Largest lumber combine formed in Duluth
In Duluth on December 22 Edward Hines announced the creation of the Virginia & Rainy Lake Lumber Company with a 20 million dollar capitalization. The merger unites major timber holdings in Rainy Lake, Virginia north timber, and the Virginia Lumber Co, totaling about 3 billion feet of pine stumpage. The Duluth Rainy Lake Winnipeg railroad property will join Canadian Northern, which plans a Virginia to Duluth line in spring. The board includes Hines as president and William O’Brien, H. C. Hornby, S. C. Cousins, and Ketcham in key posts. The merger seeks forest conservation per Pinchot and state fire warden Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Edward Hines
Virginia & Rainy Lake Company
Virginia & Rainy Lake Lumber Company
Hines
Rainy Lake District
Edward Hines Company
Virginia
Weyerhaeuser
Virginia Lumber Company
Rainy Lake
Canadian Northern
William O’brien
H. C. Hornby
Cloquet Lumber Company
S. C. Cousins
Mr. Ketcham
Gifford Pinchot
Andrews
Rabbit Hunters Bag 107 Rabbits in Two Day Chase
Mason City Iowa December 22 Four local sportsmen Harry Bunn Ed Kirk Homer Bunn and Will Hollenbeck topped the year with 107 rabbits after a two day hunt starting near Maynard. A wolf hunt followed with Harry Bunn claiming the foxes prey Reynard the fox was brought down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Iowa
Harry Bunn
Ed Kirk
Homer Bunn
Will Hollenbeck
Maynard
Reynard
Prefers Jail to Husband in Illicit Relationship Case
Iowa Falls, Iowa, Dec 22. Mrs Nancy May chose prison over a possible home with Francis Johnson, whom she had never legally divorced. Johnson had been living with her as his wife and sought her acquittal, urging her to return home if freed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Iowa
Nancy May
Francis Johnson
Governors Xmas Gift Lets Two Inmates Dine at Home
Pierre South Dakota December 22 Governor Crawford approved pardons on board of pardons recommendation allowing Frank Taylor from Codington County jailed for burglary and Ed Lynch from Hutchinson County jailed for larceny to eat Christmas dinner at home.
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Pierre
S. D
Crawford
Board of Pardons
Frank Taylor
Codington County
Ed Lynch
Hutchinson County
Fleet Sails for Suez from Colombo
Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry reports the American battleship fleet departed Colombo, Ceylon yesterday, en route to Suez. The cipher message was brief.
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Suez
Washington
Charles S. Sperry
Navy Department
Colombo
Ceylon
Duluth Woman Charged in Abduction Case
Bertha Tracey of Ashland Wisconsin is held in Duluth on the charge of abducting two white girls Mary Roschekski sixteen and Frances Soliwonda fourteen from a Duluth neighborhood on December 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Bertha Tracey
Ashland
Wis
Mary Roschekski
Frances Soliwonda
Woman Ends Life Amid Illness in Grand Rapids
Mrs. Searles, 32, wife of James W. Searles a prominent resident of Grand Rapids Michigan, shot herself through the head yesterday while temporarily insane, after suffering from neurasthenia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Postmaster Named for Stockwood Minnesota
Stockwood Washington Dec. 22 Charles B. Romkey appointed post master at Stockwood Clay county Minnesota replacing S Shermoen who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockwood
Washington
Charles B. Romkey
Clay County
Minn
S. Shermoen
AIDS SISTER GETS BRIDE IN ROCHESTER ROMANCE
Bernard Linne of Seattle met Miss Florence Byrnes of Boston while in Rochester Minnesota for medical aid for a sister. He will return to Seattle with her promise to wed next summer, concluding a romance sparked at the Kahler hotel.
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Rochester, Main
Bernard Linne
Seattle
Florence Byrnes
Boston
Rochester
Mr. Linne
Kahler
Miss Byrnes
Judge awards Tuttle divorce with monthly alimony and fees
In Bismarck North Dakota Judge Winchester grants W P Tuttle a divorce decree requiring $300 monthly support to his wife and $1,500 in fees. The wife’s cross bill is dismissed after Col Tuttle’s earlier offer of $30,000 a year for ten years and $100,000 in cash or securities if she did not contest was rejected. The wife plans an appeal.
