Dresbachers Return From East Winona
Dresbach, Minn special report of residents returning from East Winona where the Donaldson brothers Thomas Asie and Lewis worked on the Burlington dredge Garret Buerck also returns from dredge work Mrs Fred Buerck shopped in La Crosse and other Dresbach residents travel for visits shopping and family news including a new eleven pound boy born to Mr and Mrs Wm Nissalke and local sickness and travel notes from Dresbach and nearby La Crosse La Crosse shoppers and Terry Mont resident Mrs Walter Mackin visit family in Dresbach.
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Dresbach, Minn
Donaldson
Thomas
Asie
Lewis
East Winona
Burlington
Garret Buerck
Fred Buerck
la Crosse
E. E. Culver
Milwaukee
Jamestown
New York
Stewart
Helmer
St. James Church
Beatrice Nichols
Fimyra Klenk
D. H
Jerome Baker
Dresbach
Wm. Nissalke
Wm. Gaskell
Thomas Donaldson
la Cross
H. A. Marsh
Oklahoma
Francis McGuffy
Lawrence Davis
Cole An Sheppen
Gaskell
James Sokolik
Dickson
Walter Mackin
Terry, Mont
R. Remp
Picture Gallery Proprietor Arrested in Tomah
Earn est Sneeley, owner of the Penny Picture gallery where the discarded shoes of Dolores Rivett were found, was arrested in Tomah, Wis. He failed to meet a $1,000 bond and was jailed in Sparta awaiting his December 22 trial. Dolores Rivett, who with her father had just returned home from Harwy, NL, alleges Sneeley funded her trip to buy new clothes and leave town.
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Tomah
Wis
Earnest Sneely
Penny Picture Gallery
Dolores Rivett
Rivett
Harwy
Sneeley
Sparta
van Wie
E. C. van Wie
Company K
Card Carried by Air and Submarine Published in Berlin
A message on a card carried 1000 miles by airplane from Chicago to New York on November 2 and 3000 miles underwater by the merchant submarine Deutschland was published by Mittag Saturday. The card relates to Victor Carlstrom’s Chicago to New York flight. Post and telegraph charges in Austria aim to raise 18.27 million dollars in extra revenue.
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Berlin
Sayville Wireless
Chicago
New York
Deutschland
Mittag
Victor Carlstrom
Austria
Banquet for Arnold Shieler by Tomah Fire Department
The Tomah fire department will hold a 6 o'clock banquet in Fireman hall on Monday evening to honor Arnold Shieler the only member of the department who served with Company K at Fort Sam Houston.
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Tomah
Indian School Gets Funds For Expansion At Tomah
A letter from Congressman Esch notes that the Indian appropriation bill includes 79,525 for Tomah Wisconsin Indian School. Funds cover 275 pupil education superintendent pay general repairs laundry equipment school building girls building land purchase totaling 79 525.
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Esch
Congressman Esch
Tomah
Wis
Ironton Ladies Hold A Bazaar
The Ladies' Aid society hosted a bazaar and dinner at the church parlors on Thursday. The Ladies' Aid of Kinnamon Ridge joined in the bazaar. A new baby boy was welcomed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Blake Slee. Local and Personal notes report the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rabuch passing away after birth. A home talent play for the library was a success. William Baublit returned from Beloit sick with the grip. Frank Seamans visited Lime Ridge. Elsie Atkinson, from Delton, returned home yesterday.
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Tronton
Wrs
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ladies’ Aid of
Kinnamon Ridge
Geo. Blakeslee
Charles Rabuch
I. O. O. F. Hall
Wm. Baublit
Beloit
Frank Seamans
Lime Ridge
Elsie Atkinson
Delton
Trade Commission to Identify Cause of Paper Price Rise
Commissioner Davies says the Federal Trade Commission will soon be able to place responsibility for the current unprecedented news print paper prices. The remark came at the end of a joint hearing of manufacturers and newspaper publishers before the commission in Washington.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Davies
Quite So The Preacher Says Dust We Are
A quirky quotation notes a preacher saying we are made of dust and a child named Tommy Blake replying that he has eaten too much and feeling pain, a whimsical line from Secribner's Magazine.
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Tommy Blake
Secribner’s Marazine
Sparta Accepts Two Dates for Contests with High School Shooters
Sparta confirms February 2 and February 10 as game dates for its basketball schedule with nine games total. The lineup includes January 5 Alumni at La Crosse and other matches through March 16 at Madison, with a special alumni dance after the January 5 game.
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Sparta
C. Gouldin
la Crosse
Tomah
Madison
Baraboo
Bara
Open
Wilde Favorite Over Zulu Kid For Fly Title
Jimmy Wilde entered as the favorite at ten to seven and ten to eight against Frankie Demelfi the Young Zulu Kid for the flyweight world title match on Monday. English boxing observers re evaluated his opponent’s sturdiness and cleverness after viewing his training in Brighton. The Brooklyn fighter carries a shamrock given by an Irish waitress as a good luck omen.
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J. W. Pegler
United Press
London
Jimmy Wilde
Frankie Demelfi
Brooklyn
Amount Needed to Support Families of Militiamen
Representative Fitzgerald of New York said the war department informed him in the house that $8,500,000 more is required to support the dependent families of militiamen on the Mexican border. The statement came in Washington on a Saturday afternoon.
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Washington
Fitzgerald
New York
War Department
Wisconsin omitted from Collier's mythical All Western teams
Collier's Weekly December 23 selection excludes Wisconsin from the first and second mythical elevens. Minnesota dominates both squads with five on the first team and four on the second, while Boston Chicago Iowa Ohio Notre Dame and Northwestern appear with various players.
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E. ©. Patterson
Collier's Weekly
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Boston
Hauser
Higgins
Chicago
Townley
Sinclair
Becker
Iowa
Harley
Ohio
Macomber
Illinois
Driscoll
Northwestern
Maulbetsch
Michigan
Wyman
Man
R. Petty
Scklund
Niemann
Ihman
Notre Dame
Mayer
Bolen
Long
Weincce
Hansen
Minnesota Cofall
Koehler
Warning of German raider alters Chicago voyage
Police report the French liner Chicago was warned of a German commerce raider and diverted its course. A Shamokin fire on Friday night swept a wide area, with firemen from several towns battling the blaze and fearing total destruction of the business district. Loss estimated at 350000 dollars.
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New York
Chicago
Shamokin
Fire Fanned by Winds Destroys Property in Shamokin
A blaze in Shamokin powered by high winds destroyed property late today. Firefighters rushed to the scene as flames spread quickly, with damage estimated at unknown figures and no injuries reported. The fire department investigates the origin and cause.
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Shamokin
Fourteen Teams Tie After Ninth Hour In Six Day Race
New York Madison Square Garden reports all fourteen teams tied at the end of the ninth hour of the six day bicycle race. Each squad had logged 206 miles and four laps while Lawson and Mitten led with 186 miles. The nine hour record stands at 211 miles and eight laps set in 1914 by Cameron and Kaiser.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Cameron
Kaiser
Lawson
Mitten
Welling and Mitchell to headline fast lightweight bout
Chicago on December 18 hosts a likely swift lightweight match between Joe Welling of Chicago and Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee. The pairing is billed as one of the fastest of the year, with anticipated rapid exchanges and a decisive finish.
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Chicago
Joe Welling
Richie Mitchell
Milwaukee
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