Statewide growth in University of Wisconsin correspondence courses
Enrollment in UW correspondence study has surged 173 percent in eighteen weeks, reaching 812 students by February and 734 at the start of April. Engineering and highway construction lead with 142 and 137 students, while business, mathematics, languages, and sciences fill dozens of courses across 32 departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Wisconsin
Reber
Department of Engineering
School of Music
Department of Public Speaking
Lyman
Parcels Post
Department of Education
Death by Own Action Ends Miss Evelyn Murphy Life
Miss Evelyn Murphy twenty two, daughter of John J. Murphy of Woodstock Ill, committed death by own action at Pennoyer sanitarium near Kenosha. She sought relief from an incurable nervous ailment after six weeks under Dr George H Adams care. A nurse and the doctor found her dead in a tub after locking herself in.
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Evelyn Murphy
John J. Murphy
Woodstock
Ill
Pennoyer Sanitarium
Kenosha
Miss Murphy
St. Mary’s Conservatory
Notre Dame
George H. Adams
Wisconsin Central plans $150000 Superior road improvements
Wisconsin Central and Jones Bros of Minneapolis win contracts for Superior work likely totaling about $150,000. A $50,000 trestle over the Northern Pacific and a $100,000 underground crossing under the Great Northern ore road are planned with work to start soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Central
Superior
Jones Bros
Minneapolis
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
the Central
Whitney Bros
The
Soo
State Railroad Commission
Commission
Central
Saved His Life By His Wit At Eau Claire Farm
Chippewa County farmer Oscar Hanson awoke to an ax wielding intruder, Johnson, an escaped insane patient hired at the Hanson farm. Hanson diverted the man’s attention by shouting there is someone behind you, then tackled him and seized the ax to protect his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippewa County
Oscar Hanson
Johnson
Eau Claire
Hanson
Leap Year Marriages Push Clergyman to Break Point
Rev. Carl Baumbach of Fall Creek refused a fourth wedding after officiating three earlier that day. Leap year marriages have surged in Fall Creek as women outnumber men, leaving the pastor tired and marriages delayed.
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Carl Baumbach
Fall Creek
Attorneys Seek State Share From Ladysmith Bank Wreck
Attorneys for the defunct First National Bank of Ladysmith in Rusk county sent a 1,862.42 check to State Treasurer Dahl as the state’s share of a 9,131.31 claim. They kept 1,092.80 as collection fees, deemed exorbitant by Dahl and referred to the attorney general for investigation. The bank failed in 1905.
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First National Bank of
Ladysmith
Rusk County
Dahl
Seek Buried Wealth Near Siskiwit Lake
Washburn residents discuss a buried treasure tale following the death by suicide of Andrew Smith, a Finlander, and the insanity of his partner Andrew Erickson. They reportedly hid large sums long ago after stealing from a Duluth Superior express concern, near Siskiwit Lake, prompting a local treasure search.
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Washburn
Andrew Smith
Andrew Erickson
Smith
Erickson
Siskiwit Lake
Duluth
Superior
Eau Claire
Borgan
New Wisconsin Life Company Organizing With $100,000 Capital
The Wisconsin National Life, formed by Oshkosh and Fond du Lac leaders, seeks $100,000 capital with shares at $125. Oshkosh participants include George M. Paine and Buel T. Davis as secretary, with Col. Paine poised as president. Fond du Lac contributors include F J Rueping and Postmaster F M Givens. Medical staff lists Dr. Oviatt of Oshkosh. The firm targets a field after old-line withdrawals.
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Wisconsin National Life
Oshkosh
Fond du Lac
George M. Paine
S. M. Hollister
E. P. Sawyer
A. J
F. J. Barber
Leander Choate
W. J. Maxey
Buel T. Davis
F. J
May Calendar Set by Commission on Property Valuation
The railroad commission releases a May calendar with thirty five cases led by the Madison Gas and Electric valued property and services. Three fourths of the docket concern property valuation as the commission seeks full briefing from attorneys on methods of valuing plants and public service firms.
