Kaffir Boys Entertain Spring Grove Crowd
Popular Saturday event features J H Balmer and Kaffir Boys with Miss E Clark. Five South African natives perform an instructional entertainment. Village notes include directory work, club plans, school courses for farm boys, local visits, and a November 28 dance with Ellingson’s five piece orchestra.
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Spring Grove
Mainn
J. H. Balmer
Kaffir Boys
E. Clark
Messrs
Charles Hoegh
Ove Hoegh
A. Myhro
C. J. Helland
CC. M. Langland
Nanna Hoegh
Odella Qualey
Arnold Tranen
Solei
Death of AFL leader Fred Fay noted in La Crosse history
Belated notice recalls Fred Fay a former member of the AFL general executive board who died October 8 in a Boston suburb. Fay played a major role in the 1909 La Crosse street car strike, was sent by Gompers at John Rae's urging, and remained until the agreement. He earned respect for his judgment and dedication within local unions.
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la Crosse
Fred Fay
American Federation of Labor
Boston
Fay
Gompers
John Rae
Reeves
Brother Fay
New Lisbon Girl Visits Douglas
Miss Carrie Witz visited Camp Douglas with friends on Thursday. Several locals and relatives hosted weekend gatherings including Miss Hazel Brown and Miss Esther Lehrbas visiting family. a special school meeting is set for Friday December 1 to raise funds for the new school building. Mrs. A P Heath of Fountain was taken to Manston Hospital for an operation.
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A. S. Tommeraasen
Caledonia
Fred
Ole Pupperud
Gary
Minn
Christ Sylling
Gilbert Norgard
Theo Kolsrud
Chicago
Dr. M
Nelson
Twin Cities
P. V. Ryan
Ristey’s
Opera House
Woodman
Colorado
Albert Hallan
Hilda Jensen
Martins
Melipha Hallan
Oscar Clauson
Commissioners Hill
Newhouse
Orr
Heim
Corcoran
Rasmussen
Woman's Club
Berg
O. Krome
Andrew Qualey
Lanesboro
Eric
New Lisbon
Wis
Carrie Witz
Camp
Esther Lehrbas
Evanston
Ill
Charles Krause
Charles Ritchart
Fred Klinker
Mauston
Dorothy Ferebee
Richland Center
T. Edgar Henderson
Wilton
A. P. Heath
Fountain
Manston Hospital
Brakeman Severely Injured After Fall Under Train
Charles Phaler a brakeman from Escanaba fell beneath the wheels of a train near Oconto Wisconsin and lost his left arm with internal injuries. He arrived here recently to work on the line.
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Oconto
Wis
Charles Phaler
Phaler
Escanaba
Bandit Captured After Hold-Up of Rooney Lunchroom
Henry Rooney, a restaurateur, pursued the bandit who robbed the Rooney Dairy Lunch, took 45.15 in cash, and fled toward Homer. A chase followed with a gunfight. the lookout was captured, the bandit was felled by an officer near Homer, and money amounted to 45 dollars and change was found on the suspect at Winona station.
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Bandit
Rooney
Henry Rooney
Winona
Henry & Frank
Homer
Jock Hofffman
Hoffman
Milwaukee
Instructions Discussed With Ambassador Gerard In Berlin
Washington dispatch says President Wilson and Secretary Lansing gave Ambassador Gerard full instructions on U S Germany affairs. He met the president for an hour, then left for New York. He plans to sail December fifth, with possible delays over business matters.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Gerard
Wilson
Lansing
New York
Battle near Chihuahua City as Villa forces gain ground
Refugees recount fierce fighting as Villaistas push General Trevino toward Adams and into Texas Big Bend. Losses are unreported but hundreds killed are claimed by incoming refugees Merchants shift stock to the U S side and residents flee to safety across the border as the conflict intensifies.
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Trevino
Chihuahua City
Adams
Big Bend
Texas
Villistas
Juarez
Uncertainty over Foot and Mouth Disease at Kansas City Yards
Government officials remained undecided on Friday about foot and mouth disease at the Kansas City stock yards. Dr Adolph Eichhorn of the Bureau of Animal Husbandry signaled that the quarantine would likely be lifted within a few days, implying the illness is not foot and mouth disease.
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Kansas City. Mo
Kansas City
Adolph Eichhorn
Government Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Clerk of Court Killed Crossing Street in Worth County
Northwood Iowa December 1 William Thompson clerk of court Worth county was instantly killed Friday when struck by an automobile while crossing the street.
