Funeral for Miss Matilda Slyer Held at St Peter's
Miss Matilda Slyer died at home of her parents in the city after a three month tuberculosis illness. The funeral from St Peter's Catholic Church was officiated by Father Borresch. She was about twenty five years old, born in Caledonia, and survived by parents five sisters and two brothers.
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Matilda Slyer
Peter Slyer
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Father Borresch
Caledonia
Kate Dahle
Minot
N. D
G. Galloch
Crosby
Clara Branshaw
Weston
Wis
Grace Voss
le Roy
Minn
Anna Sliver
Clem
Portal
William
Outlook
Mont
D. C. Merlo
Glendive
Emery
Stanley King
Ellen Welsh
Thomas
Harry
Gladys
Charles
Mary Geneva Welsh
New Albia
Lee Zimmerhakl
Brownsville
A. J. Flynn
la Crosse
Robert E. Flynn
Minneapolis
Conrad Nelson
Barton
Briggs
St. Anthony Park
Portland
Dennis Duggan
County
St. John's Catholic Church
Luther Watts
George
Byron, Minn
Ruth Stewart
Mary Stuart
German Boy's School Composition Causes Gentle Laughter
A Cleveland school pupil, a little German boy, turned in a humorous piece noting sheep are weak yet useful. The essay pokes fun at sheep and their captain, calling the leader the belle buck, and ends with playful lines about hay grass and carrot soup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Belle Buck
That House Is Horri bly Drafty And Needs Fixing
A dissatisfied tenant complains of drafty rooms and blowing hair as the house agent replies with a wry joke about getting a haircut. The Philadelphia Inquirer also notes selling to the Chinaman requires direct solicitors and face to face bargaining with Chinese buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Inquirer
Antiquarium for Our Goldfish Featured in Baltimore American
A brief Baltimore American note contrasts old and new home curios, mentioning an antiquarium bought for a goldfish. It follows a small ad style line about goat culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Syrup Label Law Move Clears Senate Panel
Madison Wis June 19 The senate committee on education and public welfare approved the Pfennig bill requiring labels on syrups disclosing ingredients. The measure faced opposition from the Wisconsin Wholesale Grocers Association. The committee also endorsed labor and election reform bills including a one day rest in seven and direct election of the U S senator, along with a Huber bill to employ convicts in counties.
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Madison
Wis
Committee On Education and Public Welfare
Senate
Wisconsin Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Committee On Labor
Everett
United States
Huber
Feasts Brighten Czarist Show With Bear Versus Spearman
Describes seventeenth century celebrations where a bear fought a spearman for amusement and, if victorious, the spearman drank in the royal cellar. Notes crowds rushing to save time with such reckless displays.
Tragic Burlington Rail Fatality Claims Local Youth
Raymond Merwin, 16, of 717 South Fifth Street, was killed yesterday near Dubuque Iowa while attempting to rejoin a second track as a Burlington railroad passenger train passed at about 5 o clock Merwin a son of Charley Merwin Milwaukee railroad conductor recently left LaCrosse for work as a time keeper He was a St Josephs natural school graduate and had half a high school course remaining Family learned of the accident at 520 yesterday and the funeral plans are not yet set with arrangements incomplete Surviving are his mother father and two brothers or two sisters.
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Raymond Merwin
South Fifth Street
Burgton
Dubuque
Iowa
Cragg
Merwin
Charley Merwin
Preston
Milwaukee Railroad
la Crosse
Burlington
St. Joseph’s Racual School
Mothe
Wisconsin Senate Kills Teasdale Bill on Teachers Retirement
Madison June 19 After a three hour debate the Senate killed the Teasdale bill repealing the teachers retirement fund law of 1911 and postponed the Albers bill amending it. The Whiteside plan for a Northwestern Wisconsin forest reserve study was set for next Tuesday.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
Albers
Whiteside
Stevens
Rhinelander
Shar
Mahon
Everett
Racine
Teasdale
Assembly
Auld Scottish Family Secret Lawsuit Tale
Carlyle recalls a Scottish case over succession to a great estate hinging on a family secret kept by an old servant. A kirk minister warns her to reveal or face peril of her soul, but she refuses, defending the honor of a poor creature.
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Loya
Carlyle
Scotland
Health and Music: Health as the Core of a Musician’s Life
A brief piece notes that health is the top priority in any field, especially in music, and explains how vital lifelong wellness is to a musician’s career and performance. It stresses managing health as essential to sustaining artistry.
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qaDth
Pearl Street
Wisconsin
Oxfords
Children's Oxfords
Dren’s
Goodyear
Ular
Women’s
Child’s Oxfords
Caledonia, Minn
Leonard Schlitz
Hirschville
F. Staddier
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Opera House
Gena
Kate Roverud
Brother Elmore
Lehigh, Town
Elmer Daniels
Elsie Latham
Grand Meadow
Lucie Latham
Cavalier
Jack Shadbolt
Chicago
F. Hundt
Ayer
Eagles
America’s Foremost Carnival Association
Electric Light Plants
Sahara
Princess Maxine
Pollitt
Coney Island
India
Callis
Princess Carita
Bobby
Whittaker
Taj
Hutch
DR. Pierce
R.v.pierce
M.D. Buffalo
Common Sense Medical Adviser
R. V. Pierce
M.D
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