Skaar Praises West From La Crosse Attorney Visits West
Attorney O R Skaar of Skaar and Bosshard returns from a westward tour citing strong business, thriving cities, and irrigation boom. He praises Spokane Seattle and Portland, notes Norris Batchelder’s Montana ranch and 50 mile irrigation ditch project, and says La Crosse remains home with no plans to move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. Skaar
Skaar and Bosshard
West
Skaar
Missouri
Montana
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Billings
Norris Batchelder
la Crosse
Batchelder
Big Horn Valley
Spokane
United States
Harry Holloway
Mr. Skaar
San Francisco
Roy Bigham
Tad
Peg” Powell
Japan
Skaars
Four Killed in Serious Wreck at Sapulpa I T
Four killed and thirty injured after a head on collision near Sapulpa Oklahoma between westbound St. Louis San Francisco No 407 and eastbound No 412 excursion trains. Killed include Chris Bentp engineer and W C Snood fireman with Oklahoma City fireman George Angers and an unidentified man. Injured listed include James Haner W B Hill W J Walker M A Coe William Blante and William Baumgarten plus others. Dispatcher error alleged for wreck cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapulpa
I. T
St. Louis
San Francisco
Tulsa
Chris Bentp
Monett
W. C. Snood
Conway
George Angers
Oklahoma City
James Haner
W. B. Hill
W. J. Walker
St. Joseph
W. W. Baumgarten
M. A. Coe
William Blante
Renfork
Bishop Burgess Receives Black Hand Threat Note
Bishop Burgess of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Long Island living in Garden City received a black hand letter from Brooklyn. The note threatens his life and bears skulls daggers and crossbones. He declines to publicize the letter and will not worry about the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
L. I
Burgess
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Long Island
Brooklyn
Parcel Post and Postal Savings Convention in East Ends
Postmaster W B Tscharner returns from Erie Pa after attending the tenth annual convention of the Postmasters association of first class offices. More than 300 postmasters attended with resolutions favoring parcels post under restrictions and a postal savings bank, plus a postal note for transfers up to two dollars. The Erie gathering was the largest yet with representatives from 41 states and notable officials. An Eben Brewer monument was unveiled, and local interest centered on establishing a postal currency to aid small payments by mail, potentially boosting local post office receipts from 25 000 to 50 000 yearly, benefiting Salter Seed Co. Tscharner will attend the Wisconsin state convention in Milwaukee September 9–11.
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W. B. Tscharner
Erie
Postmasters’ Association of Offices
Chicago
New York
Albany
Buffalo
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Racine
Superior
la Crosse
Frank Hitchcock
General Lawske
Post Office Department
Banker's Association of
Eben Brewer
Cuba
Congress
Postmaster General
Salter Seed Company
Woman shoots husband’s enemy in Kentucky tragedy
In Mount Sterling Kentucky Algin Thomas a Montgomery county farmer was shot by Katie Brumet Abe Brumet’s wife. When Brumet was away Thomas fired three times at his wife wounding her. She retrieved a revolver and fired five times hitting Thomas in the brain. The young woman is pregnant and in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Sterling
Algin Thomas
Montgomery County
Katie Brumet
Abe Brumet
Brumets
Thomas
Brumet
Auto racing crash near Milwaukee leaves drivers unhurt
Matthew Spies and a companion narrowly escaped injury when their buggy on Whitefish Bay road was struck by two racing automobiles. The buggy suffered heavy damage while the horse was unharmed. Both drivers sped away without checking for damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Matthew Spies
Whitefish Bay Road
Warning Unheeded Drowns In River Near Brownsville
John Driscoll aged 28, living between Brownsville and Caledonia, drowned in the Mississippi just across from Brownsville after being urged by friends to swim. His brother died in the same spot 20 years ago. The accident occurred at 3 45 yesterday afternoon. his mother had warned him not to go near the water. The Driskoll family, long known in the area, mourns as funeral arrangements are pending and relatives travel from afar for the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Driscoll
Brownsville
Caledonia
Mississippi
Driscoll
Patrick Driscoll
Hargis Witnesses Shot From Ambush In Kentucky Trial
In Sandy Hook Perry County a messenger reports John Smith and Anse White, key witnesses in the Hargis murder case, were ambushed and wounded during the murder trial of Elbert Hargis John Abner and William Britton. Judge James Hargis arrived as defendants reportedly prepare to answer to the five year old assassination charge against Dr. D B Cox in Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Perry County
