County Board Expands Circuit Court Library Space
The Rock County board moves Judge Higbee's chambers into the former jury room to ease crowding in the circuit court library. Jurors gain a committee room. The board also debates insuring county property under the new state fire and tornado law with mixed views from supervisors. Burdick to serve as truancy officer at $300 yearly.
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Circuit Court Law Library
County Board
Circuit Court Library
Law Library
Lemuel Cox
Onalaska
Rock County
John Kindley
Abel Moore
L. P. Benezet
la Crosse
Lo] Burdick
J. Burdick
Waterless City in Fire Danger
Montreal reports a two hour blaze on Main street as water mains break left the city almost without water. Firemen could not fight the fire until the high level reservoir valves were opened. Damage estimated at $50,000 and residents plan independent action to probe the water system.
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Montreal
Main Street
Water Department
Conference Ends Strike Probable In Frisco Telegraphers Row
In St Louis on December 30 the Frisco receivers meet with grievance committee officials but adjourned at noon without agreement. Conferees refused to talk amid evident serious disagreement fueling belief a strike will be called.
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ST. Louis
Frisco
Order of
Canadian Pacific Boss Denies U S Rail Buyout Plan
Montreal December 30 President Shaughnessey of the Canadian Pacific denied reports that his road planned to buy out Michigan Central Pere Marquette or any other United States railway operating in Canada. He said the aim was to double track the Montreal to Detroit main line.
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Montreal
Shaughnessey
Canadian Pacific
Michigan Central
Pere Marquette
United States
Detroit
Tango Typist on the Way to Chicago Convention
Miss Olive Bracher of Cleveland arrives as a delegate to the National Shorthand Teachers association. She envisions pupils learning to write to rhythm and music with typists singing and whistling as they work, predicting future offices filled with singing typists using synchronized ragtime typing.
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Chicago
Olive Bracher
Cleveland
National
Coroner Rules Colfax Bank Cashier Murdered
Des Moines reports the coroner's jury says M B Wheelock cashier at Colfax Citizens bank was murdered not a suicide. The body with a sack of rocks tied to the neck was found in the Des Moines river. a note to his wife suggested self harm. Jury to seek killer and bank's closure link.
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M. B. Wheelock
Citizens’ Bank
Colfax
Des Moines
Wheelock
Fonund
Havine A. L. Bradley
Oneral
Rock Bradley
Wheeler
Colfax Bank
Employees to Buy Steel Trust Stock
United States Steel Corp announces plans for employees to buy preferred stock at 165 dollars and common stock at 57 dollars in 1914. Subscriptions run to February 3, with allotments soon after. Separate subscriptions only. each employee may receive annual cash payments of 5 dollars per preferred share and 2.50 dollars per common share for five years starting January 1915, upon proof of continued employment.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Judge rules Russell will case confirming true heir
Judge Sheldon of the Supreme court confirms Master Percy’s report in the Russell will case. The ruling declares Fresno Dan the true Daniel Blake Russell, son of the late Senator Daniel Russell of Melrose, while stamping Dakota Dan as an impostor.
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Boston
Sheldon
Supreme Court
Master Pevcy
Russell Will
Fresno
Daniel Blake Russell
Daniel Russell
Melrose
Dakota Dan
Funeral for Mrs Anna Dubina Held at St Wenceslaus
The funeral for Mrs Anna Dubina aged 72 who died Saturday from heart disease was held this morning at 8:30 from her home at 1416 South Eighth Street and at 9 o clock from St Wenceslaus church. Rev Xavier Till officiated. Interment followed at the Catholic cemetery.
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Anna Dubina
South Eighth Street
St. Wenceslaus Church
Xavier
Garment Workers End Philadelphia Strike Vote
The 24 week Philadelphia garment makers strike ends after two days of balloting. Results show 617 in favor of returning to work and 519 opposed, with only about a third of strikers voting.
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Philadelphia
Assembly Ball Tonight at Masonic Temple
The Assembly will host its annual Christmas ball tonight at the Masonic temple. Secretary A. P. Hankerson announced doors open for dancing at 8 30 p m.
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Masonic Temple
A. P. Hankerson
Milwaukee merchants assure prosperity and rising employment
Secretary William George Brue of the Milwaukee Merchants and Manufacturers association says confidence is returning to business, prosperity is assured, and unemployment will fall. He notes local plants running at 70 percent capacity with most at full blast as the currency bill clears and admin stance boosts optimism.
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Milwaukee
William George Brue
Milwaukee Merchants & Manufacturers’ Association
George Bruce
Milwaukee Mer
Bruce
Sparta Alumni Meet in Assembly Hall with Banquet
The Sparta alumni gathering plans a large banquet in the Assembly hall at 8 pm Tuesday December 30. Beebe Orchestra opens the program, minutes reviewed, new officers elected, followed by vocal music, a 30 minute farce The Baby, and a grand march with dancing till late. Local notes include Jefferson Leaf Tobacco sorting underway with 65 workers and a new warehouse nearing completion.
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Beebe Orchestra
Neal Pilcher
Erskine
Merit Freeman
Florence Youngman
Edith Wells
Snubbins
Butler
Carl Berry
Jesse Knight
Herbert Sherwin
Ben Jones
Jefferson Leaf Tobacco Company
Jefferson Company
Norden Society Christmas Banquet Expected Crowd
More than 160 are expected to attend the Norden society Christmas banquet tonight. Ells hall at Fifth and State streets will host the event, described as the year's biggest social occasion with songs and improvised speeches. Dr. A Gunderson will serve as toastmaster.
