Model of Upper Mississippi raft boat joins museum collection
Madison expert Harry G. Dyer donated a thirty inch long detailed raft boat model to the Wisconsin State Historical Museum. The riverman and former raft boat crewman is linked to the raft era from 1880 to 1902. The display includes a matching log raft model.
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Madison
Wis
West Newton
Dubuque
Galena
Rock Island
St. Louis
State Historical Museum
Harry G. Dyer
Dyer
George B. Merrick
Great River
Angelus Strafe: Food Convoys Targeted As War Meals Advance
William Philip Simms reports from Champagne that at sundown the Angelus strafe aims to disrupt food convoys for front line troops. Rolling kitchens improve meal quality behind the lines, while advancing or retreating moves push meals toward troops despite shell fire and risky roads.
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William Philip Simms
United Press
Champagne
U.S. A
Inside bathing with hot water and limestone phosphate
An old health advisory urges readers to drink hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast for one week. It claims cleansing the stomach liver kidneys and bowels improves digestion appetite and complexion and benefits those with constipation bilious attacks and rheumatic discomfort.
Gibbons Ahearn bout postponed due to Gibbons illness
Mike Gibbons, famed middleweight, ordered by doctors to stay in bed for a week after a severe cold. Capital City Athletic Club postpones the Gibbons Ahearn fight set for Friday night. If he recovers by Monday, the bout will be rescheduled for December 17. Ahearn agrees to the delay to meet Gibbons at his best.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Mike Gibbons
Capital City Athletic Club
Gibbons-Ahearn
Gibbons
Ahearn
Roosevelt credited with saving boy from spy death
Kenneth G. Triest, a nineteen year old former Princeton student held in the Tower of London as a German spy, was returned to his father in Brooklyn after Col. Theodore Roosevelt made a personal appeal to British authorities to spare the boy’s life.
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Kenneth G. Triest
Princeton
Tower of London
Wolfgang G. Triest
Brooklyn
N. Y
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Fresh air cars halted on Chicago transit experiment
Chicago on December 9 halted the open air car experiment after health Commissioner Robinson ordered a stop. About sixty conductors, assigned to operate ozone fans, were reassigned as the plan was dropped on the surface and elevated lines.
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Chicago
Robinson
Fire destroys Mersher stable at Franksville
A blaze believed caused by tramps seeking shelter in the hay mow wiped out the stable of C. Mersher at Franksville Wisconsin. Two horses a cow and a calf died in the fire with losses around 2000 dollars.
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Wacine
Wis
C. Mersher
Franksville
Governor Refuses Pardons and Grants Commutation
On Wednesday Governor Philipp refused a pardon for Edward J. Beech of Milwaukee who is serving one year in Milwaukee county jail for embezzlement. He will commute the sentence of Albert Swanson of Oconto who is serving a life term for murder if trial papers in the judge’s hands prove as his attorney states.
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Nor Philipp
Edward J. Beech
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Albert Swanson
Oconto
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Thomas H. Ince
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Opyright
International News Service
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Hearn
Mike
Roosevelt
Boy
Spy
Kenneth Triest
LA Crosse
Berling & Schurz
Imperial
Dart
D. C. Walter
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King
Branson & Son
G. F
City Grace
Main ST. G. of
P.S
Crescent Printing CO
S. Third St
Weisbecker & Schmit
Props
Cc. A
Main Street
Leslie N. Lehrbach
S. 4Th St
Cor
Mertyn’s Dramatic Studio
Bijou
Bidg
Pearl ST
Lacrosse Loan CO
Main St
Kass
Undertakers
Tillman Bros
Pire
Madison, Wis
Gover
Sth
Ave
Broadway
Central
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