Boy Shot While Sparrows Hunting in Milwaukee
Four boys under 14, including Raymond Pearce, were sparrow hunting near the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroad crossing when the 22 caliber rifle discharged while handing it to another boy. Pearce is in St. Joseph's hospital with a bullet lodged in the brain and doctors say he cannot recover. Sheriff Knell investigates. another boy describes the accident as unintentional.
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Milwaukee
Raymond Pearce
Henry C. Pearce
St. Joseph's Hospital
Richard Street
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Pearce
Otto Oesterich
August Algrim
Chris Strange
William R. Knell
Fred Schmidt
Oesterich
Raymond
Knell
Tragic Poisoning Claims Milwaukee Toddlers
In Milwaukee on New Year’s Eve a mother’s two young daughters, Bolislawa age 5 and Stanislawa age 2, ingested poison from a “rough on rats” box found in the pantry. Bolislawa died. Stanislawa survived after Dr. Hugo F. Mehl worked three hours to revive her. The box’s contents were emptied, and the mother was away when the incident occurred.
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Bolislawa
Stanislawa
Hugo F. Mehl
Stanislava
Mehi
Dr. Mehl
Savage Cat Attacks Janitor in New London
New London Wisconsin January 2 Fritz Weiner a local janitor at two saloons fought a chicken coop raid by a cat. He pursued the animal with a pitchfork after a savage bite to his thumb the cat fled and later revival led to renewed feline escape. Poison developed from the injury and Weiner nurses both the thumb and a growing resentment toward cats.
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New London
Wis
Fritz Weiner
Fritz
Photographer Henry Bennett Dies Known for Wisconsin River Dells
Kilbourne Wisconsin January 2 Henry H Bennett famed photographer of the Wisconsin river dells died yesterday of Brights disease at age 64. He began making dells pictures in 1868 and his photographs appeared in periodicals worldwide and in school texts. Bennett was regarded as a leading outdoor photographer in the west and did work for major railroads and cities while his Kilbourn gallery drew visitors from across the nation. He served in Company E of the Twelfth Wisconsin during the Civil War.
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Kilbourne
Wis
Henry H. Bennett
Wisconsin River Dells
Bright
Dells
Bennett
Kilbourn
Union
Old Twelfth Wisconsin Regiment
Wisconsin State News In Brief Roundup
The brief dispatches report Peter Peterson’s smallpox quarantine in Peshtigo, tobacco growers uniting to fight the “tobacco trust” and potential delays at Portage and Lodi warehouses. Also noted are rescues of horses in Shallowaygon, Tomahawk manager Tweedy’s return, young Roderick McDonald saving a peer, and acquisitions at Waupaca Republican. Additional items cover a bear in Appleton, interurban service cuts, a Sheboygan extension, a golden wedding, a Hartford hotel lease, and iron ore discovery near Thornapple river.
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Marinette
Peter Peterson
Pestigo
Portage
Lodi
United Cigar Manufacturers
American Society of Equity
H. E. Holmes
Milton
Tobacco Trust
Shalboygan
Ernst Hoermann
Herman Ko
Ziso
Tomahawk
R. B. Tweedy
Eral
Bradley Company
Tweedy
Milwaukee
Wausau
Roderick McDonald
Grace Turner
C. E. Turner
Roderick
L. A. Crown
Edgar Press
Edgar
D. F. Burnham
Waupaca
Stettin
Unusual Wild Cat Pelts Attract County Notice
In Douglas County Mrs. Thomas Green of Solon Springs turned in a large pelt to claim a bounty, followed by M. Boudrie with an even bigger skin. Green described a dangerous pursuit where the big animal fought for freedom and endangered her safety.
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Douglas County
Thomas Green
Solon Springs
M. Boudrie
Walkers Lose Bets in Kenosha Racine Challenge
In Racine Wisconsin William Miller of Miller and Cosgrove and Fred Irwin tried a path from the Eichelmen hotel Kenosha to the Hotel Racine eleven miles in under two hours thirty minutes. They arrived four minutes late losing a one hundred dollar wager. Elks club hosted the walkers and Racine Elks offered bets to beat the record. Local Racine men plan to walk to Kenosha on either Saturday or Monday.
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Racine
Wis
Kenosha
William Miller
Miller & Cosgrove
Fred Irwin
Eichelmen
Elks’ Club
Racine Elks
Miller
Irvine
Disturbed Congregation Told to Buy Foley's Honey and Tar
A notice addresses a person who disrupted a Sunday gathering by coughing. It requests the individual purchase Foley's Honey and Tar remedy, as advised by O. T. Erhart.
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Foley
O. T. Erhart
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Max Pemberton
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