Western Wisconsin Teachers Convention Opens Friday
The Western Wisconsin Teachers association holds its convention at the new high school with sessions Friday and Saturday. State Superintendent C P Cary of Madison and Dr L D Harvey of Menominee deliver opening addresses on Ideals and Hand Training. Bishop J W Hamilton appears, and a public address option requires a 50 cent membership.
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Wisconsin Teachers’ Association
C. P. Cary
Madison
L. D. Harvey
Menominee
Martha A. Rousins
la Crosse
Br. L. D. Harvey
Menomonie
Frank
the Bees
Ch. Coote
Boston
J. W. Hamilton
San Francisco
Martha A. Rollins
W. E. McCaskill
Edward Evans
Sourire boasts selling edible mushrooms amid odd claim
A quirky remark from Sourire centers on selling edible mushrooms and an odd insistence that not eating them matters, highlighting a lighthearted street exchange and a character with a bold stance. The dialogue hints at local color and personality in a casual scene.
Wisconsin divorce case shocks Milwaukee guests
Mrs Lorenz Pieprzyk says she was left in German Poland after her husband came to the United States years ago. A celebratory reunion exposed that she learned the truth from guests at the gathering. She refuses to live with him unless remarried, and immigration authorities may intervene. The couple, with her 20 year old niece Catherine Fiedler, arrived Sept 11 from Antwerp aboard the Zeeland.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Poland
Lorenz Pieprzyk
Pieprzyk
Catherine Fiedler
United States
County Poor Department
United States Bureau of Immigration
New York
Antwerp
Zealand
Forest Avenue
Mystery Disappearance of Miss Mayme Crane in Elk Horn
Elk Horn Wis Oct 9 special Miss Mayme L Crane a milliner who vanished after leaving Huron South Dakota in 1907 is the subject of a search. KE Crane Adams Walworth county her uncle is assisting in the inquiry and the case has deeply troubled him. A Minnesota physician who planned to marry her this fall mourns the loss.
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Elkhorn
Wis
Mayme l L. Crane
KE. J. Crane
Adams
Walworth County
Huron
S. D
Missouri River
Minnesota
St. Peter
Minn
Crane
Conference on Taxes Proceeds in Sparta Wisconsin
Tax commissioner Nils P. Haugen and a panel from the state tax commission met in Sparta to review personal property values in Monroe county. Appointees G W Gheca J O McNutt E Nordman Ole Gauper E Van Patten and A J Anderson will finalize totals used to readjust 1906 tax equalization after the county board had set real estate figures.
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Sparta
Wis
Nils P. Haugen
Madison
G. W. Gheca
Waupaca
J. O. McNutt
Jackson
E. Nordman
Langlade
Ole Gauper
Vernon
E. van Patten
Rock
A. J. Anderson
Richland
State Tax Commission
Monroe County
Tax Commission
Hunter Dragged Gun Killed by Accident in Wisconsin
Madison report details 16 year old Paul Ramer son of Casper Ramer Verona farmer accidentally shot in the neck while dragging a gun behind him. The muzzle fired from bushes. In Michigan near Talbot John Seemal shot himself in the head while hunting. bullet entered mouth and exited back. he is expected to die.
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Madison
Wis
Paul Ramer
Casper Ramer
Verona
Self
Menominer, Mich
Talbot
John Seemal
Incendiary Fires Strike Beloit Barns in Five Weeks
Beloit Wisconsin October 9 incendiaries set two western Beloit barns on fire after a false alarm from a distant fire box. The barns on Fred Anderson and Ernest Mead properties burned. The council authorized a $100 reward for the arrest of the incendiaries in the eighth fire within five weeks.
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Beloit
Wis
Fred Anderson
Ernest Mead
Common Council
Gamblers Raid in Lancaster Nets Twenty-Three Arrests
A midnight raid by Sheriff Budworth Deputy Bbmwell and Under Sheriff Callis halted a roulette wheel and poker game above Shimmin’s hardware store. W E Shimmin bound over to circuit court on gambling house charge. Sixteen men pleaded guilty four were found not guilty and two were not held. Sheriff Budworth says offers to go on stage followed the affray.
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Lancaster
Wis
Budworth
Bbmwell
Callis
W. E. Shimmin
Ziegler Hardware
Luther League of Wisconsin Opens in Kenosha
The Luther League of Wisconsin held its annual convention at Grace English Lutheran church in Kenosha with over a hundred delegates statewide. Rev. H K Gebhart of Platteville presided at the opening session. The Rev. W K Frick of Milwaukee gave the principal address. Gustave Stearns of Milwaukee spoke on why young men should enter the ministry.
