North Side Briefs Echo City Happenings
Largest line of new wallpaper in the city at Staats Wall Paper Co. trains report five inches of snowfall at Tunnel City. Local move notes include changes for Meason, Rafferty, and La Court. Community events cover club meetings at Avon street, church society entertainments, and the funeral of Mrs. Sundt with burial at Campbell cemetery.
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New Wall Paper
Staats’ Wall Paper Co
Tunnel City
Nels Larson
Tomah
Soucey
Rose Street
Minneapolis
Burlington
D. O. Waida
Chicago
Ambrose Murphy
St. James Church
Caledonia and
Windsor Streets
Racine
Cinch Club
Leffingwell
Avon Street
Alois Yehle
S. H. Welsch
A. L. Mosher
Ladies’ Society
Trinity Lutheran Church
M. A. Berg
Young People’s Society
M. J. la Court
Milwaukee
Hart
Caledonia Street
P. Sundt
Campbell Cemetery
Senate and House in Brief May 8 Washington
The senate debated the rate bill and adopted an amendment barring passes or rebates on passenger traffic except for railway employees charity patients and church groups. An amendment to include private cars as common carriers failed. Elkins’ proposal barring common carriers from selling goods in competition with shippers was pending. The house approved various measures after Speaker Cannon’s 70th birthday, while Williams of Mississippi continued a filibuster for statehood until a quorum halted it. Also enacted were provisions on Lake Michigan wharves and Fort Brady land sales to settle a federal claim for St Marys Falls canal funds. The American Seating company will be the new entity with $10 000 000 capital. It operates twenty one factories, ten active. Thos Boyd of Chicago is president and L A Peil of Racine is vice president.
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Senate
House
Washington
Elkins
Cannon
Williams
Mississippi
Lake Michigan
Lake County
Ind
Fort Brady
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Michigan
St. Mary’s Falls Ship Canal
American Seating Company
Thos. Boyd
Chicago
L. A. Peil
Racine
Revolutionist Bomb Plot Tied to Palace Rescue
Moscow May S. reports a revolutionist disguised as a naval peer attempted to assassinate Governor General Deubasoff. He carried the bomb in a candy box with a false passport under the alias Metz, linking him to three revolutionists killed by a bomb blast in their room last Saturday.
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Moscow
May
Nan
Deubasoff
Tie
Metz
Is This Another Combine in Racine Wisconsin May
American School Furniture company reorganized with all bondholders surrendering bonds and taking stock. The move signals a restructuring action shaping ownership and future operations in Racine.
Tax Bill Against the Standard in Hancock County
Tax inquisitor Baker announces back taxes against the Standard Oil company and its tributaries in Hancock county totaling about 100000 dollars. He alleges Buckeye Pipe Line and Ohio Oil concealed county property from taxation as part of the Standard.
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Findlay
Inquisitor Baker
Standard Oil Company
Hancock County
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Ohio Oil Company
Standard
Indiana U Fails to Raise Funds for Endowments
Bloomington May 8 Indiana university cannot provide library and laboratory equipment needed to secure two endowments for pathological research offered by a Chicago physician and by Dr. Benjamin Taylor Terry of New York City. The combined value of the gifts totals $20,000.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Chicago
Benjamin Taylor Terry
New York City
New York Broker Edwin W Clark Shoots Self At Hotel Marseilles
Edwin W Clark aged 64 a broker and Cotton Exchange member shot himself in the head at his Hotel Marseilles apartment and died instantly after telling his wife he could not endure the pain any longer amid repeated attacks of acute indigestion. The act occurred while she phoned for a physician.
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New York
Edwin W. Clark
The
Cotton Exchange
Marseilles
Clark
Rockefeller Institute Opens with Record Gift
The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York will open Friday afternoon with founder John D Rockefeller likely present after his gift of 3,000,000 for building and equipment. It marks the first institute of its kind in the United States, founded in Chicago five years ago after the death of Rockefeller's infant granddaughter.
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Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
United States
Chicago
Rhode Island Battleship Strands at York Spit
The Rhode Island battleship ran aground on York spit Saturday while en route from Poston to the York River target. Damage and salvage efforts were reported as authorities assessed the incident near Norfolk, Virginia, with naval officials monitoring the situation.
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Rhode Island
Norfolk, Va
York Spit
Poston
York River
Coast guard reports slight damage to cruiser after mud bottom strike
The vessel was said to be only slightly damaged after running aground on a mud bottom. The incident involved The cruiser Minneapolis and naval tugs Hercules Mohawk and Wahneta Uneas, with rounds floated later by the group to assist.
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Minneapolis
Hercules
Mohawk
Wahneta
Uneas
Fatal family quarrel ends in double tragedy in Steubenville
William Cox and his son-in-law William Carney, both coal miners from Smithfield, quarreled over two cats. Cox seized a shotgun as Carney left, shot him, then shot himself, dying almost instantly.
