Wisconsin Congregational convention backs Sunday rest drive
Delegates urge Sunday as a day of worship and rest and back the Rest association in banning Sunday ball games. A 2 cent per member levy funds the effort. Petitions seek federal action to curb Sunday labor in the post office and railroads and to close Alaska Yukon and Pacific exposition grounds on Sundays. Leaders from Oshkosh Waukesha Randolph Madison Beloit and Berlin named to various boards and meetings.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin Congregational Convention
J. B. Davidson
Sunday Rest Day Association
Rest Association
Assis
United States
Secretary of War
Post Office
Registry
Money Order
United States Congress
District of Columbia
National Council
Cleveland
E. H. Smith
I. L. Cory
Waukesha
A. L. P. Loomis
Randolph
E. G. Updike
Madison
American Missionary Asociation
Wisconsin
Wisconsin President Calls Abolishing Freshman Sophomore Rush
Madison October 5 President Charles R Van Hise of the University of Wisconsin says he never approved of the freshman sophomore rush. He argues the large class size makes the rush dangerous and should be abolished, ideally by student action, while endorsing student self government.
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Madison
Wis
Charles R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
van Hise
Wisconsin President Calls Abolishment of Student Rush
President Van Hise cites impracticality of student control over rush as freshmen and sophomores expand. He supports abolishing the current rush form after yesterday’s incidents and condemns violations of self-government hazing rules by sophomores.
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van Hise
Lost Daughter Reunited With Cal Banker After Years
Dr. C. O. Gates of Santa Cruz, a banker and mine owner, finds his 19 year old daughter in Racine Wis after she was adopted by Mr and Mrs Julius Meinel and worked as a stenographer. She learned his name through letters to physicians and wrote him, leading to the reunion. Her parents separated in Sheboygan shortly after her birth. her mother died and an uncle fostered her before adoption.
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Racine
Wis
C. O. Gates
Santa Cruz
Cal
Julius Meinel
Dr. Gates
Pocket Knife Is Seventy Years Old
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin October 0 Special a pocket knife seventy five years old handed down to the third generation is in possession of A I Kellogg who has just returned from a family reunion at Sterling Michigan The knife was presented to Mr Kellogg by a brother who inherited it from his father who used it for twenty years The brothers had not met for 38 years Harry Kellogg of Chicago son of A I Kellogg will get the knife when his father dies.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
A. I. Kellogg
Sterling
Mich
Mr. Kellogg
Harry Kellogg
Chicago
Elevator Drop Injures Four At Milwaukee Hotel
Four Plankinton hotel employees were injured when an elevator plunged two stories to the basement last night. Guests heard the crash as workers rushed to the shaft and found the wrecked car at the bottom. All injured are expected to recover.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Plankinton
Child Hurt While Playing with Dynamite Caps
Six year old Frank Feeney of Sanborn Wisconsin is recovering from a severe accident after pounding dynamite caps with stones near his home. One leg was terribly lacerated by the explosion. The child displayed remarkable nerve through the ordeal.
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Ashland
Wis
Frank Feeney
Sanborn
Plunges to Death From Fifth Story in Milwaukee
William Fairbanks a laborer fell from the fifth story of a concrete building on Grand Avenue Milwaukee yesterday in front of a large crowd. His neck was broken and his skull fractured. Death was instantaneous.
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Milwaukee
Wis
William Fairbanks
Grand Avenue
Fairbanks
Wisconsin convention to elect state delegate to national Equity body
MenomonieWis October 5 The state convention opens with the key task of choosing a delegate to the national convention of the American Society of Equity The Wisconsin branch opposes efforts to defeat National President J A Everett and the chosen delegate will be instructed to oppose the opposition party vigorously.
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Menomonie
Wis
American Society of Equity
Wisconsin
J. A. Everitt
Milwaukee church to dedicate $150,000 edifice
The Grand Avenue congregation of Milwaukee will dedicate its new $150,000 Methodist church on Sunday. The group was organized in 1836, when Milwaukee was a hamlet, and the original church was built in 1844 before being razed.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Grand Avenue
Watertown appoints Sidney Eberle assistant postmaster
News holds that Sidney F. Eberle, now in San Francisco, has been named assistant postmaster at Watertown Wisconsin. Other briefs note Grace English Lutheran church preparing for the Luther League Wisconsin state convention in Kenosha next Tuesday, the cabbage crop fears in Racine due to rot, a Bergstrom Paper mill strike by forty five girls over pay, and St Marys Hospital Aid charity ball in Racine to fund patient rooms.
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Watertown
Wis
Sidney F. Eberle
San Francisco
Kenosha
Grace English Lutheran Church
Luther League of Wisconsin
Racine
Neenah
Bergstrom Paper Company
St. Mary's Hospital
Knowledge Sent to Disciplinary Committee for Review
A communication states that this information will be forwarded to the university faculty disciplinary committee for their consideration. The text implies formal review of alleged concerns within the academic community.
Births Exceed Deaths by Two in September
Health Officer Murphy reports September figures for Greater La Crosse show 35 births and 33 deaths. Among the deaths, 20 were male and 13 female, with 8 under one year old. Native born parents totaled 43, with German, Norwegian, Irish, and other foreign-born parents also noted.
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Greater la Crosse
Anthony Murphy
Wisconsin Briefs: Burglary, Milk Scandals and Notable Deaths
Reports from Racine Kenosha Neenah Menomonie and surrounding areas detail a Burglary at Schmitz Lauer Clothing with losses near 500, milk men Peturka and Carlson cleared by jury after impure milk accusations, mad dog scare in Raymond town, Albert Eisenach former city official dies at 76, and Mrs Miller injured by a wagon fall with serious spinal injury.
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Kenosha
Wis
Schmitz & Lauer
Racine
Aoing
Charles Peturka
Anton Carlson
Raymond
Neenah
Albert Eisenach
Milwaukee
Menomonie
Frank Miller
Fire destroys Sparta grain elevator and grain
The H F McEachron Elevator in Sparta Wisconsin burned yesterday afternoon near the Milwaukee depot. Fire started likely from a passing train spark. Estimated damage about 8000 dollars with 2000 bushels of grain and a car of feed lost. Building owned by Martin Jackson with 4900 dollar loss and 1500 insurance. Grain losses around 4000 dollars with 2060 insurance.
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Sparta
Wis
H. EF. McEachron Elevator Company
Milwaukee Depot
Martin Jackson
Pionfer Woman Barbara Heerter Dies at 79
Barbara Heerter longtime Brinkman Ridge resident died yesterday afternoon of paralysis at age 79. Born in Germany she lived in La Crosse county many years leaving five daughters and three sons as survivors. Funeral is set for Monday at 10 in St Joseph's Ridge Catholic Church.
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Barbara Heerter
Brinkman Ridge
Germany
la Crosse County
John Schlesser
Arcadia
Gustav Oehler
Oehler’s Mills
Rudolph Rank
la Crosse
Otto Schaefer
Chicago
Henry Waick
John Haerter
Medford
Wis
Joseph
Coon Valley
Peter of
Byrne improves after operation on thief Hugh H. Byrne
Chief Byrne of the La Crosse police department is improving after an operation at St Francis hospital about a week ago. He will soon leave the hospital though it may be some time before he resumes full duties as chief. The lead comment about reciprocation hints at broader sentiment.
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Hugh H. Byrne
la Crosse
St. Francis Hospital
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