Sparling brothers visit West Salem family in Wisconsin
West Salem Wisconsin on June 28 reports William and Harry Sparling of Trempealeau visiting their mother Mrs Josephine Sparling. Mr Shaw and a son from La Crosse conduct business here. Frank Nye resigns from Farmers’ store to work at the cannery. Lena and Nora Halberg entertain the Norwegian Lutheran Ladies Aid on Wednesday afternoon. Amy Molstad of Minneapolis vacationing with her parents. Mrs Joseph Gunderson and her Milwaukee-based children are guests.
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West Salem
Wis
William
Harry Sparling
Trempealeau
Salem
Josephine Sparling
Shaw
la Crosse
Frank Nye
Farmers’ Store
Lena
Nora Halberg
Norwegian Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Amy Molstad
Minneapolis
Joseph Gunderson
Children
Milwaukee
Local residents with travels and visits noted
Mrs Gundersons parents live on Youlen street. Miss Etta Capper shopped in La Crosse. Miss Mildred Sherman of Elroy Wis visits Miss Katherine Griswold. Dr Guy Wakefield and companions fished at Trout Falls. Pauline Graw returned from Barron Wis. Ann Johannes returns home from Houghton Mich to vacation. Mrs J H Gilfillan visiting daughter’s home. Dr John H Prill visiting his parents at Chite. Mrs John Meyer and children visiting relatives at Ellsworth Wis. Mr and Mrs Alex Johnson plan a visit to Frand Forks N D. Russell Pettinger of Iron River stays with Mr and Mrs W F McEldowney.
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Wis
Ann Johannes
Houghton, Mich
J. H. Gilfillan
Matthews
John H. Prill
Chite
John Meyer
Ellsworth
Alex Johnson
Frand Forks
N. D
Russell Pettinger
Iron River
W. F. McEldowney
Labor body seeks federal probe into Kansas City streetcar fraud
The Central Labor body of Kansas City adopted a report by an investigating committee claiming frauds in the Metropolitan Street car franchise extension election. The group called for a federal probe, likening the alleged frauds to those in Terre Haute Indiana.
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Kansas City
Terre Haute
Ind
Industrial Council
Central Labor Body of
Quote about women and secrets from the Smart Set
Fragment reflects a witty remark that women can keep secrets and perhaps reveal truth about husbands. It implies gendered perception and irony in marital honesty within a periodical context.
Local residents and travelers noted in Winona update
A sequence of brief notices lists visits and departures: Mrs Harold Hanson and Edna Hanson travel to Chicago. Mrs Ralph Anderson returns from Minneapolis. the Quincy riverboat unloads freight. the Orinoco craft stops en route to Warner River, then La Crosse and Winona. Other items mention Mrs H Clay Evenson visiting Minneapolis, the Leissrings heading to California, Fairfax real estate ads, car clerk Claude Fehlsberg’s two week Denver trip, H T Boos in town, Gateway City Transfer Co. contact, W L Kelmast on a Defiance trip, rising Mississippi water, Abel Lunde visiting his father, and Albert C Davidson visiting N C Davidson in Winona.
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K. P. Hall
Harold Hanson
Edna
South Sixth Street
Chicago
Arthur Hecht
Hecht
Hanson
Ralph Anderson
Minneapolis
P. O. Limpseth
Quincy
D. Drummond
Mayo Brothers
Rochester
Minn
la Crosse
Winona
H. Clay Evenson
Jessie Leissring
Ruth
Beatrice
Mrs. Viets
California
Fairfax
Adams
Claude Fehlsberg
N. W
Denver
Glenwood Springs
Colo
H. T. Boos
Gateway City Transfer Co
W. L. Kelmast
Defiance
Ohio
Mississippi
Abel Lunde
Ole Lunde
Albert C. Davidson
N. C. Davidson
Charles Street
Farmers in Market Square City Business Visit
Among Saturday visitors in the city were Paul Manke Bostwick Valley William Goode South Ridge James Johnson Pine Creek J P Miller Hokah and Frank Gerke La Crosse Ridge.
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City
Paul Manke
Bostwick Valley
William Goode
South Ridge
James Johnson
Pine Creek
J. P. Miller
Hokah
Frank Gerke
la Crosse Ridge
Horsford Acid Sufferers Relief Tonic Beverage
Acid stomach seasickness and sick headache sufferers may find welcome relief from this tonic beverage.
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Horsford
True Neutrality Sought by German American Alliance
Madison Wis June 28 More than 200 delegates to the German American alliance convention gathered in the city for a session on neutrality. President Leo Stern of Milwaukee declared Germany would win the great struggle if there is any justice on earth. He urged Germans and Americans to criticize the government when needed and to act as good citizens.
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Madison, Wis
Leo Stern
Milwaukee
Germany
Mr. Stern
Germany Defends Gas Bomb Use in World War I
Berlin says Germany used asphyxiation bombs to drive enemies from trenches, noting French and British forces used gas shells earlier. Officials argue the gas cloud's slow advance let troops flee and compare gas to water in flooding German trenches in Flanders.
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Berlin
Sayville
Germany
Flanders
War Office
Why s of Moves in European War
The article argues the Lemberg campaign does not reflect a Russian revival but a German strategic pause for reformation. It explains supply strains, rail line control, and three Russian retreats toward Brody Tarnopol and the Dniester, with Brody and Tarnopol as remaining key Galician cities.
