Auto speeders jailed in Milwaukee county arrests rise
Sheriff Knell enforces speed limits on the Whitefish Bay road with a Saturday night operation. Six drivers were arrested and booked with $50 cash bail, including Louis Quarles, W D Landwehr, Alfred Tischaefer, Howard Sivyer, Richard Mader, and F A Vogel. one suspect, Louis Quarles, could not post bail and spent hours in Cell C before release.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Knell
Whitefish Bay Road
Louis Quarles
Charles Quarles
Mr. Vogel
W. D. Landwehr
Alfred Tischaefer
Howard M. Sivyer
Richard B. Mader
F. A. Vogel
Pfister & Vogel
Whitefish Bay
John W. Waller
Henry Weber
Chicago
George Campbell
Calumet Bedding and Couch Company
Harmony planned for La Follette delegation dispute
Milwaukee August reports repeated quiet conferences by La Follette and Wisconsin Republican leaders to avoid open conflict over the state delegation to the national convention. The plan centers on uniting La Follette strength behind a presidential bid while detaching Governor Davidson and Lieutenant Governor Connor from stalwart alliances. Stephenson backs the plan and others foresee a possible deal offering Davidson a renomination if La Follette leads the delegation.
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Milwaukee
la Follette
Davidson
Connor
Connor-La Follette
Stephenson Lass Spring
Stephenson
Stout
la Fellette
Wisconsin
Dairy and Food Commissioner Attacks Guaranty Clause
Madison Wis Aug 19 Dairy and Food Commissioner Emery criticizes the guaranty clause of the national pure food law saying it protects dealers more than consumers and that laws exist to curb adulteration and misbranding. He notes Gov Hughes of New York aligns with this view and cites H C Adams who called the provision an absurdity that would not halt adulteration but divert it.
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Madison
Wis
Dairy and Food
Emery
Bonaparte
Gov. Hughes
New York
H. C. Adams
St. Paul
National Association of State Dairy and Food Departments
State briefs from Wisconsin list local incidents and actions
Reports from Marquette Eau Claire Grand Rapids Janesville Chippewa Falls Madison Kenosha and Superior cover a mix of accidents deaths pardons fines arrests police actions and civic measures. Highlights include a boy found in a well a fatal strike with a sledge hammer a broken arm from a dog game and various legal and civic notices.
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Marinette
James Rubik
EAU Claire
Ole Holum
Grand Rapids
Ruth
H. J. Lemke
Janesville
United States
L. A. Young
Chippewa Falls
Progressive League Council
Shawnee
Okla
Julia Mickklejohn
Clinton
Parker and
Thomas
Harm
Cadett
Gardner
Civic League
Klinkert Brewing Company
J. A. Klinkert
Arthur Zimmerman
Madison
State Board of Control
Mendota
Oshkosh
Kiefer-Haessler Hardware Company
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Kenohia
J. H. Karnes
Humane Society
Drownings during rescue on Wisconsin steamer
Joseph Quell a deck watchman on the steamer Wisconsin drowned in the river at the Barry line docks while attempting to recover a cap fallen into the water. Seven hundred excursionists aboard the steamer and an equal number on shore watched the fatal attempt unfold.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Joseph Quell
Wisconsin
Barry Line
Eighteen Named in Capitol Fraud Inquiry Report
Harrisburg report urges criminal and civil action against eighteen individuals tied to Pennsylvania's 13 million dollar capitol construction fraud. Names include contractor John H. Sanderson, architect Joseph Huston, auditors E. B. Hardenberg and W. H. Snyder, former treasurers Mathues and Harris, and Pennsylvania Bronze co founder George K. Storm among others. The commission asks swift action by the attorney general through the governor.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Capitol Investigation Commission
Stuart
John H. Sanderson
Philadelphia
Joseph M. Huston
Stanford Lewis
Huston
J. H. Shumaker
Johnstown
Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
W. H. Snyder
E. B. Hardenberg
W. L. Mathues
Frank G. Harris
P. Burd Cassel
Pennsylvania Construction Company
George F. Payne
Capitol
Charles G. Wetter
Payne
Charles K. Kinsman
Wallis Boileau
John G. Neuderer
George K. Storm
Pennsylvania Bronze Company
Sanderson
Frank Irvine
Auditor General's Office
George C. Town
Shumaker
Trempealeau Wins Disk Game Amid Ladies Crowd
In Trempealeau Wisconsin on August 19 a village team beat the Boston Bloomer girls after village president and aides tried to halt the game. Umpire Fred Hosley favored the ladies and Trempealeau prevailed as Manager Elkins struggled with nerves during pitching to the Bloomer lineup. Carrie Nation on first supplied muscle for the bloomers.
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Trempealeau
Wis
Boston Bloomer
Fred Hosley
la Crosse
Lady Maud
Bloomers
Carrie Nation
Elkins
La Crosse delegate reports large Iron Moulders Union meeting
Charles Simcock of 818 Rose Street returned from the Iron Moulders Union of North America convention in Philadelphia as a La Crosse delegate. The July 22 start drew 564 delegates from across the United States and Canada for nineteen days of talks on reducing employer strikes and settling disputes. Simcock then toured the eastern and southeastern United States including Niagara Falls Albany New York New York City Washington Norfolk Jamestown Exposition Richmond Charleston and Atlanta City.
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Charles Simcock
Rosestreet
Philadelphia
Iron Moulder’s Union of North America
la Crosse Union
Simcock
United States
Canada
Limecock
Niagara Falls
Albany
Hudson
New York
Washington, D. C
Cheasepeake River
Norfolk
Richmond
West Virginia
Charleston
Atlanta City
Attorney Forest Resigns as Adams County District Attorney
Madison Attorney S S Forest of Friendship filed resignation with the governor from the Adams county district attorney post due to ill health.
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Madison
S. S. Forest of Friendship
Adams County
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