Shot for burglar while entering wrong hall in this flat
Chicago July 26 A flat building mix up ends with Joseph Wolfstein wounded by mistaken resident E D Norton. Norton, a board of trade man, fires when Wolfstein turns the key, believing a burglary in progress. Wolfstein survives with a deep flesh wound. Norton not arrested. Presidential era wartime era.
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Joseph Wolfstein
Fifty, Fifth Place
E. D. Norton
Fifty-fifth Place
Board of Trade
Wolfstein
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Mr. Wolfstein
Fiftyfith Place
Train Engineer Halts Car to Save Ingram Party
Chl Madison Wis July 26 It was only through the prompt action of Engineer Wood of the North western passenger train No 4 that O H Ingram a leading western figure and a party of friends escaped death at a crossing west of the city as the auto sped toward the depot to catch the train Mrs Ingram Mrs Coffin wife of the presidents of the National Bank of Fay Claire Miss Ruth Hayes and Mrs Frizzell wife of Rev Dr Frizel of Sioux City rode with him The engineer signaled emergency brakes and slowed just in time to let the automobile pass safely The season reports bumper crops with frost unlikely to threaten and fruit yields strong in Clay county including strawberries raspberries currants apples and plums with trees heavily laden and propped to prevent limb breakage.
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Engineer Wood
Northwestern
O. H. Ingram
Ingram
Wood
Coffin
National Bank
Fay Claire
Ruth Hayes
Frizzell
Frizel
Sioux City
Clay County
Clay County Harvest Bumper Crops Expected This Year
July 25 Vermillion South Dakota report: Clay county farmers anticipate a record harvest with winter wheat yielding twenty to twenty five bushels per acre and high quality. Spring wheat light this year but improving. oats look strong with sixty to sixty five bushels per acre possible. No black rust. red rust rare. Corn growth slower due to cool June and early July weather.
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Clay County
49 Hour Fight With Death on Lake Michigan Sails Lost
L R Chandler and Arthur McLean and two companions drifted forty five hours on Lake Michigan after squalls tore sails and rudder from their yacht the Wasp. They bailed with hats until a steamer towed them into South Chicago. The companion yacht Question and three Indiana Harbor men were driven ashore near Michigan City and cared for by campers.
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L. R. Chandler
West
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Arthur McLean
McLean
Roosevelt
Lake Michigan
Indiana Harbor
Michigan City
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Ames Poultry and Produce Prices
Old Chickens eight for 6 cents spring chickens one hundred twenty four for 15 cents turkeys twelve for 14 cents ducks nine to ten cents geese eighty for 9 cents pigeons a dozen butter and eggs prices listed dairy products eggs and fruit including lemons 4.75 and 5.50 per unit bananas per bunch 1.75 to 3.00 oranges medina sweets and seedings 3 and 5 California peaches box 1.10 to 1.25 plums crate 1.75 to 2. Texas Alberta peaches 0.65 blueberries 1.60 muskmellons basket 0.96 wheat 0.72 0.74 barley per bushel 0.35 to 0.08 corn 0.42 to 0.45 rye 0.45 to 0.50.
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Local Market Prices Cascade For Fresh Produce And Meats
Fresh eggs 18c. butter 15 26c. creamery 23c. Oranges 66c per dozen. lemons 30c per dozen. pineapples 15 26c each. grapes and berries listed with small per unit or per quart prices. Fish prices include pickerel 5c, pike 8c, trout 10c, salmon 15c. Hogs over 200 pounds 6.00. under 200 pounds 2.50. Vegetables such as head lettuce 8c, celery 0 5c, cabbage 10c per head, potatoes priced by peck and bushel, carrots two bunches 5c, beets two bunches 5c, cucumbers 7c, tomatoes 7 10c, wax and green beans 7 10c. Market note includes hay and other staples with ton and per unit pricing.
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Rockford
Notice to Lot Owners on City Sewer Improvements
Offsal Publication. Notice to owners and occupants of parcels abutting listed streets. Plans and estimates for multiple 12 to 18 inch circular pipe sewers are on file at the city hall for six days for inspection during specified hours. Streets include Pine Logan George Avon Caledonia Ninth Fourth King Sixth Tenth and Denton Seventh.
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State Street
la Crosse Street
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Seventeenth Street
Notice to Contractors La Crosse 1906 Fuel Bids
The City of La Crosse Public Works invites sealed bids for coal fuel for the pumping station city hall and fire stations for June 1906 to June 1907. Bids list prices per ton for six coal types and require a thirty percent bond or fifty percent deposit option with details on bonds and sureties. Proposals due August 4 at 2 pm with inspection and weighing at the pumping station.
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Board of Public Works
City of la Crosse
City Hall
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Cardiff Wilmington
Pocahontas
Illinois
Hiawatha
Real Estae
County of la Crosse
Public Works Board Bid Notice July 1906
The Board of Public Works reserves the right to reject any bids. If the contractor fails to complete the contract on the stated day, a penal sum of 25 dollars per day applies until completion. Dated July 25 1906. Commissioners H J Beckwith Arthur J Roberge George Falk Audited July 25 1906.
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H. J. Beckwith
A. J. Roberge
George Falk
Commissioners of Public Works
C. H. Connor
City of
la Crosse
Arthur J. Roberge
The
Board of Public Works
Railroad Time Tables
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