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Steubenville, O
May &S
William Cox
William Carney
Smithfield
Carney
Cox
Romanian groom hosts lavish Terre Haute wedding feast
In Terre Haute Indiana on May 8 Charles Alban a Roumanian provided a wedding tent and served two calves 100 chickens 1500 bottles of beer and 100 gallons of wine to guests in a lavish celebration with ample provisions and beverages.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Charles Alban
Frost Hits Iowa with Heavy Killing Freeze
Des Moines and nearby areas escaped a killing frost after Fort Dodge reported a wholesale destruction of garden stock plants and small fruit. The frost was the heaviest in the region, with Des Moines and surroundings receiving protective night coverings and little damage reported elsewhere.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Vicinigy
Iowa Man Named Master Builder for Panama Canal Zone
Iowa Central railway foreman C. F. Mead of Marshalltown has been appointed master car builder of the Panama canal zone by Panama Canal superintendent George D. Brook. Mead will relocate to Panama to oversee car shop operations and machinery.
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Iowa
Panama
Marshalltown
May
C. FA. Mead
Iowa Central Railway
Panama Canal Zone
George D. Brook
Local Broker Folsom Shoots Self After Reverses
Boston financier Leland W. Folsom, 45, longtime figure in the State Street brokerage district, died by suicide after financial reverses. The incident ends years of public presence and suggests mounting business troubles as the likely motive.
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Boston
Leland W. Folsom
State Street
Excursion Tickets Set For Ripon Track Meet
Excursion tickets to the Central Wisconsin Track and Field Meet at Ripon Wisconsin will be sold at reduced rates May 17 and 18. Tickets are limited to return until May the 19th and apply to Chicago and North Western Ry agents via the North Western Line.
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Wisconsin
Ripon
Wis
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Interscholastic Contest Tickets Reduced Rates May 16 19
North Western Line to sell excursion tickets at reduced rates May 16 to 19 with return until May 21. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
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North-Western
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Very Low Rates to Des Moines via the North Western Line
Excursion tickets to Des Moines Iowa offered on May 14 15 16 17 21 and 23 with return validity through May 31 limited to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Tickets available from Chicago and North Western Ry agents.
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Des Moines
North-Western
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Very Low Rates to Boston for AMA Meeting
Special reduced fares to Boston Massachusetts on the North Western line for ticket sales June 2 3 and 4 with favorable return limits. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry for details and purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
North-Western
American Medical Association
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Knights of Columbus Convention Excursion Rates
Very low excursion rates to New Haven Connecticut will be offered with convenient travel dates and favorable return limits for the Annual Convention of the National Council Knights of Columbus to be held June 3 to 9. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway.
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New Haven
Conn
North-Western
National Council, Knights of Columbus
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Excursion Tickets to St Paul Minneapolis Sold May 28-31
Excursion tickets to St Paul Minneapolis via the Northwestern Line will be sold May 28 to 31, inclusive, with return allowed until June 9. Tickets are issued on account of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
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North-Western
Federation of Womens’ Clubs
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Wheat and livestock prices at Chicago Board of Trade and East Buffalo
Quotations across commodities show May and July wheat at about 81 to 79 cents for May and 78 for July, corn around 47 to 49 cents, oats near 32 to 28 cents, and hogs cows cattle and sheep priced with ranges for the day. East Buffalo merchants quote live stock and hay, with steers at 4.25 to 5.85 and lambs around 6.40 to 6.60, calves at 5.75 to 6.00, and market notes on receipts and price shifts.
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Chicago Board of Trade
MIO Ce
Chicago
Pga
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Market Prices Reported for Farm Commodities
Patent per barrel four forty. Straight per barrel four twenty. Bran per ton seventeen. Shorts per ton eighteen. White middlings per ton ten. Red dog per ton twenty. Butter and eggs dairy butter twenty one to twenty two cents. Roll butter twenty one cents. Fresh eggs sixteen. Hay tame nine to ten dollars marsh six fifty to seven. Straw five to five fifty. Cheese cream twins thirteen to fourteen cents. Brick cheese twelve to twelve and a half. Full cream limburger eleven to twelve. Long horn thirteen to fourteen. Young America thirteen to fourteen. German hand per box ninety cents. Plain
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Caledonnia Street
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L. E. Meason and Son
Spettel
North Fourth Street
John Rafferty
la Crosse
Milwaukee Road
Portage
Margaret Jacques
McGregor, In
R. W. Gifford
Illinois
John Olstad
Wilbur River, Minn
E wTasvesven
Esa
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A. & C. Sletten
Caledonia St
James A. Trane
South Fifth St
Odin J. Oyen
la Crosse, Wis
Riority
Ryor
E. Hamilton
South Third Street
Broker
Mecca
Bond
Lilliard
Cedar Brook
Bryfuss
Andy Gilbertson
Towa
Appleton, Wis
St. Paul
Neapolis
Ware
Hay
Choice Timothy
Choice Prairie
Hay—Tame
Marsh
S.S.S
S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Gae
Tribune
Madison Street
South Eleventh Street
Stoddard
Cameron Hotels
North Eighth Street
Ino. Gund Brg, Co
Cass Avenue
South Sixth Street
Hotel Law
Pine Street
Frank G. Roth
Harry Muldoon
Inquire Vought- Serger Co
la Crosse Engraving Company
Moler Barber College
Ills
Jewel Tea Co
South Eighth
California
Bermuda
Cass Street
City
Fouth & Pearl
Henry N., Boehm
Continental Clothing House
W. Se. Réese
South Twelfth Street
Main Street
North Third Street
RONEY
E Tc. Stevens
la Crosse Mortanar & Loan Co
Wells E.bennett Architec
Batavien Bank Building
Holliste
Rocky Mountain
Younister
Deen Gowrang
Madison
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