Wisconsin man held for circuit court in Rockwell family case
Albert Rockwell Sr of Nelson Wisconsin eloped with his son's wife and disappeared with his granddaughter. He was extradited from Spirit Lake Idaho to Alma and arraigned on a statutory charge with $1,000 bond. His son and wife testified against him as investigators traced the couple to Idaho. The father allegedly took $8000 and left his wife destitute.
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Albert Rockwell
Nelson
Neena
Wisconsin
Bert Rockwell
Dara F
Rockwell
Spirit Lake
Idaho
John Vollmer
Alma
Dail
Wis
Minnesota
Buffalo County
Spiritlake
Vollmar
Rockwell, Jr
Federals Fail to Hold Ojinaga as Rebel Siege Intensifies
In Presidio Texas on January 1 US observers noted the Mexican federal defenders nearing evacuation of Ojinaga after rebels captured outer defenses and hills. Heavy shelling caused fires in several spots. hundreds of wounded were brought to Presidio for treatment. Casualties and chaos mounted as daily bombardment pressed the federal position, while US troops faced shelling near the Rio Grande.
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Presidio
Texas
Ojinaga
Wihio
Rio Grande
United States
Ford No
McNamee
Ortega
Charter's first banker lauds new currency law effects
E M Wing vice president of Batavian National Bank becomes the first U S banker to apply under the Money Law. He analyzes the act praising reduced reserve requirements, rural loan benefits, and a move away from pyramiding reserves. He cites 1907 panic failures and envisions regional banks gradually replacing reserve banks to improve liquidity and confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Wing
Batavian National Bank
United States
McAdoo
Senate
Federal Reserve
National Bank
New York City
Federal Reserve System
Main Street Sees Change During Old Year on White Way
Old year witnesses numerous improvements and enlargements along the White Way on Main Street. Businesses and storefronts expand as renovation work progresses, signaling a period of growth and renewal for the downtown corridor.
Cops Land in Gel ls North Side Youths Arrested for Extortion
Louis Wittenberg and Otto Dasse, both in their early twenties, were arrested by Detective Daniel Deneen after allegedly threatening Miss Slatel Winters with arrest and demanding twenty five dollars to keep her resort from being shut down. Winters paid five dollars. a second installment was planned, but did not occur.
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Louis Wittenberg
Otto Dasse
Daniel Deneen
Slatel Winters
Second
Pine Streets
la Crosse
J. B. Webber
Miss Winters
Winters
Wittenberg
Frankie LaSalle
Fallow Ar Dasse
Chicago Murders Decline From 1912 to 1913
Chicago reports 221 homicides in 1913, down from 231 the previous year, a slight improvement for the Windy City according to police statistics.
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Chicago
Celebrates New Year in a Cigar on Avenue B
A plump young man walked Avenue B in New York last night wearing only shoes and a cigar. He objected to the display but is held for observation.
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New York
Avenue B
Northcliffe praises brother's peerage amid zeal misgivings
London Jan 1. Lord Northcliffe comments on his brother's elevation to the peerage, noting it as an editorial remark for his mistaken zeal in radical journalism. The piece reflects on the family honor and the press creed shaping public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Northcliffe
Divorce Suit Over Christmas Comb Gift Insult
Jeremiah Schlestenberg filed for divorce in Pa on January 1 claiming his wife insulted him by giving a comb and brush as a Christmas present. He has been bald for years, and the gesture prompted the legal action.
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Jeremiah Schlestenberg
Schlestenberg
Snowfall Records Shattered At Local Station
Records for snow deficit are broken this winter as the weather bureau notes total precipitation in millimeters and no inch of snowfall yet at the station. Sleighing may return with future snow, though dark skies threaten a genuine storm.
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Weather Bureau
Low Mark Sets For Stock Sales
New York reports a sharp drop in stock and bond activity for 1913 on the New York Stock Exchange. Total stocks sold reached 83,362,659 shares and bonds moved 497,910,000 dollars, the lowest figures in years according to figures released today.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Million Dollar Electric Battle Cruiser Experiment
The Invincible battle cruiser, fitted with full electric systems, is in a London dockyard for replacing steam and hydraulic power. The British admiralty conducts a $1.9 million experiment to assess feasibility and performance, with results awaited on continuing or altering the project.
