North Side Guests and Visits Highlight Local Social Roundup
North Side residents hosted relatives and friends from Milwaukee Madison Bangor and Caledonia while others traveled to St Paul Red Wing Sparta and Alma for visits. Local residents returned from trips to Lans ing Wausau De Soto and West Salem with updates on family and social engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuehn
Milwaukee
R. Roeder
Gorge Street
George Street
Selma Larson
Berlin Street
Albert Lea
E. Forslund
Loomis Street
H. Saley
Bangor
G. Groeschner
Roy Ahlstrom
Walter Ahlstrom
Wood Street
Lansing
Schnick
St. Paul
Frieda Champagne
J. C. Morrison
Burdell
Caledonia Street
Wausau
J. McGarty
Mankato
C. Johnson
Cora Larson
Sparta
Wm. A. Vaillancourt
Arthur Field
M. Olson
Lulu Knudson
de Soto
Able Knudson
West Salem
Conrad Severson
Davenport
State Senator Ben A. Smith Convicted of Bribery
West Virginia jurors found State Senator Ben A. Smith guilty of accepting 2200 dollars to vote for Colonel William Seymour Edwards as a candidate for U. S. senator. It marks the first bribery conviction in the state legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben A. Smith
West Virginia
William Seymour Edwards
U. S
Local folks share Fourth of July, travel notes and job moves
James Larson spent yesterday in West Salem with friends and relatives. Henry Wittenberg and Rick Wall spent yesterday in West Salem with Elmer Bollrud. Downey accepted a position with the Gas company starting this morning. Albert Ritter Fred Miller and Charles Whipple spent the Fourth in Milwaukee with friends and relatives. Summers camping in French Lake. Middlebock has accepted a railroad job in Austin. Deneen fired the special to Sparta on the Milwaukee railroad on the Fourth.
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Ing
James Larson
West Salem
Henry Wittenberg
Rick Wall
Hugh Downey
Albert Ritter
Fred Miller
Charles Whipple
Milwaukee
John Summers
French Lake
William Middlebock
Rose St
Austin
James Deneen
Sparta
Milwaukee Railroad
The Virginia Plover in Remarkable Nonstop Flight
The Virginia plover makes a record migratory journey from North America to Brazil in a single continuous flight lasting about fifteen hours. It covers over 3,000 miles at roughly four miles per minute, a spectacular feat of avian endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Atlantic
Brazil
Accomplished Waiter Refused Trimmed Oyster Stew
In a New York Globe snippet, Mr Seedmiller orders plain oyster stew from the Accomplished Waiter who promises alacrity. Seedmiller rejects trimming and asserts he won’t pay for any trimmins, prompting a brief exchange about preparation.
Corruption Notions From Tocqueville Quote
A reflective quotation discusses how corruption arises not from power itself but from perceived illegitimate authority and oppressive rule, highlighting moral and political critique attributed to De Tocqueville.
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de Tocqueville
Nelsons Play In West Salem Field
The Nelson baseball team tried a new field for a Sunday game in West Salem to evade the city ban on Sunday ball. West Salem defeated Nelsons 7 to 2 as players slid on coarse stubble while attempting two-base hits.
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Nelson
West Salem
Nelsons
Olson
Nelsons, Ritter, Squires, Knutson
Gullickson and Wilcox
Prairie du Chien Hosts Baseball and Social Events
Prairie du Chien hosted two Fourth of July baseball games with Monmouth Stove Works defeating the local team 6 to 3 in La Crosse. Farmersburg, Iowa lost to Prairie du Chien 4 to 2. A. Hahn and Snyder were the home battery. District Attorney M. R. Munson gave the Fourth of July address at Mt. Sterling. Social guests included Dr. St. Clair of Clarion and Attorney Steiger of Toledo. twenty-five children enjoyed tennis and lawn games at the Vernon home. Examples of local visitors included Dr. St. Clair, Dr. White, Mrs. Case, Miss Clinton, and Miss Rosenbaum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth Stove Works
la Crosse
Prairie du Chien
Farmersburg
Iowa
A. Hahn
Snyder
M. Emmerson
M. R. Munson
Mt. Sterling
Jule Vernon
Dr. St. Clair
Clarion
Attorney Steiger
Toledo
R. M. White
Messrs
Mesdames F. S. Clinton
L. D. Dousman
J. S. Earll
N. G. Sage
Kate Case
Mary Rosenbaum
Josie Clinton
Minnie Case
Bernard Appleby
Twin Bluffs
Gladys Beck
Gotham
L. L. Appleby
Herbert Herold
Viola
Majestics Defeat the North Siders in Key Park Bout
The Majestics defeated the North Siders 12 to 5 at Copeland Park yesterday afternoon. North Siders' batteries were Bollrud McFadden Casperson and Schrader. Majestics' batteries were Fiska and Johnson.
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Majestics
North Side
Copeland Park
Bollrud
McFadden
Casperson
Schrader
Fiska and Johnson
Clyde Berry Marries Minnie Morrison in Renton
Word has been received that Clyde Berry formerly of this city married Miss Minnie Morrison of Renton Washington. Berry was a former resident of the north side and had many friends.
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Clyde Berry
Minnie Morrison
Renton
Wash
Berry
North Side
Dream as a Dream Girl Gets Lost in Time
A Florida Times-Union piece reflects on the gap between idealized dreams and reality as a man calls a woman a dream and then questions why dreams do not always become true.
