Sacred Heart Basketball Game and Local Notices
Prairie du Chien to host Sacred Heart college versus Wisconsin Business University of La Crosse in the gym Tuesday evening. Also opening of the Prairie du Chien Postal Savings Bank and various community notices including confirmations, conferring clergy, and local appointments.
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Sacred Heart College
Wisconsin Business University
la Crosse
Postal Savings Bank
Prairie du Chien
Prairie du Chien Sanitarium
Edward McCloskey
L. McVey
Lillian Waters
Bishop Schwebach
Fr. Becker
8&J. Gabriel
Musical wonder tops La Crosse vaudeville bill with Von Dell
Von Dell impresses with cornet, violin, cello and saxophone numbers in a La Crosse vaudeville program. The act draws strong praise from P. Hundredmark, solo cornetist, and features humor from Sully and Hussey. Kinseo the juggler, Lockhart sisters, and Hubbard concert orchestra also entertain, showcasing skilled performances by a mixed bill.
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la Croszge Theater
von Dell
Von
Hussey
Sully
Valoise Brothers
Island
Japan
Kinseo
Lockhart
Hubbard Concert Orchestra
la Crosse
Million Dollar Clark Home To Open For Christmas
The famed Montana senator William A. Clark mansion will host a Christmas celebration. Mrs. Clark, her two daughters, and sister Mrs. E F Hoyt of Los Angeles will attend. Clark says the home may be opened to visitors interested in seeing it.
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New York
United States
William A. Clark
Montana
Clark
E. F. Hoyt
Los Angeles
America
Governors Return From Eastern Trip Ends In St Paul
Western governors concluded their 4000 mile eastward tour with a 10 a.m. arrival in St Paul. Guardsmen fired seventeen guns as a salute while a police platoon and National Guard battalion escorted them to the Northwestern Land show auditorium. Governors and representatives viewed state exhibits and gave brief addresses.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
National Guard
Guards
Society Girls Whip Man at Burgettstown Station
A group of society girls attacked and whipped a young man at Burgettstown railway station after he had attended a newspaper party they reportedly hosted. The incident occurred in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, with witnesses describing the assault.
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Society
Burgetstown
Local News Highlights from Lansing Iowa Area
William Spinner of Village Creek visits his home Thursday as Mrs Spinner hosts. Mrs James Ruth returns from Waukon with friends while Dempsey Bartheld installs sixteen storm windows at the Sister School. Sheriff Svedbakken and H E Taylor visit on business. Carl Roggensack travels to Waukon. Sol Tremhelm visits from Le Mars. Tom Warren and Henry Rick work on Ottor Riser’s May's Prairie barn. J L Adams from Ferryville visits. River ice is clearing. Eli Fowler and Fred Sunderman run a box ball alley on Main Street.
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William Spinner
Village Creek
Spinner
James Ruth
Wauko
Dempsey S. Bartheld
Sheriff Svedbakken
Waukon
H. E. Taylor
Carl Roggensack
Sol Tremhelm
le Mars
Iowa
Gus Dee
Tom Warren
Henry Rick
Otto Riser
Mays Prairie
J. L. Adams
Ferryville
Eli Fowler
Fred Sunderman
Panama Canal Fate Amid Regional Political Shifts
Regional observers weigh potential impact of upheaval in Mexico on stability and logistics around the Panama Canal. Analysts caution timing and policy responses could affect traffic and international shipping if political tensions spill over.
Road and Bridge bids sought for rock paving contracts
The Road and Bridge Committee will accept sealed bids December 21 1911 at 10 am for quarried and crushed rock deliveries to numerous county roads. Quantities range from 50 to 648 yards with various delivery points and price limits up to 1400 1600 and 1350 dollars. Bids must note cords or yards delivered and rock to be good hard limestone with specified sizes and weigh 2500 pounds per yard. Bond of one half the contract amount required.