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Northwood
Iowa
William _ Thompson
Worth County
Marboes Welcome Daughter on Thanksgiving Eve
A daughter was born at eleven o'clock Thanksgiving Eve to Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Marboe of 1702 Cass Street.
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Markboers
C. J. Marboe
Cass Street
La Follette to Push Cost of Living Relief in Next Congress
Senator La Follette plans to campaign for legislation to curb the rising cost of living in the next congress. He will leave for Washington to attend the opening of the new session after spending weeks on his farm. He said he will work seriously and long on the problem and hinted at a decisive approach.
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Madison, Wis
la Follette
Congress
Washington
Carpathian Drive of Russ Succeeds Says Petrograd
Petrograd reports the Russian offensive on the Carpathian front achieved gains while Turkish forces repulsed several Russian attacks and captured prisoners. In Romania Bulgarian advances toward Bucharest continue with Romanian forces defeated in bayonet fighting and two eight inch guns seized. Western front activities saw a German Bulgarian counterattack northwest of Grunitsa repulsed with heavy enemy losses.
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Zelotalipa
Prince Leopold
Rome
Wallachia
Romania
von Falkenhayn
Petrograd
Sofia
Bucharest
Giurgevo
Giurgiu
Paris
Grunitsa
Macedonia
War Office
Western Front
Romanian Defenses and Romanian War Effort Escalate
Romanian positions in the mountains east of the Alt river endure growing pressure from Gen von Falkenhayn's army while Gen von Mackensen advances in southern Wallachia. Bucharest is becoming a war camp as half the population has fled. Romanian forces destroy grain and oil stores in threatened areas as British armored cars engage in Dobrudja. Civilians evacuate Bucharest and Romanian authorities prepare for renewed German assaults amid artillery fights near Goritz and Armentieres.
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Berlin
Alt River
von Falkenhayn
Wallachia
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Bucharest
Berne Bund
London
Reuter
Jassy
Romania
Balkans
Rome
Tea Nazionale
Goritz
Sayville Wireless
Vienna
Teutons
Armentieres
Douglas Haig
Nueve Chapelle
Pitesci
Glacicioc
Neagjolv
Komana
Father John’s Medicine Promoted as Cold Remedy
An 1855 report states Father John O’Brien of Lowell prescribed a physician’s remedy for coughs and throat issues to parishioners. The tale claims the medicine boosts flesh and strength and contains no alcohol. A $25,000 charitable payout is offered if proven false.
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Father John
Father John O'Brien
Lowell
Mass
Balkans War Update with Rich Captures and Front Shifts
The report details Romanian crossings toward Argesul and a Danube crossing as battles intensify from Campulung to Pitesci. Russian attacks press Carpathian positions while Petrograd cites ridge gains south of Kirlibaba from Teuton forces.
Wheat Drops on Word of Further Grain Embargoes
Extension of railroad embargoes on export shipments of grain and provisions sent the market down sharply. December wheat closed four cents below the opening at 167, May down four cents at 1.74, July down 21 1-2 cents at 1.4218. Other grains and provisions were sharply lower.
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Chicago
Real Estate Transfers In La Crosse and Greenfield
Louis L. Fox sold property in Hosleys addition to La Crosse to John M. Grams with the deed lacking a stated consideration. George Hess transferred eighty acres in Greenfield to Phillip Hess, and a parcel in Vails addition to La Crosse was exchanged.
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Hosley
la Crosse
Louis L. Fox
John M. Grams
Court House
George Hess
Greenfield
Phillip Hess
Vail
Treasury notes withdrawn from American sale
J P Morgan and Company says it will not offer for sale British and French treasury bills after instruction from the British and French governments. The move follows a federal reserve board warning and aims to show regard for the board by the British chancellor of the exchequer and the French minister of finance.
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New York
J. P. Morgan & Company
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Writer Owen Johnson's Wife Seeks Divorce in Reno
Esther Johnson, wife of author Owen Johnson, has moved to Reno and hired an attorney as her divorce case proceeds. The couple wed in 1912 at The Little Church Around the Corner in New York.
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Reno
Esther Johnson
Owen Johnson
Johnsons
New York
Tree Falls in Wisconsin Lumber Camp Kills Worker
A falling tree crushed Tom Sabrinski at a Cloverland lumber camp in Killed by falling tree in Cloverland Wisconsin.
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Wis
Tom Sabrinski
Cloverland
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Aon
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Campulung
Argesul
Danube
Kirlibaba
Greece
Admiral du Fournet
Armentierres
South Africa
East Africa
Macedonian Front
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Charles Schwertfeger
William Renner
Company B
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South Third St
Union Market
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