Wisconsin Fifteen Insurance Firms Withdraw From State
Madison dispatch reports fifteen life insurance companies with policies in Wisconsin totaling 82 million in force and annual premiums over 2.25 million will depart the state on Wednesday. The move displaces 556 employees including agents, with most agents seeking new posts elsewhere. The firms include Connecticut Mutual Equitable Germania Home Manhattan Massachusetts Mutual and others with substantial state business. Four additional firms Federal Life Fidelity Mutual Security Mutual are noted as potential withdrawals.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Connecticut Mutual
Equitable
New York
Germania
Home
Manhattan
Massachusetts Mutual
Minnesota Mutual
Michigan Mutual
Mutual Ben
Connecticut
Mutual S.i
Nore
S'S
Mutual
National Life of
U. S
Vermont
BURT
Wérock
Federal Life
Fidelity Mutual
Security Mutual
Federal
Y M C A Meet Programs Set for Wisconsin Convention
Milwaukee special dispatch says F. E. Anderson announces the thirty third annual Wisconsin Y M C A convention to be held in Appleton January 23 to 26 with the sixty first state athletic meet and a state basketball tournament. Physical Director Graves of Lawrence to oversee games. Building revival planned with Milwaukee campaigns for funds. Delegates to stay in Appleton homes and use Lawrence University buildings for events.
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Milwaukee
Wis
F. E. Anderson
Wisconsin Y. M. C. A
Appleton
Graves
Lawrence
Lawrence Univeristy
WANTS ST GAUDENS TO SEE REAL EAGLE
Antigo Wisconsin December 30 Two bald eagles captives in Antigo John and Joseph Rezek owners refused large sums from museums Uncle Dick the younger bird captured weeks ago near the city Morse Robinson caught the older bird this week St Gaudens should study our birds for coin designs and may take up the issue with Congressman Morse in Congress
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Antigo
Wis
John
Joseph Rezek
Morse Robinson
St. Gaudens
John Rezek
Teddy
Congressman Morse
Congress
Apple Worm With Steady Work Stands As Real Aristocrat This Year
A peculiar judgment places the apple worm as the enduring symbol of stability and privilege in the current season, highlighting its steady labor and elevated status amid everyday produce.
Three Milwaukee Suicides and a Homicidal Attempt
Three personal crisis reports to the coroner reveal Carl O Johnson an insane former mail carrier who slashed his throat at Milwaukee Sanitarium and died. George Riemer a 28 year old lithographer who drank carbolic acid. and Carl Trampe a 48 year old janitor who hanged himself in his attic.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Carl O. Johnson
Milwaukee Sanitarium
George Riemer
Carl Trampe
Wauwatosa
Tunnel City
Dewey
Johnson
Dusse
Zion Lutheran Church
William Matthes
Trampe
Despondent salesman ends life in Racine
Despondent over illness or job loss William T. Cain 27, local piano company salesman, committed death by own action in Racine Wisconsin. Son of Mr and Mrs Keee Cain long known residents. Four years ago he married a well known woman from Abilene Kansas who divorced him nearly two years ago.
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Racine, Wis
Wiliam T. Cain
Cain
Keee Cain
Abilene
Kan
Marinette
Louis Zoll
Theodore Zoll
Chicago
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Richards Landing
Fond DU Lac
Emilie Hoernig
Charlies A. Hoernig
Oshkosh
Racine
Joseph A. Bedard
Chicago and Milwaukee Eectric Railway Company
Sheboycan
Body found near Fisher coal dock identified as missing teamster
Remains of an unknown man were found in the river near the Fisher coal dock in Kenosha Wisconsin with no identifying papers. Authorities believe the body is Michael Savage a teamster for the Allen Tannery company who disappeared after falling from a wagon into the river in early November.
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Kenosha
Wis
Fisher Coal Dock
Michael Savage
Allen Tannery Company
Bull to Sell Valued Racine Stable Horses
Frank K. Bull, president of the J I Case Threshing Machine Co, will dispose of all his horses and vehicle stock in a winter sale in Chicago or New York. The stable holdings, including carriages and runabouts, are valued around 200000 dollars, and a two year old carriage and horse barn in Racine may serve as a garage.
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Racine, Wis
Frank K. Bull
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company
Chicago
New York
Bull
Masons Temple Fire Destroys Post Office and Store
A large fire in Merrill Wisconsin destroyed the Masonic temple that housed the post office and Langley and Anderson’s store. Origin traced to electric light wires, the blaze left only brick walls. three doctors’ offices and their libraries were also lost. An estimated list of damages follows.
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Merrill, Wis
Masonic Temple
Langley & Anderson
Losses and Insurance Totals From Masonic Association Case
The Merrill Masonic association reports losses of $15 000 credited to Langley and Alderson $12 000 to Dr G H Carey $2 000 to Dr W S Vannerstrand $1 000 to Dr W H Monroe $2 000, totaling $32 000 The total insurance carried is about $26 000.
