La Crosse Starts Artesian Water Test Amid Pressure Rise
Water from the five million gallon Granddad reservoir is pumped into La Crosse mains to raise pressure as artesian water merges with river supply. A test by Fred Schnell, president of the Board of Public Works, showed ninety five pounds of pressure. Citizens await gradual switch to the new supply as purity improves.
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la Crosse
Fred Schnell
Board of Public Works
Mr. Schnell
Eia
Mississippi
Schnell
Myrick Park
Granddad
Dreadnaughts End Mediterranean Cruise at New York Harbor
Four super dreadnaughts the Arkansas Utah and Florida dropped anchor in New York City ending their Mediterranean cruise. About 5,006 officers and men awaited Christmas shore leave with $200,000 of pay due as the ships arrived amid festive weather at the port.
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New York
Arkansas
Utah
Florida
Prays A Police Called Milwaukee
Officials respond to lake front alert to a man praying facing Mecca in Lake Park. Ben Ali, described as a devout Mohammedan, was found reciting morning prayers after residents reported a loose nut at large.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lake Front
Lake Park
Ben Ali
Mecca
Man Dead After Rock Collapse On Wisconsin Farm
Nathan Maillot, 57, of Roscoe Illinois, died in Beloit Wisconsin after slipping while clearing rock from a farm well. He fell into the well and a 700 pound rock collapse trapped him, causing fatal injuries.
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Beloit
Wis
Nathan Mallot
Roscoe
Ili
Maillot
Pankhurst Rearrested on Dover Train Move
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst was rearrested on a Dover bound train after leaving Paris when her cat and mouse act ticket expired. Police boarded the train and placed the militant under arrest.
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Dover
Eng
Emmeline Pankhurst
Paris
Mayor extends straw hat ban to January fifteenth
In Minneapolis on December 15 the mayor extended the straw hat ban beyond September 16 due to warm weather. The order now runs through January 15 and was issued today.
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Minneapolis
Butter Market Report From Elgin Illinois
Elgin Illinois December 15 butter sold at 34 cents a pound, rising one cent from last week’s level. The market shows steady demand with prices holding firm this session.
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ELGIN
No Hurry for 900000 Affair
Miss Chaletta Hall a 19 year old stenographer at Swift and Company rejects an inheritance condition requiring marriage within a year for love. She says she has never experienced true love and doubts the half million will come soon, while male clerks in the office react to the will of Joseph Snyder.
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Chicago
Chaletta Hall
Swift & Company
Joseph Snyder
California
Police Inspector resumes testimony in Schmidt murder trial
Police Inspector Faurot testified again at the Schmidt murder trial in New York detailing how the priest confessed to killing Anna Aumueller and dismembering her body. Faurot denied using third degree methods and said Schmidt described the murder in detail in the rented flat after being taken from the parish house.
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New York
Faurot
Hans Schmidt
Anna Russueller
Schmidt
Delehanty
Olcott
Anna Aumueller
Aumueller
Mystery of Beloved Girls Solved by Sister Letter
Be loit Wisconsin December 15 The disappearance of Bertha Mikkelson and Lina Conrad four months earlier was resolved when Bertha’s brother received a letter from her. The sisters say they are living and working with a companion at Grand Forks North Dakota. They had left a note saying they would kill themselves and authorities searched local waters for bodies.
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Beloit
Wis
Bertha Mikkelson
Lina Conrad
Grand Forks
N. D
Honor system to run Red Cross seal sale in Madison
In Madison Wisconsin the honor system will start next week in saloons and cigar stores with large cards holding fifteen envelopes containing Red Cross seals. Local Red Cross campaign managers will place the cards as part of the anti tuberculosis drive.
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Madison
Wis
Red Cross
Thieves Steal Eggs From Two Cleveland Homes
Thieves stole eighteen eggs from the one home of Mrs. Henry Baldwin and a dozen from Mrs. A C Buell in Cleveland, prompting a warning to housewives to guard their eggs.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Henry Baldwin
A. C. Buell
Cock Fight Crackdown Brings Jail Uproar in Milwaukee
Seven game cocks housed in separate county jail cells roused inmates at daybreak while sixty six cock fighting supporters await arraignment after a Sunday main arrest. Authorities withhold names, but several politicians are said to be involved. Deputies arrive with court plaster from spurred injuries.
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Milwaukee
Villa Reported a New Dictator in Chihuahua Turmoil
General Francisco Villa, constitutional commander in chief in northern Mexico, is named by reports as a potential dictator, threatening a peaceful solution. Tampico defense holds, water cut off, and refugees move as authorities weigh foreign protection and US reaction.
