Militia siege ends with Rossesteuscher captured after Yankton shooting
Daniel Courtney, a farmer near Yankton South Dakota, was shot and likely fatally wounded by George Rossesteuscher a discharged farmer who barricaded himself in the Courtney home. Sheriff Hickey led a large posse surrounding the house as militia fired when Rossesteuscher refused to surrender.
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Yankton
Daniel Courtney
George Rossteuscher
Courtney
Rossteuscher
Hickey
Bernice Guligan
Winona Eyes Artesian Wells for Water Supply
The Winona city board investigates switching to artesian water while nearby residents push to sink an artesian well in Winona square. Wealthy supporters stand ready to fund the project once park board grants permission.
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Winona
Winona, Minn
Board of Municipal Works
Winona Square
Park Board
Rich Man’s Sanity Question in South Bend
John C. Wagner a $750000 to $1 million eccentric is jailed as a lunatic after writing a love letter to Miss Winnifred Greenwood leading woman of Indiana Stock in South Bend. He attempted to sell stock in a $50 million moving picture theater and awaits lunacy commission at the county jail.
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South Bend
Ind
John C. Wagner
Winnifred Greenwood
Indiana Stock Company
Wagner
Miss Greenwood
Silent vow for marriage endure through life and eternity
A note expresses a wish to meet an actress to become wife and life companion. The writer plans to carry a marriage certificate and asks to keep stage powder off lips, noting it leaves marks and requesting the addressee's address via the boy.
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P. S
Student lives on 75 cents a week at KU
Henry Maloy, a Kansas University freshman, says his weekly budget of 75 cents covers groceries after his father funded four years only if he keeps to the plan. He reports bread and butter, beans and breakfast foods as his main meals and good health.
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Lawrence
Kan
Henry Maloy
University of Kansas
Maloy
Mississippi River hits record low gauge at St Louis
The Mississippi River at St Louis on December 14 stood 4 feet below zero, the river’s lowest water mark since 1863, now used by the government as the gauge baseline.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
Opium Confiscated in Portland Raid
One thousand pounds of smuggled opium were confiscated in a raid on the Chinese section of Portland Oregon by secret service men.
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Washington, D. C
Portland
Oregon
Secret Service
Bald-Headed Man Narrowly Escapes Hairbreadth Danger
A brief incident highlights a bald-headed man avoiding a near-miss danger by a hairbreadth margin, illustrating a dramatic moment of luck and caution in a public setting.
Dietz Dietz Dietz faces new assault charge in Wis
Wisconsin report for December describes John Dietz and his family summoned Thursday on another assault with intent to kill charge related to a July 1908 posse raid. Dietz and kin may face additional indictments tied to a 1904 deputy killing and a September shooting, with bail debates and a planned fundraising visit to the Twin Cities.
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Hayward
Wis
John Dietz
Oscar Harp
Wm. Giblin
John
Dietz
Clarence
Leslie
Myra
John Rogich
Rogich
Clarence Dietz
Bert Horel
Atorney Davis
W. B. Rubin
Davis
Giblin
Valentine Wiesenbach
New Dr Derby's Kidney Pills Offer Relief Claims
Old advertisement promises a free sample and a 10 day treatment for kidney and bladder diseases. It touts safety and effectiveness with claims of rapid improvement and urges readers to obtain Dr Derby's Kidney Pills from local druggists or mail order from Derby Medicine Co. in Hato Rapids Michigan.
Wisconsin Legislature to Find Prepared Work from 1909 Committees
Wisconsin reports that several special committees from 1909 have continued work on industrial insurance highways banking education waterpowers forestry and income tax. Their extensive reports and recommendations will be ready for the January 1910 session to guide the new legislature.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Financial report details state expenditures to December first
The account lists total expenses and clerical costs at 30,193.81 with categories including industrial insurance 12,061.16 highway services 2,352.11 banking 3,017.92 water power and forestry 10,661.94 and education 2,100.68, noting officers served without pay.
State Board to Choose Successor to Secretay True
MadisonWisconsin December 14 The state board of agriculture will hold its final meeting of the year in Madison on December 29. A successor to John M True secretary of the board is expected to be chosen. R W Rowlands of Waukesha and James C McKenzie of Portage have been nominated as candidates.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Agriculture
John M. True
R. W. Rowlands
Waukesha
James C. McKenzie
Portage
Fragmentary Drug Advertisements From a Historic Page
A damaged OCR fragment shows crude medical marketing for pain relief and cough remedies. It features vague claims and mentions a bottle price and a June date, with garbled names and partial drug references.
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