Ole Nestinger Arrested Again on Drunkenness Charge
Ole Nestinger, known local troublemaker, is back in police custody on drunkenness charges. He holds bank certificates of deposit and stock in a nearby brewery valued at 5050 dollars. Nestinger was released from the poor farm after winter, and authorities refuse further farm admission. Guardian James Thompson says if refused, a sanity examination will be sought.
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Ole Nestinger
Nestinger
Mormon Coulee Road
James Thompson
Wisconsin Circuit Judges Organize in Madison
Circuit court judges from across Wisconsin met in the Supreme Court chambers for the first session of the board of circuit judges. Judge James Wickham was elected temporary chairman and Judge E Ray Stevens as temporary secretary. Arthur Belitz was named official reporter.Two abstentions included Judge Hastings who retires next week and Judge Higbee. The group adopted by laws and discussed a paid secretary if needed. The afternoon session resumed at two.
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Madison
Wis
Circuit Court
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Board of
Circuit Judges
Assembly
James Wickham
Eau Claire
E. Ray Stevens
Arthur F. Belitz
Samuel Hastings
Green Bay
J. C. Higbee
la Crosse
Henry Graas
Sturgeon Bay
Hastings
George Thompson
Ellsworth
W. Helms
Hudson
County Board to Meet Tomorrow in La Crosse
The La Crosse county board will meet tomorrow morning at the court house to consider the claims recommended for payment by the claims committee. The committee is in session at the court house this afternoon and the meeting called by County Clerk Bert A. Jolivette will last one day.
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la Crosse
Court House
Bert A. Jolivette
Radium Treatment Hailed and New X-ray Tube Demonstrated
New York reports on a radium cure for cancer and a revolutionary X-ray tube from Dr. L G Coolidge’s dinner demonstration. Physician observers claim fifteen second full treatments versus fifteen minutes with older equipment. Dr I Seth Hirsch and Dr Abraham Jacobi weigh in on promise and limits of these advances.
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New York
W. C. Rucker
United States
Kelly
Baltimore
William David Coolidge
L. G. Coolidge
I. Seth Hirsch
Bellevue Hospital
Coolidge
Abraham Jacobs
Jacobi
Judge Thompson Visits Brother in Ellsworth Wisconsin
Judge George Thompson of Ellsworth Wisconsin, newly appointed by Governor McGovern to the Eighth district circuit bench, spent Sunday with his brother Attorney James Thompson. He left for Madison to attend the state circuit judges annual meeting.
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George Thompson
Ellsworth
Wis
McGovern
Eighth
Helms
James Thompson
Thompson
Madison
Two Miners Die in Gas Explosion at Indiana Mine
In Bicknell Indiana on December 29 a gas explosion at the Indian Creek coal mine killed Emery Williams and Robert Cotten. A third unidentified miner remained buried under debris while four others were slightly injured as 150 rescuers retrieved the bodies.
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Bicknell
Ind
Emery Williams
Robert Cotten
Indian Creek
Congressman Esch Visits During Holidays For Key Committee Meeting
Congressman John J. Esch is in town for the holidays with his family and will depart around January 12 for Keokuk Iowa to attend the congressional committee on interstate and foreign commerce meeting.
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John J. Esch
Keokuk
Iowa
Congressional Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Plan to Expand Foreign Trade in 1914
Washington announces a major 1914 trade expansion plan focused on Central and South America through an enlarged Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and currency bill provisions to let American banks maintain branches abroad. Secretary Redfield proposes returning consuls meet manufacturers and shippers for direct market insight as result of the Underwood tariff bill.
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Washington
Central
South America
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
England
Germany
United States
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Fire pressure spikes disrupt sprinklers at factories
Mayor Ori J. Sorensen reports that switching pumps at the King street pumping station causes pressure swings over 100 pounds into 85 pounds then over 135 pounds when reservoirs respond. The excess pressure floods pipes, freezes systems, and threatens water supply during fires, with a special water committee meeting this afternoon.
