisconsin August 14 Two hundred members of the Thirteenth Wisconsin regiment Civil War veterans are expected to assemble for a reunion on August 10. A banquet will be held at East Side Old Fellows Hall with speeches and music in the courthouse. The regiment organized at Camp Tredway at the county fair grounds in Rock County.
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Janesville
R. C. Denison
Congregational Church
Japan
China
Menasha
Menasha and
Neenah Water Power Company
Fox River
Green Bay
Monroe
Thomas Luebsinger
Marshfield
Wisconsin Central
Manitowoc
Two Rivers
Emma Brey
Chicago
Herman Markle
Madison
Wisconsin Association of Congregational Churches
D. Rosa
Beloit
Neenah
Jacobd Powell
Racine
Eagle Lake
St. Mary's Church
Dever
Superior
Thomas B. Mills
Wis
Thirteenth Wisconsin Regiment
Oldfellows’ Hall
Court House
Thirteenth Wisconsin
Rock County
Camp Tredway
Fair Grounds
Labor day picnic planned by car penters union in Janesville
Janesville union men focus energy on a Labor Day picnic organized by the car penters union. The brief item notes the event as a labor union gathering with plans underway in the city.
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Janesville
Carpenters’ Union
Local social notes from Viroqua Wisconsin area
Miss Valla Smeby returns from Albert Lea Minnesota after three weeks with parents. Miss Ollie Watson heads to Sioux Falls South Dakota for sales position in a cloud and suit department. Lavina Peterson helps in H B Rogers store this week. Mr and Mrs Thomas Bentson back to Hanley Canada after month with Bentson parents. Mr and Mrs J W Thayer entertain Rob ert Stevens from Deadwood South Dakota. Miss Rena Peterson visits Cashton Wisconsin with Dr C B Peterson family. Mrs Malaprop-Partington quips Venice trip lacks cabs and streets full of water. Mr and Mrs J E Jones of Muscoda Wisconsin visit local home.
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Valla Smeby
Albert Lea
Minn
Ollie Watson
Sioux Falls
S. D
Cloud and Suit
Lavina Peterson
H. B. Rogers
Thomas Bentson
Hanley
Can
Buffalo Bill Show to Feature Open-Air Western Melodramas
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Rough Riders of the World brings three open-air melodramas to town. The program includes the Summit Springs battle reenactment with Buffalo Bill as chief actor, a Great Train Hold Up with Union Pacific bandits, and a T E Ranch sequence showing plains life. The display features horsemanship, broncho busting, and a mounted quadrille, with Buffalo Bill in the saddle directing all performances.
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Buffalo Bill
Wild West
Congress of Rough Riders
TE Ranch
Summit Springs
Tall Bull
Union Pacific
Far East
Government funds for world fairs since Jamestown exhibit
Congress has appropriated 28 762 251 dollars for world fairs with only 485 dollars spent west of the Rocky Mountains on the Lewis and Clark exposition.
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United States
Congress
Rocky Mountains
Water taxed to drive revenue idea or plan
A suggestion proposes an internal revenue tax on drinking water to influence consumption and raise money. It frames the idea as a goody way to get men to drink water and pay much for it, implying fiscal policy as a method.
London Stock Exchange hit by mass resignations
The Bank of England and Mansion House flank the Royal Exchange as London’s stock market faces extreme stringency. Over 200 members resign and 561 clerks withdraw, with London seats far cheaper than New York despite London’s once premier status. Wall Street remains the dominant money maker while London’s market falters.
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Stock Exchange of London
The
Stock Exchange
Bank of England
Mansion House
Wall Street
London Financial
Center
Royal Exchange
London
New York Exchange
Track lines map Harriman Gould system massive railroad merger
A chart shows the Harriman Gould network with 47 510 miles of track and 3 468 000 000 in stocks and bonds. It combines Wabash Missouri Pacific D and R G and Gould lines into a unified system under Harriman Gould control with dominant entries for Harriman interests.
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Harriman- Gould
Harriman
Harriman-Gould
Wabash
Mo. Pacific
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Readstown
Arthur Livingston
Brennan
North Main Street
Brice’s
Post
Ostum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek
Mich
Nicholson Scott
Paris
Coren’s
New York
Coren
Viroqua, Wis
the Bank of England
Harrriman
Gould System
Warrim, Gould
Tex. & Pac
St. L. S.W
International & Great Northern Oe
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Pittsburg
Pac
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
St. Jo
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