Famous Colored Dancer Drowns in Winona Pool
Maxie McCree, 23, of the famous Maxie and George dancing team, drowned at Winona bathing beach on Latsch Island after a dive. No water was found in his lungs, fueling a theory of heart failure. McCree, from Chicago, left a wife and child. his cousin and teammates recalled prior heart trouble. Lifeguards and firemen recovered the body. physicians ruled probable heart failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxie BieCree
Maxie and
George
la Crosse
George White
Mississippi
Winona
Latsch Island
Clembers
McCree
George Brown
Chicago
Gerhardt McGill
MccCree
Arthur Rice
Des Moines Nominee Wins U.S. Senate Bid
In Des Moines Smith W Brookhart wins the Republican nomination for U S Senate. Marquette cases tied to grand jury probes of prison affairs are mostly dismissed for lack of evidence. New York sees Harding and Taft accepting roles in the American Olympic association. Poland’s Pilsudski cabinet resignations noted. Seattle reports Judge Ballinger’s death after two day illness. A destroyer mine layer’s speed listed at 41.5 mph.
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Des Moines
Smith W. Brookhart
U. & Senator
Marquette Midh
Marquette Branch
New York
Harding
Taft
American Olympic Association
Waersaw
Pilsudsii
Panikowski
Seattle
Waeh
R. A Ballinger
Interior
Confessed Theft of Wine From Summer Homes
Chief Riebau of Winona announced that William Harris and Edward Tracey confessed complicity in a theft of elderberry wine from Trempealeau Bay summer houses near La Crosse. Harris, 23, of Centerville, and Tracey, 22, of Winona, were arrested after officers Winkels and Bronk received descriptions from Reimard. The search continues for two other members of the booze raid.
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R. C. Riebau
Winona
William Harris
Centerville
wWrs
Edward Tracey
Peter Renard
la Crosse
Trempealeau Bay
Winkels
Bronk
Reimard
Confessed moonshine theft linked to Trempealeau bay party
Har re and Tracey led to Whitehall after confession to Chief Rideau. They claimed an unnamed fourth member and a third man’s identity held by police. They stated owner of the autos met them in Winona Tuesday night and they went to Trempealeau bay to demand £380 and obtain wine. They hid wine in a hay shed east of Marshland then in Winona and under the Northwestern bridge before dumping it in the river. they said they gave moonshine to Bernard and believed no cape was held up with a gun.
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Ing
Harre
Tracey
Whitehall
Ed Erickson
Rideau
Winona
Trempealeau Bay
Ribeau
Reigard
Rernard
Cape
Shopper and floorwalker clash over latest skirts
A fragment shows a shopper asking for the latest skirts while a floorwalker retorts with a glare at a peroxide blonde powdering her nose behind the ribbon counter. The scene hints at a tense shopping-floor moment in a vintage setting.
Little Things That Count in Life and Happiness
Fragmentary American Legion Weekly excerpt reflects on the value of small things in achieving happiness and the art of contentment. The text references humankind’s pursuit of meaningful moments and the idea that even tiny actions contribute to a fuller life.
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Wingna Pool
Maxie McCree
Trempealeau
Ristow Motor CO
South Front
U. S
Lemon Crush
North Side Bottling Works
Rose St
Winnipeg
London
Northwestern Yeast Company
Chicago, Il
Krombles
American Legion Weekly
Johnson
Alent
Jean
Kresge
S.s.kresge Company
Main
Lacrosse Stone CO
Hinds
van Raalte
Paris
Lux
Lever Bros. Co
Cambridge
Mass
Others Co
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