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Kenosha
Wis
Luther League of Wisconsin
Grace English Lutheran
H. K. Gebhart
Platteville
Wisconsin Organization
W. K. Frick
D. D
Church of the Redeemer
Milwaukee
Gustave Stearns
Wisconsin Benefit will be absorbed by Fraternal Reserve
Oshkosh leader E R Hicks says the Fraternal Reserve will absorb the Wisconsin Benefit association of Milwaukee if the state insurance department approves the change.
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Appleton, Wis
E. R. Hicks
Oshkosh
The
Fraternal Reserve Asociation
Wisconsin Benefit Association of Milwaukee
State Insurance Department
Burr shoots ex-wife in Wisconsin warrant cites jealousy
Burr shot his divorced wife Elizbeth Burr at Gresham in Shawano county, per a warrant leading to his arrest. The ball pierced her breast. she remains alive but critically ill. The couple had divorced recently and jealousy is alleged as the motive.
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Burr
Elizabeth Burr
Gresham
Shawano County
No Free Telephones Ordered at Local Depots
NO FREE TELEPHONES CHIPPEWA FALLS Wis Oct 9 The Bloomer Telephone company has removed phones from the Bloomer and New Auburn depots by order of the state railroad commission The commission says placing telephones in depots favors railroads and burdens those paying rental, reversing previous practice for public convenience
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Bloomer
New Auburn
Bloomer Telephone Company
State Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
Landmark Tank cottage to be torn down in Green Bay
The oldest frame building in Wisconsin, the Tank cottage, located on the Fox River west shore in Green Bay, is slated for demolition or removal. The South Side Improvement association and the city council public grounds committee will coordinate preservation efforts.
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Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
Fox River
South Side
Missing man hunted after dairy fire loss salary over $100
Mrs. Frank Dolan continues to search for her brother John Schwartz who worked at a Madison area creamery destroyed by fire. The missing man, believed demented or possibly a victim of foul play, had drawn his entire salary of over $100 before departing the scene.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Frank Dolan
John Schwartz
Madison
Schwartz
Yep Lee's plan to marry with $2500 saved in Stanley
Stanley Wis Oct 9 Yep Lee, a friend of Stanley's old and young people, left for San Francisco to return to his old home with the aim of using the 2500 saved while in Stanley to pay about 200 for a wife and live in comfort thereafter.
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Stanley, Wis
Yep Lee
Stanley
San Francisco
Yep
Trains Collide In Manitowoc Block Traffic Five Hours
A head on collision between the through freight and gravel train in the Chicago and North Western yards at Manitowoc derailed several cars and demolished one engine blocking all lines from Green Bay south for five hours. Engineer Kit tell of Green Bay the gravel freight was badly bruised.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Chicago & North-Western Road
Green Bay
Kittell
Shoots Former Wife in Shawano Incident
Shawano Wisconsin reports a shooting last night about 6 30 p m involving a man named William who discharged a firearm at his former wife. Police were summoned as the investigation began.
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Shawano
Wis
William
Jury to begin testimony in Dugan shooting case
In Janesville Wisconsin the state jury in the Flor ence Dugan case charged with shooting George Schu maker on April 18 last was filed Tuesday and testimony will begin today. Also reports from cities across Wisconsin note a near fatal auto crash involving Thomas C. Jacks and H. H. Zigler, library meeting plans in Ripon, Racine bank directors elected, and various local incidents including a fatal crane accident in Eau Claire and a murder case in Portage.
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Janesville
Wis
Florence Dugan
George Schumaker
Thomas C. Jacks
Titus
Zigler
Jacks
Appleton
Fox River Valley Librarians’ Association
Ripon
Racine
New Racine City Bank
William G. Gi
Fratt
Kenosha
William C. Dowse
Ernest Dowse
Chicago
James C. Dowse
Pleasant Prairie
Byron C. Dowse
Eau Claire
Harry Larson
Mayor veto blocks saloon license for 421 Jay Street
Ole Korstad cannot open a saloon at 421 Jay Street as the mayor vetoed the license. The council previously granted it citing previous refusals at old locations, but Mayor Anderson refused to sign. The issue likely returns to the council to decide at the next meeting.
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Ole Korstad
Jay Street
Mr. Korstad
Common Council
Korstad
Anderson
Pronunciation Confusion For English Place Names
Two cyclists traveling from Clacton to St. Osyth found locals often mispronounce English place names. A laborer asked for St. Osyth, saying he had never heard of it. A second passerby was also unaware, while a third finally rendered the name as Snosey.
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England
Clacton
St. Osyth
Snosey
Tatler
Turner Confesses to Murder of Bride in Tennessee Trial
Ed Turner, on trial in the criminal court for the murder of his child wife Lilly Turner in Chattanooga Tennessee, has confessed his guilt claiming jealousy and defiance by his wife prompted the crime. Turner hails from Breathitt County Kentucky.
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Chattanooga
Tennb
Ed Turner
Criminal
Lilly Turner
Turner
Breathitt County
Kentucky
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