Wisconsin Brevities Racing Foresters Convention Opens
Wisconsin brief items report the ninth biennial convention of the Catholic Order of Foresters in Wisconsin with delegates from Kenosha to Eau Claire, including speeches by John Kuypers and Rt Rev Kraemer. Also noted are saloon robbery in Superior, a Kenosha assault, a divorce case in Fond du Lac, forgery conviction in New Richmond, and local civic notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Foresters
A. J. Horlick
John A. Kuypers
Depere
Mer. A. P. Kraemer
John A Kuypers
Gustave Keller
John Walsh
James L. O'Connor
Thompson & Westbury
Lim
Kenosha
Civic Federation
Charles Brenno
W. F. Davidson
W. S. Fogarty
Chicago
Federation
Drenne
Ther
Fond du Lac
Wifo
War
John Janubor, Jr
St. Louis
Pond
Lac
New Richmond
Tallak Everson
Tallak Worre
Mound
Polk County
Fay Claire
Bard Labor
Fort Weavenworth
Everson
Vndliw
Jens’ Johanvson
Clam Tatts
la Crossa
Tutheran Church
Auerlea
French Creek
Trempealyau County
V. Koren
D. Dy
Decorah
Otto Bury
Winnevago
Calumet Harbor
Hart
Racine
Racine Manufacturing Company
John Jacobs
Marathon City
William Ebersol
Menzner
Kaelner
John J
Milwaukee Electric Hallway & Light Company
Ravine
Rachye
John. A. Kuypers
Braty
Catholic Order of Foresters of
Wisconsin
Burnledon
Verstrate- Fyfe Company
Milwaukee
Pollen
Oconto
Charles Hall
Assembly
Green Bay
Neenth
Neendh
Firemen's Association
Neengh
Grafsroud Bridge
Fox River
C. J. Huschweier
Gapt
F. H. Magis
Lonely vigil on Mount signals doomed master’s fate
A dog keeps a solitary watch atop a Coeur d’Alene mountain, feeding from a prospector’s cabin and returning nightly through blizzards. Hunters heard gunfire and a dog’s howls. a master’s body is believed buried under snow until July melts reveals the tragedy.
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Spokane
Wesh
Coeur d’Alene
Frank Natheway
Wallace
Idaho
St. Joe Divide
Hathaway
M. Livingston
Livingston
Pig That Barks Like a Dog Startles City Residents
Me Fred M Thim a noted electrician and railroad man lives on lower Beach street with a pig that barks like a dog. The black white pig resembles a hound in markings and hanging ears. Visitors come to hear the barking and are startled by the uncanny sound.
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Fred M. Thim
Lower Beach Street
Shim
Rattlesnake Guarded House in Connecticut Yard
Ed Harris of Scat Cook keeps a large rattlesnake in a box at his Winsted home to deter trespassers. The reptile, with ten rattles and a button, rattles loudly when approached, and Harris captures it alive for display or protection.
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Winsted
Conn
Ed Harris
Scatcook
Harris
Rattlora
Band of Chimps Attack Sailors Aboard German Ship
Six chimpanzees from a shipment of 600 aboard the German steamer Toby neufels wounded crew after attacking Wong Foo the cook amid mid ocean. The incident occurred after supper when the leader’s entourage tore at the Chinese crewman’s pigtail and legs. Crew members restrained the apes and two firemen pursued one chim panzee to a locker where a marlin spike caused a wrist injury. The ship reached South Brooklyn with the chimps later landed in Boston upon captain’s request.
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New York
Tobyneufels
Calcutta
Colombo
Brooklyn
Lubke
Boston
Wong Foo
Engineer Newman
Wong Fou
Hubert Hansen
Hans Fels
Dead Man's Face Seen On Window Pane In Reading
The widow and daughter of Oscar D. Angstadt report a clear image of his face visible on a window pane where he died last October. Neighbors saw it, but Police Sergeant Cressman could not observe the face. The women cleaned the pane yet insist the portrait remains, linking it to Angstadt’s habit of gazing through the window before his death.
