Woman Locates Long Lost Husband After Seven Years
Menominee Mich May 25 After a search of seven years Mrs J P Fraint of Milwaukee located the body of her long lost husband and will have the remains exhumed and taken to Milwaukee for burial The husband a cigar maker was found dying a thirty years ago and buried in the potters field His wife pursued the search all this time and at last her efforts were crowned with success.
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Menominee, Mich
J. P. Fraint
Milwaukee
Fraint
Four Legged Chicken Hatches in Racine
In Racine Wisconsin Charles Sutherland reports a chicken hatched a week ago with four perfect legs. The freak fowl appears healthy and flourishing despite the extra pair of legs.
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Racine, Wis
Charles Sutherland
Lafayette Avenue
Hancock Youth Dies During Armenia Baseball Game
Albert Parker about 20 years old of Hancock collapsed and died of heart disease during a baseball game at Armenia in Grand Rapids Wisconsin. He had known organic heart trouble and despite warnings about overexertion joined the Armenia nine. Parker was making a home run when his heart failed and he fell dead without a sound.
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Grand Rapids, Wis
Albert Parker
Hancock
Armenia
Wisconsin Sunday School convention opens with 1000 delegates
Neenah Wis May 25 Nearly 1000 delegates from across the state are arriving for the twenty second annual Wisconsin Sunday School association convention which opens Tuesday and runs through Thursday evening Delegates are expected to attend from all parts of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neenah
Wis
Wisconsin Sunday School Association
Theaters Question Half Show Length Figures In Debate
A debate centers on whether a theater show should be cut in half or presented in full. Officials weigh audience demand, costs, and schedule constraints as patrons await a decision.
Women urged to try Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
An advertisement targets thinking women, praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as openly labeled with ingredients, claiming it strengthens weak women and cures sickness at home. It extols physician endorsement, offers free advice from Dr. Pierce at Buffalo and promotes The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, detailing pricing and delivery by mail.
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S. S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Pierce
America
R. V. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Beedle defends Wisconsin insurance laws in annual report
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Beedle praises new laws as boosting confidence and increasing business while decrying costly legacy practices. He notes twenty three insurers left the state Jan 1 due to nonconformity and argues publicity must reach policyholders, not just archives. King Edward orders 500 cigars for 1000 dollars from a New York firm, at a higher price than two years ago, reflecting his smoking habits.
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Madison
Wis
Beedle
Insurance Department
Wisconsin
King Edward
New York
Do We Talk Too Much at County Teachers Institute
Milwaukee May 25. At the county teachers institute in the normal school Prof W H Cheever said female pedagogues are given to volubility in his address Do We Talk Too Much Seventy five percent of his audience of seventy teachers were women He urged briefness in answering questions that arise in class
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Milwaukee
County Teachers’ Institute
Normal School
W. H. Cheever
Drinks Absinthe Steals a Horse
Kenosha Wisconsin May 25 Walter Glenn a Milwaukee insurance agent was taken into custody on a charge of stealing a horse belonging to T F Williams of Richmond Illinois. He was released Williams saying he did not care to prosecute. Glenn said he had been drinking absinthe and did not know what he was doing.
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Kenosha, Wis
Walter Glenn
Milwaukee
T. F. Williams
Richmond, Ill
Williams
Glenn
Book agents save a woman's life in Wisconsin
Despondent over domestic troubles Mrs William Parks attempted suicide by placing a cloth soaked with chloroform over her face and lying on the bed A book agent alert to the odor forced entry with neighbors and a physician reviving her at North Bluff street Janeville Wis May 25
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Janesville
Wis
William Parks
North Bluff Street
State News in Brief from Several Wisconsin Towns
A roundup of local items: James Hocking of Yorkville, 50, committed suicide. In DePere, Congregational property sold for 2000 dollars to C A Lawton for a new church. In Rhinelander saw mill burned at Mason Donaldson Lumber Co. A $40,000 loss. In Seymour Esau Hill and Eleazer Denny, Oneida Indians, charged with robbing William Steffin of 120 dollars. In Whitewater six Morris Pratt Institute students graduate. In Appleton railroad engineers appraising water works. In Ashland Security Savings Bank property to be sold June 1. In Burlington city sewerage district to be formed. In Beloit Japanese buying cattle for shipment abroad. In Eau Claire a 507 acre Gilbert E Porter place sold for 30 to 50 thousand dollars, to become a dairy farm. In Eau Claire mock convention at high school La Follette for president Beveridge for VP nominated, Taft on May first ballot.
