Woman Thows Self Before Train in Wisconsin Tragedy
In Portage Wisconsin Mrs William McGowan 40 was killed after leaping in front of a passenger train as her husband and sister attempted to restrain her She had just been released from an insane asylum and was being returned to her husband and three children The incident was witnessed at the depot.
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Portage
Wis
William McGowan
New Chester
Adams County
Stevens Point
Schuchtrecht
City urged to build police station for prisoners
Allan D. Conover of the state board of control urged Menomonie authorities to provide a police station to house city prisoners now confined at the county jail. He criticized jail cell arrangements, warning prisoners could be roasted alive in a jail fire before removal.
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Menomonie
Allan D. Conover
State Board of Control
FIGHT WHITE PLAGUE CAMPAIGN TO TOUR WISCONSIN
The university extension department will renew efforts against tuberculosis starting January 3 in Watertown. A tuberculosis exhibit will travel to other cities with Dr. Ravenal delivering lectures. The state’s new 125000 sanatorium at Wales, Waukesha County, has twenty patients and many more applications. Some patients reportedly fled seeking other treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Wis
Wisconsin
Iith
University Extension
Ravenal
Wales
Waukesha County
Chester A. Paull
Local Robber Slips 50 Cents From Clerk in Beloit
In Beloit a masked armed thief robbed clerk Roy Russell, taking 50 cents and the money he had on him. In Green Bay the Fishermen's Protective Association raises funds to test the state license law with each member contributing 5 percent of a license fee.
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Beloit
Roy Russell
Green Bay
Fishermen's Protective Association
Ruby Johnson
William Cass
Escanaba
Mich
Cass
Janesville
Nancy Fish
Charles W. Reeder
Mary Reeder
Suspect Kenosha man released after misidentification
Dan Gerin who was arrested on suspicion of being Jim Baker the farm hand sought in the murder of Eugene Courtney near Waukesha was released. Waukesha detectives confirmed Gerin is not the man and he joked about disguising himself to avoid future mistaken arrests.
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Eau Claire
B. Kirkoff
Rice Lake
Chicago
Joseph Winople
Kingsley
Barron
Kirkoff
Sawyer County
Janesville
Rock River
Kenosha
Kenosha City
Wis
Dan Gerin
Jim Baker
Eugene Courtney
Waukesha
Gerin
Remarkable cure after doctors misdiagnose Brown
Abraham Brown of Winterton New York recounts five doctors mislabeling his ailment as heart disease kidney trouble blood poison stomach and liver trouble. After trying Electric Bitters his wife recommended the tonic and he credits one bottle with restoring his health. The druggist O T Erharit guarantees cures for blood poison weakness and stomach liver and kidney complaints priced 50 cents.
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Abraham Brown
Winterton
O. T. Erharit
Wheat markets show bearish tone and limited selling
Chicago Logan Bryan notes no sign of selling by buyers with large wheat holdings above 1.60 as pit conditions persist. Ware Ireland expects only a scalping market and, while sentiment grows bearish again, favors buying on weak spots.
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Chicago
Logan Bryan
Ware-Ireland
Avenge Man Fame Reaches Bubble Through Own Horn
Avenge man finds his fame short lived as the boastful self-promotion backfires. Observers note the fame was fleeting, a bubble formed by his own trumpet and soon faded.
Escape at Waupun Prison Sparks Night Search
Rudolph Fullhweiler, serving life for the murder of 16 year old Jennie Reible near Wausau, escaped from the Wisconsin state prison. He hid in vines after sawing a prison bar with a knife improvised tool, prompting a town wide alert before being found in the yard. The case, connected to the Stratford area, drew Milwaukee detectives who secured the confession and life sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waupun
Wis
Rudolph Fullhweiler
Jennie Reible
Wausau
Jennie Reihle
Stratford
Fulthweiler
Reimer and Wilson Detective Agency
Milwaukee
Fullhweiler
Silverthorne
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Catholic Orphan Homes Home of the Friendless Ladies of the Gov. Guards
Yeomen of America
New City Mission
Ladies Aid Soc
Cal. St. M. E. Church
Tabernacle Baptist Young Men’s Christian Association Co. M
Wisconsin National Guards R.N. A. Harmony
Pure Groceries
Owder — Mfg. Co
Loggins
Music Racks
Jardinier
Furniture Dept
Beverly OF Graustark
Nicole
Sevural
Ond
Willard McGill
John C. McGill
Pike River
McGill
Holst
Appleton
Alvin Will
Lebanon
Ernst Sterkorn
Lester Grady
Laura Pratt
Lester
Kaukauna
Charles Grignon
Marinette
George Matthews
Fred Rosencrantz
Armour Institute
Pemene Falls
Fred Fehling
Joseph Demarce
Fred Branshaw
Charles O'Leary
Joseph Caruso
Emanuel Capello
Nicholas Sachs
Nightfail
Ted
DR. Watterson
S. Fourth St
la Crosse, Wis
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