May death by own action if death is refused
Battle Creek, Mich. Dec. 17 Rev Thomas McKenzie a blind singer and former pastor says he asked governors of New York Illinois New Jersey and West Virginia for permission to die by electrocution He may take his own life if his request is not granted his family doubt his sanity and he waits for any response.
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Battle Creek
Mich
New York
Illinois
New Jersey
West Virginia
Thomas McKenzie
McKinzie
McKenzie
Normal Quintet Triumphs Over W. B. U. 38 to 20
In a fast gymnasium game the Normal team defeated W. B. U. 38 to 20. Huber led Normal with 19 points while Liord starred for W. B. U. The senior girls beat juniors 18 to 6 in the prelims with Norma Pelunek shining.
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Huber
W. B. U. Liord
Norma Pelunek
Yeomen to Have a Christmas Tree in Nicholson-Scott Hall
Arrangements are complete for the B. A. Yeomen Christmas tree celebration in Nicholson-Scott hall next Thursday evening December 22. The event targets delighting the children with a program and Santa Claus arriving at 6 o'clock sharp to open the festivities. The article also notes the young ladies drill team will present their tenth benefit dance on New Year’s Eve.
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B. A. Yeomen
Nicholson-Scott Il
Yeomen
Santas Claus
Nicholson-Scott Hall
Sidewalk Newsie Heir To Fortune In NYC
There's a new face presiding over the sidewalk news stand at Twenty-ninth and Sixth avenue. Jos Dutch, Candor, once sold piper and wartrees at the stand, now worth 26 900 dollars and owner of four houses. He inherits from his father Wm Candor, a Bridgeport Conn building contractor. He promises to return soon and give his Tenderloin cronies a blowout.
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New York
Twenty-ninth and
Sixth Avenue
Jos
Candor
Dutch
Wm. Candor
Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Conn
Frightened 12 Year Old Leaps To Her Death
In Mankato Minnesota on December 17 Viola Berr aged 12 was sent for milk. She crossed the Omaha railroad trestle over the Blue Earth river and as a train approached she jumped 50 feet to the ice below. Her pail of milk lay on the bridge untouched.
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Mankato
Minn
Viola Berr
Omaha
Blue Earth River
Motorman Killed as Train Strikes Street Car
S H Todd motorman is killed and three others injured when a Missouri Pacific passenger train crashes into a street car in Sheffield Kansas City Missouri today.
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Kansas City, Mo
S. H. Todd
Missouri Pacific
Sheffield
City Adopts Five Year Light Contract Renewal
The council approves a five year light contract replacing a ten year term. The city will pay 55 dollars per lamp for moonlight schedule and 60 dollars for all night operation.
La Crosse Gas & Electric agrees to five year contract
La Crosse Gas & Electric will supply Magnetite arc lamps for five years under the new terms after rejecting a shorter deal. The plan covers 225 moonlight and 30 all night lamps with rates of 55 and 60 dollars per lamp annually, including poles and wiring, plus city option to substitute other lamp styles. A board meeting will finalize contract specifics next week. Also a reader asks for fuller coverage of a Fischbach case, urging fair reporting of the proceedings and earlier statements.
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Common Council
la Crosse Gas & Electric Company
Board of Public Works
Lights Committee
Social Center Movement Grows in Wisconsin
Edward Ward of Rochester Minnesota, advisor for civic and social center development at Wisconsin State University, toured La Crosse after talks in St Paul and Minneapolis. He reports growing public use of school buildings for gatherings, cites Milwaukee dances, and notes Oshkosh Stoughton Madison and Whitewater forming centers with regular meetings.
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Edward Ward
Rochester
la Crosse
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ward
Wisconsin State University
Citi
Milwaukee
Washington
Oshkosh
Stoughton
Madison
Whitewater
West Salem Men Fined After Battery Case
Jack Pomeroy of West Salem and Everett Schamer were charged with assault and battery on Joseph Albrecht at the West Salem insane asylum project site. Pomeroy paid a $5 fine plus $10.75 costs in county court for a total of $15.75. Schamer was released by County Judge John Brindley.
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Jack Pomeroy
West Salem
Everett Schamer
Joseph Albrecht
Albrecht
Schamer
John Brindley
Negro rights affirmed in $1000 theft accusation case
New York appellate division of the Supreme Court upheld a $1000 judgment for George W. Griffen, a Pullman porter, who claimed humiliation after being wrongly accused of stealing Daniel M. Drury's pocketbook. The ruling says a black man’s feelings are as worthy of damages as a white man’s.