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Bismarck
N. D
Winchester
W. P. Tuttle
Tuttle
Col. Tuttle
Stanton Bows To Canvass In Minnesota Race
Bemidji Minnesota December 23 Judge C W Stanton accepts state canvassing board results confirming B F Wright elected by 57 vote margin as judge of the Fifteenth judicial district. Stanton says he will acknowledge the board’s final tally and concede defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji, Minn
C. W. Stanton
B. F. Wright
Fifteenth Judicial District
Stanton
Father Cruelty Case Arrests in Le Sueur Center
A state humane society agent arrested Adolph Tuma near Le Sueur Center Minnesota for cruelty to his eleven months old son. Tuma was convicted with a $25 fine suspended on good behavior for two years and he paid the costs.
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le Sueur Center
Minn
State Humane Society
St. Paul
Adolph Tuma
Here
Tuma
Insurance man found dead in hotel in Huron
Edward Prue of Pierre representing Northwestern Insurance Company committed suicide in a Huron hotel last night. He fastened a strap to the headboard then twisted it around his neck and rolled from bed, his body found largely on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
S. D
Edward Prue
Northwestern Insurance Company
Pierre
Samuel Kowalski
Gilman
John S. Owen Company
Kowalski
Freight Wreck in Yards Shatters Coal Train in Marshalltown
In Marshalltown Iowa on December 23 a fast freight crashed into an extra freight in the east yards demolishing three coal and clay cars and a waycar while badly damaging an engine. The crews jumped and escaped injury as no flagman protected the rear of the extra train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa
Iowa Central
Elevation accident pins worker in hotel elevator
Rudolph Hjermstad of J. M. Hjermstad's machine shop in Red Wing Minnesota was adjusting elevator rods at the St James hotel when he grabbed a shifting rod and was trapped between the car and the rod. He was pressed against his chest and stomach with possible internal injuries though no bones were broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Wing
Minn
Rudolph Hjermstad
J. M. Hjermstad
St. James Hotel
Trains Collide In Fatal Rear-End Crash At St Louis Park
In Minneapolis on December 23 a rear-end collision between freight trains on the Minneapolis and St Louis at St Louis Park left one dead and several injured. Conductor L L Neilson died at 1 am after the smash at the city hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minneapolis & St. Louis
St. Louis Park
L. L. Neilson
City Hospital
Senator Hansbrough Improves At Asbury Hospital
Senator H C Hansbrough of North Dakota remains ill but shows steady improvement at Asbury hospital in Minneapolis. He has been getting better slowly for about a week and rests comfortably though not yet out of danger.
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Hansbrough
Minneapolis
Minn
H. C. Hansbrough
North Dakota
Asbury Hospital
FiveYearOld Girl Dies After Clothes Burn in Wisconsin
Bertha Reiser, five, ran to her mother after her clothing caught fire near Wilsonville Monroe County Wisconsin. The mother extinguished the flames but the child died from burn injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Bertha Reiser
Wilsonville
Monroe County
Coal Lands Deal Near Red Lodge Bears $36000 Purchase
Thomas Ryan representing Nebraska capitalists purchased 480 acres of Bear Creek coal land near Red Lodge Montana for 36000 dollars. The deal was announced yesterday as part of regional resource development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Lodge
Mont
Thomas Ryan
Nebraska
Bear Creek District
Here
Fugitive John Lawrence Shot During Arrest in Waterloo
John Lawrence of Corydon Indiana, sought for bank frauds in Corydon and Decatur Illinois, was shot through the lung and leg by Detective A P Houston in Waterloo yesterday morning while resisting arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
John Lawrence
Corydon
Ind
Decatur
Ill
A. P. Houston
Weisser-Low Company Faces Bankruptcy Petition
In Straits Pittsburg on December 20 an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed against the Weisser Low company, which operates a large department store in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straits
Pittsburg
Weisser-Low Company
Five Sentenced in Fargo Christmas Court
Fargo Judge Pollock handed down five penitentiary terms and two jail sentences. Edward M. Regan received four years for robbing Northern Pacific freight cars while brakeman. Milton Longacre got two years for complicity. John Renouff two years for wheat theft. James Smith two years for highway robbery. James Murray one year for burglary. Bert Casey and Mrs. Savage were jailed three months for adultery.
