Queen Marinette City Name Origin in Wisconsin
Marinette Wisconsin earned its name from Queen Marinette daughter of Bartholome Chevalier and a Menominee chief’s daughter. Her home stood on the Menominee river within a Louis Chappee blockade and orchard garden, with her son John B. Jacobs operating the Queen City steamer nearby. Queen Marinette died in 1863 at age 73. descendants remain in Marinette Green Bay and South Dakota.
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Marinette
Wis
Queen Marinette
Bartholome Chevalier
Wabeshish
Mirinette
Menominee River
Farnsworth
Louis Chappee
John B. Jacobs
Queen City
Menominee
Green Bay
South Dakota
Mr Haberdasher Pronounced As Name Confusion In Dinner Talk
A family dinner centers on prices and a joke about a haberdasher on PennsylvanIa Avenue selling stock at half price. Grandmother presses the point that Mr Haberdasher is a name seen above a door, revealing grandma’s mistaken belief. The scene captures light domestic humor from a newspaper clipping.
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Mr. Haberdasher
Diananolis
Lebanon Woman Buys Stolen Violin Worth 2500
Miss Blanche Berger of Lebanon bought a four century old violin for 325 from a New York curio dealer. The instrument valued at 2500 belonged to Harold Stern of the Park Avenue Hotel Orchestra. Stern identified the violin and police seized it, claiming ownership. Berger insists the owner must reclaim the instrument.
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Blanche Berger
Lebanon
Ithica Conservatory of Music
New York
Harold Stern
Park Avenue
Stern
Miss Berger
Local merchants praised as community backbone
An editorial promotes buying from home stores arguing merchants support town welfare, pay taxes, employ locals, and boost news quality. It notes risk, civic leadership, and the value of credit while praising local shopping for stability and convenience. Also includes a humorous column and brief anecdotes from York, with references to a court case and frontier-style dialogue.
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Ing
Greater
York
The
York Chamber of Commerce
Brubaker Arrested for Drunken Driving and Disorderly Conduct
State Police Corporal J R Dixon arrested Samuel Brubaker a Clay township farmer after a patrol on the State Highway into Oregon. He faced Alderman Heinitsh for drunken and disorderly conduct and Sergeant O R Campbell charged him with operating an automobile while intoxicated. Brubaker reportedly aimed for Union Stock Yards with his daughter to pick up three boys, collided with C H Royer’s motor truck, then crashed into a fence at Clayton Pulp and was brought home by patrol officers with Brubaker’s daughter and the three boys in the car.
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J. R. Dixon
Samuel Brubaker
Clay Township
Heinitsh
O. R. Campbell
Equor
Dixon
Brubaker
Oregon
Union Stock Yards
C. H. Royer
Clayton Pulps
Corporal Nixon
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Willys-Overland Organization
Lititz Motor Company
Frank B. Burkholder
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Dorothy Killhegner
Brethren Home
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Mabel Ness
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ILL Digesters
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