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Rate Commission
Railroad Commission
Madison Gas and Electric Company
Crop Outlook Promising Ahead Of Last Year
John M. True, secretary of the state board of agriculture, reports farmers are two weeks ahead in their crops. His statewide correspondence shows winter crops in very favorable condition due to the mild winter.
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John M. True
State Board of Agriculture
True
Damage suit settled after court defeats over side issues
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Railway settled a 25000 dollar damage suit brought by Miss Winifred Fifield for injuries from a February 1906 collision at the Kinnickinnic avenue crossing in Milwaukee. The compromise was set at 5000 dollars.
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Supreme Court
Milwauke Electric Railway and Light Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Winifred Fifield
Kinnickinnic Avenue Crossing
Milwaukee
Commission Cuts Onion and Log Shipping Rates at Madison
The railroad rate commission at Madison last week ordered lower charges on cucumbers and onions from 195-10 to 6 cents per 100 and on logs and coffins from 25-10 per 100 to 6.25 a carload with refunds in both cases. Mayor Anderson and expert Birges testified on meter speed and voltage irregularities at La Crosse Gas and Electric.
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Alart
la Crosse Gas and Electric Company
Anderson
Birges
Dairy Law Denounced by Racine County Doctors
The Racine County Medical Society met at Hotel Racine with fifty physicians. Dr. J. P. McMahon of Milwaukee spoke on postgraduate opportunities in Berlin. The group concluded that the state dairy law is a dead letter and offers little protection to the public amid reports of tubercular cows and germ infected milk reaching cities.
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Racine County
Racine County Medical Society
Funds for clam industry at La Crosse station
The sundry evil bill to the national house allocates 10000 dollars to continue exploiting the fresh water mussel at La Crosse. The propagation station, one of a few worldwide, will stay active despite the Mississippi west channel closure. Experiments suggest the upper river clam industry can become permanent with proper protection measures.
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National House
la Crosse
Mississippi
No Special Session Expected for Primary Law Change
Madison politicians and Gov. Davidson’s secretary say an extraordinary legislature gathering is not being seriously considered. Col. Munson notes there is nothing to the report. The east capitol wing housing the chambers was torn down, complicating any possible extra session this summer.
Insurance Agencies Owe $18,000 in Wisconsin License Fees
State Insurance Commissioner Beadle states five Wisconsin insurers owe $18,000 in unpaid license fees for business conducted in the past six years. He says the firms did not report full gross premiums as required by law and will seek collection of the amount due.
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Beedle
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Fire rescue at La Crosse saves sergeant’s family from blaze
Night Police Sergeant S. S. Post saw his home C. L. Partridge’s drug store and Nic Birnbaum’s grocery burn in a spectacular La Crosse fire. Firemen rescued his family as damage reached 5000 dollars.
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la Crosse
S. S. Post
C. L. Partridge
Nic Birnbaum
Holcombe Saloons Close Under New Chairman’s Enforcement
New Holcombe chairman J. Fisk pledges to enforce all laws. As a result, Sunday closures extend to all business places and saloons, limiting activity in town over the weekend.
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Holcombe
J. Fisk
Superior Iron Works Expands Night Shift Amid Upturn
Reported across Superior and nearby firms, business improves with more hiring and stronger wholesale activity. Collections lag behind, but overall conditions show gains versus last year, with Superior Iron Works adding night crew and others noting better demand from St Croix Valley Produce and Towhy-Eimon.
