Runaway boy captured. Sparta lad returned to custody
Barney Shepard, convicted burglar, who escaped from the Waukesha reform school, was captured after detective work by Undersheriff Goodman. He was arrested at El Reno Oklahoma and will likely be sent to Green Bay to finish his sentence. Also reports: school principal Davies honored at a farewell reception, a broken arm from a machine accident, open basketball season with Sparta alumni vs Company L, and local notes from Sparta Wisconsin.
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Sparta
Wis
Barney Shepard
Waukesha
Reform School
Shepard
Goodman
el Reno
Green Bay
Dan Fletcher
New Lyme
Armory
Sparta High School
University of Wisconsin
Company L
Aunt Jefferson
Tony Boison
Parker
Anderson
Ross
McOa Ber
McDonald
Longwell
Two Rich Women Fight for Girls
New York news reports mark a landmark challenge to police powers as heiresses Mrs. O. H. Belmont and Miss Anna Morgan assume control through the women’s trades union league to back shirtwaist strikers. They organize volunteers, hire lawyers, and vow bail for arrested workers to test peaceful picketing in court. Four strikers are due released from Blackwell’s Island and welcomed at union HQ as a parade plans to sway politicians.
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New York
O. H. P. Belmont
Anna Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Belmont
Miss Morgan
Woman's Trades Union League
I. B. Hyman
Association of Manufacturers
Blackwell’s Island
Triumph
New Schedule For Dubuque Division Of C M & St P Railway
A new timetable took effect on the Dubuque division, not altering La Crosse. Eastbound Train No 9 departs Savanna 6 PM arrives Dubuque 7 59 PM with stops at Sabuh Green Island Bellevue and Gordons Ferry. Train No 25 runs Savanna to Dubuque with stops at North McGregor and returns by 2 40 PM.
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Dubuque
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
la Crosse
Savanna
Sabuh
Green Island
Bellevue
Gordon's Ferry
North McGregor
Train Schedules And A Narrow River Rescue At Kernville
Train No 109 departs Bellevue 7 10 p m arrives Cascade 9 20 p m Train 325 leaves Waukon Junction 3 05 p m arrives Waukon 4 25 p m Train 10 departs Dubuque 8 a m arrives Savanna 9 20 a m Train 110 departs Cascade 7 a m arrives Bellevue 8 40 a m Kernville recounts a near miss after a storm blocked roads a mail carrier crossed Siletz River in a dugout his craft capsized the mail sack floated away he recovered the sack and reached shore soaking wet but on time.
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la Crosse
Bellevue
Cascade
Waukon Junction
Waukon
Dubuque
Savanna
Kernville
Siletz River
Rescues Mail Sack From Swift River
Oregon coast mail carrier faced treacherous winter conditions as storms swelled rivers and rough roads challenged deliveries. The Siletz route report describes a heroic effort to salvage a mail sack swept by Swift River as crews battled high water and debris.
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Swift River
Portland
Ore
Oregon Coast
Siletz
Police withhold suspect name in Holt murder case
Detroit police report an arrest in a case involving 13 year old Helen Brown who was assaulted and murdered last week. The suspect’s name was not released and not entered on the blotter.
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Detroit
Mich
Helen Brown
Will power can’t keep a man alive says reader
A reader argues that willpower alone cannot sustain life or breath for a sick man, asserting that mental resolve cannot replace physiological needs. The remark challenges the idea that sheer will can extend existence when the body struggles to breathe.
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Meerschaum
Adam E. Forschler
Main
Okla
Jeffersonian
Athena
I. B. Davies
Sparta Daily Advertiser
Nellie Jones
Chicago
Lyman H. Howe
Roy L. Ware
Necedah
Emma Manel
Carl Berg
Tomah
Minnie Andrson
Valley Junction
R. Schroeder
Emma Fimme
Norwalk
Mondovi
Ed Elmer
Black River Falls
Co. V. Fitch
Lake City
Minn
Mary Carlyon
Dunkirk
K. W. Hall
Fred Kroner Hardware Company
South Third Street
E. M. Young
la Crosse, Wis
Miss Belmont
J. P. Morgan
Ence
Ecosee
Nelson
Main Street
Poe
S. Arenz & Co
Pearl Street
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