Murder charge shocks Wisconsin farmer community
Miss Losching, 37, living near Salem Wisconsin, is arrested on a murder charge for choking her newborn infant Lillie. Coroners verdict cites death by strangulation with a cotton cloth. The body was found in an outhouse. authorities foresee arraignment and life imprisonment.
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Lillie Losching
Salem
Wis
A. Scott
la Crosse
Edward Cronon
Ban
Brindley
Scott
Miss Losching
Bosshard
Cronon
Miss _ Losch
Miss Iching
Ild
Beli
Ss. B. Wheldon
FE. W. Vaughn
George A. Stintzi
Fred Handig
Emil Pederson
John Friell
J. Croom
Bradley
Roosevelt s 60 free of sleuths
The president and Mrs Roosevelt walked from the White House early this morning causing a mystery as the guard detail was missing. An officer chased after them and caught up before they returned to the White House after visiting an art shop near the treasury.
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Scripps-McRae
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
White House
Secret Service
Roosevelts
Treasury
Noted Britisher Killed in Wreck
The British embassy was officially notified of the death in a wreck at Enderlin North Dakota of Deleval Beresford, brother of Lord Beresford admiral of the British navy. The embassy cabled for instructions.
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Scripps-McRaeé
Washington, D. C
Enderlin, D
Deleval Beresford
Lord Beresford
Six Die in Seattle Electric Railway Wreck Near Milton
A head on collision on the Seattle and Tacoma electric railway at Milton station north of Tacoma leaves six dead including Conductor Ross and Motorman W Guren. Fifteen passengers are injured.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Seattle, Wash
Seattle & Tacoma Electric Railway
Milton Station
Tacoma
Ross
W. Guren
Postal Card Vote On Pavement In City Streets
Cards specifying pavement type for Cass Sixth and Kane streets were sent to residents and returned to City Clerk Sieger. Mayor Torrance will convene the special street improvement committee next Wednesday to canvass the vote and prepare its report for the council meeting Thursday.
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Cass
Sixth
Kane
Sieger
Torrance
Special Street Improvement Committee
Leiter Auto Kills Negro Boy in Accident
Coroner's jury finds the death of a Black youth caused by Leiter's car yesterday an unavoidable accident. Vehicle was driven by C. H. Raymond.
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Leiter
Negro Boy
Washington, D. C
C. H. Raymond
Don't Expect Your Wife To Live On Nothing
A terse moral admonition warns husbands against providing insufficient support to spouses. The piece emphasizes financial responsibility within marriage and challenges traditional neglectful attitudes toward household welfare.
Esch heads on two missions for the government
Representative Esch departs for Eau Claire and Sparta with tasks to select a postmaster candidate and to determine a land price for a western Wisconsin national military reservation. He may seek condemnation or favor the Sparta tract if Camp Douglas landowners raise prices.
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Postamster
Eau Claire
Wis
Wisconsin
Esch
Vnput
Sparta
Camp Douglas
la Crosse
Sch
Camp Dougas
Sparta Tract
Washington
Mr. Esch
National Guard
United States
Race Riot Rumors Overdrawn as Troops Maintain Quiet
Governor reports scene of race troubles in Jackson quiet and under control with troops able to cope. He says reports exaggerated. In Meridian a special train of soldiers moved to Scooba with Judge Cochrane and District Attorney Currie remaining to monitor. no conflicts expected while troops stay.
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Scripps-McRae
Jackson
Miss
Meridian
Dee
Scooba
Cochrane
Currie
Arsenic Found as Cause in Vizal Family Deaths
Chicago reports chemists found arsenic in the stomach of Martin Vizal, first of the Vizal family to die, sufficient cause for death. Witnesses say Herman Billek attended Vizal until his death.
