North Side Notes From City Visit And Local Moves
City items report visitors Will Bradley from West Salem and Will Oviatt from Milton with relatives in town. Davenport shooting tournament draws Thomas Budd while Dubuque calls A M Robson of Burlington shops for leave. Rasperson stays as clean fielder praised by manager Stuesser. Mrs Hiram Sweet hosts on Avon street. Grace Gibson from Centerville visits. For Sale house and store building to be moved by Thomas & Phalon. Peter Mahlum leaves for West with matrimonial plans. Editorial visitor Gesler of Bangor Independent and Ardania guests are noted.
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Thomas & Phalon Coal Company
Will Bradley
West Salem
Will Oviatt
Milton
Wis
Thomas Budd
Mill Street
Davenport
A. M. Robson
George Street
Burlington Shops
Dubuque
Grace Gibson
Centerville
C. Howes
Winnipeg
Canada
Thomas & Phalon
Hiram Sweet
Bangor
Avon Street
Gesler
Bangor Independent
C. A. Sweet
Arcadia
Peter Mahlum
Westby
A. M. Beveridge
Lacota
N. D
A. R. Kempter
Noth Side
Ryan Turns On The Mob In Street Car Battle
Select Councilman Thomas J. Ryan faced a hostile crowd as four repeal ordinances on street railway rights were set for hearing. He urged referring legality to the city solicitor while vowing adjournment to avoid mob insult, defending his city service amid the tumult.
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Philadelphia
Vli Wesports
Committee On Finance
Weaver
Ges
Frank H. Caven
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Republican Organization
Thomas J. Ryan
Select Council
Ryan
Fes
Wisconsin Senate backs suffrage restriction after 1912
Madison June 14 The Wisconsin senate passes a bill restricting voting rights after 1912 to those with full citizenship papers. The assembly rejects a plan for an architects board and for paying Governor LaFollette’s attorneys. The Dunn pocket ballot adoption bill wins assembly concurrence.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Senate
Assembly
LaFollette
German Fortifications Planned at Kiachou Bay
Berlin reports an imperial order to fortify Kiachou bay in the German concession on the Shantung peninsula. Rear Admiral Truppel will supervise with five engineers and fortification officers. The scope is not disclosed but likely marks the start of a broader fortification program.
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Berlin
Kiachou Bay
Shantung Peninsula
Protectorate
Truppel
Fight Between Fitzsimmons and Schreck Called Off
The July 3 bout in Salt Lake City between Robert Fitzsimmons and Mike Schreck is canceled after promoters failed to post the $2,000 forfeit in Chicago. Fitzsimmons, who arrived from training at the lagoon, declared the fight off.
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Salt Lake City
Robert Fitzsimmons
Mike Schreck
Chicago
Fitzsimmons
Lagoon
Milwaukee banker Bigelow improves at Fort Leavenworth
Frank G. Bigelow former president of the First National Bank of Milwaukee shows improvement at Fort Leavenworth prison hospital where he will likely remain about a week before starting prison duties.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Frank G. Bigelow
First National Bank of Milwaukee
Pittsburg Police Captain Guilty in Bribe Case
Police Captain James Wilson of Allegheny was found guilty on bribery charges tied to illegal houses. The jury urged mercy, marking his third trial after two earlier verdicts. The Anti-Graft league led the prosecution and helped arrest 182 people in Pittsburg months earlier.
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Pittsburg
James Wilson
Allegheny
Captain Wilson
Rothschild Barclay Brother in Vienna Signal
Vienna report notes Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, brother of the head of the Austrian Rothschild firm, a figure tied to the family’s banking interests in the capital. The brief mentions his relation to the firm and his standing within the Rothschild network.
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Vienna
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild
Rothschild baron dies and Wisconsin letter carriers meet
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, aged 64, who managed Austrian loans and Balkan financing, has died. In Wisconsin LaCrosse, the state convention of the Wisconsin Letter Carriers Association urged unity against proposed rule changes. William H. Law was elected president and L. L. Mead secretary. In Portland, Senator John H. Mitchell faced trial over alleged use of office for private gain, with Judge DeHaven overruling his demurrer in the first skirmish.
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Tie
Ren
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild
The
Rothschilds
Balkan
LaCrosse
Wis
Wisconsin Letter Carriers’ Association
William H. Law
Superior
L. L. Mead
Racine
Portland
Ore
John DeHaven
United States
John H. Mitchell
DeHaven
Fairbanks Delivers Iowa Commencement Address
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks left Indianapolis for Iowa City to speak at the state university commencement ceremony. He plans to address graduates and participate in related university events.
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Indianapolis
Charles W. Fairbanks
Iowa City
The
State University
Wisconsin G A R encampments open in LaCrosse
LaCrosse Wisconsin June 14 The thirty ninth annual encampment of the Wisconsin department of the Grand Army of the Republic and the auxiliary organizations and the second annual encampment of the Wisconsin United Spanish War Veterans has begun here.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Wisconsin Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
Wisconsin United Spanish War Veterans
Well-To-Do Peoria Man Found Dead in Sugarland Ditch
Clarence Terrell once a prosperous Peoria businessman, later a tramp, was found dead in a ditch near Sugarland after leaving Houston on a freight train bound for San Antonio. Local reports place his last known movements from Houston on June 14.
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Peoria
Houston
Tex
Clarence Terrell
Ill
Sugarland
San Antonio
Trade unions purge 30000 workers in Rhine district
In Essen on June 14 the employers in the building trades of the Rhenish Westphalian district discharged thirty thousand men who were members of labor organizations within a fortnight.
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Essen
Germany
Shooting Accident After Turtle Dare In Carmi
At Carmi Illinois on June 14 Jasper Jamerson and Tom Hobbs fished together. Hobbs shot at a turtle on Jamerson’s line the rifle ball struck the turtle’s shell and glanced into Jamerson’s face causing probably fatal injuries.
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Carmi
Ill
Jasper Jamerson
Tom Hobbs
Hobbs
Jamerson
Local Markets La Crosse Wool & Fur Co. Medium wool
Local markets report price trends for medium wool from La Crosse Wool and Fur Co. Buyers and sellers observe steady demand with slight reporting of higher local purchase offers and fluctuating ranch inventories.
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la Crosse Wool & Fur Co
Handsome B and O Dining Car Menus Issued
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad announces new dining car menus for its fast eastern trains. The menus feature dainties found in the finest hotels and are exclusive to the B and O. The menus are printed in handsome fashion.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Excursion Tickets to Green Bay Via Northwestern Line
Reduced fare excursion tickets to Green Bay Wisconsin will be sold June 12 13 and 14 for round trip return until June 16. Tickets issued to benefit a Fraternal Order of Eagles meeting. Apply agents Chicago Northwestern railway.
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Northwestern
Order of Eagles
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
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Ils
Isaac
North Side. News
Richard Rasperson
North la Crosse
Rasperson
Stuesser
North Side
Bottling Works
Rose Street
Olashone
Fitz
Schreck
Senator Mitchell
Iowa
Badger State G. A. R
Union
N. Y
Hal Chase
New York Americans
Henry Andregg
WOOL
John C. Burns
California
Sone
UY S
Daheevaneed Onamenee
John Gund
Newasesul Belstiontue
George Powell
Hanley
Frank Curry
Striae Belamers
R. C. Wallace
Listman Mill Co
Green Bay
Wisconsin Light & Power CO
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