Kidnapped Girl Found in Gypsy Camp in Illinois
Chicago reports 18 year old Lillian Wulff, kidnapped child, located in a gypsy camp raided by Deputy Sheriff Riley and Marshal Maffey. Two captors captured, others fled. Doctors say she was severely harmed. Father fainted upon news. mother had escaped several times before recapture. A false lead to Buffalo, Indiana followed by drag-net searches for Elizabeth Ingersoll, a prior kidnapping inmate.
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Chicago
Momence
Lillian Wulff
W. J. Riley
Marshal Maffey
Felow
Buffalo
Ind
W. J. Moran
Michigan City
Elizabeth Ingersoll
Wulffs
Upper Berths to Be Closed by Law
Wisconsin supreme court finds Nye law unconstitutional for sleeping car upper berths. It blocks state police power on unoccupied upper berths, leaving choice to lower berth occupant. Rulings discuss inter and intra state issues, Green Bay origin, potential US Supreme Court appeal. Additional cases include Appleton liquor license, Anderson murder conviction upheld, and various civil matters.
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Madison
Wis
John Redmond
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
W. O. Stone
Redmond
Porter
Green Bay
Appleton
A. H. Zechiel
Herman O. Anderson
Anderson
Merrillan Junction
Erick Erickson, Local Farmer, Dies at 76 in Bostwick Valley
Erick Erickson, a pioneer farmer of this county, died last evening at his home in Bostwick Valley after a lingering illness. He was 76 and had lived in La Crosse county for fifty years. He leaves a wife and four children Ellen Mrs. Ella Anderson of West Salem and Emma and Samuel of this city. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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Erick Erickson
Bostwick Valley
la Crosse County
Ellen
Ella Anderson
West Salem
Emma
Samuel
Factories Seek Locations Here In La Crosse
A 3 o'clock meeting of the La Crosse Board of Trade and local citizens discussed locating several industries in the city. Favored plans include a patent iron fence post plant and a factory for enamel ware such as bathtubs and sinks. An inventor seeks capital for an adjustable piano bench with patent rights. Secretary Bentley has additional minor propositions for consideration.
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la Crosse Board of Trade
la Cross
Bentley
Lawson Responds To Friday the 13th Menace
Boston December 13 Thomas W Lawson dismisses the Friday the 13th warning as fanciful fiction and predicts Wall Street will resemble a graveyard after the next such omen. He reframes the doom as a surface gloss masking deeper feebleness beneath the market.
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Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Financial Dominion
Wall Street
Deer hunter found dead after long chase in woods
George Whitney of Canterbury, New Hampshire, was found dead beside a deer he had shot near Northfield. Officials say heart failure likely caused by excitement from the chase and shooting.
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Tilton
N. H
George Whitney
Canterbury
Northfield
Two Basketball Games Scheduled at YMCA Tomorrow
Tomorrow evening at the YMCA two basketball games are planned. The Red Sox face the Badgers in the 7 30 p m game and the White Sox meet the Tigers in the 8 30 p m game.
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Red Sox
Badgers
White Sox
Tigers
Independent Toll Line to Milwaukee Planned
E J Kneen of Bangor is re elected president of Seventh Wisconsin District Independent Telephone Association. A new independent toll line between La Crosse and Milwaukee is planned with cost about 70000 dollars. Work to start in spring with first link La Crosse to Madison. Delegates to state convention and national meeting to be chosen.
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la Crosse
Wis
Milwaukee
C. D. Critchfield
State Association of Independents
Madison
Wisconsin District Independent Telephone Association
la Crosse Club
E. J. Kneen
Bangor
J. G. Seweizer
Chicago
Ill
Cortelyou Won’t Discuss Alleged Row with Teddy
Washington dispatch reports Cortelyou refuses to discuss rumors of treachery toward the president. Friends call the claims that he said he received a rough deal from the White House fabrication. The piece notes the secretary never declared candidacy but asserts he may pursue such ambitions without others’ approval.
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Washington
Confessed Negro Slayer Is Hanged in Chicago
Richard Walton, a Black man, confessed to killing Lillian White Grant, a kindergarten teacher, and was hanged today in Chicago. The drop occurred at 10 39 as Walton delivered a brief speech at the gallows thanking the senators.
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Chicago
Richard Walton
Lillian White Grant
Walton
Technicality Urged to Rescue Louis Gilbertson
Federal court in La Crosse heard the case against Louis Gilbertson charged with illegally withholding funds in his bankruptcy report. Higbee argued dismissal over adjudication jurisdiction. the judge overruled. Gilbertson testified that about $3,700 of his Chicago bank deposits were withdrawn on forged orders, and he pursued a suspect to New York without recovering the money.
