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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1907
Page
8
A Wisconsin man emerges as heir to a vast English estate valued at 150 million dollars. The Stack family heiress confirms the will, with the beneficiary leaving his modest life behind for a fortune tied to lands and holdings overseas.
George Northedge of Marinette is revealed as heir to an estimated 150 million dollars in a log of royal birth proofs. Attorney Franzke argues Northedge is sole heir to 1.856 million in Montreal and will travel to Montreal then England to claim wealth. The tale traces birth records to Hartford 1841, Christ Church Montreal, and a Civil War era father, Col William Northedge.
The case notes that patent on reservation lands does not shield a native from punishment for illegal liquor. William Contoure, an Indian from La Pointe, was arrested February 8, 1906, for possessing intoxicating liquor within reservation bounds but outside reservation country according to his claim. Federal law blocked punishment based on his lands’ status.
O. B. Carr, 22, Beloit College 1904 graduate and former Beloit resident, died on a Panhandle train when he fell between cars while seeking fresh air to fight illness. He was married with a widow and one child in Crafton, and his home was Aurora, Indiana. Carr managed Milton Dairy in Chicago.
Sportsmen around Rice Lake Wisconsin led by Monroe hunters plan a clubhouse on a wooded island in the Red Cedar river. The project aims to cost about 2500 dollars and provide winter and seasonal use amid surrounding lakes and ponds.
Oshkosh organ company halts operations for two weeks ending early January due to holiday season downtime. Plant closure affects workers and local suppliers awaiting resumed production in the new year.
The plant will install three boilers one engine and a large heater as part of extensive power equipment additions. The total cost for the new equipment is about 10000 dollars.
Neillsville reports George W. Trogner has shut down his saw and planing mill and will convert it into a table factory in the spring. The project includes cleaning out and resetting machinery during the winter, marking it as the last major saw mill to close in the area.
Shortly after marriage a woman discovers her husband has to have something to growl about and stops paying him attention. The lighthearted item notes the couple’s domestic dynamic and humorously frames the husband's grievance as the trigger for marital tension.
Kenosha Wisconsin December 23 First Sunday session in the county circuit court opened to hear the verdict in Peter Yezick versus the Chicago Brass company over injuries from a molten metal pot. Jury awarded 1750 dollars finding knowledge of the defect but lack of time to repair. The court may rule Yezick not entitled to recover under the verdict.
R D Swangie son in law of Mr and Mrs N J Lilliedale and Duluth resident departs for New York to sail to Norway and claim a large estate. A brother's death brought him more than 600 acres of timber and farm land near Trondjem that has passed through generations and adjoins crown lands of Norway.
Workmen in a gravel pit near Concord, Wisconsin uncover a nearly perfect skeleton and later several more remains. The site lies in northeastern Jefferson county, an area once used by a Winnebago tribe, lending belief that the gravel pit is an ancient burial ground.
A concise proverb-like line stating that people who are good may face early death or later maturity, reflecting on the costs of virtue and youth. It contrasts mortality with the potential for growth.
Justice Hoye ruled against Mrs. C. C. Sykes of Chicago in Milwaukee. She sued James G. Radebough now of Milwaukee for 130 dollars claimed borrowed after heavy poker losses. Radebough admitted he was her poker instructor but said he never borrowed the money.
Wausau Wis Dec 23 An open and mild winter is predicted by furrier Paul Hahnheiser whose prophesies have made good for years. He bases his deductions on the thickness of furs and pelts bought locally and notes unusually thin hides this fall. Muskrat houses are built lower this year than usual.
Ashland Wis Dec 23 Indians living on the La Pointe reservation south east Ack land are affected by a federal ruling restricting liquor traffic on reservation lands The decision holds that any person taking liquor on lands set aside as Indian reservations faces punishment under federal law whether the land is now allotted or in an individual name The article notes enforcement may involve Indians on and near the reservation and parallels federal jurisdiction over intoxicants on tribal lands.
Frank L. Phillips and George Nelson were arrested for burglarizing W. K. Schmidt’s grocery in Kenosha. Schmidt watched the burglary via an electric device and followed them to a saloon where they hid the stolen goods. James Seymour was also arrested for concealing stolen items. Hearing continued to next week.
Miss Clayme Wilcox pleaded guilty and was jailed for twenty days in Eau Claire. A shrine proprietor in Chippewa Falls paid her $15.40 fine after she cried, prompting a sympathetic response and her release.
A compilation from Auburn Beloi t Brazakau Escanaba Fond du Lac Green Bay Janesville Kenosha Enomis Manitowoc notes a Christmas reunion plan, custody ruling, a fatal fall, desertion and arrest, contested will, paralysis, damages ruling, theft arrest, finger loss, missing executive, railroad injury award, and a death settlement. Key names include Louis Van Blarcom, C D Rosa, William Boyce, Emma Averbeck, William Frederick, Michael Hiroux, John Baum, Jennie Jacobson, Harold Robinson, Thomas Duncan, Charles Gillette, and William Ohde.
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