Wisconsin Pardons Reconsider Old Murder Case
Gov. Davidson commuted John Bernhardt of Waukesha from life to thirty years, effective as a pardon after more than thirty years served for first degree murder in stabbing a saloonkeeper. Senator Roher supported the petition. Mrs. William C. Krembs, serving ten years for injuring Clara Peterson, was pardoned amid poor health. Peterson survived a restaurant shooting in Stevens Point on Sept 23, 1905.
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Madison
Wis
Davidson
John Bernhardt
Waukesha
Bernhardt
Julius E. Roher
William C. Krembs
Clara Peterson
Stevens Point
Light men say meters are slow in Wisconsin hearing
Madison experts told the railroad commission the electrical meters underregister current, with Prof. C F Burgess noting meters often record less than actually used as the standards conference on gas and electric service weighs accuracy.
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Madison, Wis
Railroad Commission
Standards For Gas and Electric
C. F. Burgess
Bottomless Lake Myth Debunked In Wisconsin Survey
Baraboo Wisconsin March 6 Special Promoters of summer resorts around Devils Lake must drop the catchword bottomless lake after City Engineer French found the lake’s maximum depth is forty three feet. The myth drew thousands of excursionists for twenty years.
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Baraboo
Wis
Devils Lake
French
Lake
Bashford Seeks Unexpired Chief Justice Term
Madison Wis March 6 Robert M Bashford a state supreme court member named by Gov Davidson issued a formal announcement of his candidacy for the unexpired term of the late Chief Justice Cassady.
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Madison, Wis
Robert M. Bashford
State Supreme Court
Davidson
Cassaday
Centenarian Augusta Hejnek Dies in Portage County
Augusta Hejnek, born in Poland in 181? and long resident of Stevens Point Wisconsin, dies at 109 becoming Portage County’s oldest resident. Her death marks the end of a century lived across two nations and a long local life.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Augusta Hejnek
Portage County
Poland
State News In Brief Chippewa Falls and Nearby Posts
Chippewa Falls reports the First State Bank of Prairie Farm organized with $10 000 capitalization. A ferry crossing will use a $275 scow with a $6 000 foot bridge abandoned last year. Perkins of Delmar found in Madison hospital after missing since June 1906, memory loss noted. plans to return him to Chippewa county. St. Paul fire in Racine basement of Peter Stille & Son dry goods causes about $1 000 in building and stock loss. insured. Chilton body found east of New Holstein dragged sixty feet from platform with flesh along track. investigation implies possible train incident.
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State Street
Chippewa Falls
John W. Perkins
Delmar
Madison
Perkins
Chippewa County
Racine
Peter Stille & Son
Chilton
New Holstein
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