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New York
Lemberg
Dniester
Galicia
Brody
Tarnopol
Austria
Russia
von Mackensen
Runge Family Holds Long Awaited Reunion at Home
The Runge family gathers for a reunion with all members present for the first time in years. Absent members include Harry Runge of Boston and Otto Runge of Portland, along with Mrs. J. E. Webb of Elkader. Mrs Walton Losey hosts a seventeen cover dinner at the country club for Mrs Edna Holbrook Allen of Evanston.
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H. F. Runge
Harry Runge
Boston
Mass
Otto Runge
Portland
Ore
J. E. Webb
Elkader
Iowa
Walton Losey
Edna Holbrook Allen
Evanston
Dinner Honoring Sol Lowenstein and New York Guests
Mr and Mrs Albert Hirshheimer hosted a dinner Saturday night in honor of Mr and Mrs Sol Lowenstein and the Misses Sophia and Irma Berger of New York.
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Albert Hirshheimer
Sol Lowenstein
Sophia and
Irma Berger
New York
Baseballers Picnic by Hood Street Hoosier Indians at Grabhorn Springs
The Hoosier Indian team from Hood Street playfield along with friends enjoyed a launch ride and a picnic at Grabhorn Springs on Sunday.
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Hood Street
Grabhorn Springs
Hyde couple returns from California visit
Mr. and Mrs. S. Y. Hyde have come back after months away in California and stay with their son and daughter in law Mr. and Mrs Ss. Y. Hyde Jr. Miss Edna Lienlokken, guest of her sister Mrs. Theodore Thompson, returns to her home in St. Paul this morning.
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S. Y. Hyde
California
Ss. Y. Hyde
Edna Lienlokken
Theodore Thompson
St. Paul
Bulgarians in Italy Ordered to Join War Effort
Rome dispatch reports all Bulgarians in Italy ordered to join the colors at a moment's notice amid expectations of Bulgaria’s imminent entry into the war. Salonika and Kavala Bulgarians also called to serve, per Tribuna. Adrianople garrison reportedly withdrawn as Turks retreat toward new lines northwest of Constantinople, unconfirmed.
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Italy
Rome
Bulgaria
Salonika
Tribuna
Kavala
Adrianople
Bucharest
The
Messagero
Constantinople
Crown scores in Bride's Bath case at London trial
In Forrest London on June 28 the crown pressed its case against George Joseph Smith in the Bride's Bath murder trial. Witnesses testified that the prisoner drowned multiple wives by submerging their heads, linking hair found in a tub to Alice Burnham Smith and detailing the sixth wife Margaret Lofty’s death and will.
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Wilburn
Forrest
Alice Burnham
Crown
Margaret Elizabeth Lofty
High Gate
John Lloyd
Smith
Scotland Yard
Austro German push threatens Russian retreat from Lemberg
The article argues Austro German forces aim to cut Russians off along the Dniester using Brody as a base. A large part of Russians retreating from Lemberg may be forced into Bessarabia or yield the province, while the Russian halt is a temporary respite and unlikely to reverse events in Galicia.
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Dniester
Brody
Lemberg
Bessarabia
San
Warsaw
Former Senator Hagemeister Dies at 59 in Green Bay
Henry Hagemeister, Green Bay brewer and former state senator, died at his summer home in Sturgeon Bay at age 59. Born November 18, 1855, he led the Hagemeister Brewing Company, served as alderman and supervisor, and was elected to the Assembly in 1892 and 1894 before serving in the state Senate from Brown and Oconto counties in 1900 and 1902 as a Republican.
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Green Bay
Wis
Henry Hagemeister
Sturgeon Bay
Hagemeister
Assembly
State
Senate
Brown and
Oconto Counties
Albanians Hit Montenegrin Defenses At Djakovitsa Pass
Official dispatches report 2000 Albanian troops killed or wounded in a Saturday attack on Montenegrin lines at Djakovitsa pass. The assault involved about 4000 Albanians who failed to storm the positions and were repelled.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Djakovitsa
British Expedition Destroys German Fort on Lake Victoria
A British force from Uganda destroyed a German fort and wireless station near Bukoba on Lake Victoria Nyanza in German East Africa. The expedition captured many boats field guns rifles and valuable documents and destroyed two machine guns according to an official statement.
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London
Bukoba
Lake Victoria-Nyanza
German East Africa
Uganda
Bryan still a peace worker Washington
Rumors that ex Secretary Bryan has abandoned the peace cause were dismissed at his residence as he left for the west and could not attend a Sunday meeting in its interest.
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Washington
Bryan
West
Philipp fills one more seat on state board
Madison, Wis June 28 M J Cleary Blanchardville named state insurance commissioner for a four year term, leaving one more appointment to Governor Philipp. Charles H Crownhart Superior on the state industrial commission term ends next Thursday. Bentley Baraboo and Bennett Viroqua named as candidates. Crownhart favored for efficiency. Term six years salary five thousand dollars per year.
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Madison
Wis
M. J. Cleary
Blanchardville
Philipp
Charles H. Crownhart
Superior
State Industrial Commission
Frank R. Bentley
Baraboo
J. H. Bennett
Viroqua
Messrs. Bentley
Bennett
Crownhart
Arrests in Nationwide Recruiting Plot In Chicago
June 28 reports begin with arrests of two Serbians and a Montenegrin held by federal authorities in Chicago. They were seized on trains bound for Canada as part of a wartime recruiting plot said to involve adherents of the Allies in Europe. Authorities continue a thorough investigation into the movements and surrounding circumstances of the men.
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Chicago
United States
Europe
Canada
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