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Francisco Villa
Mexico
United States
Chihuahua
Huerta
U.S
Villa
Carranza
Tampico
United Press
Mexico City
Imparcial
el Imparcial
Mazatlan
EL Paso
Texas
la Mula
Ojiniga
U. S
Bryan
Congress
General Villa
Plan English Opera Company to spread to other cities
The Century Opera company success in presenting operas in English at popular prices in New York today prompted plans for similar organizations in other cities next year.
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New York
Century Opera Company
Motorman Dies in Interurban Collision in Fog
Ben Utte of Newcastle was killed instantly in a fog collision between two interurban cars in Muncie Indiana at about 7 AM. The other motorman jumped to escape and survived.
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Muncie
Ind
Ben Utte
Newcastle
Tinker Sale to Brooklyn Is Off
Cincinnati directors disapprove of cash and deal and players for star. sale to Brooklyn canceled.
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Cincinnati
Supreme Court Decision Could Aid Wisconsin in Northwestern Suit
The Supreme Court rulings on a Montana case may influence the ongoing Northwestern dispute, with implications for Wisconsin. The decision centers on insurance and commercial classifications and could affect regional regulatory interpretations.
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Supreme Court of U.S
Montana
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Cincinnati Club Rejects Tinker Sale to Brooklyn Trust
The Cincinnati base ball club board disapproved selling Joe Tinker the 1913 manager to Brooklyn for 25000 cash arranged by President Herrman in New York. A telegram was sent to Charles Ebbets Brooklyn president expressing the board’s absolute disapproval. The item shifts to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Montana tax law for life insurance premiums and its impact on Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co suit.
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Dee
Cincinnati Baseball Club
Joe Tinker
Brooklyn Club
Herrman
New York
Charles Ebbets
United States Supreme Court
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
United Press
Washington
Supreme Court
New York Life Insurance Company
Deer Lodge County
Mont
Northwestern
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Madison
Congress
Baseball Board Won’t Sell Tinker Without Exchange
The board insists on a player-for-player trade or cash adjustment to move Tinker to Brooklyn. Possible partners named include Pitel Yingling Ragan Moran or Stengel, with cash to cover the difference. If no deal is struck, the sale collapses and Herrmann forfeits the $10,000 he agreed to pay if Tinker joins Brooklyn.
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Ment
Tinker
Brooklyn
Pitel
Yingling
Ragan
Moran
Stengel
Herrmann
Cubs President Murphy Eyes Tinker Comeback After Brooklyn Deal Rebuff
Chicago president C. W. Murphy said he will immediately pursue Joe Tinker if Cincinnati grants permission after directors rejected the Brooklyn swap. Tinker welcomed the setback, expressing desire to move to Chicago next season.
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Chicago
C. W. Murphy
Cubs
Joe Tinker
United Press
Cincinnati
Tinker
Brooklyn
Murphy
Brooklyn Bosses on Tinker Transfer Stand on Herrmann Deal
President Ebbets comments on the Cincinnati baseball club board's disapproval of Brooklyn star Joe Tinker transfer. He asserts the agreement with Mr Herrmann is legal and binding under baseball law and stands on its own merits.
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Brooklyn
Ebbets
Cincinnati Baseball Club
Joe Tinker
Herrmann
Cincinnati
Weather Summary for Midwest and Plains Regions
Yesterday’s high 44 and low 36 with 4 precipitation. La Crosse area unsettled but fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Wisconsin unsettled tonight and Tuesday no rain likely with higher night temps in the southwest. Minnesota generally fair tonight and Tuesday with cooler Tuesday and brisk southwest winds turning northwest. Southwestern Kansas morning rain while other areas stay fair. moderate depressions in Canadian northwest and southern Arizona with high pressure elsewhere. Unsettled conditions expected tonight and Tuesday with moderate temperatures.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kansas
Canadian Northwest
Arizona
Harvard to open 1914 season with Michigan clash
Harvard graduate manager Fred W. Moore announced a tentative agreement for a football game at Harvard Stadium on October 1914 with Michigan. He said no return game at Michigan in 1915 was discussed, and future plans remain unsettled as negotiations proceed.