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Holmen
Midway
B. J. McCabe
B. J. Boersma
Town of
Holland
Barre
Barre Mills
Welch School House
Hamilton
North Salem Road
Waterloo Bridge
Burns
Burnham Valley
Fred Meyer
Bangor
Fish Creek
Anton Hesselberg
Greenfield
St. Joseph Ridge
Matt Becker
Shelby
Mormon Coulee
Casper Smith
August Mundstock
Coulee Road
Pammel Farm
Campbell
South Salem
Four-Mile
North Salem
Hartley Farm
Onalaska Road
French Island
Farmington
Mindoro
West Salem
Anton Lee
West Coulee
Ole Gilbertson
John Hintgen
King's Departure From Delhi Sparks Massive Royal Escort
Delhi witnesses grand farewell as King George and Queen Mary depart for Nepal. The king will hunt for two weeks with rajah hospitality while Queen Mary travels to Agra. A huge military turnout lines the royal route with artillery salutes and dozens of vehicles. The Nepalese rajah promises safety for the king and his 6 million subjects, pledging strict precautions.
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Delhi
George
Queen Mary
Nepal
Mary
Agra
Selimgarh
Incendiary Arrests Tighten Grip on Iowa Farm Ring
Charles Yarborough, 35, a Cedar Rapids horse dealer, was arrested by Deputy U.S. Marshal Healy at Newport as part of a probe into a gang accused of threatening John Adams and burning his barn after a $5,000 extortion demand. Eight arrests have been reported, including Charles Ham, a veterinary surgeon, amid a Solon area terror campaign.
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Iowa City
Charles Yarborough
United States
Healy
Cedar Rapids
Newport
John L. Adams
Charles Ham
Solon
Arest
Clever thief swaps ring with glass diamond in Illinois store
Police hunt for a smooth thief who during the week substituted a ten cent glass diamond for a $170 diamond ring in a Springfield jewelry store. The substitution was only noticed today by staff and investigators.
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Springfield
Iil
Committee named to oversee regatta racing events
St Clair Ede of the Mississippi Power Boat Association has appointed an eight member racing committee from Iowa Wisconsin and Missouri to supervise events for the Davenport regatta planned for July. The group aims to prevent delays and crowd irritation seen at last year’s Bugue regatta and will coordinate with the Davenport Boat Club. The association also announces the St Louis Motor Boat Show will become an annual event under the Valley association replacing the Chicago show as the major western winter hosting event.
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ST. Louis
Pres Dent St. Clair Ede
Mississippi Power Boat Association
la Crosse Motor Boat Club
Ig4
Davenport
Charles Hapley
Muscatine
Iowa
J. W. Dion
Burlington
Oliver D
Lis
Dubuque
George B, Jr
la Crosse
Wis
Max Starkloff
Associatio
Pera
Davenport Boat Club
Ast
Mystic Workers Elect Officers for Lodge No 384
Mystic Workers lodge No 384 elected W F Russell as presiding officer and monitor secretary Mae Collins as banker, Dr Arthur as physician, C F Bowers as supervisor and delegate, with Mrs Bradley and Mrs Kruger in other posts. An installation committee was named for January and an open ration will follow.
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Mystic Workers Lodge
No. 384
W. F. Russell
Monitor
Peck
Mae Collins
Knutson
Dr. McArthur
Bradley
Sentinel
Kruger
C. F. Bowers
L. W. Binder
Scherhart
Mm Jeide
Klick
Larson
Mm Mann
Bronson
Quinn
C. S. Schreiter
White slavers sentenced in Chicago on Mana law
Federal Judge Landis fined 50 dollars and sentenced 701 and Charles Willard alias Wilson to three years each for violating the Mana white slave law. They were convicted of enticing a girl from Milwaukee to Chicago.
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Chicago
Landis
Charles Willard
Wilson
Milwaukee
Italians Driven From Benhazi Fort by Turkish Detachment
Outposts of Italian forces at Benhazi were routed today by a Turkish detachment. Italian troops left dead on the field and withdrew the main fortifications at Fort Salonika.
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Salonika
Benhazi
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Panama Canal
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