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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1911
Page
4
A Marshfield Times item recounts a New York story about a stylish young woman on a trolley. Conductor jokes about her buttoned pocket as J Dukes Wooters, associate of Archibald White, reacts irately to the conductor.
An elderly former cook for Alexander Dumas recalls a rustic Paris literary circle. In 1868 she served at Enghien’s Bains, noting Dumas’ generosity and nightly work, with guests often Bohemian. She left after the busy season and debts, describing austere living.
A man boasts about a 200 poker win while debating whether to tell his wife. He claims his wife tolerates gambling but worries about the risk of disclosure and the consequences if she asks where the money came from.
Harry Pollock, noted as the bouncier of a Madison Square Garden bout, told reporters there is money in aviation but questioned the viability of the monoplane. He recalled years spent developing a monoplane and organizing a company, claiming seven years of life wasted as the craft wouldn’t take off.
A teen fell from a sixth floor apartment window after an argument. He was alive on arrival at the hospital with multiple fractures and internal injuries. doctors expect recovery. Police are reviewing the incident details.
A fragment from the Louiville Courier Journal quotes a girl who argues money is not the sole factor in life. She retorts that some couples began housekeeping with tobacco coupons, illustrating thrift as a practical value.
A New Yorker patents a foot operated device to hold horseshoes and other articles on an anvil. The design features two bands to grip items as a hands free setup for blacksmiths.
Wharton Barker testified before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that a New York financier told him in 1904 that Wall Street would back Theodore Roosevelt for president in exchange for railroad favors. Barker alleged a plan to favor railroads with pooling and maximum rates and cited a $1,000,000 fund for the Aldrich currency plan. Roosevelt dismissed Barker’s claims as nonsense after reviewing Barker’s testimony.
President Taft completed his annual message to Congress and sent it to the public printer. The dispatch runs about 6000 words. He discussed sections of the message with cabinet members to avoid another cabinet digestion of the text.
In Gow Guried Alive Resort Wisconsin on November 28 workers clearing debris on William Douglas farm near Hanover uncovered a cow buried since the November 11 storm. The animal was alive and had eaten but had no water to drink.
Denver witnesses recounts of Eyewitness Francis Easton who testified that Gertrude Patterson shot Charles Patterson after an alleged domestic attack. Easton, from Minneapolis via Wyoming to Denver, described the sequence from a hospital yard to a street corner where he saw a woman hand a clipping to a man before shots were fired.
Charles Marehesi, a Tukity merchant in Kenosha, returns home to find his wife and his cousin murdered. He killed them with an ax, fled, then surrendered after visiting Rev August Bandizzone at Holy Rosary Church. He confessed telling officials he was justified.
Chicago reports fourteen players died in 1911 with sixty seven seriously injured. Four deaths stemmed from 1910 injuries. comparison shows 1911 injuries exceed 1910, yet fall well below 1908 totals, while fatalities pace high versus recent years.
Chicago November 27 officers of the international Brotherhood of Rock Island shopmen and a Rock Island general committee agreed to accept October 10 company changes in working conditions with no wage increase avoiding a strike among 8000 workers.
Five men allegedly planned to injure Governor John K Tener of Pennsylvania. A device with powder, steel, lead, and a note reading Drive the Republican poseses out was found at Charlesal, Pennsylvania, his home. It was mailed from Philadelphia and turned to federal authorities. No suspect gender identified.
Dr. Johni M. T. Finney of Baltimore announced he requested his name be withdrawn from consideration as president of Princeton University.
Rebels pour into Nanking after more than a century of quiet, shelling the walls from Tiger Hill and Pink Mountain positions while Manchu defenders, led by Generals Chang and Wong, fall in heavy numbers. Imperial troops retreat to the city as rebels push toward the lower Yangtse, with naval support nearby and Japanese consular protection in the city. In Shanghai another clash near Anhwei results in about a thousand bandits slain.
Milwaukee congressman Victor Berger says he will introduce a bill to grant women the right to vote in the United States. He plans to back it with a petition of one million signers from across the nation. He also proposes a federal loan program to fund public works andaid for unemployed workers.
In Los Angeles a bribery scheme emerged tied to the McNamara murder case. Detective Bert Franklin allegedly paid juror Lockwood $500 in advance and $3,500 more via C. E. White, with key figures Darrow and Davis handling large payments. Authorities arrested Franklin as Browne’s team closed in at a street corner in the wholesale district.
Chicago scene centers on Louise Vermilya known as the arch poisoner. The coroner's jury held her to the grand jury without bonds after examining deaths linked to arsenic among her close friends and family. Physicians say she cannot leave jail for weeks.
Milwaukee on November 28 reports Alderman Carney filed impeachment charges against Mayor Emil Seidel City Clerk Carl D Thompson and City Attorney Daniel W Hoan for malfeasance misfeasance and misconduct in office linked to this year's board of review and the confirming of assessment rolls the Carney charge described as sensational
Wisconsin reports 24 hunting related deaths by Nov 26 and 31 injuries as the season closes. A ten year table shows fatalities and injuries with 231 deaths and 203 injuries overall. License figures include 90 000 total licenses issued for residents and nonresidents for various game categories.
The annual Wisconsin State Horticultural Society convention and fruit exhibit will run January 9 to 11 in the state capitol assembly chamber. Highlights include W. H. Hanchett of Sparta on The New Era in Wisconsin Horticulture, and topics on home orchard varieties and care at maturity. Wisconsin speakers from the agricultural college and Baraboo will speak, with out of state guests P A Rogers of Gavette Arkansas and Prof W Paddock of Ohio University presenting on cooperative marketing and horticultural methods.
James M. Sexton of Madison resigns as assistant state fire marshal effective December 1. John M. Baker becomes first deputy fire marshal, Joseph R. Kennedy of Plymouth deputy, EB Kiland of Manitowoc promoted to chief assistant. Sexton leaves to join a large eastern fire insurance company.
Reginald Smith aged 12 in Lafayette township was three miles from Chippewa Falls when a gun exploded in a swamp, severing his left hand. He nearly bled out before medical aid arrived.
The body found in a local hotel after ingesting carbaric acid is identified as Pert Alien of Reedsburg. Police report the death as self inflicted.
Sheboygan reports over four miles of paving in the last year with material breakdown including brick twenty five and a half miles, macadam one and a half miles, concrete fifteen and a half miles.
Marquette and Notre Dame played to a scoreless tie on Thanksgiving in Milwaukee. The game ended without a score as both teams failed to find the end zone.
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