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Superior Iron Works
Superior
Superior Ironworks
Towhy-Eimon Company
St. Croix
New Professors Appointed at Wisconsin University
Regents announced multiple faculty appointments and promotions at the University of Wisconsin. Carl C. Thomas from Cornell becomes professor of steam engineering, replacing the late Stern Bull. William L. Westerman from Minnesota is named assistant professor of history. Max Mason of Yale becomes associate professor of mathematics. H. P. Ravenel is appointed director of the state hygienic laboratory. Louis Kahlenberg directs new chemist training courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Wisconsin
Carl C. Thomas
Cornell University
Stern Bull
William L. Westerman
University of Minnesota
Max Mason
Wisconsin
Yale
H. P. Ravenel
Louis Kahlenberg
Man acquitted after four arson confessions at Wautoma
William Ferg was acquitted by a circuit court jury at Wautoma after a long trial. Four barns burned last September near Wautoma causing about 4000 dollars in damage. Ferg previously confessed to arson in four statements to the property owner, the district attorney, the state fire warden, and the sheriff, but pleaded not guilty when the case was called.
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William Ferg
Wautoma
Wisconsin seniors likely to write exams in June
University of Wisconsin seniors who petitioned to be excused from end of term examinations favorably influenced by many professors but opposed by college heads. President Van Hise did not object. The matter was referred to a faculty committee and may stay dormant, affecting this year's seniors.
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University of Wisconsin
Charles R. van Hise
Catches Gigantic Fish In Eau Claire
William Lowe of Eau Claire caught a huge fish whose species baffled locals. Debates over its identity ranged from channel cat to sturgeon and beyond. A committee of elders finally declared it a sidehill gianther, a rare ancient name for a giant fish once hooked by red flannel and cheese rind. The catch marks a rare return after about a decade.
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William Lowe
Eau Claire
Purchases a Big Tract Near Ladysmith by Waukegan Canning
F T Stare of the Waukesha Canning company and F W Tubbs of Chicago president of Wisconsin Sheep Development company closed a deal transferring 3640 acres known as the Tubbs Foy Stericker ranch ten miles south of Ladysmith to the canning company. The firm has $650000 capital and operates pea canning factories at Waukesha Barron and Rice Lake.
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F. T. Stare
Waukesha Canning Company
F. W. Tubbs
Chicago
Wisconsin Sheep Development Company
Tubbs, Foy & Stericker
Ladysmith
Canning Company
Waukesha
Barron
Rice Lake
Oldest Engineer Hedding Dies in Minneapolis
Simeon E. Hedding, longtime C. M. & St. P. passenger engineer and 40 year company employee, died at his Minneapolis home last week. He never wrecked or lost company property to accidents and pulled the first train out of Minneapolis on Christmas Day 1874.
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Simeon E. Hedding
Minneapolis
Mr. Hedding
St. Paul
Carries Weight Pa Explains a Social Scale
Freddy asks about a social scale and Pa defines it as the place where money is weighed. The exchange suggests the term reflects how society measures wealth and status.
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Freddy
Badger Briefs From Wausau To Neillsville News
A long list of Wisconsin items covers robberies in Wausau, suicides in Manitowoc and Madison, railroad and telegraph developments, court fines, and local civic notes. Reports include a $37 cash theft, deaths, infrastructure work on the La Crosse to Winona pole line, school books theft fines, and temple of various civic actions across towns like Superior, Neenah, Fond du Lac, and La Crosse.
French Home Life Emphasizes Family Ties in France
The article extols the French home life where the family forms a strong social fact. It highlights parental love for children and children’s love for parents, creating a warm and tender daily life shaped by intimate family bonds.
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France
Senate considers sundry civil bill as speeches fill day
Washington notes a day in which the house spent time on speeches spanning many topics and listened to the president’s special message. The senate passed the pension and District of Columbia appropriation bills and heard more of Senator Warner’s Brownsville affray remarks before adjourning at 5:27 p.m.
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Washington
House
District of Columbia
Senate
Warner
Brownsville
Davis sparks sensation over tribal rolls in Senate
Senator Davis of Arkansas claimed 10,000 Choctaw and Chickasaw rolls names are omitted by the interior secretary. He cited a case where nine family members were rated as negro and only one as Indian. His resolution passed as laughter echoed in the chamber. Williams of Mississippi filed a minority petition urging action on pulp and paper duty removal.
