Christfest at First German Methodist Church
Sunday school students at the First German Methodist Church held the annual Christfest on Christmas night. They raised about 50 dollars for needy children in the European war zone while exchanging candy from the Christmas tree. The event featured detailed tableaux, music, and recitations led by W. G. Haehich and Mrs. Emil Starch with performances by Miss Elizabeth Burghardt and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First German Methodist Church
W. G. Haehich
Bethlehem
Emil Stender
John Salzer Seed Company
Elizabeth Burghardt
Louise Zezatsky
Evelyn
Genevieve Miller
Emil Starch
God
Darwin Hoffschildt
J. R. Kerr
Fake Diploma Mill Charged in Chicago
Chicago reports a federal probe into an international fake diploma operation. United States District Attorney Charles Clyne plans a federal grand jury indictment after six months of evidence. The ring allegedly sold forged law theology scientific medical dental diplomas to professionals seeking prestige.
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Chicago
United States
Charles Clyne
Clyne
Ring
Rushford School Students Stage Yuletide Pageant
Rushford Minnesota pupils from the grades with help from high school juniors presented The Nativity Pageant at the opera house last Thursday. A sizable audience contributed to the collection as families and teachers watch the reenactment of The Wise Men shepherds and the Christ Child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushford, Minn
Prof
Reinartson
Miss McLeod
Rev
Bantly
Bernice Roberton
Rev. Bantly
Miss Roberton
Laura Plenty
John McLeod
Rushford
Arctic
MecLeod
Laura Wright
St. Olaf’s
Northfield
Roland Kingsford
Virgelle
Mont
Dubbs
South Side
E. G. Kingsford
Taylor
North Rushford
Temple of Knowledge
Brooklyn
Just Married Couple Start Honeymoon Trip
They had just wed and planned a wedding trip. The groom faced embarrassment with humor, noting he bought only one ticket. The bride chided him, and he replied that he always forgets himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Christmas Program at Charles Street Lutheran Church
Members of the Charles Street Lutheran Church plan a Christmas program Tuesday evening at 7 15 at the church. The program features a processional It came upon a Midnight Clear an invocation by Rev E O Vik a Christmas greeting by three girls and a pageant including The Night the Shepherds Watched Bethlehem and a Bethlehem pageant by the confirmation class with songs dialogues and readings performed by Sunday school classes.
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Charles Street Lutheran Church
Charles and
Sill Streets
E. O. Vik
Thelma K. Peterson
Holly Drill
Bethlehem
North Side Briefs Highlight Social Visits on North Side
Local notes report Mrs. E M Forseth returning to St Paul after visiting her sister Mrs J B Haraldson. Miss Cora Opsahl from Middleton Wis visits north side friends. Vera Staats 1393 Avon spends a few days in St Paul. Esther and Paul Marcou of Rose street visit West Salem. Tina Lien of Minneapolis renews north side acquaintances. Various residents travel to Houston Cashton Prairie du Chien Tomah and Bangor for visits and business.
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O'Neil
E. M. Forseth
St. Paul
J. B. Haraldson
Union Hall
Hugh Downey
Madison
North Side
Cora Opsahl
Middleton
Wis
Clarence Miller
Janesville
Alice Woll
Vera Staats
Avon Street
Esther and
Paul Marcou
Rose Street
West Salem
Bert Nelson
Houston
Minn
George Shaw
Bangor
W. Freeman
Caledonia Street
L. Smith
Wall Street
Tomah
M. Rosendale
Charles Street
Prairie du Chien
G. Willett
Cashton
Tina Lien
Minneapolis
Esther Tuttle
Will
Strand Patrons to Enjoy Three Day Vaudeville Run
For the first time in the city vaudeville comes to the Strand theater for three days starting Wednesday. The Man From Sweden company from La Crosse provides a twenty minute tabloid show plus vaudeville stunts and comedy films. A children’s matinee is set for Thursday with adults admitted only with a child.
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Strand Theater
McWilliams
Strand
Sweden
la Crosse
Northwest
Wich
The Chaperon at the Majestic
The Chaperon at the Majestic runs Tuesday and Wednesday with an American life story that captivates spectators. The program also includes the Selig athletic feature and the Tweedle Dum comedies. A note about dunes with fringed gentians appears.
