Murder Stuns Vincennes Woman Found Dead After Acid Attack
A divorced woman linked to Russell Culbertson is suspected in the murder of Culbertson’s bride in Vincennes Indiana. Letters found at the Brazeilian home reveal a vow of revenge and the motive rooted in jealousy as investigators pursue the case.
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Fincennes
Ind
Russell Culbertson
Culbertson
Jessie Lee Culbertson
House of Joshua
Culbertsons
Con
Brazleton
Milwaukee tragedy ends as woman commits suicide
Mathilda Coombs of 175 Eugene Street, Milwaukee, deserts lover Joseph Pietschmann after elopement four months earlier. She drinks poison in his Minneapolis room after a dispute, leaving a note pleading for Joe. Authorities plan to investigate the Oklahoma-style primary campaign fallout in Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Mathilda Coombs
Eugene Street
Joseph Pietschmann
Pietschmann
Chicago
Minneapolis
Joe
Rudolph
Billy
Mother
Tillie
Ten Years of La Crosse Democracy Endorses Dr Anderson
The La Crosse Democrats once honored Dr. Wendell A. Anderson as mayor and return to endorse his present administration. The piece recounts prior elections from 1896 to 1898 showing Republican majorities and a shift after Anderson’s consent to run again in 1907.
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LA Crosse
DR. Anderson
Mayor Anderson
Leader Press
Wendell A. Anderson
Senate to Name Own Committee to Probe Ike Now
La Crosse debate centers on Bray resolution and assembly culture as Ingalls questions Morris about funds. Morris offers to testify and to account for all money Hatton spent in La Crosse County amid graft scrutiny.
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Isaac Stephenson
Hatton
Cook
McGovern
Stephenson
John A. Aylward
Lester Tilton
Assembly
Senate
Owen
Maiden Rock
Ike
Madison, Wis
Bray
Morris
LA Crosse County
Cortelyou Elected President of Consolidated Gas
In New York on March 25 George B. Cortelyou, former secretary of the treasury, was elected president at a directors meeting of Consolidated Gas and will begin his duties immediately.
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New York
Consolidated Gas Company
George B. Cortelyou
Secretary of the Treasury
County option bill favorable report advances in senate
Madison Wis March 25 The Marsh county option bill was recommended for passage in the senate today and made a special order of business for next Wednesday The Barker bill requiring morning hotels and public lodging houses to use eight foot sheets on their beds and to furnish individual towels on request was passed by the senate The Cubertson bill dividing the town of Roosevel Taylor county and creating the town of Taft was concurred in by the senate and now goes to the governor
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Madison
Wis
Marsh County
Senate
Barker
Cubertson
Roosevel
Taylor County
Taft
Mrs Lorillard Found Dead in Home Gas Incident
Washington March 25 A person in the Lorillard residence discovered the body of Mrs Pierre Lorillard in a locked bathroom with gas turned on The note reportedly left by Mrs Lorillard remains undisclosed
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Washington, D. C
Pierre Lorillard
Billy Whitla's abduction tale told by boy in Sharon
The Sharon story follows Billy Whitla, seized from East Ward School, told by the boy at his home. He recounts being taken in a buggy by a man named Mr. Jones and pressured to mail a letter to his mother while claiming the doctors hunt him for pest house exposure.
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Dorothy Dale
United Press
Sharon
Billy Whitla
East Ward
Billy
Sloss
Jones
Mr. Jones
Mrs. Jones
Negroes and Officers Engage in Gun Fight at Hickory Ground
At Hickory Ground near Henrietta Oklahoma a sheriff s posse and about 500 Negroes clashed after midnight. Eight Black residents were killed and several wounded as officers tried to arrest horse thieves. Deputy Sheriff Fowler was the only white casualty. A second battle at 10 am saw about 300 shots and four arrests, with fears the clash could wipe out the entire settlement.
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Henrietta
Okla
Hickory Ground
Fowler
Tribune Spring Fashion Supplement Preview
The Tribune announces its Spring Fashion Supplement for tomorrow highlighting season style questions with authentic content and life-like illustrations. It notes La Crosse merchants featured in the issue show progressive, up-to-date policies and urges readers to order extra copies to share with friends.
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Tribune
The
la Crosse
Bellboy escorts New York bound cat in mystery race
In Colorado Springs a bellboy George Swedman escorts a cat owned by Myra Moffat and Carroll Macy from California towards New York aboard a fast train. The women exchanged cipher messages and hired the bellboy to take the cat on a record breaking trip east. The motive remains unknown.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
George Swedman
Antlers’ Hotel
New York
Myra Moffat
Carrol Macy
California
Marriage License Issued in County Clerk's Office
County Clerk Charles H. Rawlinson issued a marriage license this afternoon to A. E. Paulson of Black River Falls and Miss Bessie Spencer of North La Crosse.
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Charles H. Rawlinson
A. E. Paulson
Black River Falls
Bessie Spencer
North la Crosse
Council Seeks Police Justice Salary Cut At Special Meeting
A proposed one year salary revision would reduce the police justice pay to about 809 and set mayoral pay at 1566 with 200 for each alderman. The move aims to curb light caseloads and enforce attendance at city hall sessions, with a special meeting called for tomorrow to fix salaries and other officials’ terms.
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Common Council
Keller
Police Justice
Police Justice Office
Styles from Hell via Paris
Roseville New Jersey March 25 Rev Dr Young Chapman presiding over the Presbyterian church here declares that women get their fashions from Paris and Paris from hell. He calls the current fashions diabolic and says they promote self harm and death through unwise choices.
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Roseville
N. J
Young Chapman
Presbyterian Church
Paris
Hell
Weather forecast for Wisconsin and Minnesota today
The forecast shows cold in La Crosse with 30 degrees and 40 degrees elsewhere. Winds up to 12 mph and trace precipitation are noted. Fair tonight and Friday, temperatures rising in Wisconsin and generally fair with moderate temps in Minnesota.
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la Crosse
U. S
Duluth
San Antonio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
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