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Washington
Davis
Arkansas
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Oklahoma
Foraker
House adds funds for Hepburn act railroad audits
In Washington on May 1 the sundry civil appropriation bill saw Townsend of Michigan push an amendment to raise the Interstate Commerce Commission’s enforcement budget for Hepburn act audits of railroads from 50000 to 350000. After a four hour debate the amendment passed. The Senate spent yesterday on the agricultural bill with most committee amendments cleared except those concerning the forest service, to be addressed today.
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Washington
House
Townsend
Michigan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Forest Service
Senate weighs trusts bill and Hepburn clause extension
Friday in Washington the Senate spent two hours on Senator Jeff Davis’s bid to discharge the judiciary committee from his trust suppression bill. The rest of the day debated Elkins’s resolution delaying the Hepburn commodity clause until 1910 for railroads to divest joint properties. The House approved the sundry civil appropriation bill paragraph by paragraph.
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Washington
Senate
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Committee On the Judiciary
Elkins
Senator Bulkeley Defends Twenty Fifth Negro Soldiers
Monday report from Washington notes Senator Bulkeley of Connecticut, on the military committee, urging innocence of the Twenty-fifth regiment's African American soldiers. Congress passed a house resolution allocating 250000 for tornado relief in Alabama Georgia Mississippi and Louisiana. House overrode Senate committee actions on sundry civil appropriations.
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Washington
Senator Bulkeley
Connecticut
Military Committee
Senate
Brownsville
Bulkeley
Twenty-fifth Regiment
House
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Committee On Appropriations
Russia and US Reach Customs Value Agreement
Russian Finance Minister says the United States will recognize the Russian bourse committee certificates fixing customs value of Russian goods imported into America. This marks a formal acknowledgment of valuation methods used for trade between the two nations.
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United States
America
Conflict Between Soldiers and Police in Loja Ecuador
A serious clash broke out yesterday in Loja, the capital of Loja province in southwest Ecuador, between soldiers and the local police. Several people were wounded on both sides.
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Guayaquil
Loja
Ecuador
Mukden Row Ends Aboard Embassy Assault Case
Mukden on May 5 reports the April 6 assault at the American consulate is closed. The American staff is exonerated and three Japanese officials have been punished.
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Barber
NEW Wisconsin Company
Wisconsin University
Eau Claire Man
Badger Briefs
Edward Weinkauf
Wausau
George Weullmer
Manitowoc
William Behind
Madison
Onalaska Pickle and Canning Company
A. E. Winter
Green Bay
State Civil Service Commission
Council of the United Commercial Travelers
Rudolph Lenske
Spooner
Er. E. Allen
Leone Dougherty
Frank Chiodo
Cumberland
Edgar Sanderson
Gustave Brado
la Crosse Can Company
State Hygienic
George Egge
John Johnson
Colman
Phil H. Pergins
Wisconsin Commission
Dalles
la Crosse & Southeastern Railway
Viroqua
Wis
West Prairie
Crawford County
Larsen
Florence
Joseph M. Hixon
la Crosse Park
Frank Adler
Richard M. ‘Vaughan
the Baptist Church At
Janesville
O. P. Christian
Boise, Idaho
H. P. Bird
Alma
Fort Atkinson
Charles Munger
Sturgeon Bay
Davidson
John Klinger
John Marshall
Neillsville
J. Fritchie
Neenah
Evangelical Association
Steven’s Point
International Bank of Amherst
Bjorn Hauff
the Sons of Veterans
Benjamin Armstrong
Racine
Michael Ross, Jr
Independence
Iowa
Ross
George C. Haines
Beloit College
University of Illinois
Haines
Zoological
Appleton
Ole E. Booth
St. Croix Falls
Polk County
Justice Court
Irvine
Chippewa Falls
A. J. Mussel
Bayfield Mill Company
Chequamegon Bay
Sheboygan
Plymouth
Luther L. Rowe
George C. Mathews
Henry Carver
George Scimmerhorn
S. Seoville
Upper Turtle Lake
Almena
Purtell
Roland B. Roehr
Fuller Opera House
Mukden Row
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