Tigers and Cubs battle in World Series game two
Chicago crowds pack the ballpark while the Cubs are favored to win as the unfinished yesterday’s game will be finished Thursday enabling five games in the World Series. Cubs Polister Kling oppose Tigers Mullin Payne as 26 000 fans attend in Chicago.
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Chicago
Detroit Tigers
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Athletics
Tigers
Polister
Kling
Mullin and
Payne
la Crosse
Chicago Nationals
Ty” Cobb
Schulte
Capt. Chance
Sam Crawford
Iack
the Tribune
Millionaire's Wife Entangled in Burglary Mystery
Chicago reports reveal Mrs. Charles Romadke of Milwaukee, wife of a leather magnate, involved in a jewelry theft case. She gives conflicting accounts and mentions a "Ralph Smith" while a man named Albert Jones is arrested as a messenger. police suspect Jones is the elusive Smith. The Romadkes and a brother-in-law appeared in court with the matter postponed to October 15.
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Chicago
Charles Romadke
Milwaukee
Clarence Beck
Ralph Smith
Albert Jones
Big Company Looted Says Anthony Brady
In New York on October 9 the Interborough Metropolitan inquiry heard Anthony N. Brady testify that a plot looted the Metropolitan Securities company treasury of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Brady accused Thomas F. Ryan William Whitney Peter A B Widener Thomas Dolan and William L. Elkins of Philadelphia of a single $111,652 theft.
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New York
Treasury
Metropolitan Securities Company
Interborough Metropolitan
Public Service Commission
Jerome
Anthony N. Brady
Mr. Brady
Thomas F. Ryan
William C. Whitney
Peter A. B. Widener
Thomas Dolan
William L. Elkins
Philadelphia
Metropolitan Securties Company
Car Men Strike Paralyzes Henderson Street Cars
Henderson Ky Oct 9 The entire street car system is tied up today as employees strike in protest of the discharge of Superintendent Cole. The action halts transit across the city and leaves residents awaiting service.
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Henderson
Cole
Tobacco Growers Rally Against Trust In Wisconsin
Tobacco growers in Wisconsin and 223 local societies plan pooling and direct selling to manufacturers if buyers refuse minimum prices. In Madison today the American Society of Equity delegates set base rates 15 cents for best, 12 1/2 for medium, and 10 for poor tobacco with two cent uplift if sized. Banks ready to finance pooled crop and sheds to store and appraise the tobacco.
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Madison
Wis
Tobacco Department
American Society of Equity
Capitol
Farmers’ Trust
Tobacco Trusts
Ethel Roosevelt Not to Make Debut This Winter
Washington society learns with regret that Miss Ethel Roosevelt will not enter society this winter. She will not debut this season, remain at school under a governess, and study another year before possibly joining social circles. Her governess is Miss Young, formerly Mrs. Longworth’s, who taught the Roosevelt children languages and music.
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Washington, D. C
Washington Society
Ethel Roosevelt
White House
Crooked Standard Methods Unearthed
New York October 9 Examiner Kellogg traced a "bills receivable" entry on Standard Oil records to an asset named J. B. McDonald. The find suggests funds for a mysterious English group and related oil ventures. Investigators believe the Standard Oil trust is using various devices to form a monopoly.
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New York
Standard Oil
Examiner Kellogg
Anglo-American Company
Standard Concern
J. B. McDonald
General Industrial Development Oil Company
Security Oil Company of Texas
Rev Kremer to Dedicate Church in Viroqua Corner Stone Laying
The Rt Rev Monsignor A P Kremer of Genoa will conduct the corner stone laying for a new Catholic church at Viroqua. Bishop Schwebach will be on a confirmation tour Oct 15, so Kremer will lead the services. The event marks the laying of the church building about to be erected.
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Schwebach
Kremer
Genoa
Viroqua
Grocers Meet in La Crosse Association Session
The La Crosse Retail Grocers' Association held its regular monthly meeting last night. Only routine business was transacted.
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la Crosse Retail Grocers’ Association
Judge Quarles Returns Home From City
Judge Quarles arrived this morning to receive the indictments and discharge the grand jury. He returned on the noon train to Milwaukee where he will take charge of a grand jury. He came here in Judge A L Sanborns absence who is in Boston to receive indictments of the jury here.
