Children of School Age on Decrease in Wisconsin
Wisconsin state school census reports 772,304 children of school age down 3,169 from last year. Milwaukee County leads with 138,688 pupils, Dane County shows 23,044, while other counties list counts such as Winnebago 19,596 Manitowoc 16,220 Rock 15,626 Fond du Lac 15,268 La Crosse 13,872 and Douglas 12,542.
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Madison
Wis
C. P. Cary
Wisconsin
Milwaukee County
Dane County
Hinnebago
Manitowoc
Rock
Fond du Lac
la Crosse
Douglas
Prair ie Du Chien Mourns Longtime Mason William H Dyke
William H Dyke one of the community’s oldest citizens and longtime Mason dies at home on Mondell hill road after extended illness. Survived by wife two sons and two married daughters living in Virginia. Funeral Wednesday led by Jacob Dreher Wisconsin grand lodge lecturer. Other items note travels and visits of local residents and home improvements.
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William H. Dyke
Wisconsin
Mondell Hill Road
Virginia
Masonic Lodge
Jacob Dreher
Milwaukee
D. F. Horsfall
Miami
Florida
Fred Savage
Miles City
Mont
Stella Savage
F.S. Clinton
H. Bell
St. Paul
W. J. Harris
Harris
Lexington
la Crosse
Sadie Dyer
William Huard
George Rising
Ellen Rising
Twin Cities
Kappell Block
Notable Letter Delays Stir Expectation and Pride
A playful note on the anticipation around letters for women, hinting that the thrill lies not in receiving mail but in the idea of letters continuing to be associated with a woman’s agency and change of mind. The passage highlights social expectations of female autonomy and the personal value placed on correspondence.
Notice to Creditors in Estate of Peter Knapp
In Wisconsin La Crosse County the estate of Peter Knapp of La Crosse is administered by George Holzhammer. Creditors have six months from December 2, 1913 to present claims for examination and allowance. The court will review all claims on June 9, 1914 at 10 o'clock in the court room, La Crosse Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Peter Knapp
la Crosse
George Holzhammer
Wisconsin
Notice to Creditors in Estate of Marie Stadiek
Notice is given that six months from December 2 1913 are allowed to creditors to file claims against the estate of Marie Stadiek late of La Crosse Wisconsin. The court will by June 9 1914 at 10 AM examine and adjust all claims against the deceased in the La Crosse Court House Court Room.
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State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Marie Stadiek
la Crosse
Joseph W. Giefer
Baumgardner Signs with Federal League Club in Kansas City
George Baumgardner once with the St. Louis Browns signs to play for George Stovall’s Federal League team in Kansas City next season. The St. Louis club plans to contest Baumgardner’s right to join the outlaws.
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George Baumgardner
St. Louis Browns
George Stovall
Kansas City
St. Louis
Baumgardner
Outlaws
Beloit Plans Municipal Christmas Tree
Beloit Wisconsin plans a municipal Christmas tree in City park. The largest tree will be erected and lighted by electricity. Special church services will be held on Christmas Eve under Beloit churches. The tree will be lit every night during Christmas week.
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Beloit
Wis
Beloit Federation of Women
Root Named for Nobel Peace Prize in 1912
Christiana Norway December 10 Senator Elihu Root of New York was designated for the Nobel peace prize for 1912. The prize for 1913 went to Senator Henri La Fontaine of Brussels former president of the permanent peace bureau at Berne Switzerland. Root won for pacification of Cuba and the Philippines and for aiding the settlement of the United States Japan dispute. The prize is about $40 000 and no prize was awarded last year.
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Christiana
Norway
Elihu Root
New York
Henri la Fontaine
Brussels
Permanent Peace Bureau
Berne
Switzerland
Root
Cuba
Philippines
United States
Japan
Pankhurst in Paris Report on Illness
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst the English suffragette leader is secluded in the Paris apartment of her daughter Miss Christabel Pankhurst and is described as very weak by her daughter.
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Paris
Emmeline Pankhurst
Miss Christ
Bel Pankhurst
Why Do You Insist On Selling Me Breakfast Items
A barber voices frustration as a restaurant man recounts how a shave led to a shampoo, a foal fizz and a tonic rub. The exchange appears in a Pittsburgh Post item, reflecting comic barbs over mistaken orders and friendly banter.
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Mab
Pittsburgh Post
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Panama
the Tribune
Panama Canal
Panama and the Canal
Syndicate Publishing Co
New York City
Canal
Culebra
Canal Zone
The
la Crosse Tribune
Willis J. Abbot
Great Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
E. J. Read
Panama and the Canals
Zone
Tribune
Great Canal Zone
Bardon
Cary
Amushments
Newsboy
Fanny
Vitagraph
Prairie DU Chien
John Brindley
Wolfe
Plan Municipal
Pankhurst
Jinsta
Armour and Company
Aamour
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