North Side Progressive League Banquet Excels in Attendance
The North Side Progressive League held its annual banquet at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in La Crosse with about 250 prominent attendees including many South Side business leaders. Sydney J. Dillon spoke on the commission form of government while Lt Governor Thomas Morris Rev Father Ambrose Murphy and Dr J M Furstman also participated.
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South Side
North Side
Progressive League
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Clinton
Avon Street
League
Sydney J. Dillon
Des Moines
Mr. Dillon
Thomas Morris
Ambrose Murphy
J. M. Furstman
la Crosse
Fred H. Hartwell
North Aide
Father Murphy
Hartwell
Board Trade
Joseph Boschert
Schubert
Tix
Morris
Tom
Resting Rebels Near Juarez as Border Supplies Flow
Wary calm settles over Juarez with Orozco moving posts closer to the city while federals and insurgents await southern developments. Reports of Navarro and Blanco clash unverified as border towns see large movements of recruits and ammunition smuggled from the United States.
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United States
EL Paso
Texas
Pasquale Orozco
Ciudad Juarez
Juarez
Blanco
Casilla
Sanchez
Nevarro
Navarro
Samalayuca
Jurez
Ysleta
Bauche
Mexico City
Insurrectos Engineering Corps
Rafael Garcia Martinez
Jefe Politico of
Milwaukee Woman Loses Life Savings From Cellar Theft
Mrs. Augusta Lauderbach a 55 year old widow from Milwaukee says lack of faith in banks caused her to hoard over 5000 dollars in her cellar over 22 years. She found the savings stolen when she went to deposit a small amount last night and detectives were assigned to the case.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Augusta Lauderbach
Wireless link connects San Francisco with Japan across oceans
A single relay wireless operator in San Francisco talked with Choji Shimosa in Japan, 5700 miles away. While sending a dispatch he intercepted the Pacific Mail steamers Korea and Manchuria about 3300 miles out, relayed messages to the Japanese station, and received an OK delivery. The weather report from Choji Shimosa station was then sent to the operator.
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San Francisco
Choji Shimosa
Japan
Corea
Manchuria
O. K
Chosi Shimosa Station
Judge refuses guardian for indicted promoter Robin
In New York on February 9 Judge Hough refused to name a guardian for Jos G Robin the indicted promoter who is alleged to be insane.
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New York
Hough
United States Court Today
Jos. G. Robin
Tallahassee To Fire 12 Inch Shell Test At St Marys
The monitor Tallahassee departs for St Marys on the lower Potomac to fire its 12 inch naval service shells loaded with high explosives. The target is a 12 inch Krupp armor plate five to seven miles away, for a test comparing damage with the Puritan turret and side. Congressmen will witness from the torpedo boat Bailey.
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Washington, D. C
St. Mary’s
Potomac River
Naval Service
Tallahassee
Three Women Drown In Bridge Fall At Sheboygan
In Sheboygan Wisconsin on February 9 a south bend car plunged through an open bridge draw into twenty feet of water of the Sheboygan river at 8 45 a m. Three female passengers Anna Mather 40 Tanica Van Overkerk 15 Olga Weineight 14 were drowned two men escaped after jumping Motorman George Thieme and conductor Frank Weber managed to warn passengers and jump. A rescue crew works to raise the submerged car while the coroner conducts a rigid investigation to determine responsibility.
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Sheboygan
Wis
South Bend
Eighth Street
Sheboygan River
Efort
Frank Weber
George Thieme
Anna Mather
Sheboygan Falls
Tanica van Overkerk
Olga Weineight
Thieme
Weber
Three Chicago Firms Hit in Ice Cream Purity Probe
Federal agents raided three Chicago ice cream manufacturers amid a crackdown on impure product. Bench warrants issued for owners as government chemists prepare analysis and prosecutors seek rapid court action before Judge Lewis.
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Chicago
Pure Food
Lewis
Senator Bristow Warns For Popular Senate Elections
Washington, Feb. 9. Senator Bristow of Kansas argued for popular election of U S senators and delegates, saying the current method by legislatures causes delays, corruption, and loss of representation. He asserted the president is effectively elected by direct vote and warned the real danger lies in greed and power of interests, not the mob.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Bristow
Kansas
Senate
Diaz Uses Coercion Threat To Rally Mormon Colonists
Elder A. W. Ivins reports from the Diaz republic that President Diaz will compel Mormon colonists in Mexico to fight to crush the insurrection. If they refuse, coercive measures will be employed to force enlistment.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mexican Republic
Diaz
A. W. Ivins
Fires Drive Residents From Stanley Terrace in Night Clothing
More than 100 residents of the Stanley Terrace apartments fled their building through snow and zero weather in their night robes when a fire was discovered. Firefighters fought the blaze as occupants sought safety outside, with no immediate report of injuries.
