Horse thieves suspected in Marathon county raids
A Day resident reports a stolen horse from Mr. Oertel near Rozellville. Sheriff Damon alerts neighboring counties as an organized gang is suspected. The horse, 14 years old and 1400 pounds, may be hidden or used to pull a northbound rig. No clear trace despite extended search.
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Paul Vertel
Day
Rozellville
Marathon
Mr. Oertel
Dancy
Wausau Daily News
Stevens Point
Sherif Damon
Wood County Population Seen Rising to About 28 500
Wood County census figures are being copied for the secretary of state. Officals estimate the county will reach about 28 500 residents this year up from 25 000 five years ago. The growth reflects marsh reclamation turning land into farms and more families owning homes outside cities. Final numbers will be released after the secretary approves the figures.
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Wood County
George Davis
Guernsey cow Yeksa Sunbeam may beat world fat record
Milwaukee and Athens owner Fred Restbrock hails Yeksa Sunbeam as she approaches the world leading butter fat record. July yield 74 pounds, with a historic 43.15 pounds over ten and a half months and a looming surpass of Princess Rhea and Lilly Ella breeds. The tale closes with a tale of Lord Balcarres and Miss Dalrymple, who marry after a will controversy.
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Fred Restbrock
Milwaukee
Athens
Guernsey
Yeksa Sunbeam
Rhea
Mr. Reitbrook
James
Balcarres
Ieith
Keith Gall
Dalrymple
Pity Years In Pleet Street Quotation Sparks Parliament Talk
An excerpt from Pity Years In Pleet Street notes that MP electors need not be intellectually superior. Anecdotes recount a civilian remarking on Burma and a March moment about an east wind, prompting a skeptical parliamentary reply.
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Pleet Street
Burma
M. P
Bermuda
Cooper’s New Discovery and Milwaukee’s Curious Mania
Milwaukee crowds chase a wealthy philanthropist famed for dramatic cures and a mysterious medicine. He traces the drug’s origin to an 1896 German chemist, left him $10,000 and the formula via his uncle, leading to the now famous Cooper’s New Discovery marketed for miracle cures.
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New York
America
Dr. Cooper
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