Wisconsin University graduates honor 1915 diploma class
Sixteen graduates from La Crosse and surrounding areas received their diplomas at the 1915 ceremonies held in the university armory. The program highlighted engineering chemistry home economics commerce and agriculture majors with theses on topics from hydrocarbons to milk production. Notable graduates include Adlington Miller Seielstad Ulrich Tillman Stam and Peterson, with others listed alongside extensive alumni names from La Crosse.
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Madison
University
Adlington
Central Station
Milwaukee
Red Triangles
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Universt
Martindale
Wisconsin
Smith College
Kappa Kappa Theta Sorority
Miller
Forest Products Laboratory
la Crosse Normal
Monarda
Peterson
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
Minneapolis
Minnie
Beta Gamma Sigma
Commerce
Scabbard and Blade
Commercial Club
Seielstad
Tillman
Commerce School
Phi Gamma Delta
Honorary
Commerce Fraternity
Stam
College of Agriculture
Waukesha
la Crosse
Attacked Bank Accounts Tied to 1915 Prom Debt
Madison June 16. To secure debts amounting to $155 incurred by the 1915 junior prom. Epstein and Epstein, Milwaukee attorneys, have attached the personal bank accounts of all officers of the 1915 senior class of the university.
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Madison
Wis
Epstein and Epstein
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Graduates Corner Theses and Roles in Campus Life
Wisconsin graduates and students are highlighted for diverse theses and campus roles. Names include Adlington and Dickinson in journalism, Erickson in chemistry planning a PhD, Gotterdam pursuing medicine, Gesell in engineering, Jacobson in medical prelude, Keeler noted football captain and student leader, and Knight among the graduates.
Italian export ban shocks Swiss public sparking protests
Press dispatches from Chasso report Italy has banned all exports to Switzerland provoking anger in Swiss circles. The move, announced June 16, drew international attention as Swiss officials condemned the policy.
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Berlin
Sayville
Chasso
Switzerland
Settlers Reunion Delays Wolf Sentence in Minnesota
Preston, June 16. F B Wolf found guilty of arson in a barn and feed mill fire waited in jail as Old Settlers Association gathered in circuit court. Trial evidence included oil on unburned premises and travel from La Crosse to Preston. Sentencing, expected later today or tomorrow morning, was postponed.
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Preston
Minn
F. B. Wolf
Old Settlers’ Association of
Fillmore County
Wolf
Hotel la Crosse
la Crosse
Winona
German Munitions Agent Identity Questioned
Washington questions whether Dr Alfred Meyer chief of the German war munitions division posed as Dr Meyer Gerhard Red Cross agent in the United States or if Dr Anton Meyer Gerhard acted as servant. Officials doubt the ruse would be attempted given diplomatic etiquette and potential consequences.
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Dr. Meyer-Gerhard
Germany
Alfred Meyer
Meyer-Gerhard
Red Cross
von Hernstorff
Washington
Ritz-Carlton
New York
Cedarhurst
Long Island
M. BR. Claussen
Dernberg
Bernstorffs
Berlin
Anton Mevyer-Gerhard
Kaiser
War Ministry
America
Anton Meyer-Gerhard
Lansing
Bryan
Roth
Eagles to Parade at State Convention in Omaha
Fifteen hundred members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will parade this evening as part of the state convention in Omaha South. State President W F Moran said fraternalism in Eagles teachings, if carried out, would make war impossible.
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South Omaha
Neb
Order of Eagles
Order
W. F. Moran
The
Eagles
Knights of Pythias conduct two steamer excursions
Upwards of six hundred people attended two trips yesterday aboard the G. W. Hill. The first excursion to Lansing left La Crosse at eleven and returned at six. A moonlight trip followed, leaving at nine o'clock.
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Knights of Pythias
G. W. Hill
Lansing
la Crosse
Disposition of Ocean's Victims
The article discusses how bodies sink to the ocean bottom and are not preserved by salinity. It notes Maury misbelieved bodies could remain uncorrupted in deep waters and explains modern soundings reach all depths, including the Nero Deep between Guam and the Philippines.
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Com
Matthew Fontaine
Maury
Guam
Philippines
Where the Day Went
Mamma laments the fading day as she lights the lamp while Beth replies that the day has gone to heaven, a gentle moment reflecting childlike wonder.
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Mamma
Wee Beth
Eagles Fraternal Convention Guests Arrive in La Crosse
Delegates from fifty one cities prepare for the Fraternal Order of Eagles state convention in La Crosse with arrivals planned for Sunday night. A large parade, river excursion, and exhibition drills are scheduled with eight to ten bands. Autocar loans are requested for a Tuesday sightseeing trip.