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Cambridge
Mass
Fred W. Moore
Harvard
Michigan University
Michigan
Moore
Hitchcock Read Out of the Party in Senate Fight
Senator Hitchcock was effectively expelled from the Democratic party after a clash with Senator Owen over President Wilson and the currency bill. The Senate defeated Hitchcock's amendment to set four regional reserve banks and require stock sale to the public by a 40 to 35 vote.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Owen
Wilson
Senate
Funeral for Mrs Augusta Leibel Held at St Josephs
Funeral services for Mrs. Augusta Leibel who died at 726 South Third Street were conducted at 8:30 a.m. from her residence and at 9:00 a.m. from St. Josephs Cathedral with Rev. Father C Sluyter presiding. Pallbearers were William Seiger John Schneeberger Michael Granvage Frank Smalik and Emil Stupka.
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Augusta Leibel
South Third Street
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Father C. Sluyter
William Seiger
John Schneeberger
Michael Granvage
Frank Smalik
Emil Stupka
Twins at Conway Home Worth Their Weight in Gold
A pair of twins arrived at Edward J. Conway’s Loomis Street home last evening. Conway jokes the two boys will be boys like their dad. He notes that while many families skip costly gifts this year, his twins are priceless and worth their weight in gold.
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Edward J. Conway
Loomis Street
Conway
Ottoman Zaradusht Hanish Seeks New Trial
Chicago December 15 The attorney for Ottoman Zaradusht Hanish a sun worshipper convicted of sending obscene matter by express argued for a new trial today before Federal Judge Mack.
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Chicago
Zaradusht Hanish
Express
Mack
Youth Won’t Wed Girl of 15 Shoots
In New York a 15 year old girl, Margaret Lima, is charged with shooting Meyers Simons, 17, claiming he refused to marry her. A 12 year old boy was hit by a stray bullet. Police and social workers question her account of being drugged and taken to a hotel. Simons may recover. he says he never met her.
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New York
Margaret Lima
Meyer Simons
Simmons
Lima
Republicans face fight over southern influence at convention
The fight between Northern and Southern Republicans heats up as a plan to redraw representation is debated. The national committee can only propose to a special convention, which would decide if Southern Republicans gain or lose power amid a split among progressives and conservatives. The expected outcome is a convention call to settle the issue.
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Washington
Col. Roosevelt
Chicago
Herald reports broad business boom across many states
The New York Herald today published reports from more than 100 cities across nearly every state, noting strong industrial and commercial conditions in the South Atlantic, along the gulf in the west and southwest, and across the union.
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New York
South Atlantic
Gulf
New York Herald
Herald
Taft Declines Ambition. Observes Politics in New York
Former President Taft said he has no political ambitions and will be an observer. He joined Elihu Root’s campaign as a proponent for the Republican nomination in 1916, praising Root by comparing him to Alexander Hamilton.
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New York
Taft
Elihu Root
Alexander Hamilton
Boy dies from accidental rifle discharge in Beloit
Edward Lynch aged 15 lies dying in Beloit Wisconsin after a rifle found by neighbor boy Wilfred Nelson aged 6 discharged causing a fatal abdominal wound. Police said the incident occurred Sunday afternoon at a neighbor's house.
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Beloit
Wis
Dee
Edward Lynch
Wilfred Nelson
Alleged assailant released on bail in Hopfer case
Edward Smith, arrested in Oshkosh for allegedly assaulting Margaret Hopfer two weeks ago, was released today on $2,500 bail. He is to be arraigned for trial in December.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Edward Smith
Margaret Hopfer
Jury Deliberates in Gust Penman Murder Trial
In Champaign Illinois on December fifteen Gust Penman faces a jury after closing pleas in the trial over the death of Harold Shaw. The courtroom proceedings concluded with prosecutors and defense presenting arguments to the jurors.
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Champaign
Gust Penman
Harold Shaw
Hobo buys a perfecto after begging meal
A tattered hobo in Washington on December 15 begged a hearty breakfast claiming he had only a dime. After eating he used the dime to purchase a single perfecto cigar from the cigar case.
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Washington
Sweet Singers Cheer Rivals for Christmas Fete
The town festive mood rises as rival choirs prepare for the municipal Christmas service. Citizens anticipate a cheery program with carols, readings, and community spirit fueling local cheer.
Harmony in Charge of Christmas Carols Event
All departments coordinate for a complex task the Christmas carols program aims to be the festival highlight. Frohsinn Harmonia and Norrnana societies join with Music Study club La Crosse students and others to perform, with a friendly rivalry over nativity themed carols.
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Frohsinn
Harmonia and
Normanna
Music Study Club
la Crosse
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