Osborne Estate Worth 240000 Shares Divided Among Heirs
The estate of the late Mrs. Julia Osborne, valued around 250000, is largely stock in the C. L. Colman Lumber Co. and the Osborne-McMillan Elevator Co. The will leaves land and household property to husband Willis L. Osborne, while 1249 shares of Colman Lumber stock are split into four equal parts for Mrs. Laura Osborne Austin, Mrs. Edna L. Osborne, Willis Osborne, and Rockwell C. Osborne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Osborne
Willis L. Osborne
C. L. Colman Lumber Company
Osborne-McMillan Elevator Company
Minneapolis
Laura Osborne Austin
Washington, D. C
Edna L. Osborne
la Crosse
Willis Osborne
Rockwell C. Osborne
Invited to Ride He Loses Toe in Accidental Ride
Peter J. McCauley city tax assessor of 212 Caledonia Street was injured near the Northwestern depot when a North Side Bottling wagon driver invited him to ride home. He fell as the horses jerked and a wheel passed over his foot, necessitating amputation of the big toe. He is resting easier at home after treatment at St Francis Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. McCauley
Caledonia Street
Mr. McCauley
North Side
Northwestern Depot
Te North Side Bottling Works
McCauley
St. Franci Hospital
Egan
Railroad Committee Backs City Railway Line Change
At a Wednesday night meeting the railroad and ordinance committee approved the city railway company plan to lay tracks from Main to Market on Twenty third street and to tear up Market street from Sixteenth street east. No opposition was raised to removing Market street tracks and the report goes to the council tonight. Only routine business is planned for the council meeting tomorrow evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad and Ordinance Committee
City Railway Company
Main Street
Market Street
Twenty-third Street
Sixteenth Street
Twenty Die in Rhein Bridge Collapse in Cologne
A new Rhine bridge in Cologne collapses during construction as scaffolding supporting a crane fails. Twenty workers are killed and several others injured in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Rhein
Child Dies In Willow River House Fire
Willow River Minnesota July 19 Nineteen hundred period Peter Weise residence east of town occupied by George Rhomberg burned completely. Rhomberg family found flames too late to save their four year old son who perished in the blaze. No insurance carried and no other deaths reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willow River
Minn
Peter Weise
Reidence
Here
George Rhomberg
Wisconsin Treasury Agent Targets Carnival Shows License Fees
Special agent Leonard L. Kleeber pressured carnival acts in La Crosse to obtain state licenses. Warrants issued for William Brandon James Murphy A Bean and Bobby Braun but all except Brandon paid the $20 fee and the case was dismissed. Brandon was found not to owe the license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard L. Kleeber
Treasury Department of
Wisconsin
la Crosse
William Brandon
James Murphy
A. Bean
Bobby” Braun
Brandon
Murphy
Bean
Braun
Negotiations Stall Over Gans and Nelson Fight Deal
Still holding off on fight teams San Francisco July 10. Tex Rickard negotiates with Benny Selig over Gans share of 10 000 dollars if Nelson gets 25 000. Nelson eager for the payday and Rickard seeks heavyweights for Labor Day either here or in Nevada to maximize gate money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Tex” Rickard
Battling Nelson
Joe Gans
Ely
Nev
Benny Selig
Gans
Selig
Nelson
Richard
Tommy Burns
Jacl Johnson
Labor Day
Nevada
Rickard
John D Rockefeller Turns 69 In Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller celebrated his 69th birthday in Cleveland Ohio with a light schedule. He rose early for business, followed by a countryside ride, a nap, and a relaxed stroll on the grounds. The Rockefellers hosted a small dinner with relatives and he expressed good health and optimism for future birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, CO
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Man of 88 Hurls Ax at Wife of 87 in Duluth
In Duluth Minnesota on July 19 John Norska an eighty eight year old man attacked his eighty seven year old wife with an ax. A warrant was issued and served. He was hospitalized rather than jailed due to mental breakdown. The couple had been married seventy years and live on First Avenue West at Twelfth Street. Their children are grown and whereabouts unknown.
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Duluth
Minn
John Norska
First Avenue West
Twelfth Street
Spotter driven from Blanchard by angry crowd
A North Dakota Liquor Law Enforcement agent faced a hostile reception in Blanchard Hillsboro July 10 as locals learned his task to gather evidence against liquor dealers. A mob form of about fifty gathered before the Weston hotel, prompting the sheriff to place the agent in a cell for safety amid recent Trail County arrests of blind piggers.
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Hillsboro
N. D
North Dakota Liquor Law Enforcement League
Blanchard
Weston Hotel
Trail County
Strongheart wed to Miss Porter in Brookline ceremony
Actor Robert Edeson and Miss George Eliot Porter daughter of Linn Boyd Porter were married at the bride’s Brookline home. The Rev O P Gifford performed the ceremony. The couple will reside at Isag Harbor Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Robert Edeson
George Eliot Porter
Linn Boyd Porter
Charles Mackay
Brookline
O. P. Gifford
Isag Harbor
L. L
End of world fears shake McIntosh area as resident dies
Crookston Minnesota July 10 a farmer near McIntosh Guttom Grandeson claims the world will end and after a frenzied public display he jumped from a staircase to his death and was later taken to Fergus Falls insane asylum. City council approves use of experts to assist the engineer over a dam leak and potential flood damage to milling works and river communities. A racing party from Elroy Wisconsin endured long travel resurfacing plans for Hamline track races.
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Crookston
Minn
Guttom Grandeson
McIntosh
Tors
Grandeson
Fergus Falls
Hamline
Wisconsin
Elroy
Brick Deliveries Halted In Stillwater Street Paving Plan
Burlington Iowa shipped vitrified brick for Stillwater Minnesota streets failed to meet specifications. City engineer Myron Shepard ordered the contractor to stop deliveries and remove the bricks from the paving project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Minn
Burlington
Iowa
Myron Shepard
Bridge at Cannon River Threatened by Floods
In Faribault Minnesota a bridge over the Cannon River at the Sheffield King milling plant is endangered as water from Cannon Lake rises daily. Logs and rocks have been hauled and dumped to shore up the structure amid swelling flood conditions.
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Faribault, Minn
Cannon River
Sheffield- King
Cannon Lake
Oldfield Arrives in Winona For Twin Cities Auto Races
Barney Oldfield and his party traveled by two large automobiles from Cleveland to the Twin Cities for upcoming auto races. Their convoy included cars rated at 90 and 60 horsepower as they moved through Winona, Minnesota.
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Winona
Minn
Barney Oldfield
Cleveland
Twin Cities
Body Found on River Bank near Northwestern Yards
The body of an unknown man was found on the river bank at the Northwestern yards in Beloit Wisconsin. He was a consumptive and evidently died a natural death.
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Beloit
Wis
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Osborne
Bulk
Knabe
Fred Leithold
Kleeber
Treasury Agent
Bobby Braun
Rockefeller
Charles
Yale
Pinaud
Doerflinger’s
4Th and Main
Hanan
Hanan and
Stetson
Chicago
Cohn, Bloch & Co
Kohn Bros
Sever Ca
Jardiniers
Lisle
Batistes
Swift
Pride
Brand
Booth
Batavia
SODA
Arm & Hammer Brand
Kellogg’s Corn
Meyer
Lipton's
Ceylon
India
Calaja
Oldfield
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