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Scripps-MicRae
Chicago
Ill
Martin Vezal
Vizal
Herman Billek
Vrzal
Fatal Belt Accident Exposes Heart In Indiana Plant
John Alburn, 47, was pulled into a box board plant conveyor, his body mangled as the belt seized his chest. He was transported to a hospital where he died from the injuries.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Lafayette
Ind
John Alburn
Enjoin Hill From Making Stock Issue In Minnesota
The state through Attorney General Young filed injunctions against Great Northern to stop a proposed $60,000,000 stock issue. The action claims the state railroad and warehouse commission must be consulted and that stock increases require commission authority. It says fixed-interest charges would burden the public and that a corporation cannot indefinitely raise capital at will.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
ST. Paul, Minn
Young
Great Northern
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Ring left to widow in will of Fred Ring
The will of Fred Ring who died December 14 was filed for probate. The entire estate is bequeathed to his widow. If she dies intestate, the property goes to the children of Jane Skidmore of Milwaukee. Benjamine Skidmore Jr. of Milwaukee is named executor.
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Fred Ring
Jane Skidmore
Milwaukee
Benjamine Skidmore Jr
Grand jury meeting clears New York Life investigation
A special grand jury session was held this afternoon to clear up the New York Life investigation. Several company bookkeepers were examined and are understood to report Friday.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
New York
Grand Jury
New York Life
Fort Worth Hosts State Teachers Convention Visitors
Fort Worth Texas reports a three day state teachers convention occupying the city. The event promises record attendance with private homes offering lodging and a full program of general sessions and sectional meetings across the association.
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Special Tribune Dispatch
Fort Worth
Texas
Build School Around Lot in Battle Creek Controversy
Battle Creek Michigan school board, unable to buy a Van Buren street lot for 10,000 dollars, plans to build around the plat amid dispute. They ended negotiations with Henry E. Lyle, father of Detroit lawyer Hilliard E. Lyle, asserting the plan will reduce the site value by about half.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Henry E. Lyle
Hilliard E. Lyle
Detroit
van Buren Street
McCamty
Men Swear Off On New Year’s Day Amid Christmas Spirit
Column notes that many men vow to reform as Christmas cheer fades, hoping to start the new year with sound habits and renewed discipline. The brief reflects seasonal humor and social pressure to observe self control.
Holway Plans Auto Garage on State Street Site
Charles O Holway brother of Col Orlando Holway plans an automobile garage with sales department at Fifth and State streets in the building occupied by F A Kleist photographer. He recently bought the Dittman property for 5500 dollars and negotiations continue for the Smith property adjoining.
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Charles O. Holway
Col
Orlando Holway
Fifth
State Streets
F. A. Kleist
Holway
Fred Dittman
D. P. Smith
Dittman
State Street
Smith
Madame Gould Liable to Pay for Diamonds Pair
Paris reports Madame Gould and Boni de Castellane must pay jointly for two jewel claims after evidence showed the jewels were delivered to the countess. One claim totals 24000 dollars for diamonds.
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Scripps-McRae Cablegram
Paris
Gould
Boni de Castellane
Britain hits blizzard shuts London roads ships wrecked
A severe blizzard blankets Great Britain on December 26, halting traffic in London with two inches of snow. Coastal ships are reported wrecked as bad weather sweeps the area.
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Scripps-McRae Cablegram
London
Great Britain
Wisconsin Alumni Seek Funds for Aquatic Sports
John Hayes vice commodore of the University of Wisconsin crew solicits subscriptions from alumni to support aquatic sports at the university. A new coach is hired, an eastern school is contracted for a Lake Mendota race, and funds are promised to revive rowing in spring and summer with increased statewide interest.
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John Hayes
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Lake Mendota
Commodore Hayes
Wisconsin
Lost Girl Reunited With Franklin Father After Eighteen Years
Emma Harris, kidnapped as a four year old in 1888, has returned to her father John Wood near Franklin Pennsylvania after a long search. She says her grandmother took her, and she had been married two years at the time of her letter from North Dakota.
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Franklin
Emma Harris
John Wood
North Dakota
Cement Block Fire Destroys Perry Stores
Fire swept a Perry cement block early today destroying a dry goods store a drug store and a ten cent store with total losses of 73000. Pianist Ira Howell sleeping in his studio was found unconscious but is expected to recover.
