News of Wisconsin dies alone in Mukden
Nell Fairchild, nephew of Charles Fairchild of New York and grandson of Madison's first mayor J C Fairchild, died December 14 in Mukden China. Recently appointed vice consul at the American Legation, he was 24 and had just arrived. Early reports say he was accidentally shot.
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Neil Fairchild
Chinese City
Madison
Mmet
Sarah Conover
Mukden
China
Nell Fairchild
Charles Fairchild
New York
J. C. Fairchild
Desoased
Lucius Fairchild
Gongula
Americago Legation
Lord Charles Beresford
Iriish
Admiral Bosanquet
Mediterranean
Charles Drury
Bridgman
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Farragut
Rich merchant dies by gas amid accidental theory
Nels Simonsen, a wealthy La Crosse merchant, was found dead by gas in unclear circumstances. District Attorney believes the death may be accidental. investigation ongoing. Simonsen, age 53, was single and well-known in the community.
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la Cross
Himsolf
A. van Crosse
A. W. Hedgell
la Crosse Plow Company
Y. A
Bell
Edgell
Unay
City Plans Skating Rinks In Two Sides Of Town
Ministers and other leaders press the need for outdoor play spaces as youths lack of play areas is blamed. City council backs two rink projects with a large rink for the north side and a rink opening on the south side soon.
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Racine
Lo Lane
Lee Skutins
Wapther
Entire Plant Moved to Kenosha Hailed by Chicago Firm
The Marshall Ventilating Mattress company of Chicago plans to relocate its full factory to Kenosha. The new Kenosha plant will move all staff from superintendent to office boy along with the machinery, completing the transfer.
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Kenosha
Marshall Ventilating Mattress Company of
Chicago
Office Bay
Polish Editor Stevens Point-Sigmund Hatfer Dies at 60
Polish editor once proprietor of the Rolark newspaper with widespread Northwest circulation died in Hot Springs Arkansas at age 60. He hailed from a noble family and studied law in Russian Poland before coming to America twenty years ago after a romantic marriage.
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Dles
Stevens Point
Sigmund Hatfer
Rolark
Northwest
Hot Springs
Ark
Poland
America
Schandein Estate Tax Objection Settled in Milwaukee
Judgment fixed the inheritance tax in the estate of the late Lisette Schandein and apportioned assets among legatees. The total tax to the state is 143,266.77 dollars with no appeal anticipated following an attorneys’ agreement.
La Crosse Declared Sangerfest City for 1908
La Crosse was proclaimed the sangerfest city for 1908 by Sangerbund of the northwest officers at a meeting in La Crosse. Attending were President Theodore Robrens Cilayo, Secretary George A. J. Keick of Milwaukee, Treasurer EB Knay of Maedson, Vice President Otto W. Schland of St. Paul, Librarian John G. A. Wanders of Davenport, and Secretary C. F. Trettin of the Paul Sangerfest association.
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la Crosse
Sangerfest
Sangerbund of the Northwest
Theodore
Robrens
Cilayo
George A. J. Keick
Milwaukee
EB. O. Knay
Maedson
Otto W. Schland
St. Paul
John G. A. Wanders
Davenport
C. F. Trettin
The
Paul Sangerfest Association
Claim Nearly Coat Lifa
Fred McNulty of this city endured a brutal blizzard experience while checking his claim east of herd. With fuel gone and three days of savage storm, he huddled in his shack without food or water, then walked a mile to a neighbor and finally reached Minot to seek rest. Minot Correspondence Mu w luth Herald.
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Fred McNulty
Herd
McNulty
Minot
Muwluth Herald
Sunny South offers year round farming in contrast to harsh north
The article touts the Sunny South as a perpetual growing region with monthly crops, no blizzards, and ample work. It highlights profitable cattle and fruit farming for northern markets, praising water quality and cheap, productive labor. It also notes migration info via G A Park of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
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G. A. Park
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Louisville, Ky
The American Adder Inaccurate Double-Head Myth Debunked
The Pioneer reports on the American adder describing its two foot length, sluggish movement, and a tail resembling a head. It notes popular belief that the head can move monthly is a superstition and explains observers at distance confuse tail and head due to their similarity.
Apple Orchard Earns Steady Income in Renton County
The Dover Sunshine highlights an orchard success in Renton county. An ex railroad worker built a six seven acre tract into apple trees starting eleven years ago with two varieties, Pippin and Spitzenberg. After ten years the orchard produced nine thousand nine hundred fifty two dollars on land costing thirty five dollars per acre and clearing and planting forty five dollars per acre.
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Dover Sunshine
Renton County
Scattie
Post-Intelligencer
Quigg Idea on Police Chief echoed by grand jury
The text notes former Congressman Lemuel Ely Quigg’s claim that a police commissioner should be an intelligent despot. It reports the New York grand jury recommending a decade of service and removable only on proven charges. It also cites Cornell data on pupil origins and school admissions policy at the university.
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Lemuel Ely Quigg
New York City
Sein
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
State Street
Vatican Receives 40 Million Dollar Jesuit Patrimony
Father Francis Navier Werntz transfers the entire Jesuit order patrimony totaling 40 million dollars to Pope Pius as a loyalty tribute amid tensions between the Roman church and the French republic, which have reduced the order’s resources.
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Vatican
Francis Navier Werntz
Pius
French Republic
Prince Chap and the Evolution of Chap in English
The article traces how the word chap evolved from a shopper or buyer to a casual term for a man with whom one has dealings. It notes Shakespearean and Restoration usage, citing Steele and Wilkes, and mentions "Prince Chap" as a modern play title whose meaning would be unclear to Elizabethan readers.
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Criterion
Shakespeare
Niy Chap
Prince
London Chronicle
California Fig Syrup Co
Cure for eczema praised by East Orange man
Thomas M. Rossiter reports a severe eczema case in 1905 later cured after using Cuticura Ointment and Cuticur a Soap. He describes extensive scalp and body involvement, raw flesh, and prior hospital failure, and credits the products with a complete recovery and a recommendation to others.
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Lince
Thomas M. Rossiter
Prospect Street
East Orange
WN. Jy Mar
New Metal of Much Value Alzen Described by Guenther
Consul General Guenther reports a new alloy Alzen of aluminum and zloc with strength near cast iron, higher elasticity, rust resistance, and fine polish. The article notes outside remedies like Allcock's Plaster for pain and discusses gold and silver dress textiles from Sumatra, plus promotions for Lewis' Single Binder cigars and general social observations.
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Guenther
Frankfort
Fragmented 19th Century Ad Fragments and Medical Claims
A collage of vintage advertisements and medical claims appears with pitches for dyes, remedies, and patent medicines. Mentions include Puinam face less dyes, Lewis' Single Binder, Garfield Tes herb laxative, Pazo Ointment, and a claim about a Megatherium skeleton dig in Paris. Also includes testimonials for Catarrh cures and various nostrums with addresses and plausible outreach language.
Money In Popular Songs
A celebrated composer says the popular song, though derided by the elite, is the real aim of most composers. Thousands would give their ears to write a tune for the barrel organs, and after it plays a while many others would rush to dispose of their ears.
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