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Merrill Masonic Association
Langley & Alderson
G. H. Carey
W. S. Vannerstrand
W. H. Monroe
Plan millinery course at Wisconsin school for the deaf
Delevan Wis Dec 30 A full millinery course is planned by the state board of control for the Wisconsin school for the deaf in Delevan. After the new industrial building is ready the curriculum will expand to give deaf girls and boys more opportunities to learn trades. The school currently teaches sewing dressmaking type-setting and other trades for girls.
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Delevan
Wis
State Board of Control
Wisconsin School For the Deaf
E. W. Walker
Wisconsin rural carriers plan Milwaukee convention events
Milwaukee on January 12 hosts the Wisconsin convention of rural carriers with nearly all carriers in the state as members of the association. Postmaster David C. Owen of Milwaukee will deliver the welcome address.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Convention of Rural Carriers
Wisconsin
State Association
David C. Owen
Dedication planned for new Methodist church in Watertown
The new Methodist Episcopal church in Watertown Wisconsin will be dedicated January 12 and 13 with elaborate ceremonies. Speakers include Dr Samuel Plantz president of Lawrence University Appleton and other well known clergymen.
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Watertown
Wis
New Methodist Episcopal Church
Samuel Plantz
Lawrence University
Appleton
Clergymen Must Pay Full Rail Fare Across Wisconsin
Milwaukee dispatch reports that starting Wednesday cler gym men and religious workers lose half fare rights on Wisconsin railroads as Western Passenger association enforces a 2 cent fare law. About 25 000 clergy annual average had received half fares, now eliminated. Pacific coast lines excluded from the ruling.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Western Passager Association
Fire at residence endangers two children in night blaze
A lamp left burning in a room where two children slept sparked a fire at a residence, nearly burning them alive during the night. The incident underscores danger from unattended lamps and potential spread in cramped sleeping areas.
West States Maintain 3 Cent Fare Charge
The report notes that states west of the Rocky Mountains continue to impose a 3-cent fare. The detail reflects regional pricing policy and transportation charges affecting travel costs in those areas.
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Rocky Mountains
Woodsman murdered on return trip to camp
Wilson Jonhn Levi, a woodsman between here and Manitowish, was killed on his way back to camp after a roadhouse visit. He drank with two companions in a saloon. an argument led to a violent attack by two men, one striking him unconscious.
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Wilson
Jonhn Levi
Here
Manitowish
Becamme
Racine
Christian Endeavor Societies
Fumel
Kaukauna
A. Goldin
Nomination of Capt. F. H. Magdeburg Pension Agent
Fond du Lac Bulletin endorses Milwaukee native Capt. F. H. Magdeburg for United States pension agent in Milwaukee. He is praised as a gallant Civil War veteran, a capable businessman, with strong statewide support and no known enemies. He served in the Fourteenth Wisconsin Infantry, rising to captain and commanding the re-enlisted battalion to war’s end.
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Fond du Lac Bulletin
F. H. Magdeburg
Milwaukee
United States Pension
Capt
Magdeburg
Fourteenth Wisconsin Infantry
Fond du Lac
The Lines of Age and a Snowstorm Rejection
The rich Miss Passage refuses Mr. Goldhunter in sharp dialogue. He jokes about reading lines while stepping into a raging snowstorm after the encounter.
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Miss Passage
Mr. Goldhunter
Charles Goldhunter
Army seeks bids for air balloons and larger craft
General Allen announced war department plans to supply balloons for observation. Proposals call for small two man dirigibles of silk inflated with hydrogen, speed 20 mph, two hour flight, and stable in wind. Congress authorized 200000. if provided, larger airships may be bought or built to carry more men.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Allen
United States Army
Signal Corps
Congress
Secretary of War
C B to Play Co L of Sparta Basketball Game
The Company B basketball team will meet the Co L team of Sparta in this city Wednesday evening Jan 1 at 8 p m at Armory hall. A preliminary game pits the high school alumni and Y M C A teams. Other games are slated with Portege Hilsboro Preston and Caledonia under Company B Athletic association.
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Company B
Co. L
Sparta
Armory Hall
Real High School
Portege
Hilsboro
Preston
Caledonia
Company B Athletic Association
You Have a Heart La Crosse Poem
A devotional poem extols La Crosse as a celestial, gentle city. It imagines the town named as a virgin beauty, pleads for compassion toward orphans and widows, and invokes Christ’s sacrifice to heal sorrow and hunger in the community.
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Fair la Crosse
La Crosse Promises Evening of Dances and Services
In La Crosse a community observance is planned tonight with parties and dances at local churches. Watch services run from 9 to 12, Rev. Ivey and Rev. C N X preach, and a Christ Episcopal choir and mission choir perform. The evening features a musical program and a religious vigil across multiple venues as New Year’s Eve approaches.
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West Avenue
Farmer Ends Luncheon With Coffee Liqueur And Plow Return
At the end of the luncheon the farmer drinks liqueur and coffee, lights a cigarette, and directs his eldest son Jerome to press the button and restart the automatic plows. Jerome protests and asks Clarence to handle it as he is tired.
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Jerome
Clarence
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