Wisconsin Second Regiment Dominates in Range Event
At Camp Douglas Wisconsin July 24 the Second regiment outscored the First and Tenth battalions across all three battalions with a top total of 1 176. Major Turner’s Third regiment battalion remains the high scorer at 16 661 while six men from Troop A earned expert pistol ratings. The gunners were edged by the troop in pistol competition.
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Camp Douglas Range
Wis
Turner
Aerle
Troop A
Hartridge
Nagler
Zinke
Krack
Treadwell
Bishop
Woman Fined for Exceeding Speed Limit in Wisconsin
Wausau Wisconsin July 24 Mrs T H Jacob of Kenosha became the second woman in the state and first in Marathon county to be arrested for speeding a car. She paid the fine and costs after Judge Marchetti set the minimum allowed. She was previously fined $25 last year on a Whitefish Bay road pursuit.
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Wausau
Wis
Wisconsin
Marathon County
T. H. Jacob
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Whitefish Bay
Marchetti
Wisconsin in Brief State News Highlights Multiple Local Items
Janesville reports a escape during an escort to court as August Elser fled a fire escape after a complaint by a young woman. Oshkosh notes a touring car recovered from the river and a salonkeeper sent to a Milwaukee sanitarium. Beloit and Janesville Knights of Columbus hold a picnic and athletic event while Beloit credit growth shows a 256000 rise. Marinette wires word of the Chicago couple Charles Rollins and Cornine Lohner wedding with Rollins a wealthy landowner and Lohner a nurse.
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Janesville
J. L. Fisher
August Elser
Oehkosh
R. H. Hackett
Oshkosh
Andrew Dillon
Milwaukee
Portage
Washburn
John Lambert
Chicago
Great Lakes
Wausau
W. L. Lucas
Louisiana
Texas
California
Beloit
Knights of Columbus
Board of Reviews
Banderob
Marinette
Charles Rollins
Corinne Lohner
Rollins
Lockjaw follows kick in Eau Claire incident
In Eau Claire, Wisconsin a four year old boy named Elmer Howe was kicked on the head by a horse. He developed lockjaw and is seriously ill at home. The injury occurred after the hoof struck his forehead causing a small wound that initially seemed minor. A physician was later summoned as his condition worsened.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Elmer Howes
Elmer
Jealous Rage Ends in Multiple Wounds at Wisconsin Home
Daniel Lynch, enraged over a romance, fatally shot Richard Nommenson and seriously wounded Miss Anna Sorenson, then attempted suicide. He stabbed his throat with a razor before fleeing. Nommenson died in Nekauosa while Sorenson, though seriously injured, is believed to survive. The sheriff halted a crowd intent on lynching him.
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Port Edwards
Wis
Daniel Lynch
Richard Nommenson
Anna Sorenson
Nommenson
Miss Sorenson
Lynch
Sorenson
Nekovusa
Noammenson
Nekoosa
Across the Lake via Crosby Line to Michigan and East
The Grand Trunk Railway advertises a delightful daylight route from Chicago to Montreal Niagara Falls and beyond via steamers via Crosby Line and double track to Detroit Michigan New England New York and Philadelphia. A new fast train with buffet parlor car connects with a boat at Grand Haven for a scenic daylight ride across Michigan. For excursion fares literature and timetables contact Geo W Vaux A G P T A Grand Trunk Ry 135 Adams St Chicago.
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Crosby
Grand Trunk Railway System
Chicago
Montreal
Niagara Falls
Michigan
Canada
New England
New York
Philadelphia
Grand Haven
Geo. W
Workman Saved From Living Death In Wisconsin Cave-In
John Anderson a sewer pipe layer was buried for three hours and twenty minutes in a Merril Wisconsin trench. Heavy timbers shielded him as fellow workers cleared debris for about three and a half hours to rescue him with no injuries reported. Soon after the rescue the trench collapsed again burying the rescuers momentarily.
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Merrill
Wis
John Anderson
Anderson
Beaten ghost scare backfires as suitor escapes warrant
John Shelmerdine of Manyunk dressed as a ghost to frighten Allan Malcolm of Tiogo who left his home unafraid. Shelmerdine sought a warrant for assault and battery but Magistrate Greliss dismissed the complaint, praising the would be son in law.
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Philadelphia
John Shelmerdine
Malcolm
Allan
Shelmerdine
Greliss
Marriage Mixes His Relationship in Kalamazoo
In Kalamazoo Michigan on July 24 Benjamin Pearce married Myrtle Robinson Force De Forest Ainsworth and thus became father in law to his sister and uncle and grandfather to his wife’s child. The piece traces how the tangled unions connect Pearce to his sister’s child and grandchild.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Benjamin Peace
Myrtle Robinson-Force-De Forest-Ainsworth
Pearce
David Force
Gladys Pearce
Benjamin Pearce
SINGERS COME BY BOAT AND RIVER TRADE UPDATE
The steamers E. Rutledge and the Clyde went down river yesterday while the Silver Crescent with the Davenport and Rock Island singers came up. A specialist in one kind of good ness ought to know something about some other kinds.
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E. Rutledge
Silver Crescent
Davenport
Rock Island
Fire damages 25 dollars in closet at J Winne home
Firefighters were called to 313 North Thirteenth Street yesterday afternoon to a closet fire causing 25 dollars in damage. The alarm originated in a barn next to the No. 3 engine house where a hay mow fire caused 50 dollars of damage.
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J. Winne
North Thirteenth Street
Everson
Arrange games for the singers at late afternoon hours
Baseball management schedules Friday and Saturday games at 4 o clock and Sunday at 3 o clock to accommodate visiting singers. A quip about a wife obeying her husband contrasts with the saying on cherishing her.
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Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek, Mich
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Workman
Ast
Steins
Delft
Pol
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Mennen
LA Crosse
Procee
MEN
S & Boys
Fourth Street
Merry Widow
Sweet Home
Diamond
Hanan & Son's
Stetson Shoe Co
Crossett Shoe Co
Crossett
Just Wright
Bolton Shoe Co
Val Duttenhoeffer Co
T. D. Barry
Irving Drew Co
Queen
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