Local Notes from Rushford and Surrounding Towns
Community notices recount visits relatives and neighbors across Union Grove Lanesboro Harmony and Houston. Weddings illnesses deaths and job moves touch many local residents with names and places to trace in late spring.
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Stevie Philips
Union Grove
Ohio
McDonough
James Parish
Lanesboro
Carl Smaby
Peterson
Schroeder
la Crosse
Levert Knudson
Houston
Scalded Child Dies in Milwaukee Home Accident
Rosina Samsone a four year old girl of 729 Jackson street Milwaukee died at her parents home 729 Vliet street from burns received after falling into a tub of boiling water at home on Saturday Authorities reported the child succumbed yesterday to the scalds sustained in the basin accident.
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Andrew Tagland
Twin Cities
Ole Sahiem
la Crosse
Olive Tagland
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Johnson
Olga
Peterson
Lambert
Laura Janstad
Lanesboro
Will Albrandt
Minneapolis
F. A. Olson
Fulton
John
John Anderson
Thorwald Sundby
Houston
Leva Benson
Emma
Fred Lind
Albert Baerman
Lime Springs
Our City
P. E. Quickstad
Ed Quickstad
Abrahamson
Stine
Abe Abrahamson
Herman Hanson
Mapleton
Charles Green
Ed Allison
Wabasha
Flora Olson
Winona
Henry Peterson
Milwaukee
Wis
Rosina Samsone
Jackson Street
Vliet Street
Press and politics shape Wilson era campaign legend
Madison report on Sigma Delta Chi banquet cites Joseph E. Davies praising press power in electing presidents. Remarks compare historical campaigns, note Garlands reading, and list 1950s fraternity officers, with Osborn’s greeting and next convention plans.
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Madison
Wis
Joseph E. Davies
Woodrow Wilson
Sigma Delta Chi
Davies
Mr. Davies
Bryan
Cleveland
McCombs
Wilson
Baltimore
New Jersey
Garland
Hamlin Garland
Venice
W. G. Bleyer
Richard Lloyd Jones
Laurence H. Sloan
Pulitzer School of Journalism
Lee A. White
The
Detroit News
Michigan
Roger F. Steffan
Ohio State University
Chase Osborn
Africa
Osborn
Ann Abor
Mich
Denver
Chester C. Wells
University of Wisconsin
Sol H. Lewis
Department of Journalism
University of Kansas
Robert C. Lowry
Austin
Tex
Ward A. Neff
University of Missouri
Frank C. Baldwin
Iowa State University
E M Wing Attends Bankers Meeting in New York
E M Wing arrives at Briar Cliff Lodge New York to attend the spring meeting of the executive council of the American Bankers Association. He came on the bankers special from Chicago.
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Briar Cliff Lodge
N. Y
E. M. Wing
Bankers’ Special
Chicago
The
American Bankers’ Association
Oysters Farms Under Water and Probate Notice
Farms under forty to sixty feet of salt water spread over more than 20 000 acres yet produce oysters rather than grain with steam powered harvesting by large vessels. Also a Wisconsin probate notice for Henry Appleton Worthington with six months to file claims and a November 4 1913 court examination stated by Amalia Worthington.
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Leslie
State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Henry Appleton Worthington
la Crosse
Amalia Worthington
Poslam Soap Promoted as Complete Skin Tonic
An advertisement touts Poslam Soap as a thoroughly medicated skin remedy and antiseptic tonic for all ages. It claims daily use maintains perfect health, improves color, and protects against impurities, with a free sample offer from Emergency Laboratories in New York.
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Emergency Laboratories
West 25Th Street
New York City
Police Stop Joyride Ends Stolen Car Case in Milwaukee
Milwaukee May 5 A joyride in a stolen car ended when two policemen sprang onto the running board as it sped through Milwaukee suburbs. They forced the driver to halt with revolvers drawn. Riders identified themselves as John W Stat z a draftsman Frank Miller a chauffeur Anna Thompson and Clara Warner. The two men were jailed the girls released.
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Milwaukeer
Waukesha
John W. Statz
Frank Miller
Anna Thompson
Clara Warner
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Governor Signs Public Health and Legal Bills
Governor McGovern signs the McComb bill banning common drinking cups in public spaces with fines of 10 to 50 dollars. A separate measure bars infirm or illiterate jurors. The Bossard bill limits town mutual insurance risk to 5000 dollars with board approval. Assemblyman Johnson’s portage levee repair appropriation of 25000 dollars is also enacted.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
McGovern
McComb
State Board of Health
Bosshard
Town Mutual Insurance Company
Assemblyman
K. A. Johnson
Not a Flumber and the Mason's Run
A young man claiming masonry work a henhouse project showed poor framing. He built a two foot high wall pitched like a funnel and admitted he rushed through the job to keep moving with mortar. Australia irrigates over two million acres of grazing land with artesian wells.
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Australia
Jack
Evelyn
Lucinda
Daddy
Africa
Monkey
Unfilled Police Chief Posts Highlight Hiring Challenges
Commentary notes widespread difficulty filling key positions including police chiefs while suggesting other hard to fill roles exist. It discusses job market gaps and the ongoing search for suitable leadership. The piece underscores fiscal constraints and leadership quality as core concerns for municipalities.
Anti Discrimination Bill Becomes Law
Governor McGovern signs Speaker Hulls anti discrimination bill making it a crime to deny equal access in buying or selling commodities. Fines range from 200 to 5000 dollars or up to one year in prison with the attorney general assigned to prosecute upon evidence.
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Madison
Wis
McGovern
Hull
Everlasting deeds endure beyond transient gains
A reflective aphorism notes that worldly gains fade while enduring deeds leave lasting impact, attributed to Algernon Swinburne.
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Algernon Swinburne
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South Water Street
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Thomas B. Jeffery
South Water
America
Bicycle Progress
R. Philip Brainard
Thomas B. Jeffery Company
Kenosha
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco
State St
C. H. Holway
la Crosse, Wis
Rushford
James Tenborg
Mrs. Lee
Virginia and
Charlotte of
Winipeg
T. R. Parish
Rygg
Harmony
Carl
Mildred Everson
T.S. Evenson
North Prairie
Martin Elerud
Kalispel
Spring Grove
E. B. Martin
Oshkosh
GAS and Electric Co
Austin Sanitarium
Main Street
Bankers’ Meeting
Washington Herald
John Brindley
C. L. Baldwin
Bissel
Bissell
BOYER
Furber Furniture CO
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