Tragic Baby Death Shocks Wisconsin Railroad Waiting Room
Carrie Peterson traveled with her dying two year old wrapped in a quilt. Police later discovered the baby’s corpse in transit between Coon Valley Chaseburg and West Salem. The mother planned to bury the child with her father Maurice Peterson in West Salem.
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Viroqua
W”Ng
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la Crosse
Bronson Hotel
Salem
Lick of Astronomical Fame Born 114 Years Ago Today
Washington August 25 A Fredericksburg Pennsylvania native James Lick is described as one of the world’s great philanthropists born 114 years ago in Fredericksburg. The piece notes his extreme eccentricity and early disappointments in love as shaping a life of simple beginnings and later ambitious deeds.
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Brown & Co Suspends Over Wash Sale Trading
The Wall Street firm A. O. Brown & Co. suspended after acting as a principal in Saturday’s wash sale trading on the New York Stock Exchange. In two hours 1,136,000 shares were sold, Brown & Co. handling about 750,000, with nine ten of activity in eleven of ninety seven stocks. The uproar prompted a governors meeting, continued on page six.
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Grand Jury Pushes Unwritten Law to Shield Daughters
Eastland Texas August 25. A grand jury urges mothers to curb daughters liberties and backs adding the unwritten law to statutes as a means to punish despoilers. The report calls for harsher penalties and shifts in proof requirements to deter heinous crimes.
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Grand Jury
American fleet visit stirs anti-Japan sentiment in Australia
Kisaburo Uyeno, Japan's Sydney consul general, spoke at a Brazilian embassy reception and praised the American fleet. He urged cordial ties with Australia, despite anti-Japanese feeling sweeping the region and threats against Japan. He said Japan would strive to match Australia in the welcome and reaffirmed friendship with America.
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Taft Defends Foreign Missions in Phonograph Speech
Kansas GOP hopeful Taft broadens campaign with a phonograph talk on foreign missions arguing that the world is larger than the United States and others deserve aid. Senator Hopkins arrives for a Taft conference as Kansas rival Stubbs backs bank deposit guarantees.
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Minnesota
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North Dakota
James Kennedy
Meyer
Stubbs
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Chicago
Kern Accepts Nomination as VP Candidate in Indiana
In Indianapolis on August 25 1908 William J Bryan praised his partner in the Democratic ticket and Kern pledged to serve the people with conscientious duty. He credited Bryan with upright aims and vowed to defend the party platform against corporate influence as delegates argued for stronger trust enforcement.
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William Jennings Bryan
Illinois Parties To Name State Heads
New state committee meeting in Springfield gathers Republican and Democratic leaders under the new primary law. Expected Republican leaders Roy O. West of Chicago and Edward St. Clair from Streator to be re-elected. Charles Boeschen likely to chair the Democrats with George A. Cooke of Aledo as secretary.
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Streator
Clarence E. Buck
Monmouth
Charles Boeschen
George A. Cooke
Aledo
Kern Secret of Honor Offered Him at Denver
Indianapolis dispatch reports John W. Kern was officially notified four weeks ago of his selection as Bryan's running mate. Kern accepted and the Democratic campaign begins. Bryan dominates the ceremony delivering the main speech while Kern receives attention but pales beside his ticket leader. Bryan aims to win Indiana's electoral votes this year.
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Kern
W. J. Bryan
Indiana
Weather forecast and river data for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
La Crosse reports 52 degrees and 76 for warmest. wind 4 miles per hour. rainfall zero. The Mississippi River at La Crosse will fall to about 3.4 feet, down .1 foot, and Prairie du Chien remains 3.5 feet, stationary. Wisconsin outlook includes partly cloudy skies with possible showers tonight or Wednesday and a slow rise in temperature. Minnesota and Iowa anticipate similar partly cloudy, warmer conditions with possible showers and warmer east portions.
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