Morals in Education Urged by Senator at Wisconsin Teachers Meet
Principal Louis F. Benezet of La Crosse High School was elected president of the Western Wisconsin Teachers association at the convention held in the new normal school. Senator Thomas Mor, president of the normal school board, urged educators to push for legislation to end politics in public schools and discussed budget reforms and university funding during the session.
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Louis FP. Benezet
la Crosse
Western Wisconsin Teachers’ Association
Thomas Mor
Board Normal School Regents
University of Wiscon
Wisconsin
Phillip Smith Believed At Last Dead After Prolonged Suffering
Phillip Smith died at 2 AM after three years of cancer and poverty. His ill wife and three children depended on La Crosse citizens who previously raised 200 dollars for relief. Funeral services are set at 520 Vine Street, with remains to be shipped to Sparta for interment.
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Phillip Smith
Ater
Mr. Smith
la Crosse
Smith
Vine Street
Sparta
Wisconsin topples Indiana as football battles rage
Madison reports Wisconsin leading Indiana 6 to 0 at halftime as Reckie Moll returns for Wisconsin and substitute Anderson competes for risk. The day also features Marquette hosting Michigan with 10,900 spectators as Michigan fights through a crippled squad before Marquette Field.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Indiana
Schulte Boyle
Hatfield Or Kimball Bunker
Berndt Moll
Paddock Fucik
Gill Culver
Cunningham Wilce
Cartwright Wilce
Cartwright Or Winters
Milwaukee
Wis
Michigan
Freeney
Patingill
Edmunds
Marquette University
Marquette
Allerdice
KU Chancellor Reports Dr Cook Accepts Mount McKinley Expedition Offer
Chancellor Strong of the University of Kansas announced that Dr Frederick A Cook has accepted Prof Dyches offer to attempt the ascent of Mount McKinley. The goal is to retrieve records Cook claims to have left on the summit and return with them.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Strong
University of Kansas Today
Frederick A. Cook
Dyche
Mount McKinley
Rappings Told of Perishing Brother
Chicago teacher Miss Bertha Dougherty recalls mysterious floor rap at night and fears her brother Jay Dougherty his wife and three children perished of thirst in California’s Mojave Desert after leaving Santee toward the Yuna Indian reservation.
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Chicago
Bertha Dougherty
Jay Dougherty
Mojave Desert
California
Dougherty
Santee
Cal
Yuna Indian Reservation
Prosecution Looms in Poison Candy Case In St Louis
Mrs Maud Ridley announces plans to prosecute Mrs Nanette Lillard for false imprisonment after Lillard confessed to buying and poisoning candy she claimed Ridley sent. Ridley admits a romance with Lillard's husband.
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ST. Louis
Maud Riley
Nanette Lillard
Friends of de Lara Seek Bond for Anarchist Organizer
Friends of de Lara, socialist party organizer jailed in Los Angeles on anarchist charges, strive to post a $2.00 bond before release. Officials anticipate the bond arrangement may occur today.
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Los Angeles
Cal
de Lara
Socialist Party
Missouri shaken by a heavy earthquake
A strong quake lasting about a minute struck Cape Girardeau Missouri at 1 15 this morning. Buildings rocked and the earth appeared to undulate as deep rumblings accompanied the tremor. The motion moved from east to west and was the heaviest in years with no damage reported.
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Cape Jirardeau
Earthquake Shakes Paducah At 1 05 This Morning
An earthquake shock hit Paducah Kentucky at 1 05 this morning lasting several seconds and startling nearly all residents. No damage was reported and there was no repetition of the tremor.
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Paducah
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Hickman Kentucky
A severe earthquake shock lasting several seconds followed by lighter tremors was felt at 1:30 this morning in Hickman Kentucky. No damage was reported.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hickman
Wisconsin commission weighs ad control in phone directories
In Fond du Lac a dispute raises whether the railroad commission can regulate ads in telephone directories. T L Doyle for the Fond du Lac Businessmen's Association argued the Wisconsin Telephone Company included ads for Milwaukee merchants in the Fond du Lac directory, triggering merchant opposition.
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Madison
Wis
Railroad Commission
T. L. Doyle
Fond du Lac
Open House Planned for New LaCrosse Y M C A Building
Preparations for the La Crosse Y M C A opening begin with about twenty five youths trained as guides to explain features on each floor. Dormitories occupy the top two floors with 38 rooms. visitors will tour and receive booklets detailing the building. The public can tour next week with daily afternoon and evening hours as the gymnasium is highlighted.
