War department reshuffles transport amid Pacific traffic growth
The War Department moves to place the Butard commission in response to rising traffic between the United States and the Philippines. Attorney General Knox accepts Judge Caldwell’s resignation from the Eighth Circuit. News also covers veterans encampment invites, bond deposits for an electric railway from Sandown to Poré, and various international and domestic incidents including floods, strikes, and political moves.
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Insular
War Department
Transport Butard Fi
Philippines
Knox
Henry C. Caldwell
United States Hircait Court of the
Eighth Circuit
Little Rock
Ark
Comander
Clef Wrell
Dyer
Vandegrift ‘Construction Company
Philadelphia
Sanduwn
Mies
Taft
Cnraban
Navy Department
Obituary Drenches Multiple Dignitaries Across Cities
A fragmented obituary listing numerous deaths and close ties across Wisconsin, New York, Illinois, Michigan, and Iowa. It notes Charles H. Maynard postmaster of Sheboygar Wisconsin, Henry Romeike founder of Luaineys trading in newspaper elfypsigs who died in New York, Mrs. George Peeles of Watertown, George H. Durand of Flint, democratic Michigan governor candidate, T McFarrison publishing house founder found dead at Atlantic City, and other figures linked to Creighton and McKinley. The report blends coroner notes, accidental asphyxiation, apoplexy, and burial details with scattered mis-spellings.
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Charles H. Maynard
Sheboygar
Wis
Milwaukee
Henry Romeike
New York
George Peeles
Sears
D. Earling
Chicago
Milwaukee End, Paul
Watertown
George H. Durand
Flint
Michigan
King
T. McFarrison
Atlantic City
Nog
Creighton
Omaha
John Creighton
Chatity
Edward Creighton
Oxden
William McKinley
McKinley
Noreld
Clermont
Mel Ricley
Chicago and Northwestern
Louis
San Francisco
Toy pistol sale leads to fine after boy’s death
Chicago June 10 A toy pistol sale cost Mrs. Caroline Steins a $50 fine plus costs for causing the death of 12 year old George Ehret of 204 Custom Avenue. Ehret died days after being shot by the weapon when a few days later blood poisoning developed. Steins said she would appeal.
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Chicago
George Ehret
Custom Avenue
Caroline Steins
Justice Mahoney
Anchor finds elk horns in deep water as log towing trophy
Grand Rapids Minn July 10 John G Fraser prominent lumber man while towing a raft of logs across Pokagama lake lately dropped the anchor used in towing the booms. Windlass hoisted the anchor to surface and revealed an immense pair of elk horns and a large pair of deer antlers tangled in the flakes. Oldest inhabitants recall no elk in the region for fifty years. Horns measure seven feet from butt to tip and four and a half feet spread. Fraser brought the trophies home and refused to sell.
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Grand Rapids
Minn
John G. Fraser
Fraser
New Wisconsin Game Laws Tighten Open Seasons
The document outlines extensive hunting and fishing regulations across Wisconsin counties. It sets close seasons for pheasants, prairie chickens, and waterfowl, bans spearing and certain nets, restricts ice fishing, and stipulates penalties from twenty five to one hundred dollars plus imprisonment. It also limits shipment of fish, prohibits hunting with dogs at night, and defines inland versus outlying waters for enforcement.
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Marinette
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Briggsville
Adams
Marquette County
Eagle Lake
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Toly
Tn Devil's Lake
Mirra
Sank County
Dee
Winnebago
Geneva Lake
Winneconne
Butte Des Morts
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Little Butte Des Morts
Pox
Geneva
Rush
Winnecounoe
Fox River
Winnebago County
Wisconsin
Sauk County
Back River
Jackson County
Mississippi
I Ce
Sturgeon Bay
Winnebago Lake
Mississippi River
Waukesha County
Little Lake Butte Des Morts
Black Rivers
Onalaska
Sauk
Columbia
Richland
Marquette
Fond du Lac
Sheboygan
Manitowoc
Calumet
la Crosse
Monroe
Vernon
Trémpe-rean
Jackson
Lake Superior
Chequamegon Bay
Lake Island
Chequamegor Point
Bayfield County
Bichigang
Ozaukee
Watan
Dodge
Columabia
Montez
Trempeleau
St. Croix
Michgen
Superior
Green Bay
Pept
CHITTENDEN WILL STAY IN MISSOURI RIVER DUTY
Captain H M Chittenden, head of US engineers for the Missouri River and Yellowstone Park, has revoked orders to report to the Philippines. Cantala Kuhn of West Point will take his place. Chittenden notes snagboat work to Kansas City and urges higher bridges and a levee to protect the river city, claiming it would quadruple capacity.
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Philippines
Sioux City
Iowa
H. M. Chittenden
United States Engineers
Missouri River
Yellowstone Park
Kansas City
War Department
Cantala Kuhn
West Point
Missouri River Territory
Chitterven
Kew River
Poisoned by His Cigar Cited in Sault Ste. Marie Incident
William Prisgie, a Soo contractor, was nearly fatally poisoned while working on a sewer contract at a private home. He laid his cigar on a sill smeared with stray lime and later smoked it, becoming dizzy and unconscious. A doctor found poisoning evidence after hours of careful treatment.
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Saultste
Marie
Mich
William Prisgie
Soo
Avho
Pringle
Free Text Books in Manitoba Public Schools
Manitoba educational department increases funding to provide free textbooks for use up to standard four in public schools. The new books, issued for some time, are to replace the old volumes on Monday next across all schools.
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Educational Department
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Man
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