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Edna Mayo
Eugene O’brien
French Confident of Spending Next Yuletide at Home
United Press report from Alsace Lorraine describes French troops celebrating Christmas 1916 with the belief they will be home for 1917 Christmas. Soldiers delivered packages from trench No 4 at Selfort amid shellfire while regimental letter carriers acted as Santa Clauses.
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Henry Wood
United Press
Alsace-Lorraine
Helfort
Paris
France
Somme
Verdun
Selfort
Claim New Evidence That Waite Is Insane
New York December 26 Walter R Deuel Waite's attorney and his brother Frank Waite prepare for a new trial for Dr Arthur Warren Waite the man awaiting death at Sing Sing He allegedly confessed before arrest to hiding arsenic intended to kill many people in the Waite home and had possessed it for years The claim aims to prove Waite insane and unfit for execution.
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New York
Arthur Warren Waite
John E. Peck
Grand Rapids
Walter R. Deuel
Waite
Frank Waite
Sing Sing
Peck
Deuel
City News Ticker Deputies Hold Jobs In County Office Shuffle
County officials slated to take office January 1 will keep the current deputy corps. Several named staff retain positions under new admin. Hensel son dies at 14 from pneumonia in Trempealeau county. Whitehall funeral planned. West Salem home sale for 1590 dollars to Charles B Dahlby.
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Corps of Deputies
Court House
Cora B. Wright
Circuit Court
Leonard Kleeber
Frank H. Aiken
John A. Weber
George J. Ritter
Weber
Eleven Gilberg
Bert A. Jolivette
George Leland
Nora Johnson
Office of Register of Deeds
Register of Deeds
A. E. Thompson
Thompson
William Weimer
Ole Lunde
Hensel
Alfred Hensel
E. C. Hensel
Whitehall
Trempealean County
la Crosse
Salem
West Salem
Charles Knudson
Charles B& Dahlby
Fire Kills Father and Son in Illinois Home
In Steger Illinois a double tragedy occurred when 92 year old Thomas King and his son Thomas King Jr both perished in a house fire that destroyed their residence as they lived alone in a rural area near the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steger
Ill
Thomas King
Thomas King, Jr
Here
Onalaska Ladies Aid Guests and Local News
Mrs. Peter Peterson hosts the Ladies Aid society of the Norwegian Lutheran church at the church parlors Thursday afternoon Jan 4. Mrs. George Peterson to entertain the P F W club Thursday afternoon. Ruth Stifter underwent an appendectomy at St Francis hospital. Little Leverne Prall, two, burned a arm by hot feed. Installation of officers planned for the Masonic lodge next Wednesday. Local items cover travel, vacations, and holiday activities with many residents visiting or returning home for Christmas. Basketball results at La Crosse and Holmen headline the sports section. Several families plan vacations in Wisconsin and Iowa towns. A leap year dance occurred at Woodmen hall. One joke closes with a Solomon quip about his many wives.
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Onalaska
Wis
Peter Peterson
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Ruth Stifter
St. Francis Hospital
Leverne Prall
Fred Pralle
Pralle
Masonic Lodge
Spreiter
West Concord
Minn
Ethel Burnham
Parkersburg
Iowa
Francis Camp
West Union
Elizabeth Raht
Waukesha
Susan Garinge
Trempealeau
Lora Palmer
la Crosse
A. A. Merrill
Helen
David Moore
Wm. Stevenson
Rae Johnson
Madison
Inga Werker
Arthur
St. Paul
Lora Hill
Laura Sjolander
Milwaukee
Byron Moore
Sparta
Ed Nelson
Gora Stifter
James MceHugh
Amsterdam
McHugh
Hazel Pierce
M. L. Gedney
Woodmen Hall
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F. L. Koppelberger
Emil Thiel
Marshall Cohen
Mildred Sexayer
Rushford School
F. A. Reiman
North Side Briefs
City News
Tre Elliott
Loeffler CO
Pearl St
Clara Kimball Young
Susan
BIJOU
AID Society OF
Peterson
George Peterson
Solomon
Henry E. Dixey
TOBAY
Selig’s Athletic Series
Fangs of the Wolf
Eddie Polo
Marie Walcamp
Agnes Vernon
Nestor
Gretchen Lederer
J. Warren Kerrigan
Billie Ritchie
Manitowoc, Wis
William Rabi Sons Company
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