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F. O. E. State Convention
Order of Eagles
la Crosse
Market Square
Levee Park
Copeland Park
Milwaukee
Janesville
Riverside Park
River Front
Wausau
Grand Rapids
Beaver Dam
Antigo Dick
Eagles
Eagle
L. B. Omerberg
Omerberg
Ford to Build Giant Steel Plant on Detroit River
Detroit June 15 plans were made for the Ford Motor company to establish a large steel plant on the Detroit river. The plant would supply all the steel for Ford car parts and employ thousands of workers. Details are to be announced next week by Ford officials.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Detroit River
Ford Company
Ford
Frank's hearing before Gov Slaton postponed to tomorrow
Atlanta June 15 Leo M Frank's hearing before Gov Slaton was postponed this afternoon to allow the governor to attend a speaking engagement. It is expected the hearing will be completed early tomorrow.
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Atlanta
Leo M
Frank
Slaton
Oregon to Fire 21 Gun Salute on Bunker Hill Day
The navy department announced that San Francisco should not be alarmed by a cannon boom on Thursday. The salute will be fired from the old warship Oregon in honor of Bunker Hill day.
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Washington
San Francisco
Navy Department
Oregon
Bunker Hill
Goethals to Retire After Panama Canal Estimates
Washington reports General Goethals will retire in the fall after completing the Panama Canal estimates for the next fiscal year, as announced by the War Department.
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Washington
Goethals
War Department
Grand Duke Constantine Dies in Petrograd at 57
Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovitch, 57, head of the Russian military schools and an infantry chief, died at midnight of heart disease the official notice stated in Petrograd.
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Petrograd
Constantine Constantinovitch
Russian Empire
Germany Delays Lusitania Reply as Wilson Plans Vacation
Washington reports indicate Germany may take three weeks or longer to respond to the Lusitania incident. President Wilson plans a quicker vacation to Cornish New Hampshire, signaling a cooling off period amid public pressure. Britain expresses satisfaction with new measures to ease American cargo ownership proof for cotton shipments.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Berlin
Cornish
N. H
Lusitania
Great Britain
New York
London
Karlsruhe Urges Zeppelin Revenge After Raid
Karlsruhe papers call for retaliation against London and Paris after a raid by French aircraft. Police records show nineteen killed, fourteen seriously injured, and over twenty lightly wounded from bombs.
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Karlsruhe
Berlin
London
Paris
Waggoner stock declared not property of trustee
In St Paul on June 16 a federal district court held that $10 000 per share stock in the Waggoner Okla Land and Investment Co is not property of J A Parris as trustee for J W Willis bankrupt Parris had sued to recover the stock and won the case was appealed to the federal district court.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Waggoner
Okla
Bread Prices Cut in Milwaukee
The Milwaukee Wholesale Bakers association lowered bread prices by one cent effective tomorrow. Flour costs dropped from $8 to $6 a barrel, allowing bread to fall from 12 and 6 cents to 10 and 5 cents respectively.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Wholesale Bakers’ Association Today
Aid Meeting Set by Norwegian M E Church Ladies
The Ladies Aid society of the Norwegian M E church will meet Thursday afternoon June 16 at the home of Mrs O C Woll 1432 Charles street.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
The
M. E. Church
O. C. Woll
Charles Street
Fire damages Boss cafe and saloon in St Paul
Fire caused about 7500 dollars in damage to the Boss cafe and saloon in St Paul. The building is owned by Minnie B. Mick of Indianapolis.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Boss
Minnie B. Mick
Indianapolis
Maryland Sails From Honolulu to San Francisco
Washington June 16. With no longer needed to aid in raising the F-4 the cruiser Maryland will sail from Honolulu for San Francisco June 1 percent.
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Washington
Lis
Maryland
Honolulu
San Francisco
Navy Department
Thoughts on Autumn Fields and Immortelle Mood
Oliver Wendell Holmes reflects on the herb immortelle in autumn fields. The pale dry flowers evoke sepulchral spice and a sense of immortality, drawing tears and transporting the speaker to Asphodel by the River of Life.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
How Far One Can Hear Cannon
The article compares sound ranges, noting cannon fire travels far beyond thunder. Thunder carries about fifteen miles, while battle noise can extend to about thirty miles, illustrating the greater audibility of artillery over storms.
Sheriff Hunts Women Who Disappeared With Boniface Best Nightie
Police pursue two women, Christina Marcus and Cora Brumley, and a nightie and suitcase tied to a missing guest from Naif Abraham’s Second Street rooming house. Abraham says the pair stayed overnight claiming to be travelers “just going through.”
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Boniface
Naif Abraham
Christina Marcus
Cora Brumley
Abraham
U-21 Commander Decorated For Lusitania Sinking
London dispatch reports that the German submarine U-21 sank the Lusitania. It states Lieutenant H er sing the U-21 commander received the Pour Le Merite from the Kaiser for torpedoing the Lusitania.
