Wisconsin Press association meeting highlights and state bills
The Wisconsin Press association meeting drew editors from across the state with 20 new members. Officers were elected including Bowron as president and Roessler as secretary. Bills on pardons, horse racing, insurance, church property, and convict labor dominated debate in the Legislature, with votes and amendments shaping the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Press Association
W. Bowron
Oshkosh
Roessler
Jefferson
Fiera Ginty
Chippewa Falls
Board of Pardons
Seunior Putnam
Assembly
Ita
Senate
Prink
Thay
Gell
Timase
Fish and Game Committee
Courier Labor
Agemblyman Barnum
Cubaio
Committee On Claims
Mixed Legislative Notes and Local Mishaps from Madison
A collection of brief items notes favor for a state affairs measure in committee, a Kentucky court ruling on marital rights, a commentary on editor and life in markets, and a flurry of oddities. Also recorded are a famed writer’s word record, a Wisconsin farm accident fatality risk, and a Madison horse incident with exhausted, bark-eating animals found near Forest Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Westphal
Madison
Forest Hill Cemetery
Prisoner argues life sentence too long in Jetuer Lo
A.C. Probert, a prisoner at Winpun, says a life sentence is excessive and twenty years would suffice for any offender. He adds that life is a long time and criminals should remember the person killed remains dead a long time too.
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A.C. Probert
Winpun
Fatal Dragging Death After Sleigh Incident
John McDonough a farmer re turning home from Wonewee in an intoxicated condition fastened to his sleigh with slog chain. The horse ran away dragging him two miles, breaking every rib and tearing flesh until skull lay bare. He died hours later. In Stevens Point a barn fire caused by an incendiary act drew patrolman Geisler. an auger hole was bored in the wall and kerosene poured in. Mississippi River flooding in Memphis Tennessee causes levee damage inundating low lands. Wisconsin Press association endorses constitutional amendment for state aid to wagon roads and urges voters to support it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonough
Wonewee
Stevens Point
Geisler
Wisconsin Press Association
McKinley Message Praised as Model for Congress
An 1897 Wisconsin commentary extols President McKinley’s extraordinary session message as concise clear and nonpartisan noting its deficit figures and tariff proposals. The piece argues the wariness of Democratic and Populist opposition and predicts bipartisan pressure to pass tariff reform while urging cautious support for labor protection and debt service. It mentions Wisconsin Lumber Dealers Association meeting in Milwaukee and rate notices.
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McKinley
Congress
McNinley
Southwest
Senate
Wisconsin
Herall Lumber Dealers Association
Milwaukee
May 30 Proposed as Guide Board Day in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin logue of American wheelman proposes May 30 as Guide Board Day to enforce a state law requiring counties to erect sign boards at crossroads. Riders will survey counties for existing boards and report back to division headquarters to secure missing guides. The effort aims to standardize roadside guidance across Wisconsin counties.
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Wisconsin Logue
Martin C. Rotier
Cross Roads
Berlin Granite and Marble Works Prosper Berlin Firm
The Berlin Marble and Granite Works of R G Campbell and Son, established 1803, employ eight to ten men year round and ship goods across Wisconsin and neighboring states. Their products decorate cemeteries in Wisconsin,Minnesota and North Dakota, with movements by rail and steam. The firm’s work supports local revenue and Berlin’s economy, per the Berlin Journal.
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Tt. G,. Campbell & Son
Berlin
St. Paul Railway Company
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Northam
Michigan
Minnesota
Dakota
Campbell & Son
Mudkly
Werm
R. G. Campbell & Son
The Paying of the Forests
Wisconsin forests are shrinking under expansion of farming and settlements. The writing predicts rapid conversion from lumber camps to farms, noting earlier vast virgin pine and now schools, roads, and towns replacing timber. It warns that continued logging claims many township forests will pass to world markets, reshaping the region in coming decades.
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Wisconsin
Green Bay
Lake Superior
Wisconsin Judicial Election Notice
Notice of judicial election in Wisconsin from the Department of State listing offices to be chosen on the first Tuesday in April 4807. Includes Supreme Court justice seat, circuit judges for several districts, county judges, and municipal judges with terms ending in January and 1304, plus election conduct details from Madison official.
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Notica
Wisconsin
Vuliig
Seid Joren
Toavit
Supreme Court
Honoratis Roujet D. Marshall
Tonna
Lincoln
Marahen
Oneida
Vilas
Charles V. Bardean
Clark
Bau Clive
Jac Mn
Jac Mn, In Place of Banorisble
Joan
Mme
Atade
Grand Rapids
S$ Eftec
Alsad
Jude
Wood County
Emil C. Pos
Woose Vermat Ofica Wit
Court House
Bos
Resng
Cerin
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J. H. White
Law Makers
Madigan
Kentucky
Heaven
Chicago
Western Mills
Isao Dementig
John Czerwingk
Whele
Stevens” Point
Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
H.C- Biobe
Ae de Capitan
Las Atty
Anne’ Caron
Shale
Cownty
Kinder Fleischman
Frepairer
Marskield
Bodeca
C. E. Blodgett
Tiemont House
Vollmar
Voelker
Dr. Brewer & Son
Trenont House
Marshfield
Wik
Sprit
Sidner
Brewer d Son
Chicago Avenue
Evanston
Beauty
Fhenry Horn
Dnaie
Sheerin
City of
Rabbit
The
Marshfield Hardware Company
Williams Hardware Co
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