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King Street
Ori J. Sorensen
Sorensen
Special Water Committee
Dr Knut Storey Dies After Illness in Coon Valley
Dr. Knut Storey longtime Coon Valley physician died last night at 8 30 in a local hospital after several weeks of illness. He was born in Minnesota 45 years ago and leaves a wife and seven children. Funeral services will be held in Coon Valley from the Norwegian Lutheran church Friday with Rev Sovde officiating.
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Knut Storey
Coon Valley
Storey
Minnesota
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Sovde
Kleeber unites Minnesota couple in home ceremony
Herman F. Laack age 34 and Miss Augusta Boettcher of Winona county Minn were married last night by Judge Leonard Kleeber at the home of Mr Kleeber 108 North Sixth Street The pair plan to live on a farm near Ridgeway Minn George Jones and Jessie Limp seth of Rushford Minn secured a marriage license today
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Herman F. Laack
Augusta Boettcher
Winona County
Minn
Leonard Kleeber
Kleeber
North Sixth Street
Ridgeway
George Jones
Jessie Limpseth
Rushford
Water Committee Meeting Deliberates Plant Delays
The common council special water committee meets this afternoon amid dissatisfaction over slow progress on the new plant. Some steps may be taken to speed up actions by the board of public works.
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Common Council
Special Water Committee
Board of Public Works
The Man Who Knows Least Thinks He Knows Most
A succinct proverbial remark notes that individuals with the smallest knowledge often overestimate their understanding, while greater awareness tends to temper confidence. The quote emphasizes humility in judgment and the perils of overconfidence.
Fourth Street Property Prices Listed at 115 to 117
A local notice lists price points of 4.50 dollars, 5 dollars, and 6 dollars for units at 115 to 117 S Fourth Street. The terse item records asking prices and location for potential buyers.
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S. Fourth Street
Three Women Foil Would-Be Burglar in Dakota Minn Home
Three women with a lighted lamp frightened a burglar who forced two doors to enter Mrs. Elizabeth Chism's Dakota Minnesota home. He hid behind a door but fled when the women confronted the noises. authorities have no clue.
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Elizabeth Chism
Dakota
Minn
Two Holmen Couples Tie the Knot in Week
Two weddings took place in Holmen this week. Miss Regina Overgaard wed Mr. John Jeyne on December 23 with Rev. J B Sundt conducting. Miss Julia Skaug of Mindoro married Mr. Albert Halvorsen in Holmen on December 27, with Rev. Sundt officiating.
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Holmen
Regina Overgaard
John Jeyne
J. B. Sundt
Julia Skaug
Mindoro
Albert Halvorsen
Special Train to Caary Fight Fans
Arrangements have been completed between the La Crosse Athletic club and the La Crosse and Southeastern railway to carry Coon Valley fight fans to La Crosse by a special train New Year's Day to see Art Nelson vs Sailor Smith. The train leaves Viroqua at 7:50 A M and returns from La Crosse at 6 P M with a round trip fare of 1.00. Details for fights at the old Y M C A building New Year's afternoon have been arranged. the club has received its state boxing commission license.
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la Crosse Athletic Club
la Crosse & Southeastern Railway
Coon Valley
la Crosse
Art Nelson
Sailor Smith
Viroqua
Athletic Club
State Boxing Commission
Dynamiters Detained Near San Francisco Amid Bomb Find
Local detectives in San Francisco continue probe into Charles King, Joseph Brown, and H G Hanlon after dynamite, silenced firearms, and a clockwork bomb were found on their sail boat at Richmond. Police seized the trio as they loaded gear and they offered no resistance. The inquiry focuses on possible intended crime rather than immediate arrest.
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San Francisco
Cal
Charles King
Joseph Brown
H. G. Hanlon
Richmond
King
Quote on how people pay in life
A proverb notes that many pay while going through life and many others must pay as they come, reflecting on the costs people endure in pursuit of outcomes.
