Gardner's Big Raft on the River Tow Weighs Heavy Lumber Load
Captain Short of Stillwater reports the Lizzie Gardner towed 7 500 feet of sawed lumber 3 000 000 lath and 1 000 000 shin gies to various river points. A prior tow carried 99 600 000 feet of lumber making it the largest descent yet. Improvements to the river channel may enable even larger tows and boost freight liners and coal prices along the river.
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Lizzie Gardner
Short
Stillwater
Gulf
Marriages May Be Made in Heaven Yet Costs Behind
A light editorial riff suggests weddings bring joy but also troubles and stress. The piece uses humor to reflect on domestic agreements and the consequences that can follow.
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Heaven
Wisconsin National Guard praised for soldierly methods
General Charles S. King's report on his fall inspection commends Company G of the First Battalion Company F of the Second and Companies D L and M of the Third for their soldierly drill. The report notes other units relied on guides and file closers which hindered accuracy. Copies of the preliminary adjutant general summary have been sent to local officers.
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Charles S. King
Wisconsin National Guard
Adjutant General
Dead man identified after railroad fatal near Dover
The man killed by a train between Dover and St. Charles Minnesota is Emil J Strage aged 23 who lived with his brother just north of Eyota Minnesota.
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Dover
Emil J. Strage
St. Charles
Minn
Winona
Eyota
Grand Army Delegates Attend Oshkosh Session
Local Grand Army posts attend the Wisconsin state convention in Oshkosh to bid for the next encampment. La Crosse delegates include John McCann J Gleason and Mrs W E Reese plus other G A R members. Past bids favored other cities but La Crosse hopes to host in 1908.
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Grand Army
Oshkosh
la Crosse
John McCann
J. Gleason
W. E. Reese
Women's Relief Corps
Trempealeau News Highlights Local Trips and Ball Game
A. A. Holmes joined E. N. Goodhue on a several days trout expedition to Winona while County Judge Robert Cowie visited Trempealeau. Local residents made trips to Centerville and winona. A notable ball game at the local park saw Trempealeau defeat Onalaska 4 to 3 after nine innings.
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A. A. Holmes
Winona
E. N. Goodhue
Robert Cowie
W. A. Bright
Centerville
B. F. Robinson
E. C. Nettleton
W. E. Sparling
William Huttenhow
Myrtle Hannam
Whitehall
L. A
Vera Bright
Onalaska
Trempealeau
Cornerstone Laid for Fourth St Paul Cathedral
Archbishops Ireland and Immense clergy led a public cornerstone ceremony for the fourth cathedral of St. Paul in Minnesota. The event drew 230000 lay spectators and 200 priests as Catholic population growth from 5000 in 1851 to 500000 in 1907 was highlighted.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Ireland
Keane
Dubuque
Glennon
St. Louis
Christie
Oregon City
Winona
St. Cloud
Duluth
Sioux Falls
Lead
S. D
Fargo
N. D
Diocese
Minnesota
Dakotas
Summit Avenue
St. Anthony Hill
Rockville
McGarrick
Cuch
Two Presidents to Be Elected by Minnesota Lutherans Convention
The Minnesota district of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Synod of America opens its twentieth annual convention in Benson on Friday. Delegates will elect a president a vice president a secretary and a treasurer to succeed two recent district presidents who died in 1906 and 1907. Incumbent Vangsness and Nordby are strong candidates but deliberations may redefine district president duties.
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Benson
Minn
Minnesota
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Synod of America
Benson, Minn
T. A. Torgerson
Iowa
A. K. Sagen
Vangsness
Story City
Minneapolis
Nordby
Lee, Ill
Foresters to Convene Biennial State Meeting in Faribault
The Catholic Order of Foresters holds its eighth biennial state convention in Faribault from June 11 to 13 with over 250 delegates expected and more than a thousand visitors on gala day June 12. Local court members plan elaborate entertainment as bands from Faribault New Ulm Austin and Owatonna provide music.
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Faribault
Minn
Catholic Order of Foresters
New Ulm
Austin
Owatonna
Pillsbury Academy Commencement Week Program Announced
Hundreds of alumni and friends from Minneapolis St Paul and other cities plan to attend the Pillsbury academy commencement week events. The alumni reunion is expected to be the largest in the school's history.
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Owatonna
Minn
Pillsbury Academy
Minneapolis
St. Paul
General Kuroki Likely to Pass Through City Next Wednesday
Baron General Kuroki will probably pass through the city again next Wednesday en route to St. Paul and then toward the coast. He left Chicago Sunday night for Rock Island to visit the arsenal, will stop a day, arrive Fort Leavenworth Tuesday for a day, and reach St. Paul Wednesday night on a Burlington special.
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Kuroki
Burlington
St. Paul
Seattle
Chicago
Rock Island
Arsenal
Fort Leavenworth
Rich man Kastholm dies in Kenosha shock
Christian J. Kastholm, said to be among Pueblo Colo.s wealthiest, died suddenly at his niece’s Kenosha Wisconsin home last night. His fortune goes to Danish relatives with many small bequests nationwide in the United States.
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Kenosha
Wis
Christian J. Kastholm
Pueblo
Col
Denmark
Staes
Memorial Day Observed by Modern Woodmen in Brillion
In Brillion Wisconsin on Memorial Day about 300 Modern Woodmen and friends marched to the cemetery led by a band. Dale Andrews delivered the cemetery address and J M Gooding of Fond du Lac spoke at the opera house to the gathered crowd.
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Brillion
Wis
Dale Andrews
J. M. Gooding
Fond du Lac
Opera House
Measles Epidemic Closes Schools in Sheboygan County
Sheboygan County faces a sweeping measles epidemic with scarce families having children untouched. Several deaths from pneumonia bronchitis or croup linked to measles have occurred as Catholic Lutheran and some public schools close temporarily.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Sheboygan County
Seek Heirs for Estate Carroll In
Inquiries are being made for heirs to the estate of Edward Lynch a farmer who died in the hospital here after a lingering illness He was 60 years old and had lived here for twenty years He stated before he died that he had a brother and sister but did not know where they were His estate is valued at 20000 dollars.
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Carroll, In
Edward Lynch
Wisconsin asylum superintendents meet in Racine
Wisconsin superintendents and trustees of county insane asylums will gather at the Hotel Racine from June 4 to 6 for a convention. At least forty delegates are expected to discuss operation and patient care with a day set for touring Racine County asylum praised as a leading institution in the country.
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Racine
Wis
Wisconsin
Hotel Racine
Racine County Asylum
United States
Frost is Named Postmaster at Stevens Point
Daniel E. Frost is appointed postmaster to succeed the late Henry Currin in Stevens Point Wisconsin. Frost a prominent business man and former Republican convention candidate for Congress three years ago.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Daniel E. Frost
Henry Currin
Frost
Farm Hand Kicked by Horse in Racine Fatal Injuries
Barney Galligan a Milwaukee County man employed on a northern Racine farm was kicked Friday night. He suffered a broken jaw three broken ribs and serious internal injuries with fatal outcome feared.
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Racine, Wis
Barney Galligan
Milwaukee County
Remarkable Rescue In Fedora Tenn By New Discovery
C V Pepper of Fedora Tennessee recounts a dramatic recovery from lung and throat hemorrhages after starting Dr King’s New Discovery. He saw immediate relief as coughing stopped and bleeding diminished, and within three weeks he returned to work. Available at I T Erhart's drug store for 50c and 1.00.
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Fedora
Tenn
C. V. Pepper
I. T. Erhart
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