Farmers Gather at Farm Course in Wauwatosa Wisconsin
Milwaukee county farmers and wives attend three day county farm course at the agricultural school. Miss J Coon covers wives fashion while men hear about overalls color and trim. Demonstrations in cooking plant care and infant feeding are given by labeled staff, with lectures continuing and a Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station meeting set for Saturday.
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Wauwatosa
Wis
Milwaukee County
County Agricultural School
Elizabeth Emery
Conservatory
H. M. Smith
Elizabeth Kelley
Milwaukee County Order of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station
H. F. Schroeder
P. W
F. J. Sievers
Oshkosh High Girls Adopt Standard Class Dress
Oshkosh Wisconsin December 16. Girls at Oshkosh High School adopt a standard class dress consisting of a middle blouse and dark skirt as the school style.
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Oshkosh, Wis
Oshkosh High School
Memorial Church Dedicated to Dead Wives and Mothers
The monumental Max imilian church in Munich will be a memorial to the wives and mothers of soldiers who fell in the war. Decorations will reflect this spirit and leading German artists will execute the work under erection.
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Munich
Maximilian
Germany
Waterford student joins medical fraternity honors
Waterford Wisconsin December 17 J F Bennett a senior medical student at the University of Illinois has been elected to the honorary medical fraternity Alpha Omega Alpha A H Wedge of Waupun was similarly honored
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Waterford
Wis
J. F. Bennett
University of Illinois
Alpha Omega Alpha
A. H. Wedge
Waupun
Funeral for Anna Lehner Held in Lansing Iowa
Mrs Anna Marie Lehner died December 9 after nephritis at her Lansing Iowa home. The Swiss born widow, November 5 1845, is survived by son John of Lansing. Funeral conducted by Rev Kegel, burial at Oak Hill beside her husband.
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Lansing
Iowa
Anna Marie Lehner
Switzerland
John
Kegel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Local residents and travels noted in weekly social items
Mrs. P. E. Ladd visits her mother with brothers John and Edward north of town. Mrs. J. J. Dunlevy has lumbago and is bedridden since last Friday. W. A H. Young and wife spent a week at English Beach with relatives. Thomas Gruber and daughter Lola visit Minneapolis relatives this week. Lola Inman returns home to New Albia from a week here. B. A. Towle and daughter visit L. N. Towle family in Wabasha. Sam Finks travels Monday to Lacon Illinois and Iowa to visit siblings. B. J. Fannegan buys a 1916 Reo Four from Frank Spinner last week. Frank Goettle and Harry Lenz visit La Crosse between trains. Sheriff A. D. Larson and Clerk Morstad with Morstad’s brother travel from Waukon for business. Mrs. Catherine Holmes improves after moving to her son’s home D. A. and is on the mend. Mrs. Tillie Eager and sister Miss Mary Bench of Jamestown arrive to spend winter on Main Street.
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Carl Halverson
la Crosse
Anna Batteen
John Markwardt
Harpers Ferry
Lansing
Julius Bartheld
Joseph Ross
Michael Schubert
Anna Steger
McGregor
Louis Hurth
Magg Prairie
Caledonia
August Ahlstrom
Albin
B. F. Thomas
Fred Scharf
Oscar E. Kerndt
Anna Leppert
French Creek Township
J. H
Edgely
N. D
Dominick Keffler
John Landry
Dubuque
Church
Mays Prairie
Geo. Luth
Minneapolis
Clarence Orben
Will Steiber
Lafayette
Bismarck
Ella Hunstad
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Center Street
Senaator
A. M. Fellows
Supervisor Hartley
Union City
James Hartley
John Trayer
Edith Towle
G. H. Thompson
Kensal
Thomas Gruber
Jake Speiler
Lola Inman
New Albia
B. A. Towle
L. N
B. J. Fannegan
Taylor Township
Frank Spinner
Frank Goettle
Harry Lenz
A. D. Larson
Morstad
Waukon
Catherine Holmes
D. A
Tillie Eager
Mary Bench
Jamestown
N. J
Main Street
Grand Rapids Seeks Reformation of Local Band
Merchants and Manufacturers association leads effort to organize a new city band in Grand Rapids Wisconsin. The town once supported one of the state’s best amateur bands and aims to revive it this season.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Motor Develops Boy: How a Car Makes a Boy Manly
A PMarm and Fireside column from Springfield Ohio recounts a farm family with a 15 year old who becomes more confident and responsible after learning to drive and care for a car. The parents hired a man to teach him, and now the boy enjoys spins with the family while feeling safe in his understanding of the vehicle.
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Pmarm and
Fireside
National Farm Paper
Springfield
Ohio
ManBelieved to Have Brain IQ in Whiskers Atchison
A local saying from Atchison suggests a man’s intellect or brains are metaphorically housed in his facial hair, reflecting regional humor or superstition about wit and appearance.
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Atchison
Dog leads hunter to fatal wound in Wisconsin incident
In Marshfield Wisconsin on December 17 Joseph Sloniker 18 was hunting with a dog when he accidentally shot his thigh and lay unable to rise. He coaxed the dog to go home and the dog returned to his father who followed and found him unconscious. Sloniker died on Thursday from the injuries.
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Marshfield
Wis
Joseph Sloniker
Sloniker
Prisoner Pleads Guilty to Forgery in Wisconsin Case
Jefferson Wisconsin December 17 C F Lewis one of the escape aides shot by Sheriff Will Fenton and returned to jail pleaded guilty to forgery the charge he was held on and was sentenced by Judge Grimm to one and one half years at Waupun.
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Jefferson, Wis
C. F. Lewis
Will Fenton
Grimm
Waupun
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J.bartel Company
Coats
Kruse
Anna Lehner
Oak Hill
Leather Groods
All Cloaks
Poehling
South Fourth Street
the Ward
Fanc
Ivory
P. E. Ladd
John and
Edward
J. J. Dunlevy
W. A H. Young and
Dog
Warner’s
Warner
Warner's Safe Remedies CO
Rochester, N. Y
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