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Fargo
N. D
Pollock
State District Court
Edward M. Regan
Northern Pacific
Milton Longacre
John Renouff
James Smith
James Murray
Bert Casey
Relatives Sue Grace London Over Bell Property Transfer
Relatives of Leroy Bell of Galesville Wis sue Grace London in La Crosse alleging she induced him to deed Trempealeau county property worth more than 10000 dollars after obtaining money from him and establishing a saloon venture that paid no dividend.
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Winona, Minn
Leroy Bell
Galesville
Wis
Grace London
la Crosse
Bell
Trempealeau County
Bursts May Cause Big Shakeup at Chicago Great Western
President A B Stickney and Receiver C H F Smith return from Chicago after St Louis meetings. Horace Burt succeeds Stickney as receiver and is expected to assume leadership with English stockholders backing him. Rumor says changes in management and a new regime will end long standing practices.
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St. Paul
A. B. Stickney
C. H. F. Smith
Chicago Great Western
Chicago
St. Louis
Horace G. Burt
Mr. Stickney
Mr. Burt
Million Dollar State Bank Planned in Minneapolis
A new state bank with a capital of 1,000,000 will be organized in Minneapolis soon after a statewide bankers meeting at the West hotel. C. D. Griffith of Sleepy Eye presided as 616 Minnesota banks were represented and nearly all approved the plan. About fifty men attended.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
West Hotel
C. D. Griffith
Sleepy Eye
Wisconsin
Thieves Steal Horse From Farmer Near Barnesville
In Barnesville Minnesota on December 24 an farmer John Allen woke to a barn commotion and found thieves taking his horse. A second horse was escaped by Trey as Allen shouted for his wife to fetch a lantern her fall broke her shoulder. He pursued the thieves but has yet to catch them.
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Barnesville
Minn
John Allen
Trey
Allen
Theves
Sarah S. Bradshaw
Superior
Lieut
James Bradshaw
United States Army
Philippines
Fire Destroys Six Menton Businesses Near Crookston
Fire swept Menton, Minnesota, destroying six buildings including V Weide camper general store and A Coffey hardware store plus a feed shop, barber shop, warehouse, and a residence. Loss estimated at about $20 000 with roughly $10 000 insured. The blaze began in the general store’s clothing department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crookston
Minn
V. Weidecamper
A. Coffey
Jens Olson
Menton
Fatal Crash Claims Mrs Courtright in Waterloo
Waterloo Iowa December 24 Mrs Courtright wife of former State Senator O B Courtright was crushed under the electric runabout she was operating and died from fatal injuries in the accident a tragic end to a local motor mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
Doctor Blinded in Washington NJ by Patient
Dr. Charles E. Smith mayor of Washington New Jersey suffered eye injuries when a female patient threw carbolic acid at his face in his office. The incident left him blind in one eye and partially blinded in the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, N. J
Charles E. Smith
Fire destroys Knitting mill in Menasha
The Fox River Valley Knitting company plant in Menasha Wisconsin burned early yesterday causing about 70000 dollars in losses. The fire disrupted operations and damaged the mill facilities.