John Smith
Hargis
Anse White
Elbert Hargis
John Abner
William Britton
James Hargis
D. B. Cox
Jackson
Lion Attack Causes Panic at Cleveland Pleasure Resort
A lion attacked Capt. James F. Briggs, a tamer, injuring his arm and thigh and triggering a panic at a Cleveland pleasure resort. Several women and children were hurt as spectators fled and fainted, with others trampled in the rush to exits before attendants subdued the beast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
James F. Briggs
Water is impure in Winona city
Health Officer D B Pritchard and board president F E Higgins report city water contains sewage contamination. The health board seeks the source and pledges to correct the issue. Consumers are warned of danger and officials monitor to prevent typhoid epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
D. B. Pritchard
F. E. Higgins
Board of Municipal Works
Board of Health
Four Kissels Narrowly Escape Death at Schlesingerville
Milwaukee Wis Aug 26 O P Kissel of Hartford his wife mother and sister Miss Pauline Kissel had a narrow escape near Schlesingerville when his new automobile stalled on a railroad crossing. A freight train approached and the party barely escaped as gasoline caught fire and the wrecked car was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
O. P. Kissel
Hartford
Pauline Kissel
Schlesingerville
Meets Wooes And Weds Her In Week
Syrian wedding in La Crosse unites Shady Mansour of New London Wisconsin and Miss Mary Assar of 607 Mill street in a home ceremony conducted by Rev Nichols of Kerney Nebraska. The couple will reside in New London after a celebration week with the Syrian colony taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Monsour
New London
Wis
Mary Assar
Mill Street
Mansour
la Crosse
David Monsour
Miss Assar
J. Monsour
Abraham Addas
Abraham Slaymar
Rev. Nichols
Kerney, Neb
La Crosse Chosen To Host 1908 Monumental Workers Meet
Joseph C Frantesl of La Crosse led efforts to secure the 1908 convention site at Wausau. The gathering may invite Iowa and Minnesota Monumental Workers and will conclude in Milwaukee in February with officer elections and other business on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monumental Workers
Wausau
la Crosse
Joseph C. Frantesl
Milwaukee
England expands Pacific military presence amid rising tensions
London reports Britain will bolster forces in the West Indies and Hong Kong as the Pacific conflict looms. Britain may renounce the Anglo American Japanese alliance if required to avoid involvement with the Americans. In Tokyo, Japan says Pribilof firing was unprovoked and awaits Washington's reply as public interest grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
West Indies
Hongkong
Pacific
Japan
Tokio
Washington
Train derailed by broken rail injures seventy in Virginia
A passenger train on the Southern railway derailed when a broken rail caused it to overturn and roll down an embankment at Red Hill Virginia. Seventy people were injured in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Hill
Southern Railway
Russian Prison Governor Slain in St Petersburg Street
In St Petersburg on August 26 Col Ivanhoff, governor of the Viborg prison, was assassinated in the street. The assassin was captured at once by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Ivanhoff
Viborg
Thestreet
Auto Hits Stone Wall Killing Two in Rhode Island
In Saunderstown Rhode Island August 26 W Waldo Morrill of Boston a State street broker and Erick Landstrom of Mattapan Wash a chauffeur were killed when their car overturned and crashed into a stone wall on the Narragansett pier road. Four others Mrs Frederick Milliken of Milton Mass their daughter Rita and Mrs Morrill escaped with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saunderstown
R.I
W. Waldo Merrel
Boston
Erick Landstrom
Mattapan
Wash
Narragansett Pier
Frederick Milliken
Milton
Mass
Rita
Morrill
Wellman Probable Start for Pole Expedition Reported
Chicago dispatch notes Walter Wellman has begun the airship America voyage toward the north pole. Camp Wellman reports readiness, with Wellman, Hersey, Vaniman and Riesenberg aboard, awaiting calm weather to swing the ship and certify navigation. A corroborating telegram mentions Wellman ascending today from Spitzbergen according to Lapland expedition sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Record- Herald
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Camp Wellman
Tromso
America
Pole
Wellman
Hersey
Vaniman
Riesenberg
Virgo Bay
Earth
Harry de Windt
William le Queux
Lapland
Spitzbergen
