Buena Vista Monument Marks Civil War Era Eccentric
In Whitehall Wisconsin a roadside monument on Osseo Ridge honors Nicholas Bourlier, a Franco descent recluse who lived in a remote Osseo valley homestead. Judge H A Anderson recounts Bourlier’s curious life from French aristocracy to solitary exile and a dramatic 1891 freezing death.
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Whitehall
Wis
Osseo
Pigeon Falls
Buena Vista
Osseo Ridge
Nicholas Bourlier
B. M. Sletteland
H. A. Anderson
Anderson
House of Memories
Trempealeau County
Bourlier
Nicholas Bourlier de la Chevalle
Osseo Bluff
Far West
France
New York
New Orleans
St. Louis
Christ Kastad
Kastad
Iver Eimon
Eimon
Emil Bourlier
New York City
Emil
Nicho Bourlier
North
Edwin Forest
Two trucks collide near McCleary bridge in Wisconsin
A head-on crash three miles north of Highway 53 near the McCleary bridge destroyed two trucks. Leonard Lee of Eau Claire and Alvin Doehling of Rolling Stone were arrested for careless operation. Damages were about 1400 and 1000 dollars respectively, with Lee's beer cargo lost. They face arraignment in Whitehall county court Monday at 10 a.m.
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Galesville
Wis
Highway 53
McCleary Bridge
Leonard Lee
Eau Claire
Amber Distributing Company
Alvin Doehling
Rolling Stone
Lee
Doehling
Herman Sense
Whitehall
Radio Programs Tonight and Daily Schedule in 1949
Radio listings for NBC CBS and ABC across Thursday June 4 1949 and Friday June 7 include prime time programs from The Aldrich Family Abbott and Costello Arresting suspense Crime Photog Lone Ranger and Break the Bank. The schedule notes local music and variety shows plus news reports and sports coverage and ends with a historical note on Silk trade monopoly after 200 A.D.
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NBC
Aldrich
Hawkabee Seamas
ABC
Ted Malone
Skip Farrell
MBS
Henry J. Taylor
Cbs
D'Arcys
Nelson Olmsted
Nbe Lewis
Arthur's
Variety
Gabriel Heatter
Abe Lyman
Moore & Durante
Bill Stern
Irma
Marty Drake
Nbe
Kilmer Davis
Pat Man
FBI
West
Area Youths Elected At Boys State in Wisconsin
Area youths were elected to county offices at Badger Boys State with names: Dodge Anthony Wand N candidate for county, Gratiot Robert Conover F sheriff, Plainfield Cedric Barnett N clerk, Milwaukee Gale Wolf N judge, Shawano Ken Grutzner F coroner, Beloit Pat Motley N treasurer, Alma William Benning N district attorney, Reedsburg William Banks N register of deeds, Chetek William Banks N superintendent of schools.
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Ripon
Wis
Badger
Rennebohm
Dodge County
Anthony Wand
Gratiot
Robert Conover
Plainfield
Cedric Barnett
Milwaukee
Gale Wolf
Shawano
Ken Grutzner
Beloit
Pat Motley
Alma
William Benning
Reedsburg
Register of Deeds
William Banks
Chetek
Viroqua Legion Elects Ernest Stout Commander
Ernest Stout was elected commander of the Viroqua American Legion at the annual meeting in Viroqua Wisconsin. Other officers include Thomas Sullivan first vice commander Melville Hanson second vice commander Willis Schallock adjutant Tilmer Hanson finance officer Milton Guell sergeant at arms Jacob Davis chaplain and Robert B Graves historian. Atty Larry Sieger is retiring commander. Stout served in both World Wars and led the Viroqua National Guard unit for many years.
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Viroqua
Wis
Ernest Stout
Viroqua American Legion
Thomas Sullivan
Melville Hanson
Willis R. Schallock
Tilmer Hanson
Milton Guell
Jacob Davis
Robert B. Graves
Larry Sieger
Stout
Viroqua National Guard
Vehicle overturns on hill near Tom Sullivan place
Mrs. James Granger driving five tigers in a Willys car reached the hilltop near the Tom Sullivan place Tuesday evening when brakes failed. The vehicle rolled down the six foot embankment into the Sullivan yard. None of the occupants was hospitalized. In the car were Mrs. McBain Mrs. Albert Griffin and her six year old son James and Mr and Mrs Charles Hatfield.
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Hillsboro
Wis
James Granger
Willys
Tom Sullivan Place
Tom Sullivan Yard
James
Charles Hatfield
Decorah teen charged with failure to yield at pool entrance
Bertel Field 15 son of Dr and Mrs H P Field Decorah faces a charge after a left turn into the municipal swimming pool entrance. Bob Sand Ossian on a motorcycle swerved to avoid collision grazing the Field car and went into a ditch. Sand was badly bruised and released, Verna Omdahl fractured leg and hospitalized. Patrolman Fred Mueller investigated the incident.
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Decorah
Bertel Field
H. P. Field
Bob Sand
Ossian
Verna Omdahl
Spring Grove
Minn
Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey Ad Aims Shorewood Buyers
An advertisement for Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey 86.8 proof 65 percent grain neutral spirit from Calvert Distillers Corp New York City located at 4308 No Wilson Dr Shorewood Wisconsin.
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Wilson Dr
Shorewood
Wisc
Calvert Reserve
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
French Creek Club Raises Pheasants in Wisconsin
ETTRICK Wisconsin Special report says seven members of the French Creek High Flyers 4-H club led by Miss Leatrice Helstad and Kenneth McLeod are raising Chinese ring necked pheasants as a conservation project. Birds to be released when about nine weeks old in the French Creek valley. Nigeria to 10 times the size of Indiana.
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Ettrick, Wis
French Creek
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En Et Eile
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Ernie Pyles
Joe
David Rose
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WKBH
Dennis Morgan
Jack Carson
Janis Paige
Martha Vickers
Marriag
Costa Rica
Hollywood Theater
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Dick Haymes
Celeste Holm
Cesar Romero
WKB
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Thiedis
Aldrich Pamily
Frances Langford
Georgia
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Richard Harkness
Musicane
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Gardner Benedict
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Sacred Heart
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Ma Perkins
Eric Sevareid
Newscide
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Cbds
Nbec-Basic
Persia
China
Sun
la Crosse Shrine Club
Polace Bros.a
Sale Shrine Circus
Main ST
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Fred Mueller
Gus Peters
Calvert
Dale Simons
Larry Ziemann and His Orchestra
Stan Thurston
Tas
Cornel Wilde
Maureen O'Hara
W Haymes
Veranes Vere
Cleste Folmanne Revere
J. Carrol Naish
Lecuona Cuban Boys
Gregory Ratoff
William A Bacher
Jute Lortin
Samuel Moffemten
Ord Chuchem
Remhardt - Dome
Komde Momne
Popeye Cartoon
David O. Selznick
Jennifer Jones
Gregory Peck
Joseph Cotten
Lionel Barrymori
French Creek Club
Nigeria
Indiana
Rivoli
Frank Borzage
Fas
Ravr Dorn
Techricol
Republic
Catherine WiLliam McLeod - Carter
Maria Ouspenskaya Reir Bressart
Fritz Feld
Kuperb
Artur Rubinstein
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