Kidnapped Wisconsin Girl Returns to Convent
Esther Neudahl eight year old boarder at Sacred Heart convent was abducted by two women near the music room. They lured her toward a depot with promises from her mother in Hurley. She fled to Washburn and Ashland but authorities recovered her before the train left and returned her to the convent.
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Ashland
Wis
Esther Neudahl
Sacred Heart Convent
Hurley
Washburn
Esther
Fatally Injured by Machinery in Wisconsin Plant
Marshfield Wis Sept 8 P W Hales head buttermaker for Puerner Creamery was found unconscious and fatally injured in the engine room floor his left wrist broken and his head crushed indications show he was applying belt dressing when the accident occurred the drive rod battered his head at each revolution until his arm was released
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Marshfield
Wis
P. W. Hales
Puerner Creamery Company
Hales
Nearly all of Cornucopia village faced roasting fire
The Washburn Wisconsin dispatch describes Cornucopia's 200 residents under siege as forest fires closed in from all sides. Winds ceased just before flames reached homes, enabling a stubborn, smoke-filled two-day defense that prevented total destruction and left thousands in expected losses.
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Washburn
Wis
Cornucopia
Mason
Hines Lumber Company
Bayfield
Wadhsmuth Lumber Company
Madison Man's Death in Chicago Remains Mystery
Bertrand Walters a former Madison transfer clerk later worked as a Wells Fargo messenger in Chicago. He disappeared Friday night, was found in a hospital dead an hour later. Walters, about 26, had previously lived with parents who moved from De Forest to Atchison Kansas last March.
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Madison
Wis
Chicago
Bertrand Walters
Walters
United States Express Company
Seattle
Wells-Fargo Express Company
de Forest
Atchison, Kas
Waupaca Holds First Potato Bake and Carnival
Waupaca Wisconsin hosted its first potato bake and barbecue and carnival drawing about 8 000 people. Free noon lunch featured two large baked potatoes. Afternoon included free street entertainment band concerts balloon ascension and evening illuminated parades fireworks and dances. Plans call for a three day fair next year with an expanded program.
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Waupaca
Wis
Fish Murray
Chicago
Business Men's Association
American trade leader LaLanne at international congress
Philadelphia businessman Frank D. LaLanne, president of the national board of trade, travels to Austria for the international commercial congress. He was named U S representative by the state department and serves as vice president of the Milan last year's congress.
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Philadelphia
International Commercial Congress
Austria
Frank D. LaLanne
la Lanne
National Board of Trade
Milan
Italy
LaLanne
State Department
United States
Cured Hay Fever by Foley's Honey and Tar
Batesville Indiana resident A J Nusbaum recounts suffering through a three month summer cold with hay fever symptoms. After ineffective medicines he used Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package and felt quick relief for his ailment and that of his wife as well.
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A. J. Nusbaum
Batesville
Indiana
Foley
O. T. Erhart
Central conference to pension aged ministers in Wisconsin
The Swedish Central conference in Racine Wisconsin voted to pension superannuated ministers. Dr William Henshen of Chicago led the effort as the conference set a retirement rule allowing ministers with thirty five years of service to retire at a pension of 350 dollars annually.
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Racine
Wis
William Henshen
Chicago
Frear Addresses Labor Day Rally in Wisconsin
Jas A Frear secretary of state spoke at the Labor day celebration in Washburn Wisconsin. He discussed Wisconsin’s labor reform legislature and current labor conditions.
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Washburn
Wis
Jas. A. Frear
Wisconsin
Madison Lawyer Weds in Chippewa Falls
Burr W. Jones, prominent Madison lawyer and politician, married Katherine McDonald at the home of A. J. McGillivray in Chippewa Falls on September 8.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Burr W. Jones
Madison
Katherine McDonald
A. J. McGillivray
Mrs Plankinton Dies in Milwaukee Home
Mrs William Plankinton widow of William Plankinton and mother of William Woods Plankinton died after several weeks illness at her home 505 Terrace Place Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
William Plankinton
Wiliam Plankinton
William Woods Plankinton
Terrace Place
State News In Brief Superior
A digest of local items notes bishops at the St Francis Xavier church dedication in Superior, a will contest over James Cavanaugh’s $10 000 estate for Catholic masses, a Democratic primary recount demand by Fred Knapp, an assault case in Evansville, a farm barn fire bones found in Osceola, marsh fire workers unpaid in Plover, a Beloit firm to build a $15000 high school, and a mortgage burned at the First Swedish Methodist church in Superior.
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Superior
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
McGorrick
Duluth
Schinner
Manitowoc
James Cavanaugh
Maple Grove
Cavanaugh
Fred Knapp
Charles Streich
Evansville
George Webb
Thomas Cunningham
Cunningham
Osceola
Nis Hansen
Farmington Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Georgia McCourt
Hansen
Plover
Spring Green—Schneiberg & Co
Beloit
Superior—T
Public buys coal cautiously as dealers expect steady prices
Local coal dealers report a hopeful fall and winter trade with no price increases. Consumers are buying in small lots rather than filling cellars, prompting dealers to carry larger yard stocks and push for fewer long term accounts. Illinois and Iowa supply most soft coal, with Colorado nearly exhausted.
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Illinois
Iowa
Colorado
Foley's Kidney Cure Endorsement Claim
A claim promotes Foley's Kidney Cure by O. T. Erhart, asserting it will cure any kidney or bladder trouble within medical reach and that no medicine can do more.
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Foleys
O. T. Erhart
Racial unrest spreads from Springfield to Buffalo outskirts
Reports describe escalating tension near Springfield with threats posted at a Buffalo interurban station by a group naming itself Inf falo Sharp Shooters. Authorities cite lax law enforcement as the root of the unrest amid ongoing demonstrations and community fear.
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Springfield
Buffalo
Apfly
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