Pardoned inmate Holzhay praised by Wisconsin warden
Milwaukee March 9 Warden James Russell of the Northern Michigan penitentiary near Marquette says Reidmund Holzhay alias Black Bart once a terror of Wisconsin and Michigan is now reformed after a medical operation and treatment. He notes Holzhay’s mood swings, guard incident, and eventual asylum confinement followed by steady self improvement.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Holzhay
James Russell
Michigan
Marquette
Russell
Reidmund Holzhay
Black Bart’ Holzhay
Wisconsin
Michigan Peninsula
van Evera
Mayor vetoes two lighting contracts in Eau Claire
Mayor Frawley vetoes two street and arc light proposals accepted by the city council. Welschach Street Lighting Co and Chippewa Valley Railway Light and Power Co cannot proceed. reasons include gas mains limits, a possible ban on foreign contracts, and awaiting railroad commission rate adjustments.
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Eau Claire
March
Frawley
Welschach Street Lighting Company of America
Wisconsin
Chippewa Valley Railway, Light and Power Company
Produce Growers Unite Organizes in Racine
The United Produce Growers and Shippers association of southern Wisconsin was organized here among cabbage onion and other produce growers in Racine and Kenosha counties.
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Racine, Wis
United Produce Growers and Shippers’ Association of
Wisconsin
Racine
Kenosha
Plans for Spirit Lake housing by steel trust
Superior reports the steel trust plans concrete block houses and a new village at Spirit Lake when weather allows. Chippewa Falls notes 6456 acres sold by Daniel Shaw Lumber to Adaim Bram of Madison for 56213 dollars across Chippewa and Taylor counties.
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Chippewa Falls
Daniel Shaw
Stalwarts Rally For Bob Hard in Statewide Campaign
Stalwarts announce a statewide campaign to back Bob ahead of key elections. The effort emphasizes unity and mobilizing supporters across regions to secure a victory.
Taft Delegates Predicted To Outpace La Follette In Wisconsin
The Sentinel claims Wisconsin will not provide a solid La Follette delegation. Taft supporters, led by the Business Men's Taft club, announce a slate with four delegates at large and district delegates in every district, aiming to win at least six district delegates and possibly all four at large.
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Milwaukee
the Sentinel
la Follette
Wisconsin
Taft
Business Men's
Taft Club
F. C. Winkler
John M. Estes
Dunkirk
Dane County
H. Q O. Fairchild
Green Bay
Adolph E. Homstad
Black River Falls
Business Men
la Folette
Your face will bring you dollars
A motivational advertisement urges readers to cultivate optimism to achieve success. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for stomach related mood and health problems and claims that better digestion enhances happiness, ambition, and fiscal outcomes. The pitch includes a 50 cent price and an offer for a free sample by mail from F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
Milwaukee road officials survey La Crosse division for improvements
A group led by Division Superintendent P. C. Eldridge Trainmaster W. B. Henrichs and District Carpenter N. Gregory visited La Crosse late last week to inspect the La Crosse division. They expect to begin improvements as soon as weather allows.
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Milwaukee Road
P. C. Eldridge
W. B. Henrichs
N. Gregory
la Crosse
Russia's Fallen Idol and General Stoessel's Fall From Grace
The piece argues General Stoessel's rapid fall from hero to condemned figure mirrors earlier war heroes who faced later disgrace. It notes how battlefield judgments can be reversed by tribunals and contrasts Stoessel's swift degradation with past military outcomes.
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New York Tribune
Stoessel
State Pays 6074 in Month for Bounties on Wolves and Cats
During the thirty days from Feb 6 to March 6 the Wisconsin secretary of state received 232 wolf bounty claims and 2239 wild cat and lynx claims. The state bounty totals 3037 dollars and counties pay the same amount, bringing total taxpayer outlay to 6074 dollars to reduce destructive wildlife.
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Madison
Wis
Secretary of State
L. B. Nagler
Women sing in saloons to invite revival meetings
About a dozen women in Oshkosh visited Main street saloons one evening to sing a song and pass out cards inviting the public to attend Evangelist Geo. C. Gates revival meetings at the First Presbyterian church.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Geo. C. Gates
Main Street
First Presbyterian Church
Missing man hunted in Wausau arson case witness hunt
Lincoln county authorities search for Gay Wyant who is sought by Deputy Fire Marshal F E Vanderboom as a witness in an arson case against Stephen Schooley a saloon keeper in Wisconsin authorities pursue leads in the missing person inquiry amid arson investigation.
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Wausau
Wis
Lincoln County
Gay Wyant
FE. J. Vanderboom
Stephen Schooley
Mill dam breaks unleash flood on La Crosse river region
A dam breach at Big Creek between Sparta and Rockland Saturday sent a surge two feet higher on Friday to Saturday then receded a foot by today. The rushing water damaged marsh lands but spared homes and the city bridge remains intact as workers finalize a Burlington railroad pier near the river. Goosegreen avoided flooding as water levels rose locally.
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la Crosse
Big Creek
Sparta
Rockland
H. Haacks
Joseph Gillis
la Crosse River
Burlington Railroad
County Board to Hire Clerk for Juvenile Court
At the county board meeting the special committee on a clerk for the county court reported after considering a resolution. If favorable, a juvenile court will be installed. Judge Srindley currently records cases by hand. the board plans to hire a stenographer to handle evidence.
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Srindley
Stalwarts Move to Elect Taft Delegates Against La Follette
The district plans Taft delegates despite earlier denials of a La Follette opposition. Alex H. Arnold of Galesville and a running mate seek to oppose BE. M. Wing of this city and W. L. Hauser of Mondovi, the La Follette slate. The federal government will deport people spreading anarchistic doctrines.
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la Follette
Taft
Alex H. Arnold
Galesville
BE. M. Wing
W. L. Hauser
Mondovi
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