Ashland to Sedgwick Railway Incorporation Filed
Madison August 18 articles of incorporation filed with the secretary of state for the Ashland Odanah and Marengo Railway company. Capital stock is 100000, 100 per share, to build a twenty mile line from Odanah Ashland county to Sedgwick on the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic line. Directors include K Baker Ashland 332 shares E B Hill Odanah 1 share J S Stearns Ludington Mich 468 shares.
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Madison
Wis
Houser
Ashland, Odanah & Marengo Railway Company
Odanah
Ashland
Sedgwick
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway
Kk. Baker
F. Merrill
E. B. Hill
F. J. Darke
J. S. Stearns
Ludington
Mich
John W. Gray
Chicago
Mayor Kuypers Denies Railway Pass Controversy
Depere Wisconsin August reports that Mayor John J. Kuypers also editor of the Brown County Democrat will not resign over a new railway law barring newspaper men from holding public office while taking transport from railways in exchange for ads. He says he does not use a pass but trades value for transportation.
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Depere
Wis
John J. Kuypers
Beloit Fair Dominates with Races and Wins
Beloit crowds fill the fairgrounds as ten thousand attend yesterdays events. In pacing, Dumpy wins the 2:12 purse with Fremont S. and Gen. Arthur placing. 2:17 pace sees Miss Marion first and Bob Olink second. A five eighths mile run lists Peteller first and Tom Collins second with best time 1:06.
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Tomah
Wis
Col. Thompson
Ruth W
Calzell
Gov. Ramsey
Dol
Miss Marion
Bobolink
Peteller
Tom Collins
Beautiful
Beloit
Dumpy
Andrews
Fremont S
Bassett
Arthur
Hayes
Chicago
Radium
Lawton
Ben Herald
Mundsen
John Dillon
Postmasters Appointed and Rural Route Established
In Washington Aug 18 postmasters appointed Dakota Washara county D A Peterson replaces F W Miller Ogdensburg Waupaca county Alex Ferngen replaces John F Moore Rural route No 1 to be established Oct 16 at Frederick Polk county serving 525 people and 105 houses
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Washington, D. C
Dakota
Washara
Frederick
Polk County
Lesson from labor and time for workers in need
A moral urging that each new day trains from the past and that overlong hours exhaust staff. The writer counsels workers to seek help in the want columns and to find additional assistance to cope with staffing shortages.
Society hush over breach of promise settlement in Racine
Aug 18 Racine Wis Society people flutter as a leading city law firm settles a breach of promise suit. A pretty young plaintiff charged a wealthy man waited seven years for marriage while his mother chose a moneyed bride for him. The man held a responsible job and offered no reason for ending the engagement.
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Racine, Wis
Former athlete marries Grace E Lee of Sparta
Earl W. Schreiber once a Wisconsin star and pro contractor of paid coaching, now reinstated, wed Grace E Lee of Sparta at her parents home in Sparta. The couple plans to live in Brooklyn where Schreiber teaches athletics at Pratt Institute.
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Madison
Wis
Earl W. Schreiber
Wisconsin
Grace E. Lee
Sparta
Madison High School
Brooklyn
N. Y
Schreiber
Pratt Institute
Teacher Buried In Cave In Janesville Sewer Cavern
In Janesville Wisconsin two men, Joe Miller of Janesville and William De noyer from Aston, were trapped when sand clay and timbers collapsed in a sewer cave. Construction workers freed them after about thirty minutes. Both were taken to hospital and expected to recover despite serious injuries.
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Janesville
Wis
Joe Miller
William Denoyer
Aston
Norwegian Dies at 105 in Wisconsin
Hans Anderson aged 105, the oldest Norwegian resident in the state, died Tuesday at James Proctor’s Genesee mills home. He had worked there for forty years and his funeral was held yesterday.
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Waukesha
Hans Anderson
James Proctor
Genesee Anderson
Beveridge Leaves Badger State on Way Home
Senator Beveridge of Indiana travels through Sault Ste. Marie Michigan after camping trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota. He continues his journey home from the region to Indiana.
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Beveridge
Badger State
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Indianapolis
Wisconsin
Minnesota Woods
Woman 55 Drowns Self in Oconto River
Mrs. Alex McPherson aged 55 committed suicide yesterday afternoon by drowning in the Oconto River where the water was about eighteen inches deep.
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Oconto, Wis
Alex McPherson
Oconto River
Conference Brings Wisconsin Lodges Together for Fellowship
State officers attended the district convention led by Grand Chancellor C. A. Still of Beloit Grand Vice Chancellor N. A. Ladd of Madison and Grand Keeper of Records and Seals Burns of Milwaukee. The meeting aims to unite lodge members for fellowship and boost enthusiasm across districts.
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C. A. Still
Beloit
N. A. Ladd
Madison
Seals Burns
Milwaukee
School Boards Waste $500 000 Yearly
In Janesville Wisconsin Aug 18 Rock County school boards heard an address on building ventilation and buying efficiency by Assistant State Inspector G Brden. He said Wisconsin wastes about half a million dollars annually on useless purchases.
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Janesville
Wis
School Boards
Rock County
Gbrden
Wisconsin
Irrepressible Eddie Cochems in Court Again
Eddie B. Cochems former Wisconsin halfback and brother of Milwaukee prosecutor Henry F. Cochems appeared in Madison municipal court charged with assaulting a street car conductor and motorman. He pleaded not guilty and the case was continued to August 28.
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Madison
Wis
Eddie B. Cochems
University of Wisconsin
Henry F. Cochems
Milwaukee
Cochems
Knights of Pythias reorganizes state districts
At a meeting in Janesville on Aug 18 grand officers of the Knights of Pythias created twelve districts for the state Beloit is listed among fourteen cities in the second Janesville district details indicate Beloit belongs to the second district along with Janesville and others
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Janesville
Wis
the Knights of Pythias
Beloit
Gasoline Tank Explosion Forces Boat Sinking Near Janesville
In Janesville Wisconsin on Aug 18 a gasoline tank aboard a launch carrying Mr. and Mrs. Bert Van Houter exploded in mid river. Both passengers swam to shore and the fire department doused the flames. The boat was sunk. Van Houter runs the Empire hotel.
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Janesville
Wis
Bert van Houter
van Houter
Empire Hotel
Bohemian Workingmen's Aid Society Is Incorporated
Articles of incorporation filed at Madison for the Bohemian Workingmen's Aid Society of this city without capital stock. Incorporators named as Joseph J. Tomsicek Andrew F. Tykal and five others. "Every difficulty yields to the enterprising."
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Madison
Bohemian Workingmen’s Aid Society
Joseph J. Tomsicek
Andrew F. Tykal
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