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Oscar D. Angstadt
Hen Declines Hatch Hawk Egg in Indiana Farm Tale
In Bloomington Indiana a hen refused to hatch an egg laid by a hawk after observer Chris Summit of Stineville County reports shooting both the hawk and its almost-ready egg. Summit and his wife heard the hen alarm and watched a crow peck at the nest as the event unfolded, a tale filed as a farm anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Chris Summit
Stineville
Ona
Summit
Lorimer Rose to Present High Post from Humble Start
William Lorimer of Chicago, the second English native elected to the current U S Senate, rose from a streetcar fare collector to a powerful political figure. Born in Manchester 48 years ago, he moved to Chicago as a child, built a career from precinct politics, and now serves as a key senator. He is known as a capable worker in committees and a devoted family man with eight children.
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William Lorimer
Congress
Chicago
England
United States
Senate
Wiam Lorimer
Sutherland
Utah
Lorimer
Manchester
Canton Af Tim
Washington
Larimer
Bip Lorimer
Minneapolis
Blaine
Cook County
Harrison
Billy
Hopkins
Bac
William A. Hopkins
Canada
Memorial for Champlain Lighthouse Memorial Proposed at Isle La Motte
Albany reports action by the New York Lake Champlain Tercentenary commission on a permanent memorial for Samuel de Champlain. Plans include a lighthouse museum and a heroic statue at an estimated cost of 50000 dollars, with Isle La Motte Vermont proposed as the site near Fort Ste. Anne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
New York Lake Champlain
Samuel de Charoplain
Champlain
Isle la Motte
United States
Vermont
New York
Old Fort
Ste. Anne
Boudoir Shadow Clock For Roosevelt Wife Debuts Soon
New York investor R B Smith plans a novel Boudoir Shadow timepiece for the wife of former President Roosevelt. It will be the second of its kind, finely crafted with 22 carat gold plating. The clock features two dials for day and night use, with a night dial designed for nocturnal reading.
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New York
R. B. Smith
Roosevelt
Clock with ceiling projection lights up by night
A midnight clock features a push button at the head of the bed that activates a small electric grid beneath the dial. Its turning night dial faces the ceiling, projecting a four to five foot diameter shadow of the cursor.
Didnt Think Much of New York Visit
A 23 year old youth from Rockland county visited New York and returned unimpressed. He recounted seeing the Bowery moving pictures and the elevated railway, but found little to admire beyond the elevated line and did not seek any thrill or license to ride it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rockland County
Bowery
New York Tribune
The Exceptional Equipment of California Fig Syrup Co
The California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna made from plant principles with pure medicinal action. Only the genuine product uses the original method and bears the full company name on the front. Imitations should be declined or returned if the full name is not printed on the package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Californis Fig Syrup_Co
Senna
California
California Pig Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup Co
Winter Feeble Wife Seeks Aid for Ill Husband
One day last winter a feeble wife sought help for her ailing husband. They are poor, children dead, no fire, only bread from neighbors. She had tried church and individuals without success and wondered why aid was not sought at the big place near the street, joking about locomotive taxes.
Family Quarrel Sparks Harsh Slurs EsCalated Exchange
Freddie confronts Gertrude over rumors of T as the family black sheep. Gertrude shoots back with a crude question, Freddie retorts with a stunned exclamation. The exchange reveals tensions within the family and a volatile dynamic.
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Freddie
Gertrude
Viewpoints on Palisade Blasting Downgrades Art Scene
In a terse exchange from Puck style satire, a poet laments the gendals blasting the Palisade, while a Business Friend praises the previous beauty as the premiere spot to paint patent medicine ads. The quip captures a clash between destructive action and artistic economy.
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Beast
Liveington
Band OF
Fo'castle
Plutarch
New Ilinois
Wiliam Lorimer
Lake Champlain
Carters
Joe Aigention
Too Mearty
Sdarters
Taste Singers
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