Wisconsin children claim against estate deemed speculative
In Mauston Wisconsin a referee ruled nearly 30 years after death that three of ten children could not recover from their late father Patrick Mullowney estate. The women alleged wages totaling 6000 earned 1880 1890 given to parents for family benefit. the court found the claims too speculative without written statements. The estate went to youngest son John with two liens in favor of two younger daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maulton
Wis
Alfred Harrison
Mary Curtis
Traverse City
Mich
Ellen McCarty
Anna Ferry
Sauk County
Patrick Mullowney
Mauston
Mr. Mullowney
John
Tri Bune Wants Quick Buyers For Your Item
If you have anything to sell TRI BUNE WANTS will find a buyer quickly. The quirky message includes a joke about a fictitious disease called kleptomania and a question about contagion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Czolgosz Cousin Runs Amuck in Wisconsin
Joseph Czolgosz, who claims kinship to Leon Czolgosz the McKinley assassin, terrorized South Milwaukee on Manitoba avenue Saturday night firing a revolver before Deputies George Heidelberg and Peter Diedrich captured him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Joseph Czolgosz
Leon Czolgosz
William McKinley
South Milwaukee
Manitoba Avenue
George Heidelberg
Peter Diedrich
Milwaukee Street Caves In Over Tunnel Work
In Milwaukee Wisconsin on November 30 a pavement section at Grand avenue and Third street collapsed over a tunnel for the Uihlein interests. The eight by four foot section fell into a hole more than six feet deep amid quicksand concerns, threatening a wider cave-in in the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Grand Avenue
Third Street
Uihlein
Good Will Not Regulate Rates in Wis. Case
The Wisconsin railroad rate commission ruled that when the public is served by a single utility there is no basis to value goodwill in setting rates. In the Cashton Light & Power case the commission held that a franchise with an indeterminate permit has no value once the municipality chooses to purchase the plant. The decision signals that going value of a plant may be nominal and that compensation cannot be awarded for rights no longer existing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Cashton
Wis
Commission
Consolidated Gas Company
New York
Cashton’s Light & Power Co
Sparta
Miss Mitchell
Herlie LaRue
Leo Mitchell
Wilton
Florence
Bernard
Leyden
Chinook
Montana
Thomas Edwards
Rib Lake
Geo. Herbst
N. E. Club
Alfred Weekls
Josephine Lerty
J. Frazer
Lila Henstock
Alice Hoffman
la Crosse
Jessie Hollenbeck
Sophia Marquard
Ada Groves
Viroqua
Ray
From mining camp to London host and heiress
Mrs. Samuel Newhouse, now a London hostess and multi millionaire, recalls her youth as a 16 year old helper in a Colorado mining camp. She ran the establishment while her husband mined for gold, earning ten dollars weekly, a period she calls the happiest and best time of her life. Now she attends King Edward's Buckingham Palace and owns the finest pearls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Newhouse
West
Colorado Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Mrs. Newhouse
London
Colorado
Wisconsin in Brief State News Highlights and Local Scandals
BEAVER DAM promotes Capt. Zink to major as officers chosen. BELOIT reports Miss Ella Fisler dies in San Jose while cousin Edward Reilly learns of it from telegraph. BERLIN spends 10000 on 18000 cubic feet of cable. JANESVILLE sees a severe runaway injuring Peter and Mrs Johnson, a child unscathed. Bogus five dollar bills pass locally. KENOSHA Engaged couple Frank Beardsley and Anna Rowe wed to avoid public ceremony. MADISON canvasses four constitutional amendments as approved. MONROE gasoline car resumes service on Illinois Central branch. MARSHFIELD Mary Kalsched dies at 73 from hemorrhage. DENONOMONIE John Lauber 65 dies after fall breaking neck. OSHKOSH Milton Owen faces assault charge on 10-year-old Erna Peterson after prior poisoning attempt. OMRO fire guts E J Thompson drug store and nearby buildings. REOPEN SCHOOLS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Dam
Zink
Wisconsin National Guard
William Bearder
Frank W. Wilson
Charles H. Hopf
Beloit
Edward Reilly
San Jose
Cal
Ella Fisler
Milwaukee
Berlin
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Janesville
Peter Johnson
Chicago
Kenosha
Frank E. Beardsley
Lincoln Park
Anna Rowe
Oliver Rowe
Beardsley
Madison
State Board of Canvassers
Monroe
Illinois Central Branch
Marshfield
Mary Kalsched
John Lauber
Oshkosh
Milton B. Owen
Erna Peterson
OMRO
E. J. Thompson
Sparta Businesses Plan Monthly Market Day Sale
Sparta merchants launch a monthly sales event starting Dec 5 with many stock offerings and special premiums. About seventy firms participate, with free stable room for sellers and prizes including a milch cow and cattle optics. The event is organized by the local Business Men’s Association and supervised by R A Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Pitcher & Paulsen
Westby
Business Men’s Club
S. C. Letson
Jensen & Jones
Advertiser
Democrat
Herald
Market Day
R. A. Richards
Business Men's Association
E. A. Richardson
Frank Kern
Fred Gross
H. J. Davis
John W. Dorrington
Schools Reopen in Manitowoc After Smallpox Closure
Manitowoc Wisconsin November 30 The schools closed for a week due to smallpox reopened today as the state board of health urged vaccination enforcement and tighter monitoring of children while in school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc
Wis
State Board of Health
Damaging rains sink Gatun dam section in Panama
Damage from 20 days of continual rain near Gatun dam in Panama threatens the canal. Reports say the south toe has slid into the earth as the Chagree river overflows the site, submerging railroad tracks and the lock sides. Lt. Col. Goethals calls the slide routine for the rainy season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Gatun Dam
Chagree
Gatun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scott
Scott’s
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
Fessler & Dahl
S. 3Rd St
Wisconsin News
Fund For Benefit
Wellington Hotel
Cor
Wabash Ave
Jackson Boulevard
McClintock & Bayfield, Prags
Toxico Laboratory
Broadway
Soom Baste
Frank Kohn
Czolgosz
Milwaukee Street
Cashton CO
Fred L. Holmes
Board of Water Commissioners of
Water Board
H. F. Flock
Gergie
Lizié Flock
Fay Smith
Viroquais
Charlotte Shermer
Grand Rapids
Polly Gustad
Hazel Gustad
John Nyland
Wel Minn
N. F. Palen
The
S. S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
LA Crosse Theatre
SUN
Lia-Carlico
Talking Pictures
Arthur Brisbane
New York Journal
Charles Frohman
Henri Bernstein
Lyceum Theater
Wm. Winter
New York Tribune
Colon
Monrey Mill
Panama Canal
Goethals
Panama Canal Commission
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!