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Judge Quarles
Milwaukee
Quarles
A. L. Sanborn
Boston
Mass
Hatchet Legend Amid Washington Tax Claim Controversy
Fairfax captain S R Donahue exposes supposed Washington tax dodging records stirring outrage and letters. He notes a rusty hatchet labeled as the original Washington axe at Fairfax County Clerk Richardsons desk, offering a counterpoint to the controversy and signaling a retreat from further discoveries.
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Washington
S. R. Donahue
Fairfax
George Washington
Massachusetts
O. K
Richardson
Bridgeport
Conn
Donahue
County Court Seeks Home for Idiotic Patient Mary Trader
Judge Brindley reports Wisconsin lacks a dedicated facility for idiots and urges the state board of control to establish a suitable home. Mary Trader, 38, pronounced an idiot, has no placement despite examinations by Drs Reed and Reese. Officials at Mendota and West Salem asylums decline care, prompting renewed appeals and a formal letter to the board.
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Mary Trader
la Crosse Street
Brindley
State Board of Control
Wisconsin
Board of Control
Mendota
Wis
West Salem
E. N. Reed
J. A. Reese
Bomb plot targets Denver leaders ends in confession
Kemp Bigelow, a bookstore clerk, engineered a scheme sending bombs to Governor Henry Buchtel and bank presidents F. Moffat and B. Kountze after overheard talk of harming Edward Chase. Police warned targets. Bigelow confessed he mailed bombs to Chase and Phipps as part of a misguided effort to save them for Grace Mattox of Bryan, Ohio.
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Denver
Henry Buchtel
David Moffat
First National Bank and Co
B. Kountze
Colorado National Bank
Edward Chase
Kemp V. Bigelow
Chase
Bigelow
Moffat
Kountze
Buchtel
Phipps
Ed Case
Kemp Bigelow
Bryan
Grace Mattox
Frank Winter Heads to Richmond for Legal Business
Frank Winter left Sunday for Richmond Virginia on legal business. He will visit Washington DC before returning home.
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Frank Winter
Richmond, Va
Washington, D. C
German Socialist Führer Liebknecht Charged With Treason
Leipsic Oct 9 Dr Carl Liebknecht leader of the radical socialist faction faced treason charges for attacking militarism in a pamphlet and urging soldiers to spread sedition He argued the army is Germanys greatest burden and that armed forces serve only the Kaiser during strikes or uprisings The pamphlet states transform the armies into armed organizations of socialist leaders will topple despotic thrones
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Leipsic
Carl Liebknecht
Supreme Court
Liebknecht
Germany
Europe
Bride Kills Cousin to Save Husband in Georgia
In Danielsville on October 9 a bride named Mrs. Fannis Williams, six weeks married, shot and killed her husband’s cousin A B Williams who was beating him. The event occurred during a confrontation as the husband faced a fight, and the bride intervened with a revolver.
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Danielsville
Fannis Williams
A. B. Williams
Vote-Berger to Move Plant After Buy of Threshing Co
The Vote-Berger company announced the purchase of the La Crosse Threshing Machine plant at 1800-1830 West Avenue South and will relocate part of the machinery to the southern site within two weeks. North side offices and wood shops remain, while spring additions will allow full move. Plans for a new North side factory on Black River were dropped. the new site offers good rail access and room for telephones and switch boards.
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Vote-Berger Company
la Crosse Threshing Machine Company
West Avenue
Henry Gund
Vote- Berger Company
Marci I. Berger
Telephone Company
Black River
Millston Gets New Rural Route In Jackson County
A new rural free delivery route is established near Millston in Jackson county. Four mail will be carried on it starting December 2. A letter carrier will be hired after civil service examination, likely at Black River Falls. The remark follows Congressman Esch remarks.
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Millston
Jackson County
John J. Esch
Black River Falls
Weather outlook and river levels across the Midwest
Wisconsin fair tonight and Thursday with cooler nights. Minnesota and Iowa fair, cooler tonight, warmer Thursday. River forecast shows little movement in the next 36 hours. Water stages include St Paul 4.7, Reed Landing 4.1, La Crosse 5.2, Prairie du Chien 6.5, Davenport 7.4 with small changes.
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Minnesota
Iowa
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Med -Wite
Ccacsun OS
Reeds Landing
la Croete
Prairie du Chien
Davenport
St. Louis
Abe Whdee
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