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New York
Damazes
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
George W. Griffen
Daniel M. Drury
Madison Street Residents Seek Macadamized Road
Property owners and residents on Madison street between West avenue and Seventeenth street will present a petition at the next common council meeting asking that the street be macadamized. They claim the street is in very bad condition and that car owners on the thoroughfare cannot travel it easily. Madison street was not included in the board of public works recommendations for the coming season.
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Common Council
Madison Street
Weat Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Board of Public Rus
Husband and two girls tied to river bridge quarrel
Police responded to a hurry up call about a man abusing a woman at the La Crosse river bridge. Officers found a North Side man and his wife amid a quarrel after the wife protested seeing her husband with two girls.
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la Crosse River Bridge
North Side
Indian Treaty Seen Hurting Northern Minnesota Business
Dick Scott, a former La Crosse man now in Montana, says the 1855 treaty with the Chippewa and Sioux harms Minnesota business. He reports saloons closed under the treaty due to liquor prohibitions and warns Minneapolis may go dry if Congress does not act. Snow lies heavy in the north.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Dick” Scott
la Crosse
Montana
Scott
Duluth
North
Mr. Scott
Madison Expert May Be Employed In Gas Rate Case
City Attorney John F. Doherty and Frank Winter, representing citizens, discuss hiring M. H. Collbohm of Madison as an expert for valuing La Crosse Gas & Electric property. Collbohm, an electrical engineer with notable experience, may conduct the valuation for the citizens’ committee ahead of the railroad commission hearing.
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John F. Doherty
Frank Winter
Citizens
la Crosse Gas & Electric Company
Railroad Commission
M. H. Collbohm
Madison
Wis
Citizens’ Committee
Boxer Kid Edward Gardner Fractured Skull in Philadelphia bout
Edward Gardner known as Kid, a local lightweight boxer, lies at Frankfort hospital with a fractured skull after a bout. Johnny Kain, who delivered the blow, is held without bail pending the outcome of the case.
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Philadelphia
Edward Gardner
Kid
Frankfort Hospital
Johnny Kain
Dr Clarke Gapen Dies at Madison
Dr Clarke Gapen a renowned Wisconsin physician alienist and medico legal counsel died in his sleep while sitting in a chair at Madison Wisconsin authorities reported today born in New York he built a wide reputation in medical legal circles and served as expert witness in many cases his death noted as sudden and unexpected by colleagues
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Madison
Wis
Clarke Gapen
Wisconsin
Majestic Bill for Next Week at Ma jestic Theater
Manager Koppelberger announces a new week at Ma jestic theater featuring Maeger's six man orchestra with a scenic musical act. Busch Bros will perform Ship Ahoy as comic relief followed by Wartenberg Brothers novelty double feet act and Abbott and Alba in After Office Hours. Fine moving pictures and illustrated songs complete the program.
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Koppelberger
Majestic Theater
Playhouse
Maeger
Maeder
la Crosse
Busch Bros
Wartenberg Brothers
Abbott and Alba
Swindling Shame Dampens Tellings Among Men
A fragment notes that many men avoid reporting swindles, fearing shame and embarrassment, which allows fraud to persist as others remain silent.
Former St. Elmo owner John Dorn dies near Sparta
Mrs. N. Norcross of West La Crosse travels to Sparta for the funeral of John Dorn who died at his home east of Sparta. Dorn had been a French Island resident since 1880 and owned the St. Elmo hotel for twenty years before selling in 1902 and moving to a Sparta area farm. His wife died three years earlier. Funeral rites will be held in Sparta with interment there.
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John Dorn
Sparta
Herman Singer Jr Receives Michigan Posting as Assistant Superintendent
Herman Singer Jr leaves tonight for Benton Harbor Michigan to assume the role of assistant superintendent with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company where he has been connected locally for several years.
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Herman Singer, Jr
Benton Harbor, Mich
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Dr Furstman Accepts Office In La Crosse
Dr J M Furstman of Chicago has accepted the La Crosse health officer post and will assume duties January 1 He is pleased with city conditions after visiting hospitals and will resign from Chicago health department to move here He has four years with Chicago and has helped suppress diphtheria typhoid and scarlet fever outbreaks in other cities
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la Crosse
J. M. Furstman
Chicago
Board of Health
Chicago Health Department
Furstman
Fragmentary line hints at memory and guidance
A partial OCR fragment notes that most people recall experience without direct guidance. It suggests memory can function independently of explicit instruction, implying intrinsic learning or intuition.
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Japan
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Petey
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A. E. Bleekman
Social Center Movement
Ing
MEN
Orchestra
WIEN
Abbott & Alba
Neville
Piee Thane
Main ST. LA Crosse
Dick Scott
Northern Section
Majestic Bill
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ST. Elmo
French Island
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DR. Furstman
Vitagraph
Mill Creek Flat
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