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Florida Times-Union
Foreman Ole Arnison Killed Near De Soto by Train
Ole Arnison 43, night foreman for a steam dredge, was killed around 4 am Sunday two miles north of De Soto Wisconsin while returning home on a gasoline speeder. Officials say passenger No 50 may have struck him though engineer Alfred Foster denies seeing the man or the speeder. An inquest is planned.
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Ole Arntson
Burlington
DeSoto
Wis
Arnison
Victory
Alfred Foster
Foster
Ferryville
Mile Post No
Onalaska Triumphs Over Winona In 4–0 Baseball Victory
Onalaska scores a 4 to 0 win over Schellhas of Winona in a well played game at Onalaska. Pitcher Christopherson delivers a no hitter for Winona as the crowd enjoys close plays and fair umpiring with no disputes. Batteries Christopherson Comeau Chapman Roser.
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Onalaska
la Crosse County
Schellhas
Winona
Onalaska Groun
FE. Christopherson
RHE
Cece
Ik Sgurgunas
Aki
Christopherson
Comeau
Chapman and Roser
San Francisco Judge criticizes McReynolds over Diggs Caminetti cases
Judge Clayton Herrington of San Francisco, linked to the U.S. Justice Department, criticized Attorney General McReynolds for delaying the Diggs Caminetti white slave cases in California. He was suspended without pay but now argues the criticism was justified and McReynolds admits ordering a speedy trial.
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Clayton Herrington
San Francisco
U. S. Department of Justice
McReynolds
California
Parrot Misplaced as Replevin Case in Alton
Mrs Geneva Little Page seeks a writ of replevin to recover her parrot stolen by a train porter in transit from Kansas City to Alton and sold to a saloonkeeper. Justice Gorman will rule on whether a saloon is a proper home for the bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Ill
U S Employers Fined In Disorderly Conduct Case
James Kane an employe on a government boat was arrested Friday on a disorderly conduct charge. Judge Edward Cronon in police court fined him seven dollars and fifty cents and allowed him to go to earn the money to pay the fine. The judge showed leniency believing Kane’s jail time before arraignment counted as part of his punishment.
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James Kane
Edward Cronon
Mayor Sorensen Sets Meeting of Special Streets Committee
Mayor Ori Sorensen called a meeting of the special streets improvement committee for tomorrow evening to discuss several resolutions referred at the last council meeting.
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Ori Sorensen
Special Streets Improvement Committee
Kinney Purchases Hamilton Farm For 12000 Dollars
Olive Jane Kinney sold a farm in Hamilton west of West Salem to Burton Sidney Kinney for 12000 dollars. The deed was recorded today in the Register of Deeds office of Andrew Thompson.
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Olive Jane Kinney
Hamilton
West Salem
Burton Sidney Kinney
Office of Register of Deeds
Andrew Thompson
Thaw recounts amusing tales from Matteawan retreat
Pittsburg man notes Thaw’s letters home include a visitor’s joke about an inmate named Andy Carnegie who quips his name was Theodore Roosevelt by his first wife. The piece ends with a quip on women’s hair and a basket.
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Harry Thaw
Pittsburg
Matteawan
Andy Carnegie
Theodore Roosevelt
Wedding Postponed to dodge Hoodoo in Portland couple
A Portland couple postponed their wedding after twelve licenses issued, hoping to avoid the thirteenth, while other light news items span finds and escapes from coast to coast.
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Vancouver
Wash
Portland
Safety first committee backs mail vote for craft representatives
At a Milwaukee railroad general meeting the Safety first committee approved a mail vote to elect craft representatives in each town for conductors trackmen brakemen bridge and building workers firemen and agents and operators. Terms run July 1 to December 31 1913.
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Safety First’’ Committee
Milwaukee Railroad
Horse Breaks Leg at Eberhard Coal Barn
A wagon driver found a company horse with a severe leg break in its stall at the Eberhard Coal Company's barn, 505 Wall Street. Dr. S B Patterson deemed the fracture a compound break and ordered euthanasia. cause of the accident is unknown.
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Eberhard Coal Company
Wall Street
S. B. Patterson
Eberhard
Mrs Hitchcock Joins Congressional Circle in Washington
Mrs Gilbert M Hitchcock wife of the Nebraska senator entered Washington society when her husband went to the capital in 1911. She is counted among the era’s most popular hostesses in the national capital. Her daughter made a Washington debut about two seasons ago.
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Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Congressional
Washington
National
Tramp Recounts Laundry Business Failure in Chicago Record
A tramp narrates leaving a hand laundry business after his partner left. The tale appears in the Chicago Record with a terse quip about the failure and the partner returning to her family.
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Chicago
Gerald
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A. R. Nelson House Furnishing Co
Main Street
North Side Briefs
Elmer Bollrud
West Salem Field
North Siders
Museum of Dail
Newport Beach
Cal
D. L
Charles Nod
John
John Kelley
Philadelphia
Amelia Douglas
Sher
Alfred Cartledge
New York
Bronx Zoo
London
Webster, Mass
Dominick Bencik
Hancock
Mass
Gettysburg
Washington, D. C
Treasury
Carl Nolan
John Barron
Onalaska, Wis
Lawrence Shove
B.G. Shove
Ruth Johnson
F. H. Aiken
T. G. Aiken
D. Goyette
Qualaska
C. A. Veeder
Mauston
E. E. Harris
Dave Stickler
W. E. Raymond
Gara Stifter
Edwin Osgard
Minneapolis
Onala
Myrtle Brice
Sharon
Florence Filem Noyes
Rodin
Diana
Daphne
Margaret Tuttle
New York City
Winefred Lawrence
Cleveland
Frances Ryan
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