New Trains on Milwaukee Route Rumor Sparks Talk
Milwaukee railroad circles report two new passenger trains to run Minneapolis to Chicago. One would reach Milwaukee around 2 25 AM from Minneapolis, on the time of No 2, and return before No 5 at 5 05 PM. No official announcement has been made, but insiders say the service is practically assured due to Yukon Alaska Expo traffic in Seattle.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Minneapolis
Chicago
Seattle
Fireman Responds to East Troy Death of Elderly Father
Fireman John Cole of Milwaukee was called to East Troy yesterday by the death at that place. His father was 99 years old. No definite details about the old gentleman's demise have been learned.
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John Cole
Milwaukee
East Troy
Merit System Changes at Burlington Discharges End Suspensions
The Burlington announces a new merit system that ends suspensions for rule infractions. A full service history will be kept, with hearings and written records, guiding promotions by fitness and seniority, and issuing dismissals for disloyalty, insubordination, or drunkenness.
Old idea of hereditary baldness debunked by science
Article argues baldness is caused by a germ infection and not heredity. It promotes Newbro's Herpicide as the cure and scalp cleanser, urging readers to destroy the cause to remove the effect. Sample offer and agent information appear for Detroit-based The Herpicide Co. Hoeschler Bros. listed as special agents. A card notes Foley’s Honey and Tar will cure coughs and warns of refund if failed, with O. T. Erhart named.
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Newbro
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mich
Hoeschler Bros
Foley
O. T. Erhart
North Side in Brief on Local Move and Events
Miss Pearl Laughlin of 1447 Charles street will enter the conservatory of music in Indianapolis. The Royal Neighbors plan a music program at Woodman hall on Rose street with the Hoyles providing entertainment and dance music. The Dode Fisk advertising car passes through town and shows will arrive May 17. Ed Large is ill at 1113 Barlin street. Chief Claim Agent Wm. Henry of the Milwaukee road is in the city on official business.
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Pearl Laughlin
Charles Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Conservatory of Music
John Engen
West Salem
Monay
B. F. Stork
Waupaca
Wis
Roberts
Caledonia Street
Avon Street
E. Laughlin
J. L. Dodge
Kane Street
Wautoma
Fred Findeisen
Wyoming
la Crosse
Woodman Hall
Rose Street
Chicago
North Side
Royal Neighbors
Combinations
Combination Allers
A. Garrow
Burlington
Riverside
la Crosse Roiler
Dode Fisk
Ross Menard
St. Paul Street
Ed Large
Barlin Street
Wm. Henry
Milwaukee Road
Son of C W Bunn Dies in the West
Sam H. Bunn, 27, oldest son of C W Bunn of Minneapolis chief counsel for the Northern Pacific railway, died at North Yakima Washington of Brights disease after illness. He attended Yale briefly, worked with a Mexican mining firm, and had returned to North Yakima three months earlier. He leaves a sister Helen and brothers Donald and Robert with Judge Bunn as an uncle. body to be taken to St Paul for burial. His mother Miss Mary Anderson is from this city and he was a nephew of Mrs W L Crosby and Mr S W Anderson.
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Sam H. Bunn
C. W. Bunn
Minneapolis
Northern Pacific Railway
North Yakima
Wash
Bright
Mr. Bunn
Yale University
Mexico
Maniac Fires Car At Savanna
A Milwaukee box car at Savanna was fired yesterday by a man described as a raving maniac who was apprehended nearby by a fireman. The suspect, named as Thomas Cole, struggled violently at the station and may be sent to the insane asylum if his condition does not improve.
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Milwaukee
Savanna
Thomas Cole
Funeral of Norman S. Bull in Prairie du Chien
Norman S. Bull died after a two day illness and was laid to rest yesterday at Evergreen cemetery. The funeral on Michigan Street was conducted by Arthur Brower, lay reader of Trinity Episcopal Church. He leaves a wife and five children, all present except one.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Norman S. Bull
Michigan Street
Arthur Brower
Trinity Episcopal Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Bull
Local inventor Weston waging battle with illness in Mt. Clemens
North side resident C. H. Weston, famed as a saw filer and inventor of tools and the spiral wheel propeller, is seriously ill in Mt. Clemens Michigan. He had wintered in Florida and Hot Springs before seeking treatment, with doctors reporting slim hopes for recovery.
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C. H. Weston
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Weston
Florida
Hot Springs
Ark
Civil War veteran deaths mark Wis. city losses in past year
The article notes Mr. Bull, a member of Company C of Wiscon sin's Iron Brigade, is the third survivor to die in the city this year, following Lieut. George Fairfield and Sear St. Bedford Bush. The P. W. Plummer post of the G. A. R. attends the funeral.
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Bull
Wisconsin
Iron Brigade
George Fairfield
Sear St. Bedford Bush
P. W. Plummer Post
Foley’s Kidney Remedy Promises Kidney and Blood Purity
The ad claims Foley's Kidney Remedy provides a tonic to the kidneys after winter strain and purifies blood by stimulating kidney elimination. It adds it imparts new life and vigor and is pleasant to take, per O. T. Erhart.
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Foley
O. T. Erhart
Chautauqua Receives Strong Regional Support
Rev Rheinfrank, traveling from La Crosse to Winona for Chautauqua logistics, reports broad backing from manufacturers, jobbers, businessmen and citizens. Many firms are buying season tickets, and advance subscriptions promise a successful event, weather permitting, with potential to be a record entertainment in Chautauqua history.
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Rev. Rheinfrank
la Crosse
Redpath
Monument to Father of Baseball Henry Chadwick Dedicated
A granite column monument to Henry Chadwick Father of Baseball is unveiled in a Brooklyn cemetery. Notables attend the ceremony as subscriptions from league parks nationwide funded the unique tribute featuring a baseball atop the column with a diamond and crossed bats.
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Father OF
Baseball
Brooklyn
N. Y
Henry Chadwick
Death of Mary Summers Widow of Chicago Resident
Mrs. A Taylor of La Crosse reports the death of her mother Mrs. Mary Summers at her daughter Mrs. Edward O Neils Milwaukee home. A longtime Milwaukee resident aged 79 she leaves sons E J Summers Chicago and William Summers and daughters Mrs E H McCann Evanston Mrs Robert Patterson and Mrs Edward O Neil Milwaukee. Funeral at Gesu church Milwaukee at 8 50 Tuesday morning with burial in Calvary cemetery Milwaukee.
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A Taylor
Avon Street
la Crosse
Mary Summers
Edward O'Neil
Seventeenth Street
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Gesu Church
Calvary Cemetery
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Burlington Road
Daniel Willard
Willard
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Maniac
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Say
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Congregational Ladies’ Industrial Society
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Marie Nebel
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Froelich
Iowa
N. 8. Bull
Twentieth Century Club
Laura Mulheim
Addie Allen
Ferryville
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