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Menasha
Wis
Fox River Valley Knitting Company
Man Kills In Defense Of Brother Over Tax
Muskogee Oklahoma December 24 Edward Sexton killed James Smith a farmer with a blacksmith hammer to prevent his brother the county assessor from collecting an 18 cent over assessment The act arose from a disputed property tax attempt and occurred yesterday
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Muskogee, Okla
Asessor
Edward Sexton
James Smith
Fires Ravage Laurens Ginneries Amid Rising Blaze
Destructive fires are increasing in Laurens county South Carolina with three ginneries burned in the last few days. Fire crews battle flames as property loss grows and safety concerns rise for local industry and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurens
S. C
Laurens County
Fraternity Rules Aimed At Wisconsin Junior Prom
Wisconsin fraternities propose limits on junior prom behavior to curb excesses. They seek no carriages within three blocks of the gym and oppose paying guest travel expenses and giving flowers. They also urge raising admission from three to five dollars to avoid prom committee debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Wins 1157 in Big Stock Show Premiums
The University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture earned 1157 in prizes at the international livestock show in Chicago. Awards span sheep and hog classes including open and college divisions, carcass contests, and breed demonstrations. notable wins feature multiple placings in lamb carcass and yearling categories as well as a second on Poland-China barrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Chicago
Wisconsin Agricultural College
Barrow
Great Northern Life of Wisconsin Formed at Wausau
Wisconsin capitalists organize the Great Northern Life of Wisconsin in Wausau with Neal Brown as moving spirit. The committee includes Walter Alexander C C Yawkey C J Winter B F Wilson D Heinemann G D Jones W H Mylrea. Capital stock $200000 at $130 a share. stock largely oversubscribed. Plans target first business by March 1 1909 and pledge lawful, safeguarded operations.
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Wisconsin
Great Northern Life of
Wausau
Neal Brown
United States
Walter Alexander
C. C. Yawkey
C. J. Winter
B. F. Wilson
D. Heinemann
G. D. Jones
W. H. Mylrea
Eau Claire Jobbers and Manufacturers' Association Formed
Wholesalers and manufacturers in Eau Claire organize the Eau Claire Jobbers and Manufacturers' Association to press for fair freight rates and better delivery. Officers include President C. M. Merrill and Secretary W. J. Carpenter. A resolution asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to compel railroads to adjust unfair Eastern-origin rates and reverse an existing bias toward Duluth, Superior, and the Twin Cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
Duluth
Superior
Twin Cities
Badger Briefs highlights Wisconsin news items
Wisconsin briefs report a slate of local events and incidents. Appointments to boards, suicides, hospital surgeries, fires, court rulings, and notable deaths populate the state wire as communities respond to illness, crime, and civic developments.
University faculty mulls $5 junior prom price rise
The question of a return to a $5 junior prom will be left to the social committee of the state university. Frank Boyle and Carl Hill urged raising ticket prices from $3, citing past failures to make the event socially and financially successful.
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State University
Frank Boyle
Carl Hill
Hunters Press for Deer Law Changes in Chippewa County
Hunters in Chippewa and neighboring counties urge Assemblyman C B Culbertson and Arnt Erickson to amend game laws. Proposals include extending the deer season by 15 days and cutting legal deer takes from two to one per hunter. A ten day pre season big game ban is suggested to curb early hunting and illegal killing.
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Chippewa County
C. B. Culbertson
Stanley
Arnt Erickson
New Auburn
Through Trains to Pacific Coast Planned by Rail Lines
Madison reports that Northern Pacific, Chicago & North Western, and Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha have agreed to run through Chicago to Pacific coast trains. The deal aims to compete with Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul which built a new coast line. C&NW workers are told to prepare for twenty seven additional daily through Madison trains.
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Madison
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
Rockefeller Receives $4 Million From Standard Oil Dividend
John D. Rockefeller reportedly received a Christmas gift of 4 million dollars from Standard Oil as his share of the company’s dividend for the last quarter. The quarterly total is put at 10 million dollars, with Rockefeller owning about 40 percent of the 100 million capitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Mr. Rockefeller
Roosevelt Promises Rifle Aid for Spanish War Veterans
President Roosevelt pledged to Commander-in-Chief Newton of the Spanish War Veterans to back a law arming the 550 camps with Mauser rifles phasing out of the regular army. The move would create a substantial reserve force if war arose.
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Roosevelt
Newton
Illinois direct primary law held constitutional
The criminal court of Cook county affirmed the constitutionality of Illinois’s new direct primary law, which led to all state and county officers being nominated last August.
