Birdseye Maple Scarcity Draws Lumbermen to Crandon
In Crandon Wisconsin a timber cruiser reports birdseye maple trees are rare and in high demand by European cabinet makers. Logs are shipped to France after bark removal and log preparation amid near prohibitive rough wood prices. In Janesville Wisconsin Louise Vanderlin becomes one of the few licensed women embalmers, having passed the Illinois state board exams granting certification to embalm anywhere in Illinois.
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Crandon
Wis
France
Janesville
Louise Vanderlin
United States
Illinois State Board
Vanderlin
Rockford
Wisconsin News Girl Sought to Poison Family
A Wisconsin girl sought to poison her family prompting doctors to examine her. Authorities reported the case as a suspected attempt at poisoning with medical evaluation underway and no further details provided.
Brave Mother Rescues Children From Fire at Christmas
In Wisconsin, 19 year old Jessie Daggett of Fall Creek faced sanity tests after allegedly attempting to poison hotel owners and set a Fall Creek Lincoln house hotel ablaze. Doctors found no insanity. Milwaukee mother Mrs Capella saved five children from a Christmas tree fire, remaining in danger hours after.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Jessie Daggett
Fall Creek
Daggett
H. C. Joern
Lincoln House
School poisonings and arson attempts linked to Miss Daggett
The text describes several incidents at a school where students became violently ill from coffee laced with Paris green allegedly by Miss Daggett. Principal Prof Zentner was injured, two arson attempts followed, and Daggett was watched. Bloom will decide her fate. Daggett was born in Oshkosh and raised in Sparta after adoption.
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Paris
Joern
Blum
Death strikes family of Wisconsin treasurer in double tragedy
In Eau Claire Wisconsin County Treasurer James Vance faces a dire illness as his son James Jr. fights a grave disease. Yesterday eight year old Charles Vance was shot dead while playing. The mother, already frail, is overwhelmed with grief and may not recover. The Vance family previously lived in Waukesha and Watertown. Mrs. Vance is sister of Mrs Geo B McKerrow.
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Eau Claire
Wis
James Vance
Charles
Vance
Waukesha
Watertown
Geo B. McKerrow
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Endorsed by Local Merchant
O S Woolever of Le Raysville recounts using Bucklen's Arnica Salve to cure piles over 20 years ago. The ad claims the salve cures every sore wound burn or abrasion and is sold for 25 cents at O T Eraart's drug store.
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O. S. Woolever
le Raysville
O. T. Eraart
Fire destroys room as family ignites Christmas tree
A candle lit for a Christmas tree causes tinsel to ignite curtains and a blaze sweeps the room. Mrs Capella, carrying her three younger children, escapes to the street where neighbors help. Firemen throw out burning furniture. the home suffers little equipment loss. The husband arrives ten minutes after the blaze ends.
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Capella
Buiding
Emily Huth
East Water Street
William Irvine donates $5,000 park bonds to Chippewa Falls
Chippewa Falls receives five thousand dollar canceled bonds for Irvine Park from William Irvine, president of Chippewa Lumber and Boom Co. He had previously bought the bonds after the city council issued them last May. The 164 acre park was donated to the city in 1905 and 1906 by Irvine and the lumber company.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
William Irvine
Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company
Irvine Park
Irvine
Wisconsin
Wiliam Irvine
The
Lumber Company
Stork Rides On Pass Couderay
Anti pass laws and intrastate commerce rules were forgotten last night as events in Coudreay Wisconsin highlighted wage scales hours of work and M1 limits being ignored in a startling display.
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Couderay
Wis
Railroad Officials Use Engine For Relay To Help A Doctor
Supt. Stork ordered a doctor to Draper, aided by Omaha officials from Eau Claire. An engine and coach were offered free and crew volunteered to work. The practitioner joined the train to make a record run between Eau Claire and Birchwood. Mrs Perry and her baby were reported well.
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Omaha
Stork
Draper
Here
Birchwood
Eau Claire
William A Angell state pioneer dies in Sun Prairie
Col William H Angell, the oldest resident of Sun Prairie and possibly Dane county, died at his home Christmas morning at 94 years 6 months. He came to Wisconsin in 1848, settled Whitewater then Sun Prairie, ran a lumber business, and served as first village president after incorporation in 1859. He deeded land for Angell Park on his 60th birthday and remained county supervisor long-term.
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Sun Prairie
Wis
William H. Angell
Dane County
Col
Angell
Wisconsin
Whitewater
Territorial
Madison
Bryan
Angell Park
Chippewa Falls
Jenkins
Eau Claire
American Society of Equity
Menomonie
Equity
Grand Rapids
I. P. Witter
Third Street
Janesville
Edward Meecham
Browntown
Eugene McCarthy
Evansville
Footville
Messmer
Milwaukee
Beloit
Prison Change 26. Hopkins Pleads Guilty in Horse Theft
Claude F. Hopkins of this city admits stealing horses from a livery barn in Eau Claire in March 1904. He left town, hired a team at Eau Claire, later sold it, and was arrested in Minnesota where he was sentenced to Stillwater penitentiary. After release last Saturday, Sheriff McMilan rearrested him in Eau Claire county.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Claude F. Hopkins
Eau Claire
Hopkins
Minnesota
Stillwater
McMilan
Fort Atkinson Poultry Show Opens With Hundreds Exhibits
The Fort Atkinson Poultry association opens its first annual exhibition in the Armory. Exhibits number well into the hundreds with representation from all of southern Wisconsin.
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Fort Atkinson
Wis
Fort Atkinson Poultry Association
Armory
Wisconsin
Water power dam project at Flat Rock mill site
Es canaba manager Hale oversees a $125000 concrete dam on the Escanaba river to supply power to Escanaba by February and fuel city light and streetcar systems with the new company's output as a July completion target.
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Marinette
A. L. Hale
Escanaba
Flat Rock
Manitowoc
Waupun
Davidson
Leo Koebel
August Lippert
English Lake
Keley
Oshkosh
John Adler
Pennsylvania
Washington
Roosevelt
Ashland
Ashland County Bar Association
F. B. Lamoraux
Jeloit
Beloit College
Rockefeller
Lan. 1
Faton
Beloit seeks Rockefeller aid extended until July 1
Beloit College faces a fundraising gap with a $1 600 000 endowment goal and a $250 000 shortfall amid Rockefellar fund delay. Officials report time extension likely to about July 1 to secure needed support.
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Rockefeller
Beloit
Notice to customers on safe status of Foly's Honey and Tar
An advertisement states Foly's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law, contains no opiates or harmful drugs, and is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults. O. T. Erhart.
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Foly
O. T. Erhart
Invincible Armada Outmatched by Modern Battleships
The Baltimore Sun notes Captain Bradley A. Fiske estimates a modern battleship fleet equals an army of about 2,900,000 in combat power. It contrasts 131 Spanish vessels and 27,000 sailors with 43 American ships and under 15,000 aboard Evans's fleet, arguing naval power exceeds land force in reach and concentration.
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Baltimore Sun
Evans
Bradley A. Fiske
Navy
Naval Institute
Admiral Evans
Fiske
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