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Racine
James Hocking
Yorkville
Depere
Congregational Society
C. A. Lawton
Rhinelander
Mason Donaldson Lumber Company
Seymour
Esau Hill
Eleazer Denny
Oneida
William Steffin
Whitewater
Morris Pratt Institute
Appleton
Railroad Commission
Ashland
Security Savings Bank
Burlington
Beloit
Island Kingdom
Eau Claire
Eau Claire County
Leonard Thompson
Neenah
Henry Aebly
Henry N. Aebly
New Orleans
Gilbert E. Porter
la Follette
Albert Beveridge
Hughes
Taft
TRY TO OUST CHETEK'S MAYOR
CHIPPEWA FALLS WI May 25 Acting for the state and attorneys Cooke and La Bell has served summons to ouster proceedings against W G Malcolm mayor of Chetek. The summons is returnable before Judge Vinje within twenty days. Malcolm resigned after discovering missing second papers hoping council election would legitimize him. opponents doubt the council choice made him more qualified.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
T. W. Reardon
Cooke and
la Bell
W. G. Malcolm
Chetek
Vinje
Malcolm
Family Seems to Be Fated in Tragic Foxgrover Death
Neenah Wis May 25 A singular fact ties to the drowning death of Charles Foxgrover of this city He was one of a family of thirteen children All but four are dead Nine of the siblings died in violent ways including drownings railroad wrecks and a threshing machine accident One sister died from poisoning while picking over rags in a paper mill turning to lockjaw
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Neenah
Wis
Charles Foxgrover
Montana
Foxgrover
Cabrera Puts His Enemies Away in Guatemala
In San Francisco on May 25 the Guatemala liner brought reports of a reign of terror in Guatemala. President Cabrera seeks to purge his enemies after an April 20 life-threatening bid. Prominent figures are said to have disappeared, with soldiers allegedly abducting victims nightly and censorship in force, leaving residents in constant fear.
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San Francisco
Guatemala
Cabrera
Millionaire Jacoby Seized in Multi Million Misappropriation Charge
Mexico City May 25 Financial circles report the judge orders Martin Jacoby head of Jacoby mercantile house into court on a charge of misappropriation totaling between 3 and 5 million dollars. The case marks the greatest sensation in years in the city’s business world.
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Mexico City
Martin Jacoby
Mercantile House of Jacoby
Despondent Woman Says Lover Forsook Her in Sheboygan
Edith Milkie a 26 year old domestic at Adolph Pfis residence in Sheboygan expresses despair claiming her lover abandoned her. She seeks help after a breakup that left her despondent.
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Sheboygan, W's
Edith Milkie
Adolph Pfis
Grant Tomb on Riverside Drive A Monument to a President
The Grant Tomb on Manhattan Island rises high above the Hudson on Riverside Drive. The tomb houses President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife in adjacent sarcophagi. Surrounding the entry room are battle flags from Grant's wartime regiment, celebrating his leadership and enduring peace achievements.
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Riverside Drive
New York City
Republic
Ulysses S. Grant
Manhattan Island
Hudson
New York Avenues
Grant
The
United States
Woman Attempts Suicide By Ingesting Carbolic Acid
After taking carbolic acid the woman regretted the act and rushed to Dr. O J Gutsch’s residence across the street where she fainted. Brought to St. Nicholas hospital, she is said to be expected to live.
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Ter
O. J. Gutsch
St. Nicholas Hospital
Appleton Girl Dies by Carbolic Acid Suicide
Miss Mary Chard of Appleton aged 22 committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid at Stroebe's resort on the river. She had recently lost her domestic position and, while with a young man who had a wife in the Outagamie insane asylum, pleaded for marriage and financial support. After threats to jump from the boat, she was brought to shore and drank the poison.
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Appleton, Wis
Mary Chard
Stroebe
Outagamie Insane Asylum
Unusual May wedding at Neenah social club
In Neenah on May 25 S and E Kurtz wed Idella May Walters of Galion Ohio during a Social club meeting. A rough pine box labeled Dead, but Not Forgotten was opened by the groom revealing wedding gifts for the couple. Kurtz serves as sexton at the local cemetery.
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Neenah, Wis
S&s
Wrecked Sailors Rescued Off Galilee
Twenty four members of the crew of the stranded vessel were rescued near Galilee New Jersey after a distress call. Emergency crews and nearby ships assisted in the operation. No further details on casualties or vessel type were disclosed.
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Galilee
N. J
Rescued crew of steamer Hornsee amid peril near shore
Life savers from Egg Harbor and Absecol rescued the crew of the steamer Hornsee in a dramatic operation today. Details are scarce but the vessel, bound from Cuba with sugar, was in a desperate position at sea.
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Hornsee
Egg Harbor
Absecol
Cuba
No Lark in Being a Jail Bird Says Convict
A convict notes that life behind bars is no joke and speaks frankly about the harsh routine, discipline, and isolation of jail life. He warns others about the consequences of crime and the difficulty of reclaiming freedom after incarceration.
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