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Lusitania
London
Elsinore
Denmark
Evening Star
Hersing
the Star
Pythian Sisters Elect Wisconsin Grand Lodge Officers
The Wisconsin Pythian Sisters convention in Racine elected officers for the grand lodge. Appointments include Grand chief Ella Burrowbridge Madison and Grand senior chief Sarah Salisbury Milwaukee, with several other posts filled by officers from Racine Milwaukee Sheboygan and Evansville. Supreme representatives include Nettie De Grass sie Milwaukee and alternates Mary Lasche Milwaukee and Eliza Baker Racine.
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Racine
Wis
Grand Lodge of Wisconsin Pythian Sisters
Ella Burrowbridge
Madison
Sarah Salisbury
Milwaukee
Ada F. Pultz
Emma Myer
Sheboygan
Clara L. Grindell
Adella Christopherson
Supreme Court Orders Vigo County Judge Eli Redman Removed
Indianapolis June 15 The state supreme court ordered the removal of Eli Redman as Vigo county circuit judge He is jailed in Leavenworth with other Terre Haute politicians and had already been unseated by an election contest brought by Charles Pulliam
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Supreme Court
Eli Redman
Vigo County
Redman
Leavenworth
Terre Haute
Charles Pulliam
Wheat Sickness Plagues Train Passengers
Kansas City reports incoming train crews note notable seasickness among passengers blamed on thousands of acres of waving wheat causing motion sickness during travel in June.
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Kansas City
Dollar Worth 81.0244 New York June 16
The American dollar is reported worth more than 100 cents on the dollar. The decline in sterling exchange to 4.765% makes the U S bill equivalent to about 1.02 English pounds in coin value.
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New York
Balkan Troops Invade Albania Prompting Multi-Nation Advances
Scutari dispatches report Greek forces have entered Albania with Colonel Zontos leading and taking Gramse. Montenegrin units seize Krasnic Selze and Clementi as clashes erupt along multiple fronts. Serbs push west toward the Adriatic while Italian troops occupy several coast villages.
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Rome
Albania
Scutari
Batalion
Zontos
Venizelos
Gramse
Krasnic
Selze
Clementi
Adriatic
Strike Breakers Raid Stations En Route To Chicago
In Binghamton New York on June 16 strike breakers on a 700 man Erie railroad special train raided Wells Fargo Express for $200 worth of ice cream and provisions and looted a Susquehanna station lunch room, damaging property as they moved toward Chicago.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Chicago
Erie Railroad
Wells Fargo Express
Susequehanna
Allis-Chalmers Plans Partial Salary Restore
Allis-Chalmers will raise salaries by five percent on July 1 and restore the remaining five percent in the near future after a ten percent cut for office staff on March 1. The move comes as business conditions warrant.
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West Allis
Wis
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Newspaper Hestia Calls Parliament in Athens
The Venizelos war party organ Hestia, after its election landslide, urges the government to convoke parliament at once.
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Athens
Hestia
Venizelos
Honor System Trouble at Annapolis Naval Academy
Seven midshipmen at Annapolis face charges for cribbing during an exam as a class leaders declare the honor system failed with a large majority using unauthorized aids. Midshipman James E. Moss is named among those accused. A board of inquiry led by Capt. Robert L. Russell has recommended Moss and four others be dismissed.
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Annapolis Naval Academy
Annapolis
James E. Moss
Robert L. Russell
Moss
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Earl W. Brandenburg
Alois A. Brown
Louise C. Brown
Harold J Bryant
George M. Cargill
William W. Cargill
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Homer A. Davis
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Eugene T. Edwards
Paul E. Egbert
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Arthur Euler
Frank J. Funke
Anthony M. Gass
Raymond C. Grams
Borge
C. Gunderson
Bergljot Gunderson
Charlotte B. Harper
Agnes M. Hayes
Arthur M. Hayes
Harry W. Hirshheimer
Arthur T. Holmes
Elmore N Holway
Knut H. Honck
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Guy A. Jolivette
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Margaret Linse
Wisconsin Engineer
Nek
Dickinson
la Crosse Normal School
Delta Upsilon Fraternity
Sigma Delta Chi
Union
Daily News
New York Sun
Erickson
Alpha Chi Sigma
Chemical Fraternity
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Gesell
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Jacobson
Sigma Sigma
Honorary Medical Society
Harvard Medical School
Madison General Hospital
Tubby
Keeler
Beta Theta Pi
Iron Cross
Y. M. CA
Knight
Prestonite
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Meyer
Gerhard
Omaha
Franks
Howard
Guaymas
Colorado
San Diego
Wilson
Zeppelin
Truster
Stouck
ST. Paul
Maryland Sails
Pythian Sisters OF State Elect
Balkan
Greece
Montenegro
Serbia
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Board of Inquiry
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