Wisconsin counties compete to build tuberculosis sanatoriums
Douglas county leads effort to be first in Wisconsin with Fond du Lac backing the project. The assembly advanced a bill allowing counties to build and receive state aid. Douglas plans a $5 000 building with $2 090 for first year maintenance while Fond du Lac and other counties move to act as legislation proceeds.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Douglas County
Wisconsin
Fond du Lac
Outagamie
Racine
Kenosha
la Crosse
Eau Claire
Marathon
Octogenarian coed to enter University of Wisconsin
Amy D. Winship of Racine at eighty will enroll at the University of Wisconsin next fall as the oldest co ed in the United States. A former friend of Abraham Lincoln, she has studied since 1906 and now completes her second year at Ohio State University while residing in Racine.
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Madison
Wis
Amy D. Winship
Racine
Uni
Railroads Must Pay For Damage By Fire
Madison Wisconsin June 6 Fires set by locomotives will render railways liable for damages to property caused directly or indirectly by engines or by burning grass on railroad rights of way. Governor McGovern signed the bill authored by Assemblyman Nye, requiring each railroad to pay damages and to hold insurable interest along its routes.
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Madison
Wis
McGovern
Assemblyman Nye
State to bring Moisant aviators to fair flights
Madison officials report the state board of agriculture is arranging with the Moisant Aviation company of France to provide exhibition aeroplane flights at the Wisconsin state fair from September 12 to 16.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Agriculture
Moisant Aviation Company of
France
R. D. Whitehead In Critical Condition In Milwaukee
R D Whitehead long time Badger State Humane Society superintendent, aged 79, is in critical condition at his home 495 Milwaukee Street after five months illness and a January sciatic rheumatism attack. Doctors entertain little hope of his living through the day.
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Milwaukee
Wis
R. D. Whitehead
Badger State Humane Society
Milwaukee Street
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure For All Stages
The advertorial claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease taken internally acts on blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for a failure to cure and urge sending for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists 75 cents. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Harvard student saves classmate in Boston harbor incident
Reginald H. Weller son of ABish Coadjutor Weller and Harvard student rescued a drowning classmate during a harbor outing near Paddock's island. The boat lurched, the man fell into the river, and Weller dived in to hold him until both were brought to safety.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Reginald H. Weller
Abishop
Weller
Harvard
Boston Harbor
Paddock’s Island
Minneapolis Traffic Association Attacks Freight Rates
The Minneapolis Traffic Association filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission accusing freight rates from Minneapolis to South Dakota of being exorbitant and discriminatory. The action was announced in Washington, D. C., on June 6.
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Washington, D. C
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minneapolis Traffic Association
Sister Sacrifices Life To Save Brother In River
Mrs. Margaret Bugalecki, 22, died after saving her brother Leo Sikorski, 9, who nearly drowned while bathing in the Wisconsin River near Wausau on Monday.
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Wausau
Wis
Margaret Bugalecki
Leo Sikorski
Wisconsin River
Two Years for Assault in Wisconsin Case
John Curtin, a transient with a Philadelphia home, was sentenced to two years at Waupun for attempting to assault a five year old girl. He testified he was drunk, and Judge Brindley imposed the maximum penalty.
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John Curtin
Philadelphia
Waupun
Curtin
Brindley
Belasco’s Daughter Dies in Colorado Springs
Mrs. William Elliott, daughter of famed New York theatrical manager David Belasco, died in Colorado Springs today with her husband and both parents at her side. She had come here from Asheville, North Carolina a month ago and had been ill since before her marriage a year ago.
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Belasco
Colorado Springs
Colo
William Elliott
David Belasco
New York
Governors to Open Boundary Bridge at Taylor Falls
Park Commissioner Hazzard reports Governors McGovern of Wisconsin and Ebberhart of Minnesota will attend the June 23 opening ceremony at Taylors and St Croix Falls. The new steel and concrete bridge features a crushed trap rock roadbed praised for durability and low dust.
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Taylor Falls
Minn
George H. Hazzard
Francis E. McGovern
Wisconsin
Adolph O. Eberhart
Minnesota
Taylors and
St. Croix Falls
Taylor and St. Crox Falls
United States
Famous Architect Arrives in Winona to Consult on Projects
Chevalier Aristides Leonori of Rome arrived in Winona to discuss boys college and seminary buildings with Bishop Heffron. The boys college could cost about $200,000, with the full project near $600,000. Leonori reviewed plans and said the structures would rank among the region’s finest architecturally.
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Winona
Minn
Chevalier Aristides Leonori
Rome
Italy
Patrick R. Heffron
Young Ladies’ Seminary
Leonori
McCleary Writing Tariff Book in New York
Mcleary James T who long served the second district in Congress and now secretary of the iron and steel institute in New York is writing a book on the tariff from his Blue Earth Minnesota desk.
