Whispering Pine Shrouds 1852 Murder in Mormon Coulee
A century ago in La Crosse area history a brutal 1851 murder by William Watts of David Durst triggers retelling in Oak Grove cemetery. Watts fled, was recaptured multiple times, jailed, escaped, and finally sentenced to life at Waupun, with later contested pardons and detachments.
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Oak Grove
David Durst
Meggs County
Ohio
William Watts
la Crosse
Mormon Coulee
Illinois
Galena
William
Watts
Darst
Coulee
Pearl] Street
Sull
Havens
Wis
Waupun
Camp McCoy
426Th Infantry
Frank Melvin Kushel
Weston
Frank Bilee
Winnebago
Thomas Shaw
South 21St
Jim Brueggeman
James Hanson
Ward
Bill Lance
South Drive
Sgt
S. John Garihee
South 10Th
Tribune
Oak Grove Cemetery
Business Men's Club Plans Wednesday Picnic at Rhodes Park
The La Crosse Business Men's Club sponsors a Wednesday picnic at Rhodes Park Barre Mills replacing the first regular meeting. Palmer Hanson general chairman urges members to bring friends for a noon luncheon and activities start about 1 a m. Next meeting August 17 at Knights of Pythias hall. Frank Chopieska vice chairman assists. committee chairs Roy Wittenberg Ray Osweiler and L H Seemann handle refreshments food transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Business Men’s Club
Palmer Hanson
Hanson
Rhodes Park
Barre Mills
Knights of Pythias Hall
Frank Chopieska
Roy Wittenberg
Ray Osweiler
New Co Op Village Established Near Hadera Israel
Thirty families of Jewish immigrants from Egypt have founded a new cooperative village near Hadera in north central Israel.txt
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Nathanya
Israel
Egypt
Hadera
UW enrollment outlook shows 2250 freshmen for fall
Madison Wisconsin special report says University of Wisconsin expects about 2250 beginning freshmen this fall matching 1949. Men applicants declining with fewer veteran men while course choices vary by department. By July 18, 512 cards returned versus 556 last year and permits issued total 1205 compared with 1170 in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Kenneth Little
Little
UW Professor Becomes USAF Seminar Speaker
Prof. Howard Becker of the University of Wisconsin sociology department is drafted to advise the U S air arm. He will fly to Maxwell air force base in Alabama for seminars and conferences the first week of September. Becker discusses the role of understanding language culture and values in psychological warfare and recalls his World War II work with morale operations and black radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
U. S. Air Arm
Howard Becker
University of Wisconsin Department of Sociology
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ala
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Whispering Pine
Pardon
Army
Gerald Hempfner
East Avenue
Richard Mosely
State
L. R. Schmidt
Clayton Lambert
Bernard Bachman
Walter Bantley
Thomas Boyle
Joseph Bagneski
James Kohlway
James Scott
Peths
Dial
Schultz & Nelson
South Fourth St
Business Men’s Club
L. H. Seemann
New Co-Op
James McHugh
AYASS
Ohnson
Onanpe Slasom
Paul
Riviera Theatre
North Side
USAF
Groves & Stein
Your Cleaners
South Third Street
Steves
Drew
International Harvester
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