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Madison, Wis
Lewis Gilbertson
la Crosse
Bunn
Higbee & Higbee
Gilbertson
Eastman
White
Bambrow and Brown
Chicago
C. H. Schweizer
la la Crosse
Higbee
New York
Fleet Ready to Sail Warns Roosevelt
Washington D C Dec 13 The Navy reports to President Roosevelt that the fleet is ready to sail. The message notes 16 armored warships prepared for any emergency with crews trained and ships stocked. Metcalf illness may keep him from Hampton Roads Monday.
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Washington, D. C
Newberry
Roosevelt
Metcalf
Hampton Roads
Spiritualistic mediums clash over mutual indifference
A fragment notes that spiritualistic mediums generally show little concern for one another, highlighting a competitive or cordial indifference within the field.
Colby Killings and Suicide Attempt Ends in Tragedy
In Minneapolis, C. M. Colby cut his wife s head nearly off and tried to die by his own hand. Earlier he urged his wife and nineteen year old daughter Lillian to join him in death by gas. Financial ruin and recent losses in speculation were cited as motive.
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Minneapolis
Minn
C. M. Colby
Colby
Lillian
Friday the thirteenth near misses shock La Crosse street scene
On Friday the thirteenth, Edgar Best escaped serious harm when a farmer’s runaway wagon struck his rig at Fifth and Jay and toppled onto him. The wagon’s wreckage trapped the farmer, who was rescued with only minor injuries as crowds freed him. Earlier, the runaway team damaged J B Murray’s wagon at Tenth and La Crosse, tearing harness and wheel. The farmer’s name could not be determined.
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Baker-Niebuhr Company
Fifth
Jay
North Fourth Street
la Crosse City Railway Company
Best
Joseph Crowley
J.B. Murray
Grocer
Tenth
la Crosse
Robert Reichelt
Fish Returns Charge Against Harriman in Suit
Chicago December 13 In an affidavit filed in the Illinois Central junction suit Fish accuses Harriman of ingratitude and Harriman with micropresentations seeking to prevent disclosures in the Mutual Life affairs which became a national financial scandal He says he incurred enmity of Harriman and George A Peabody by refusing to join the white washing report of Mutual officials He denies all of Harriman s charges.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Fish
Harahan
Harriman
Mutual Life
George A. Peabody
The
Mutual
St Marys Bazaar a Big Success at School Hall
The two day St Marys bazaar in the school hall at Sev enth and Cameron avenues drew over 490 attendees and proved financially successful. Mrs R J Ewe chaired the event with mistresses of booths and prizes awarded including a cut glass bowl with various gifts. Orphans benefited from a sack of flour donated by several donors.
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St. Mary’s School
Seventh and
Cameron Avenue
James B. Murray
John F Daherty
Henrietta Waters
Donahue
F. J. Hayek
Seinfelder
Gannon
Holks
Ostricher
W. Haller
William Dwyer
Floring
Smith
Father White
Clark
John Lapitz
Thomas
Don Palmer
Roosevelts Exit Shifts Race Toward La Follette
Washington dispatch notes Roosevelt’s withdrawal reshapes the 1912 race. La Follette gains momentum as a leading opponent to Bryan with Chandler endorsing him and hinting Hughes could be running mate. Roosevelt supporters flock to Wisconsin senator, signaling a liberal conservative split.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohioan
la Follette
Senator la Follette
Washington Times
Hughes
Wisconsin
West
Chandler
William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
Normanna Sangerkor Plans New Years Ball at Frohsinn Hall
The Normanna Sangerkor held a meeting at their lodge rooms last evening to prepare for their annual New Years ball at Frohsinn hall on Thursday evening January 2. Kruetz's orchestra has been engaged to provide music.
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Normanna Sangerkor
Frohsinn Hall
Kruetz
Believer Pa Coroner Rules Mine Explosion Caused by Wiring
A coroner's jury in Bellever Non Pa concluded the Naomi mine disaster killed 32 miners was caused by electric wiring. They condemned wiring in return air currents and over lights and urged amendments to mining laws with strict enforcement.
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Bellever Non
Naomi
Graves urges Bryan to imitate Roosevelt and withdraw
John Temple Graves, Georgia lecturer and writer, in the New York American editorial urges William Jennings Bryan to follow Theodore Roosevelt's example and quit the presidential race for an open fair fight. The piece frames withdrawal as safeguarding democracy and ensuring a robust contest.
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New York
John Temple Graves
Georgia
Bryan
Roosevelt
Weather forecast for Midwest and West Coast regions
Northfield Minnesota posted the coldest reading yesterday at 8 degrees above zero while Los Angeles registered the warmest at 68. Forecasts today predict rain or snow across Wisconsin tonight or Saturday, with Minnesota and Iowa also expecting wintry precipitation and slightly warmer temperatures tonight.
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Northfield
Minn
Los Angeles
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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