Wisconsin News Rifle Shot Is Fatal To Man
Medford Wisconsin May 14 Edward Therbach, a McKinley resident, was killed by a rifle shot to the head. William King, from the same town, is jailed on a murder charge, with reports accusing him of shooting during a crowd remonstration or in self defense. A second item says Silkworth was shot by his wife at Westboro after a drunken assault on their son. she wrested the weapon and fired, the husband likely to survive, with a complaint filed against the wife.
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Medford
Wis
Edward Therbach
McKinley
William King
Therbach
King
Tom McGown
Sakon
Silkwort
Westboro
Silkworth
Woman shoots herself in Wausau with unclear motive
Wausau Wis May 14 Mrs Henry Moon 24 of Spencer town committed death by her own action by shooting herself through the head. The cause could not be learned. Mrs Moon had been married two years and leaves a husband.
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Wausau, Wis
Henry Moon
Spencer
Postmaster resigns as rural delivery cuts pay
Fancher August Meronk resigns as postmaster because his salary dwindled to 30 to 40 dollars a year with rural delivery. The brief item notes other regional updates from Grand Rapids to Oshkosh, including a minister injuring his eye, a child accidentally shot, naturalization petitions, a new heating plan, a park cannon, a humane society talk, a college professor resignation, forest-fire work, and various local notes across Wisconsin.
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Fancher
August Meronk
Grand Rapids
A. J. Olson
Olson
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Bethel
Galesville
John Flood
Green Bay
G. L. Pavey
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Watertown
Mathias Scheblak
California
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Scheblak
Board of Supervisors
Johnson Creek
Nelson
Superior
William H. Bennett
Ripon
George Bicknell
Ripon College
Wausau
Parish
Hollis and Krueger
Menasha
Winnebago
Susanna Sanders
Albert T. Sanders
Winnebago County
Utica
Village Cyclone Spares Town After Church Destroyed
Appleton Wisconsin May 14 a small village named Medina twelve miles west of Appleton faced a peculiar cyclone that destroyed the Lutheran church just outside the village. The funnel cloud rose before reaching Medina and left the village itself unscathed aside from church property damage.
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Appleton
Wis
Medina
Iron and copper reserves in perspective
Washington May 14. President Charles R. Van Hise of the University of Wisconsin says a review of the nation’s mineral resources does not justify extreme pessimism about iron, lead, copper, and zinc reserves. He argues the current generation will not see a great shortage of these metals despite copper being less plentiful than years ago. The remarks followed Andrew Carnegie’s address urging conservation of metallic resources, notably iron and steel, at President ...
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Washington, D. C
Charles R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Andrew Carnegie
Roosevelt
White House
United States
van Hise
Pres
Appleton Man Inherits Fortune From German Grandfather
Edward Witthuhn, a pattern maker at Valley Ironworks in Appleton Wisconsin, learns he is heir to a German grandfather’s estate valued between fifty thousand and one hundred ninety thousand dollars. The fortune rests in legal papers hidden in a cupboard of the German home, after the owner was killed in the Franco Prussian War and his wife died shortly after. An old friend notified Witthuhn as the papers were found during repairs.
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Appleton, Wis
Edward Witthuhn
Valley Ironworks
Germany
Appleton
Witthuhn
Truth and Duality and the Laxative Advantage
The article argues truth and duality as keys to success and credits the Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle, effective laxative free of debilitation, urging purchase from the California Fig Syrup Co. It also reports Roosevelt’s White House conference and U S discussions on iron ore and copper reserves, emphasizing future discoveries and the balance of exploitation and resource use.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Milwaukee Seeks New County Courthouse
Milwaukee county appears set for a new courthouse after a county board resolution. A five member special committee was appointed to confer with civic society officers and hire an architect to study location and planning.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Jeske
Beauty by balance how to stay in normal form
An advertisement extols Rengo as a weight regulatory and beauty preserving product. It warns that overweight tendencies in both men and especially women lead to loss of beauty. It claims Rengo reduces to normal weight without thinness, builds health, and distributes flesh evenly. Available from The Rengo Co Detroit and local druggists with trial offer.
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Rengo
Rengo Co
Detroit
Mich
la Crosse
C. T. Erhart
Red Cross Drug Stores
C. F. & L. Runckel
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Foley's
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Iron Resources Large
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Lake Superior
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Copper Supply Limited
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Crosbys
SES Tmado
MLO
Cnymolu Reds
West Baden
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Custom House Place
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C&j. Michel Brewing CO
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