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Chicago
Stanley Terrace
Miss Leneve to Wed Farmer in Quebec Match?
London dispatch reports Miss Ethel Clare Leneve, once linked with Dr H H Crippen, among 200 women who sailed on the Royal Edward to Quebec after a farmers wives ad. She sailed under an assumed name amid secrecy and is said to be engaged to a wealthy Ontario farmer.
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London
Evening Times
Ethel Clare Leneve
H. H. Crippen
Royal Edward
Quebec
Leneve
Ontario
Father shoots wife then kills himself in front of boy
In Washington on February 9 Samuel Shipley a former government employee killed his wife after forcing entry to their home. He fired at Mrs Shipley and then killed himself as their 14 year old son William Shipley watched. Mrs Shipley died at a hospital.
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Washington, D. C
Wm. Shipley
Samuel Shipley
Cholera Threatens Russia as Death Toll Rises
St Petersburg reports rising cholera deaths with four year totals showing 6,428 in 1997, 15,542 in 1908, 605 in 1909, and 101,902 in 1910. Health authorities warn the disease may surpass other national dangers if unchecked.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Roosevelt to Speak in Reno on Progressive Christianity
Col Roosevelt accepted Senator Dix Smith’s invitation to speak in Reno on April 3. Reno citizens raised 11000 in ten days for a Young Men's Christian association building, led by P. L. Flanigan. Roosevelt urged Catholics and Protestants to unite on a square ethical basis and oppose crooks regardless of faith.
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Reno
Nev
Roosevelt
Dix Smith
New York
Smith
Young Men's Christian Association
P. L. Flanigan
America
Saloon Regulation Bill Passes Senate in Indianapolis
The Proctor saloon regulation bill passed the senate with a 27 to 21 vote. It retains high license and state control provisions and now goes to the house.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Proctor
Senate
House
Substitutes wart for an apology in record correction
Representative Macon of Arkansas testified before the House Judiciary Committee about changing the word contemptible ass to wart in the congressional record. He said the substitution was to ease potential injustice to newspaper man Walter Fahy after a floor incident and related headlines not authored by Fahy.
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Washington, D. C
Macon
D., Ark
House Judiciary Committee
Walter Fahy
Fahy
Maron
Annual meeting of La Crosse baseball stockholders set
The La Crosse baseball association of the minor league schedules its annual meeting for tomorrow evening at Judge Brindley’s courthouse office. Directors will be elected and officers urge all stockholders to attend in large numbers.
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la Crosse Baseball Association
Minny League
Magnificent Scott mausoleum robbed by ghouls
Erie police and private detectives sweep Erie and surrounding areas searching for burglars connected to a high profile mausoleum theft. Mrs McCullom, linked to Philadelphia society, is believed abducted for ransom as coffins were pried open and doors damaged.
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Erie
Scott
McCullom
Tracy
Philadelphia
Wm. L. Scott
Charles H. Strong
Strong
Washington
Congress
Newport
R. I
Erie and Pittsburg
Erie County Electric Light Company
Mr. Scott
Buffalo
N. Y
Red Cross Appeals for Chinese famine relief
The American Red Cross sent out an appeal today for food and supplies to aid famine sufferers in China. The call requests donations and assistance to alleviate widespread hunger and hardship.
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RED Cross
Washington, D. C
China
American Red Cross
Coupon Ballot Backing Gains in Ohio Governor’s State
Ohio Governor Harmon backs a coupon ballot system as support grows in Columbus papers. Moncena Dunn, inventor of the Coupon Ballot, returns from Columbus amid fraud concerns, with a bill introduced in both Senate and House and backing from publishers politicians and officials.
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Columbus
Ohio
Evening Dispatch
Harmon
Columbus Citizen
Columbus News
Moncena Dunn
Adams County
Senate
House
Dore
Committee On
Columbus Evening Dispatch
Columbus View
Weather Forecast Shows Colder End Of Week For Midwest
The forecast calls for fair and colder conditions across Wisconsin and Minnesota with lows near zero in La Crosse area and rising temperatures Friday. Rain has affected the gulf and south Atlantic states, with snow in the north Atlantic region, while overall conditions remain generally fair elsewhere.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Gulf
South Atlantic
North Atlantic
Mississippi River
North Dakota
Montana
Canadian Territory
Lake Superior
East
Gulf States
British Columbia
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U. K
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