Lawsuit seeks $20000 from late W H Powell estate
J Fred Stevens files action in Ottumwa Iowa charging negligence by the Powell estate over the drowning of Stevens' wife and daughter Annie and Mr and Mrs Powell and their son Hallie when Powell's launch capsized at a dam. Stevens claims no anchor or life preservers were provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
J. Fred Stevens
W. H. Powell
Stevens
Annie
Powell
Hallie
J. Powell
Miss Stevens
Mr. Powell
Fatal train crash in France kills ten, injures twenty five
In Contral France on August 26 a head on collision between an express train from Bordeaux to Paris and a freight train killed ten people and injured twenty five. The crash was caused by a misplaced switch and none of the victims were Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contral
France
Bordeaux
Paris
Inventor Uses Sun Heat to Power Engine in Hothouse Box
Philadelphia August 26. Frank Shuman engineer and chemist says he has solved converting sun heat into power at low cost using a hotbed style ether filled pipe system. A sun powered engine in Tacony develops about 3.5 horsepower with no fuel, heat trapped under a double glass lid driving a small condenser and returning to the hot box. Water could substitute ether in the tropics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Frank Shuman
Shuman
Tacony
Tropics
Prince William to tour US west during visit
Newport dispatch reports Prince William of Sweden will tour the western United States during his American visit. The prince’s socializing with Newport plutocrats draws criticism in democratic Sweden. Minister Herman De Lagercrantz questions whether the prince should have visited Newport to seek social attention from millionaires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Prince William of Sweden
United States
Sweden
Herman de Lagercrantz
de Lagercrantz
Gypsies Steal Babes in Chicago Pursuit
Four children of Henry Hedinder disappear amid reports Gypsies abducted them. Fear rises after a child was taken last week and returned under public pressure. Farmers northwest of Chicago organize a posse to pursue the alleged criminals, with strong talk of harsh action if captured with the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry Hedinder
Katy Woodward Granted a Divorce
Judge J. J. Fruit this afternoon granted divorce to Katy Woodward from Edward G. Woodward of the north side on grounds of desertion cruelty and drunkenness. The woman resumes her name Katy Barnett, born in 1900 before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Fruit
Katy Woodward
Edward G. Woodward
North Side
Katy Barnett
Woodward
Parker Addresses ABA Convention in Portland
Portland Mo Aug 26 The American Bar Association convention opened with a keynote address by Alton B. Parker. The former presidential contender spoke to lawyers gathering in Portland, outlining current legal challenges and the association's agenda for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
American Bar Association
Alton B. Parker
Man Visits First Wife's Grave Said To Signal Remarriage
A terse report notes a man visiting his first wife's grave, a behavior interpreted as linked to his forthcoming remarriage to his second wife. Local observers debate motives, while authorities offer no formal comment on the practice.
Death Sentence Likely for General Stoessel
In St. Petersburg on August 26 the focus centered on General Stoessel, commander at Port Arthur, as a military court weighed charges possibly carrying death. A Burzoff led commission found him culpable and the court's verdict could bring execution, with a reprieve possible at the last moment from the czar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Burzoff
Informed Man Reputation Based on Others’ Inquiries
A witty maxim notes that many gain a reputation for being well informed simply because people ask him about what he happens to know. The quip implies social status rises from others seeking quick answers.
Weather and water in the Midwest today
Wisconsin faces showers and thunderstorms tonight with cooler Tuesday. Minnesota sees evening storms and cooler conditions, cooler in the west tomorrow with west areas fair and east showers. Iowa reports local rains and storms tonight, cooler Tuesday. River will continue to fall over the next 36 hours with stages noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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East
Post
Father Time
Merchant
of the Orient
Joseph C. Frances
Slaii
Stone Wall
Prince
Clark and
Kinzia Streets
John F. O’malley
Kinzie Street
O’malley
O'Malley
Carmichael Stove Company
Carmichael
St. Paul Eeerese
Red Wing
Reeds Landing
Prairie du Chien
Dubuque
Eee
le Claire Ecsee
Davenport
Ecsesie
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