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Blue Earth
Minn
James T. McCleary
Congress
Iron and Steel Institute
New York
St Paul Hosts Harvard Clubs Meeting At Local Hotel
The general committee for the Associated Harvard clubs meets in The Saint Paul hotel Windsor room to finalize plans for the Friday and Saturday gathering. A toastmaster will be chosen and convention details settled as the event marks the association’s first national status. Delegates from many countries are expected. Iowa Foresters Meet.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Harvard Clubs
Windsor Room
Saint Paul
St. Paul
Iowa Foresters
Grand Court Opens for Foresters of America District Session
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 6 the biennial grand court of the Foresters of America district of Minnesota which includes Iowa opened here yesterday for a two day session led by district officers and local delegates.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Grand Court of the Foresters of America
District of Minnesota
Taft Accepts Bids Adds Knoxville Stop to Trip
President Taft tentatively accepts Knoxville as a stop on his western trip next September after a White House visit by Representative Austin and Tennessee delegates. He will also visit the Apalachian exposition and consider Lincoln Nebraska and Washburn College invitations while declining a Pittsburgh invitation for June 7.
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Washington, D. C
Knoxville
Tenn
Taft
Austin
White House
McGuire
Lincoln
Neb
Sanders
Washburn College
Topeka
Kan
Pittsburg
Confession Not Believed in Delaney Case
Muskogee Oklahoma June 6 report that John Delaney allegedly confessed to being hired by John J McNamara to spy on non union builders and to inform where dynamite should be used The Burns detective agency and California authorities have not issued instructions The Oklahoma City detective guards Delaneys statement in a local bank and the confession is not generally credited.
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Muskogee
Okla
Burns Detective Agency
California
John Delaney
John J. McNamara
Oklahoma City
Delaney
A Good Time Costs More Than It Is Worth
A saying notes that enjoyable activities often require higher expense or effort than the perceived value they deliver, warning against chasing pleasures beyond reasonable limits.
Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show to Parade in La Crosse
The Barnum Bailey Greatest Show on Earth comes to La Crosse on Friday June 23 with the longest street parade in American circus history. Three miles long, the pageant cost $1,000,000 and features 700 horses and 1,200 animals including America’s only baby giraffe. The spectacle blends a world tour, elaborate floats, exotic costumes, and a modern marvel of wealth and design.
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Barnum& Bailey
la Crosse
America
Barnum & Bailey
France
Italy
Ireland
China
Japan
Persia
Turkey
Congress of Nations
Zoological Garden
Academy of Science
Death toll rises after Detroit storm electrocutions
Detroit, June 6. Two people Arthur Bushay 9 and Bryan Smith 79 were electrocuted today after touching live wires blown down by a severe storm. Two others were seriously burned while several street car lines were crippled by the sixty mile per hour winds and downed telegraph and trolley wires. Five people were struck by lightning.
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Detroit
Mich
tTwo
Arthur Bushay
Bryan Smith
Barnum Circus Lights Up Grounds With 6000 Lamps And 400 Artists
The Barnum circus grounds boast a power dynamo powering 6000 incandescent lamps and a strong tent show featuring 400 artists. Highlights include John Ducandery Orchestra of Horses, balloon horse, aerialists Sieg rist Silbon family, and Italian acrobats Fonelli. The canvas hotel serves 4000 meals daily to 1,286 boarders and 1100 meals at once.
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John Ducandery
Kopvot
Siegrist-Silbon
Les Deko
Bento
le Silvas
Fonelli
Victoria Codora
Circus Hotel
Canvas Hotel
Sailor Sanders Killed in Yokohama Naval Incident
James L. Sanders a 28 year old fireman aboard the U S S Saratoga was killed yesterday by John E Atkins 22 a crewman of the U S S New Orleans at the naval hospital in Yokohama Japan. Sanders was a Cincinnati native his mother living on West Avenue Atkins hailed from Chetopa Kansas.
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Washington, D. C
James L. Sanders
U. S. S. Saratoga
John E. Atkins
U. S. S. New Orleans
Naval Hospital
Yokoham
Japan
Navy Department
Saunders
Cincinnati
Ohio
West Avenue
Atkins
Chetopa
Kam
M. & M. Trip Starts From Milwaukee for Midwest Tour
Milwaukee merchants and manufacturers special train with 113 boosters departed Northwestern station at 8 a.m. yesterday. After a busy day of sightseeing the party stayed overnight in Rockford Illinois. Today they will visit Beloit Beloit ville and Madison before stopping again for the night.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Merchants and Manufacturers
Northwestern
Rockford
Iil
Beloir
Ville
Madison
Hyatt kills wife. would-be suicide fails near Cicero
In June at the home of her father A W near Cicero Hyatt shot and killed his wife and attempted suicide. He survives the self inflicted gunshot wound and is reported to recover.
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Cicero
Hyatt
A. W
Noted writer Baum Declares Bankruptcy in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles, Frank Baum, famed author of Oz and a prolific playwright, has filed for bankruptcy. The move highlights financial troubles for a noted writer once praised for light, popular works.
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Los Angeles
Cal
J Co
Frank Baum
Politics Triggers Divorce Claim in Texas Battle
J. H. Smith sues for divorce citing marital strain over his wife’s strong opposition to United State Senator Bailey while he remains a strong supporter of the Texas lawmaker. The filing highlights political rifts as the central fault line in the dissolution action filed in M’Kinney Texas.
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M’kinney
Texas
J. H. Smith
United State
Bailey
Women to Hunt Lion in Africa
Mrs Rovell Phelps Carroll and her daughter Dorothea sailed from Boston for a hunting trip in Africa to pursue a lion hunt.
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Boston
Rovell Phelps Carroll
Dorothea
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