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Norden Society
Ells’ Hall
Fifth and
State Street
A. Gunderson
Federals Break Before Ojinaga
Militias under Salazar and Orozco panic as Villa rebels advance on Ojinaga driving federal forces to retreat. Local observers report heavy gunfire and mounting casualties while civilian areas brace for potential backlash.
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Salazar
Orozco
Viila
Early suffragist dies and border fighting reported
Dispatches from Presidio Texas describe renewed rebel attacks on Ojinaga as U S troops under General Scott reinforce and disarm 1000 Federal deserters crossing into the United States. In Mexico City Huerta denies rebel aid claims while United States officials caution rumors. Mrs Lillie Devereaux Blake dies in Englewood New Jersey after a life of suffrage work and writing.
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Ortega
Chihuahua
Ojinaga
Villa
Ojingaga
McNamee
Huerta
United Press
Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Nelson O’shaughnessy
O'Shaughnessy
New York
Lillie Devereaux Blake
A. L. Nelson
Englewood
N. J
Lillie Devereaux
Raleigh
N. C
Samuel Johnson
Trinity Church
William Samuel Johnson
Connecticut
Jonathan Edwards
Princeton
Frank Geoffrey Quay Umsted
Philadelphia
Grinfill Blake
Washington
The
Evening Post
Rockford
MAY SMOKE OUT OUTLAW GANG
Pineville Kentucky December 30. Militia and sheriff siege the abandoned coal mine where Happy Jack Hendrickson and twenty mountaineers barricaded after deputy Haynes was shot and Tom Miller killed on Christmas Eve. Authorities consider mounting a sulphur burn near the mine to force surrender.
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Pineville
Jack’ Hendrickson
Haynes
Tom Miller
Utah
Raphael Lopez
Apex
Bride Begs Off For Her Sailor
Lucy Hoke Smith daughter of Senator Hoke Smith Georgia married Ensign Alston R. Simpson U S N Rev Charles Wood officiated in Washington The ceremony proceeded after she urged the secretary of the navy to avoid postponement The groom already had orders to San Domingo and Mexican waters a month earlier.
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Washington
Lucy Hoke Smith
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Alston R. Simpson
Charles Wood
Church of the Covenant
Secretary of the Navy
San Domingo
Mexican
Socialists Condemn Officials Over Miner Strikes in Copper Country
Oklahoma socialists at the state convention condemn Michigan and Colorado officials for alleged unjust actions against copper miners and southern Colorado coalfield strikers. Fraternal sympathy was extended to Calumet panic survivors and contributions to aid strikers were ordered.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Michigan
Colorado
Copper
Calumet
Radium Trust Questioned by Denver Mine Owner
Mrs. Catherine Mary Curran of Denver writes to Assistant Surgeon General Rucker protesting public radium ownership plans. She announces plans to build a radium factory next year and attacks Dr. Howard A. Kelly and A. I. Dupont over radium pricing and claims.
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Washington
Catherine Mary Curran
Denver
Col
Rucker
United States Public Health Service
Howard A. Kelly
Baltimore
A. I. Dupont
Delaware
Will Investigate School Freedom
Minneapolis December 20 The American Economic Association adopted a resolution urging an inquiry into conditions in schools Its author Professor Frank A Fetter of Princeton proposed the study to determine whether liberty of thought and freedom of speech are allowed and how teachers hold their positions
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Minneapolis
John Grier Hibben
Princeton
American Economic Association
Frank A. Fetter
Ex convict held for bank theft in Ohio case
Cleveland police hold George Reese as a fugitive from justice awaiting word from McKeesport Pennsylvania where he is said to be sought for the 1910 robbery of the Merchants National Bank in that city Reese recently finished a three year sentence in the Ohio penitentiary for a $10000 jewelry robbery in Steubenville Ohio before waiving extradition proceedings
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Cleveland
Ohio
George Reese
McKeesport
Merchants’ National Bank
Reese
Steubenville
Attempted Deportation Case In Chicago Involving Laura Leon
Hearing on the attempt to deport Laura Leon a pretty Mexican girl began before United States Commissioner Mason. Attorney Barrat O'Hara said Miss Leon was ignorant that Donald Scott had a wife and had accompanied him after he rescued her when rebels destroyed her father's hacienda.
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Chicago
Laura Leon
Donald Scott
United States
Mason
Barrat O’hara
Miss Leon
Scott
Bathless 20 Years Leads to Fine in Belleville
In Belleville Illinois on December 30, William naus aged 66 was fined $100 for 20 years without a bath. Three Black prisoners scrubbed him with brushes by order of Magistrate Underwood and the case was carried out.
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Belleville, II
William.naus
Underwood
Mrs Mathewson Returns Home After Pneumonia Recovery
Mrs. A. T. Mathewson, wife of the county poor farm superintendent, who had been confined in a local hospital for four weeks with pneumonia, is sufficiently recovered to go back home.
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A. T. Mathewson
Tiny Four Year Old Tough In New York
New York reports a four year old boy Israel Martin shown as tough after being run over by a car. He jumped up bawled and ran home with no bones broken. The item showcases a quirky daily fact from a museum roundup of oddities.
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New York
Dec
Israel Martin
George Jessie Allen Jr. Dies at 21 on French Island
George Jessie Allen Jr., 21, died at 11 55 noon at his parents home on French Island after a six month illness from diabetes. Born in Dresbach, he is survived by his parents two sisters and two brothers Mrs Jo Newburg of La Crosse Miss Effie Allen and Henry and Fred Allen all of French Island. Funeral plans not yet set.
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George Jessie Allen, Jr
George Allen
French Island
Dresbach
Jo Oh Newburg
la Crosse
Effie Allen
Henry
Fred Allen
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