John F Dietz Guilty In First Degree Murder Verdict
At Hayward on May 13 a jury found John F Dietz guilty of murder in the first degree in the Oscar Harp case. Mrs Dietz and Leslie Dietz were acquitted. The verdict carries a life sentence at hard labor in Waupun with solitary confinement each October 8. Judge Reid instructed the jury on theoretical liability of accessories and the legality of the deputies’ actions. Dietz commented on a trust conspiracy and moved for a new trial, which the court overruled.
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Hayward
Dietz
Peine
Ilegally
Reid
John Dietz
Lumber Trust
Fire destroys four horses at R. Connor Lumber plant
A spark from a locomotive at Stratford based R. Connor Lumber plant set fire to a shingle shed, spreading to barns and destroying four draft horses, two barns, and 25 000 shingles. Loss estimated at five to seven thousand dollars, fully insured. Firefighting crews, workers, and villagers fought the blaze for two and a half hours. wind favored containment.
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R. Connor Lumber Company
Stratford
Passion Play illustrated lecture by Prof Parlin delayed
Prof C C Parlin of Wausau presents an illustrated Passion Play lecture on May 26 at the opera house. A benefit for Harry Ebsen, under the Woman's Catholic Order of Foresters, with prices 35¢ reserved, 25¢ general, 15¢ children. Parlin, who visited Oberammergau, is a vivid, accurate interpreter.
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Woman's Catholic Order of Foresters
C. C. Parlin
Wausau
Harry Ebsen
Opera House
Lady Foresters
Parlin
Oberammergau
Standard Oil Trust Ordered Dissolved by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court has ruled Standard Oil a conspiracy in restraint of trade and must be dissolved within six months. This marks a major blow to trusts and signals a broader movement to end monopoly in the country. The decision, with Justice Harlan dissenting, upholds the St. Louis circuit court ruling of November 15, 1906, and grants fall power to enforce the decree.
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United States Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
Harlan
Circuit’ Court
St. Louis
Little Girl Strays From Home In Hyland Addition
A two year old girl of Mail Carrier and Mrs William Neider vanished from home Tuesday morning while her mother was downtown. The child wandered along Central avenue before being found near Plaths bakery and brought to safety. She could not speak her name but was later reunited with her worried mother after a lengthy search.
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William Neider
Hyland Addition
North Side
Central Avenue
Plath
Veterans Warned on Wearing G A R Emblems
The G A R cautions veterans not in good standing against wearing emblematic items including bronze lapel buttons badges and post buttons under Wisconsin law. It bans loaning any badge on Decoration Day to nonmembers who cannot show proper credentials, issued by Commander T F Vannecom Bitz.
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Wisconsin
T. F. Vannecom
Bitz
D A R Meeting Thursday at Marshfield Chapter Home
Marshfield Chapter D A R will meet at Mrs James Vedder's home on Thursday May 18 at three p m Program includes roll call annual business meeting and report of delegate from Continental Congress Social hour Also noted Carl Heise eleven, son of Mr and Mrs Huser of Hewitt, seriously injured by a hammer blow while watching his father build a fence His fingers may be out of use for some time but not lost.
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Marshfield
James Vedder
Continental Congress
Carl Heise
Upham Elected President of National Furniture Makers
F R Upham of Marshfield was chosen president of the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers at Chicago last week. The election elevates Marshfield to a leading furniture center alongside Grand Rapids. Officers include C R Slight, G D Whiteworth, and J S Linton, all of Grand Rapids. The Chicago session also approved a one third cut in output with a small price rise from June 1 to September 1. next meeting set for Indianapolis in 1912.
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National Association of Furniture Manufacturers
Chicago
F. R. Upham
Upham Manufacturing Co
Upham
Marshfield
Grand Rapids
Mich
C. R. Slight
G. D Whiteworth
Tres
Association
Indianapolis
Mother's Day Sermon Reflections by Local Clergy and Editor
Rev Joseph Brown submits a heartfelt piece on Mother's Day from Ebbe schoolhouse readings. Bishop Samuel Fallows delivers a sermon at St Pauls Episcopal praising mothers as divine priestesses, condemning idle wealth and intemperance as threats to true motherhood and family welfare.
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Marshfield Times
Ebbe
Joseph Brown
Samuel Fallows
St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church
Palace and Star markets offer clean meats and prompt service
Buy your meats and poultry at the Palace and Star markets and be sure of clean healthful meats. Prompt attention to all orders. Phones Star market 202, Palace market 221. 02.
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Palace
Star Markets
Star Market
Palace Market
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Cameron Dam
Za, Dietz
Leslie Dietz
Standard Oil Trust
If. R. Upham
Michigan
Sopstight
C.F. Zimmerma
First National Bank BF
McMaan
Casturn Marshe Tel, Wis
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