Milwaukee Road names new general counsel and retirement
George R. Peck will retire as general counsel of the Milwaukee Road on January 1. He is succeeded by Burton Hanson who has served as general solicitor during Peck’s tenure. Hanson, born in Rushford Township Wisconsin in 1853, rose from farm life to law, joining the railroad in 1883 after schooling and reading law.
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Georee R. Peck
Milwaukee Road
Burton Hanson
Milwaukee Legal Department
Peck
Ocono
Hanson
Rushford Township
Wis
Berlin
State Normal School
Ater
Cot& Cary
Milwaukee
Railroad
Carriers Announce Morning Window for Mail Pickup
Carriers open windows from 9 to 11 tomorrow morning to accommodate those who want to collect mail. On Monday the regular morning delivery will be made and the usual evening collection will occur.
Eau Claire Gas Light Offer May Let City Buy Company
Eau Claire Wisconsin December 24. The Eau Claire Gas Light company offers to surrender its perpetual franchise in exchange for an indefinite permit from the state railroad commission. The move would allow the city to purchase the company at a price set by the railroad commission.
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Eau Claire, Wis
Eau
Graves at cost for Milwaukee burial plots proposed
Milwaukee officials seek state power to acquire one hundred acres for burial grounds. The plan would section the site and sell graves at cost to aid the city’s poor, with legislation expected to let the municipal council buy land and build housing for workers.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Santa Claus school drive aids Milwaukee pupils
Milwaukee officials in Santa costumes travel by car to deliver gifts to the city’s poorest pupils. Each stop includes a list of students in need as they visit homes to share goods with the school system.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Santa Claus
Modesty and Vanity Paralleled in Classic Observation
A wry maxim compares ostentation to a statue wearing a fig leaf, suggesting a twin nature between showy modesty and contrived decorum, reflecting on appearances and sincerity.
Bijou promotions and holiday notices light up La Crosse
Local items report George Ott visiting Genoa and returning home, Bernice Berg traveling home for the holiday, and sales at Leona Garment Co with 20 percent off electric fixtures. Other notes include tours by the Garrimoni orchestra, a J J Rabat solo tournament set for December 25, and various treasuries of city notices, store sales, and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ott
la Crosse
Genoa
Leona Garment Co
Main Street
Bernice Berg
Keefe Business School
Westby
Thill-Manning- Whalen Co
State Street
M. R. Munson
Prairie du Chien
Gateway City
A. Garrimoni
Garrimoni Orchestra
McGregor
Bijou
Odin Blexrud
Caledonia
Theo. Dieboldt
Decorah
J. J. Rabat
Hood
J. H. Martin
J. A. Miller
Leah
Minneapolis
Miller
Spokane
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific Railway Co
John C. Burns
Ruth
Sam Knight
Minnie Knight
Dubuque
H. Schick
Lincoln
Muscatine
Iowa
Mrs. Schick
Ida Rau
Madison
Carl Moos
Sand Lake Coulee
Christmas Preparations Fill Week With Cheer
Private social affairs slow this week as Christmas spirit grows. Students enjoy various programs at normal and high schools while churches rehearse music for tomorrow. Charles Weiss returns from abroad to preside at St Joseph's organ. Charities decorate trees and prepare gifts for Santa. The Elks will send dinners to the poor to brighten many homes.
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Charles Weiss
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Santa Claus
Charles Weiss Returns From Abroad to Lead St. Joseph's Organ
Professor Charles Weiss, home the first of the week after months abroad, spent eight hours daily in Berlin studying with eminent musicians. He toured Italy and other countries in November and will officiate at the organ tomorrow at St. Joseph's Cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Weiss
Berlin
Italy
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Congregational Church to Host Quartet Choir Program
A fine musical program is set for tomorrow morning at the First Congregational church. The program features a quartet choir including Mr and Mrs Robert C Whelpley Miss Beebe and Mrs A S Willoughby of Minneapolis.
Sans Souci 500 Club Hosts Prize Winners
On Wednesday afternoon December 21 Mrs Robert Braun hosted the Sans Souci 500 club at 1024 South Fifth Street. Prizes were awarded with firsts to Mrs Gus Rannis and Mrs L M Bell and seconds to Mrs Geo Ott and Mrs D N Cole.
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Robert Braun
Sans Souci 500 Club
South Fifth Street
Gus Rannis
L. M. Bell
Geo, Ott
D. N. Cole
Social Briefs Highlight Milwaukee Visitors over Holidays
Mr and Mrs Billey of Milwaukee visit Mrs Billey’s parents the Muhlenhaupts. O Muhlenhaupt and Laura from Milwaukee spend Christmas at home. Mrs Louise Withee returns from Conrad awaiting sister Mrs Helen Manville and niece Mrs Charles Pope of Valparaiso. Alma Young goes to Black River Falls for holidays. Mrs E L Spicer leaves for Waterloo Iowa for brother’s illness. Mr and Mrs Andrew Nevins of Madison visit daughter Mrs Harry Kincaid. Mrs Alice Vought of New York to spend holidays with family.