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Scripus-Mckae Dispatch
PERRY
Ten Cent
Ira Howell
No Outcries Heard and Burned Bodies Indicate Attempt to Hide Crime
A Mafia plot in New Orleans is blamed for six Italian victims found murdered in a Dumaine Street tenement. Some victims were burned after death to conceal the slaughter while police were dispatched to quell panic in the Italian quarter.
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Scripps-McRae
New Orleans
Dumaine Street
Russian spies seek fugitive in United States
Warnings reach the American western wing of the Russian revolutionary party that St. Petersburg agents seek extradition of Gregori Gershunie who escaped Siberia after instigating the von Plehve assassination and lectured in the United States to fund revolutionists. Count Ignatieff buried in St Petersburg with imperial family present except the emperor and empress.
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Scripps-McRae
Chicago
Russian Revolutionary Party
St. Petersburg
Gregori Gershunie
Gershunie
Siberia
von Plehve
San Francisco
Count Ignatieff
Nancy M Cooper longtime resident dies at 62
Nancy M Cooper born October 21 1844 in Tidioute Pennsylvania died December 24 at 1 05 am at age 62. She married George W Cooper May 7 1863 in Sheldon Houston County and lived in Rushford Minnesota and Black River Falls. Survived by Hugh L Cooper Dexter P Cooper Lillian Wakefield Maud Batchelder and others. A friend praised her as a conscientious Christian and esteemed wife and mother.
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Nancy M. Cooper
Tidioute
George W. Cooper
Sheldon
Houston County
Rushford
Minn
Black River Falls
Hugh L. Cooper
Stamford
Conn
Dexter P. Cooper
Karlsruhe
Germany
Lillian Wakefield
Sheffield
Mass
Maud Batchelder
la Crosse
G. W. Cooper
Robbers Cracked Post Office Safe in Warrenton
Robbers emptied the Warrenton Missouri post office safe taking 1200 dollars in stamps and 400 dollars in cash. United States Marshal Mer sey and a posse pursued the thieves after the break in on December 26.
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Scripps-McRae
Warrinton
United States
Mersey
BankER Dies After Running for Trolley in Marion
Thomas Tabor a 50 year old banker from Argo Indiana collapsed and died upon reaching Marion after attempting to catch a streetcar this morning. The exertion triggered heart disease authorities said.
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Marion
Ind
Thomas Tabor
Argo
Forest Smith Leaves for Brookings Holiday Visit
Forest Smith and his wife journeyed to Brookings South Carolina to spend the holidays with friends and relatives.
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Forest Smith
Brookings, S. C
Holsidays
City Eyes Skating Rink on Causeway Between Sides
Park committee to discuss plans for a skating rink on the causeway joining North and South side residents. Alderman Carl G. Oerster, committee chair, called a meeting tonight. Local agitation for a rink has persisted for winters. city likely to fund a modest project.
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Carl G. “Oerster
Park Committee
Will Visit La Crosse To Consider New Factory
Secretary Ray S Reid reports C H Willets of Hall Novelty Co will visit La Crosse next week to inspect vacant buildings and meet local capitalists. Willets seeks a La Crosse location and will decide on a factory site based on the interviews and site view.
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Ray S. Reid
Board of Trade
St. Paul
C. H. Willets
Hall Novelty Company
la Crosse
Willets
Reid
Unsettled mild night to light snow and cold Thursday
Forecast calls for unsettled mild conditions tonight with light snow and a drop in temperatures to 22 with a high near 30 the next day. Winds around 12 miles per hour.
Bennett Family Spends Christmas in City Guests of Local Family
J. M. Bennett his wife and two sons from Flandreau South Dakota visited the city for Christmas as guests of Mr. and Mrs. IC. E. Bennett and family.
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J. M. Bennett
Flandreau
S. D
IC. E. Bennett
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Goronor's
Bangor
la Crosse Co
Frice OF
Hill
Minnesota
Ring
Fort Worth, Tex
Kleist
Anna
England
Gzar
Marshall
Posse
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