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LaCrosse
A. C. Gran
Palmer's Thief Now a Captive
Tim O'Brien, known horse thief with many aliases, is reported captured in Joliet Illinois for a horse theft. Joliet authorities say he received a ten year penitentiary sentence. Palmer and Elbertson request information on the stolen outfit and plan recovery steps.
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Tim O’brien
Palmer
Joliet
Messrs
Elbertson
O’brien
Disinherits Son Over Bible Belief in Carroll
In Carroll Mississippi on October 21 David Baker, wealthy, tore up his will and replaced it after his son refused to acknowledge the Bible as inspired. The father asked if his son still held that belief and, upon the son confirming it, destroyed the will and left only five thousand dollars instead of twenty thousand.
Illness of Three Days Proves Fatal
Lester Holmes aged 24 died after a brief illness described as anterior plogo meileitis or infantile paralysis at 508 South Fifth street. He leaves his mother Ada Holmes an uncle and aunt F J Holmes and four cousins in the city. Funeral at 4 pm tomorrow from the residence Rev J E Ave cue First Baptist church officiating. Interment in St Ansgar Iowa. He worked as an express messenger for Wells Fargo on the Southern Minnesota line and was active member of the YMCA.
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Lester Holmes
South Fifth Street
Ada Holmes
F. J. Holmes
J. E. Avecue
First Baptist Church
St. Ansgar
Iowa
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Minnesota
Road race begins with seventeen cars on Pacific coast
Seven teen automobiles started at 10 am in Oakland for a three event road race. The 150 mile, 215 mile and 258 mile contests use a 21 mile course with dangerous curves through foothills and boulevards. Cars leading in the first two events will advance to the final race.
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Oakland
Cal
Pacific Coast
Woman in Aphasia At North Hudson Hospital Identified
A refined Milwaukee woman, only identified by trunk and baggage notes, was found aphasic after a train stop in Weehawken New Jersey. She cannot recall her name or family details though clues point to Mrs Charles A Nathan and Mrs Cyrus Co Nathan with links to Milwaukee and New York.
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Weehawken
N. J
North Hudson Hospital
West Shore
Cyrus Co. Nathan
M. A. Grasse
Wabash Railroad
Chinase
Milwaukee
Ninth Avenue
New York
William Schroeder
M'Carren Dead as New York Politicians Mourn
Yorks municipal leaders pause amid campaign rancor as Pat McCarren dies at 1 05 AM following an appendectomy. His body moved from St Catherine hospital to his Williamsburg home. Funeral plans underway with a will said to leave charity a sizable portion.
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New York
York
Pat McCarren
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Man Confesses Robbery of Washer Woman in Omaha
Omaha, Neb. Oct 23 A widower named William Eschle confessed taking $7,561 belonging to Lizzie Wind a washerwoman who laundered his clothes free after his wife died He returned the money and she promised not to prosecute him indicating a settlement.
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Omaha, Neb
Conessing
Lizzie Wind
Wm. Eschle
Weather and Water Reports for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Wisconsin sees partly cloudy skies tonight with some cool air and Sunday fair. Minnesota extends mostly fair conditions tonight and Sunday, with slightly cooler tonight. Iowa forecasts generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday, with cooler air tonight.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
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Hazel
Wood
Benezet
Presiden
Coiton
Uil
Normal Schoo
Hila Wilson
Viroqua
I. B. Davies
M. M. Haney
Monroe County
B. F. Oltman
West Salem
L. P. Benezet
Senator “Tom” Morris
Young Men’s Christian Association of
W. W. Cargill
William W. Cargill
Young Men's Christian Association OF
F. H. Scofield
Clifford G. Roe
Cruzale
Roe
Englewood
Board of Trade
Badger State
Fordham
Swarthmore
Cambridge
Harvard
Brown
Philadelphia
Penna
Penn State
New Haven
Yale
Colgate
Amherst
Dartmouth
Annapolis
Navy
U. of Va
Pittsburg
Carlisle
Syracuse
Niagara University
Missouri
New Y. M. C
Asphasia
New Jersey Depot
Charles A
Nathan
M’carren
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