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Alma Young
Black River Falls
E. L. Spicer
Waterloo
Iowa
Andrew Nevins
Madison
S. D
Harry Kincaid
Alice Vought
New York
Anti-Japanese land and education bans loom in California
California lawmakers after January 1 face push to bar land ownership by Asians and to require Japanese and Chinese children be kept out of schools with whites. Labor unions and fruit growers back the measures, despite potential protests from Japan and a looming new war scare.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
Johnson
T. R
Roosevelt
Tokio
Exclusion League
Taft
Union Labor Party
Farmers and Fruit Growers
California Fruit Growers
Local families plan holiday trips and visits
Mrs Benton and sister Mrs Pryor remain with relatives for Christmas as Mr and Mrs Osborne and child head to Winter Park Florida. Edwin Cassels and children from Chicago arrive to spend holidays with Mrs Cassel’s mother Mrs Van Steenwyk. Cunningham family travels to Minneapolis while W B Chandler visits. Howard sisters return to Chatfield then A L Nelson family to Rochester. Gretchen Salter home from Downer College Milwaukee. Agnes Vincent returns from Chicago University. Prof James Watson from Madison to dine with his father A M Watson.
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T. P. Benton
W. A. Pryor
Yeomen Hold Grand Christmas Tree Celebration in Nicholson-Scott Hall
The Brotherhood of American Yeomen hosted a Christmas tree event in Nicholson-Scott hall drawing over four hundred members and families. Santa distributed presents and candy sacks as the Yeomen Orchestra played for dancing. the Homestead funded the evening.
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Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Nicholson-Scott Hall
Santa Claus
Santa
la Chasse Infernale
Christmas program closes as children depart after festive tree
The event featured many readings and songs by children including Little Star Mildren Olsen and Florence Olsen. A large decorated Christmas tree with small electric lights drew much attention as the younger children left and the older members danced afterward.
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Little Star
Mildren Olsen
Children’s Hour
Florence Olsen
Alvin Trepte
Cleo Crandal
Santa Claus
Frank Denison
Babyland
Tutsie Drake
Miss Monty
George Kiefer
Ethel Rossberg
Arthur Gurgle
John Leslie Potter
Canadian Car Strikers Riot in Winnipeg
Thirty street cars manned by strike breakers were stoned in all city areas Friday night and one was burned at Logan Avenue in view of the Canadian Pacific railway shops. Rioters took possession, wrecking 50 cars since the strike began, while armed guards patrol major terminals. The cost to the company reaches about $50,000 with no strikers back to work. A Maxim gun arrived today from Halifax, signaling heightened government preparedness.
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Winnipeg
Logan Avenue
Canadian Pacific¢ Railway
Halifax
Italian who shot detective killed in Chicago
In Chicago a dramatic running confrontation ends with Italian Gregori Gracio dead from a head wound after a gunfight with Detective William Burns. Detective Jesse Gilman dies later in hospital after being shot by Gracio while pursuing him for an earlier attempted killing of a fellow Italian.
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Chicago
Gregori Gracio
Jesse Gilman
Gracio
William Burns
Gracie
Gilman
Great Trench to Hold Mine Victims
Manchester dispatch reports a common grave will hold more than 200 of the 341 victims of the Pretoria mine disaster at Leigh. So far 186 bodies have been recovered with fewer than fifty positively identified. the unidentified will be buried in the grave.
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Manchester
Eng
Pretoria
Leigh
Ink Reveals History as Fluid Prejudice
A concise reflection contends that history is not objective truth but colored by prejudice, noting that the writing of past events depends on the observer's biases and perspective. The quote critiques the notion of neutral historiography and invites scrutiny of sources.
Charity stamps drive nets New York over fifty thousand
The Red Cross Christmas stamp sale in New York City, run with modern business methods by J W Binder and ten expert salesmen, raised more than 50 000 and will top 1 000 000 nationwide. Ninety four percent stays in New York for local tuberculosis work, while 12 1 2 per cent funds national nursing and printing. Every stamp sold is described as a bullet in the tuberculosis fight.
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Frank H. Mann
organization _society
Red Cross
New York City
United States
New York
J.w.binder
Subway
National Nurses of the Red Cross
Washington
National Fund
Committee of
The
Organization Society
Cubs President Murphy Injured in Christmas Day Slip
Chicago December 24 Charles W Murphy president of the Chicago Cubs suffered a broken arm after slipping during a walk. The accident occurred on Christmas Eve and leaves Murphy recovering.
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Chicago
Charles W. Murphy
Chicago Cubs
Murphy
Christmas shopping talk among Mrs Blitz and Mrs Blatz
Mrs Blitz and Mrs Blatz discuss holiday gifting and the shop of Druggist Beyschlag. They praise a wide range of gentlemen’s gifts including safety razors pipes and cuff boxes at affordable prices.
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Graef Hat
Main St
Lwaukee
Victor and
Edison
Fred
Leithold
the Fashion Shop
F. A. Reiman
John
Segelke & Kohlhaus Manufacturing
L. CC. Rumbaugh
Doerflinger
Fort Wayne
Ind
Karl Schweizer
University At
Ed Burke
South Dakota
Fond du Lac
Minn
S. W. Smith
Sparta
Shelby
Continental
Esther Jearske
Janesville
Ter
E. C. Davis
City Mission
Fourteenth
Redfield Streets
Geo. Powell
Jessie Daniels
St. Paul
Edward Cronon
la Crosse Lodge No. 216
Loyal Order of Moose
B. T. Harstner
Green Bay
Will Powell
Irvine
W. T. Irvine
Jeweler
Europe
America
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
U. S. Pat
Fureka
James A. Rane
Itlian
CUBS
Mrs. Blitz
Mrs. Blatz
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