Canadian Settler Letter Critiques Prairie Settlement Costs
The Milwaukee Leader cites a Wisconsin Bank article by Harry C. Haecker of Edgerton Sask. complaining that many Canadian settlers struggle despite reports of success. He notes high prices for supplies, limited crops, rising debt, and freight-rate injustices, urging acknowledgment of fertile lands in Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Leader
Wisconsin Banker
Harry C. Haecker
Edgerton, Sask
Piano slips kill Hills boy in move from house
Louis Fero 17, son of Albert Fero of Nekoosa, was crushed by a piano being moved from a house and died almost instantly Saturday. Preparations were underway to move the family to Montello.
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Louis Fero
Albert Fero
Nekoosa Village
Montello
Art Work Offer For Medicine Ads Spurs Publisher Trade
An eastern Wisconsin firm's letter proposed exchanging a year of newspaper advertising for household ornaments and a salve claimed to cure goiters. The editor, amused by the art plaques offered as value at ten dollars, declined the unusual barter and questioned the offer's merit.
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Wisconsin
Not Hold Up After All Is Revealed by Wells Fargo Agent
Grand Rapids police heard a sensational tale Tuesday night from J. H. Bennett, Wells Fargo Express agent. He claimed that while returning home with $170 of company money in his pocket, a startling incident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
J. H. Bennett
Wells- Fargo Express Company
Man admits fake holdup to cover cash shortage
The subject was knocked down and robbed but later confessed there was no holdup. He had been rendered unconscious and later aided into his home. With police and district attorney aid, Mr. Bennett disclosed the deceit to conceal a cash shortfall caused by paying private pills.
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Bennett
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BuLe
DEA
Ava
Malden
Ravid
Canada
Bankers Magazine
Haecker
Nekoosa
Yited
Wells-Fargo
Ayer
F.C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Mane
Chichester
Herman Buchmiller
Dray Line
Pillsbury’s
Pillsburys Best
H. C. Koenig
South Central Avenue
Marshfield, Wisconsin
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