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London
Invincible
British Admiralty
Unsettled Weather Across Midwest Regions
Weather reports for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa indicate unsettled conditions tonight and Friday with probable snow flurries. Wisconsin expects colder Friday with moderate to brisk southerly winds shifting to northwesterly, Minnesota sees much colder Friday with west to northwest winds, Iowa notes colder Friday and brisk southwesterly winds becoming northwesterly Friday.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Pueblo Adopts Single Tax System In City Government
Pueblo becomes the first U.S. city to implement a single tax as a charter amendment takes effect. Under the plan after a defined period real estate improvements or personal property will not be taxed.
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Pueblo
Colo
United States
Denial of Revolt Rumor Tied to Hearst Papers
State department officials dismissed as absolutely untrue a Hearst paper report that Hungarian revolutionary agents are in Washington assessing U S stance in event of a revolt against Emperor Franz Josef.
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Washington
State Department
Hearst
United States
Franz Josef
Dictagraph Foils Thieves At Poultry Show
New York exhibitor K. M. Turner used a dictagraph to monitor his hens at a poultry show. Excited clucks alerted guards, deterring two egg thieves and stopping the crime in progress.
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New York
K. M. Turner
Elks Ball Tonight At La Crosse Lodge No 300
The annual New Year’s ball of La Crosse lodge No 300 B P O E is set for tonight at the Elks hall at Fifth and State streets. The hall is decorated with flowers and the event is described as the biggest social affair of the season.
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la Crosse Lodge No. 300
Elks’ Hall
Fifth
State Streets
The
Elks
Osborne Funeral To Be Held Here
Mrs Rockwell Osborne died in Minneapolis and will be buried in La Crosse with services at 7 30 a m from the home of B E Edwards 1224 Cass street. She was born March 6 1845 in Plainsville Ohio and lived in La Crosse with her parents until 1857. She attended Mt Holyoke College and married Rockwell Osborne in 1870. Surviving are her husband a daughter Mrs J B Taylor and a grandson Osborne McCrea Taylor. She belonged to the First Baptist Church of La Crosse for decades and helped lead the La Crosse Home for the Friendless.
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Rockwell Osborne
Minneapolis
B. E. Edwards
Cass Street
Louise Ober Osborne
Levi
B. Ober
Plainsville
Ohio
la Crosse
Mt. Holyoke College
Rockwell FE. Osborne
J. B. Taylor
Osborne McCrea Taylor
Osborne
First Baptist Church of
Real Estate Boom Forecast for La Crosse in 1914
Local real estate men predict major expansion after a half million dollar rise in 1913 Realty transfers reached 15,000,000 with the register of deeds recording strong activity A new second annual statement outlines future building prospects and continued growth in the La Crosse market for 1914.
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la Crosse
of Register of Deeds
Property values show increase big improvement over 1912
La Crosse real estate men forecast a coming year of rising property values and renewed activity. They cite strong building, growing demand for central business property, and expected boosts in mortgages and transfers, with a cautious note to hold holdings amid tax and water infrastructure optimism.
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la Crosse
S. W. Anderson
Frank Roth
J. F. Saltz
Joseph Dubraks
Roth
Thompson
Schmidt murder trial second hearing eyed by January 12
NEW YORK Jan 1 The second trial of Hans Schmidt the priest murderer of Anna Aumueller is expected to come up before Justice Vernon M Davis in the supreme court before January 12.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumueller
Vernon M. Davis
Supreme Court
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Sprit Lake
Frew
Lievers
State Bank
Comedious
J. M. Wing
Little 1914
Main Street
the State Bank
McMillan
la Crosse Trust Company
Owen
C. J. Quen Company
Banner Dairy
Banner
Servis Clothing and Furnishing
Servis
Walkover Shop
Anderberg & Rice Walkover
Barron
F&. RR. Barron
Barron’s
Fred Ehrman
Scott-Rose
Schrank Cafe
Gus Pappas
Pappas
Gells
North Side
Dan Deneen
Petey
Register of Deeds
Andrew E. Thompson
Wisconsin Railway, Light & Power Company
la Crosse County
la Crosse Gas & Electric Company
George Leland
Nora Johnson
Schmida
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