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Illinois
Cook County
Lilley appoints Roosevelt Jr. as aide-de-camp major
Governor-elect George L. Lilley of Connecticut names Theodore Roosevelt Jr. as aide-de-camp with the rank of major on his staff. Roosevelt, now residing in Thompsonville, is learning the carpetmaking trade at a large local factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Lilley
Connecticut
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Mr. Roosevelt
Thompsonville
Annual convention call for American Livestock Association
The twelfth annual convention of the American Livestock Association is issued and set for Los Angeles from January 26 to 28, 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Livestock Association
Los Angeles
Capitol to Buy Power for New West Wing
The state capitol uses its own electric system but will buy electricity from the Madison company for lighting the new west wing during construction. Power from the capitol plant will run elevators and fans. The arrangement is temporary until the new heating plant is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Capitol
Capitol
Madison
Pacific Coast Extension Stock Issue Approved
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad awaits approval for a 150 million stock issue to fund the Pacific coast extension. The company reports 77 million of that amount already spent, and President Karling appeared before the state railroad commission as the filing and fees were submitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Railroad Commission
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Pacific Coast
Karling
Railroad Sold Transfers Title to Great Northern and Allouez Bay Dock
Deeds filed in the secretary of state office show the Duluth Superior Western Railroad of Superior transferring its property to the Great Northern of St Paul and the Allouez Bay Dock of Superior. The stated consideration totals 2 829 256 82 dollars. The move is seen as potentially influencing Soo Line efforts to enter Superior at grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Great Northern Railway Company of
St. Paul
Allouez Bay
Duluth-Superior-Western Railroad Company
Superior
Great Northern of
Wisconsin & Northern seeks branch line to haul timber
The Wisconsin & Northern Railroad filed for a certificate to build an eleven and a half mile branch from Neopit to Phlox to haul timber from the Shawano county Indian reservation. General Manager C. H. Hartley and Chief Engineer William Cambier presented the case. no opposition was raised at the state railroad commission hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Railroad Commission
Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Company
Neopit
Phlox
Shawano County
C. H. Hartley
William Cambier
Admission Only by Ticket
Mandy a young colored girl from the cotton fields brings a visiting card to her northern mistress. The hostess asks both women in, but Mandy explains the woman on the doorstep forgot her ticket, humorously underscoring social barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandy
Kase
Gas Leak Leaves La Crosse Family Unconscious
Mrs. A. A. Storch and two daughters Dorothy and Fern were found unconscious from gas fumes at their La Crosse home due to a bathroom pipe leak. After several hours of danger they were pronounced out of danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Storch
Dorothy
Fern
la Crosse
Homesick for Travel Among Restless Girls
A fragment notes that some girls grow restless and homesick when required to remain at home, suggesting a social trend or sentiment about mobility and independence.
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South Dakota
Alise Cupid
Santa Rose
Bank For
Mill City
Fire Demon
Brother
Badger Briefs
A. M. Lewis
Appleton
Milwaukee Normal School
Cornelius Cochran
Bancroft
Pierce County School Board
L. W. Wood
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
William H. George
Isaac Stephenson
Marinette
St. John’s
John Wolf
Phillips
Tke
Nicholas Moser
Christ Hochterman
Monroe
John M. Bolstad
Burke
James Harris
Prairie du Chien
Crawford County
William Fuller of
Couderay
Zoa Laschapelle
Wausaukee
Watertown
Grand Rapids
Jacob L. Stuessy
Verona
Chippewa Falls
D. F. O’brien
James O’neil
Louis Wilt
Mississippi
Menomonie River Hospital
Frederick Spearing
Fellowship Club
Baraboo
America Banks
Cal Banks
Crandon
Menomonie Fire Department
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Fred Brand
George S. Bancroft
A. J. Cherney
Edgar
Oshkosh
Empire Theater
C. E. Cheever
A. P. Heil
Milwaukee
John Kohlman
Mackey Lumber Company
H. Berman
Anton Benson
Jacob Steussy
O. H. Ingram
State Capitol Commission
Milton
Davidson
Bill Fiddler
Fiddler
Luella Hyam
Sturgeon Bay
John D. Jones
Racine
the Spectator
John Meiners
Eau Claire Commercial Association
Kim Rosholz
C. W. Lockwood
Dells Paper and Pulp Company
Omaha
Wisconsin Railroad Rate Commission
Wisconsin Grain and Warehouse Company
William Holman
Waupun
Holman
Emil Peterson
Peterson
Hunters
Northwestern
Milwaukee Road
Coast Line
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