Doctor Puts Stop To Wilsons Work
President Wilson's plans for work this week were interrupted by his physician Dr Cary T Grayson who ordered two leather portfolios of letters shipped to Washington for Secretary Tumulty. The doctor urged several days of rest backed by Mrs Wilson as rain and gloomy skies kept the president indoors. The piece notes eggs are expensive but the president and family have no hen fruit problem with daily egg deliveries from an agricultural college.
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Pass Christian
Miss
Wilson
Cary T. Grayson
Washington
Fate of Schmidt rests with jury in murder trial
The fate of Hans Schmidt, the German Catholic priest who confessed to the brutal murder of Anna Aumueller, rested with a New York jury this afternoon after both sides finished their arguments. Judge Warren Foster gave instructions, defense counsel Olcott emphasized alleged insanity, and the jury adjourned for lunch before resuming deliberations expected to be brief.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumueller
Warren Foster
Olcott
Schmidt
St. Elizabeth
Hull silent on the governor's race in Wisconsin
Merlin Hull of Black River Falls, speaker of the last assembly and potential Republican gubernatorial candidate, declines to announce entry or timing for a race next fall. He tells the Milwaukee Sentinel there is no decision yet and locals focus on taxes, not politics. C H Crownhart goes to Washington to address labor legislation convention, denying political significance of his trip.
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Merlin Hull
Black River Falls
Hull
Milwaukee Sentinel
C. H. Crownhart
Madison, Wis
Washington
American Association For Labor Legislation
Make Good Resolutions Prove Better Than Promises
If you are hunting trouble, questions may prove a fairly effective brand of ammunition. To make good resolutions is all right, but it is better to make good.
Christmas Eve Road Accident Injures Three in Mindoro Area
John and Bennie Gilbertson and Miss Gena Peterson were injured when a horse frightened by a flashing electric light leaped an embankment and destroyed their buggy on the Mindoro road near West Salem. The riders sustained facial and hip injuries and dizziness, with the event blamed on two youths who flashed the light.
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John
Bennie Gilbertson
Gena Peterson
Gilbertson
Mindoro
West Salem
Ode Gilbertson
William
Arnold Anderson
John Gilbertson
Peterson Girl
Mrs Catherine Moore La Crosse Resident Dies of Cancer
Mrs Catherine Moore an old resident of La Crosse died at her home 1722 Winnebago Street of cancer. Born April 4 1854 in Baden Germany she came to the U S at age three lived in this country forty years in La Crosse nearly thirty. Survived by five children J W Moore Mrs J C Monaghan W E F Moore Minneapolis Mrs Ed Renner and E B Moore La Crosse. Funeral Wednesday at 2 30 p m Oak Grove Cemetery Rev Julius Gamm officiating.
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Catherine Moore
la Crosse
Winnebago Street
Baden
Germany
United States
Moore
J. W. Moore
J. C. Monaghan
W. EF. Moore
Minneapolis
Ed. Renner
E. B. Moore
Oak Grove Cemetery
Julius Gamm
Onalaska Farmer Drops Fight Over Drainage Damages
Peter Schertz, a town of Onalaska farmer, will not contest the county’s $1,700 award for seventeen acres taken for a drainage dyke. County gossip notes the decision ends his protest of the compensation for damages to his farm.
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Peter Schertz
Onalaska
Schertz
Co op Packing Plant Idea to be Explained in La Crosse
A joint meeting of the board of trade officers and directors, the Manufacturers and Jobbers club, and the Retail Merchants association will hear Ira M. J. Chryst of the American Society of Equity explain the cooperative packing plant concept for La Crosse. A luncheon will precede the address, after which plans to aid the Equity society in its work will be discussed.
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Board of Trade
Manufacturers and Jobbers’ Club
Retail Merchants’ Association
la Crosse Club
American Society of Equity
la Crosse
Ira M. J. Chryst
Chryst
Hunters Licensed as Fees Remitted to State
Two thousand five hundred ninety eight licenses were issued to hunt here. The $2,598 paid to the county clerk for licenses was today remitted to the state game warden's department at Madison.
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Madison
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