New Ulm Mayor Defies Law Open Saloons Sunday
In New Ulm Minnesota on August 22 the mayor responded to Attorney General Young with a defiant letter and ordered all saloons closed next Sunday. He claims the city’s German majority supports Sunday openness and asserts 95 percent favor keeping saloons running. He directs police to enforce the orders despite the AG’s directive.
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New Ulm
Young
Silverson
E. T. Young
St. Paul
Minn
Charles Silverman
Iowa Fan Bans Short Skirts Row Sparks Attention
A Des Moines fair management contract requires every female in the oriental dance troupe to wear skirts within four inches of the ground and no low necklines or exposed arms. The manager fainted upon reading the onerous clause.
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Des Moines
State Fair Management
Storms Aid Lumbermen as Log Drives Move
Storms on August 22 in Stillwater Minnesota lift log drives on the St. Croix and reopen dams. Excursion steamers profit from floods while sawmills resume busy operations. County teachers institute enrolls seventy with instructors from St. Cloud normal and local high school. A Baptist preacher to lecture on Egypt. Juvenile thief 18, using alias Frank Ferris, faces municipal court. case continued.
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Stillwater
Minn
St. Croix
Taylor's Falls
Edward M. Jeffers
First Baptist Church
Egypt
Thomas Brickley
Frank Ferris
Fires Rage Across Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Forest fires sweep the western Upper Peninsula with timber losses, destroyed logging camps, and fears for settlers. Dry conditions and little rain feed the blazes, with berry picker and locomotive sparks blamed for several fires as communities spare towns from greater destruction.
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Marquette
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Kidnapped Italian Battles Deputies Near Waterloo
An aged Italian man with one arm and one leg resisted two deputy U S marshals pursuing him across two states after kidnapping his son from a Nebraska industrial school. The pursuit ended in woods thirty miles north of Waterloo Iowa. The report notes his missing nose and the dramatic struggle with revolvers involved.
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Waterloo
Nebraska
United States
Here
Father Kidnaps Son After Industrial School Watch
An old Indian man hides his abducted son after government placed him in an industrial school. The family flees toward a Wisconsin reservation with ponies as officers pursue. The father attacks the officers when confronted, while the mother and daughter cry, and the father breaks down in tears.
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Wisconsin
Marshall shoots Tonyeon in self defense at Freeport
In Freeport Minnesota on August 22 a jury found John Tonyeon died from a revolver shot by Marshal William T Radford aimed to stop a disturbance and ruled the killing accidental. Four companions at the scene were arrested tried for disturbing the peace and pleaded guilty with fines of 25 dollars plus costs.
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Freeport
Minn
John Tonyeon
William T. Radford
Tonyeon
Justice Senn
New Munich
Fort Mackinac Bequest Sought by Smith and Allies
Senator William Alden Smith will push to return Fort Mackinac to the federal government and restore it as a U S army post. He has enlisted Speaker Cannon and other leaders, aiming to station two artillery companies on the island. The fort was abandoned under President Cleveland during Lamont's tenure.
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Manistique
Mich
William Alden Smith
Fort Mackinac
United States Army
Speaker Cannon
Straits of Mackinac
Cleveland
Daniel Lamont
Child Dies After Clothes Catch Fire in Bake Room
In Huron South Dakota on August 22 a 3 year old boy, son of Michael Wurz of the McEathron ranch 20 miles north, burned to death when his clothing ignited in a bake room the door of which was fastened from the inside and he could not escape.
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Huron
S. D
Michael Wurz
McEathron Ranch
ST. Peter
Minn
Eugene Masterson
Lake Prairie Township
Nicollet County
Masterson
United States Circuit Coat of Appeals
St. Paul
Waterloo
Iowa
Minneapolis
Kansas City
C. J. Allen
Olive E. White
Arlington
Grays
Timm
Streissguth
Holtzermanns
Seiverstop
Johst
Wassing
Odell. Hastings
Martin G. Kimm
Merchants’ National Bank of
Willow City
N. D
Clara B. Fahy
Church of the Guardian Angels
Charles Corcoran
Stillwater
Kimm
Willsow City
Escanaba
Mich
Green Bay
Grand Forks
Clare Wimme
Templeton
John M. Wimme
Soo City
Americus Township
Grand Forks County
Connor Buys Big Lumber Land Tract Near Plummer
Calumet Mich August 22 Lieut Gov W D Connor of Wisconsin bought from A C McComb of Oshkosh a 3000 acre tract of timber land near Plummer Iron county for 30000 dollars.
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Connor
Calumet, Mich
W. D. Connor
Wisconsin
A. C. McComb
Oshkosh
Plummer
Iron County
Fishing Club Formed At Rushford For Stocking Streams
Rushford Minnesota August 22 Special locals formed a fishing club at city hall to petition for trout and fry to stock nearby streams. Other notes include Henry Larson leaving Rushford Knitting Mills for North Dakota, train delays from floodwater on Root River, a barn struck by lightning near Pierce farm, and social at the Mitchell home with twenty guests.
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Rushford
Minn
Isaac Walton
Hary Larson
Rushford Knitting Mills
North Dakota
Messrs
Maynard Blanchfield
Olaf Lomen
Carl Smabe
Elmer Sundby
Peterson
Lanesboro
Pierce Farm
Here
Gladys
Winstone Mitchell
Dan Eggen
Local notes from Viroqua and surrounding towns
The item lists residents visiting, traveling, and social events across Vernon County including Miss Rena Peterson taking a cloak and skirt department sales position in Waukegan Indiana. It notes deaths and sports updates, such as Ludwig Becker becoming a pitcher candidate and a 3 to 0 victory for Frenchville over Ettrick.
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Rena Peterson
Waukegan
C. C. Olson
Bristow
Taylor
J. M. Stokes
Viola
Herman Ericson
Albert Wilkinson
Readstown
J. K. Schreiner
Westby
Boedker
Chicago
Ludwig Becker
Becker
Frenchville
Ettrick
Joseph Phalen
la Crosse
Henry Klick
Wm. Huttenhow
Trempealeau News Remnant: Binglers Head to Homer
The Trempealeau notes reveal the Binglers leaving next Sunday for Homer Minnesota. The brief item records travel plans and the destination without further details.
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Trempealeau News
Trempealeau Binglers
Homer, Minn
Kidney Cure Advertised by O T Erhart Claims
An advertisement urges readers with kidney and bladder trouble to use Foley's Kidney Cure claiming it positively cures all kidney and bladder diseases. The notice attributes the claim to O. T. Erhart.
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Foley
O. T. Erhart
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