Light & Power hires Cahoon to lead new gas plant
Mr O B Cahoon arrives in the city to assume a superintendent role with Wisconsin Light and Power. A UW mechanical engineering graduate and former head of Madison Gas and Electric Gas Works, he brings hands on and technical expertise to oversee a modern gas plant planned for next year.
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O. B. Cahoon
City
Wisconsin Light & Power Company
University of Wisconsin
Cahoon
Madison Gas & Electric Company
Mr. Cahoon
Tramping youth Elrich lost after train hops to La Crosse
A La Crosse youth Nathan Elrich aged 16 or 17 was put off a train at noon in the town after a week long tramping journey from La Crosse. He slept in Baraboo and ate nothing since, then disappeared after diverting at Elroy. His parents were notified but unknown if he will return. Meanwhile a Baraboo haymow burned, lightning starting it, and a Preston barn fire destroyed livestock and equipment worth over $2,000 with $800 insured.
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la Crosse
Black River Falls
Humbird
Here
Round House
Baraboo
Sullivan & Gruber’s
Oscar Stein
Elroy
Nathan Elrich
C. Christofferson
Preston
Same County
Will Powell
J. E. Larson
Mason City
Chicago
Hollister
Ida Colby
Board of Trade
Congressman Esch
Anna M. Prideaux
Batavian Bank
James Lienlokken
Louis Oyen
George Powell
Torn
A. H. Englehard
Lawrence
Erhart
Main
Colby
Clinton Carter
Milwaukee
A. T. Clinton
Cass Street
Frederick
Park
C. W. Elmore
Lillian
Ettrick
Eagle Bluff
Miss Gunther
Ira Griffin
Viroqua
Ben Hershey
Phil Scheckel
Anne Paul
Alex Paul
Watertown
Florida
Mesdames
F. H. Hankerson
W. E., Dwyer
D. Cunningham
Schaghticoke Country Club
Rocky Mountain
Anna Collins
Portage
Helena
Mont
Madison
Andrew Carnegie
W. W
Barn Struck by Lightning Smolders Overnight
A barn in Borst valley Trempealeau County was struck during a nighttime storm and did not catch fire immediately. The following afternoon a fire started, reportedly from the strike, but officials note no flames erupted at the time.
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Borst Valley
Trempealeau County
Man Mangled in Threshing Machine Accident
The first serious threshing accidents in this vicinity occurred in Liberty town Vernon county when Frank Woodcock contacted fast running machinery. His right arm was mangled and surgeons in Readstown amputated below the elbow. Woodcock lies at the Readstown hotel and is reported to be progressing.
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Liberty Town
Vernon County
Frank Woodcock
Readstown
Woodcock
Hydropia Tic and Nature Cure Promises Healing
Advertisement asserts cures for rheumatism gout ischi as backache piles pneumonia nervousness via Hydropet ic and Nature Cure. Recommends applying to F Wild professor of Nature Cure at 1502 Market Street.
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F. Wild
Market Street
Golf matches and regional notices fill city pages
Golfers arrive for the Brittingham and Hix cup series at the country club with practice sessions. Local society notes report visitors, rentals, hospital stays, fairs, and boating along with ads for health teas and camping gear.
The Last Call Prompt
A garbled prompt fragment repeats a plea to call the last call. It appears as stray keyboard text and does not form a coherent news item or report.
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Michigan Peaches
John C. Burns
Light Company
O.B. Cahoon
Madison Gas Company
City News
Johnson
Roth's
Hilmer Bekkerah
Westby
Care Tribune
Sweness
Vivian
Peter Nystad
Fred
Hotel Grand
Gedney
Onalaska
Galesville
Lucy Hawkins
la Crosse Hospital
McMillan
Mae James
Will Jenks
Bert Jenks
Holmen
John Krep
Felix Fischer
Sand Lake
William Gillis
Andrew Gillis
Katie DeHugh
New Amsterdam
Grace Keize
A. Millbright
Prairie du Chien
Amelia Laabee
Sioux City
Benton
John Paul
Katherine Paul
Yellowstone Park
Rebert Salverson
Whitehall
Mary White
Mellie Mahoney
Willard Olson
Ray Hiscox
New Boston
Muscatine
W. F. Gallagher
Bijou
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Alva C. Getty
George W. Barnard
la Farge
Esch
Sig. Gustad
Loomis Street
Joseph Tausche, Jr
Rock Rapids
Ryan County
Continental
Ori
Ariwat
Bissbmiial
Reese
Fourth and
Pearl Streets
Las Palmas
Havana
The
Adam E. Forschler
Governor's Guards Association
Coon Valley
Dana
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