Thorne town hall fire and northern Wisconsin blazes
Superior Sparke from 8 Pass ing locomotive started a fire in the town hall at Thorne near herd destroying ten houses and four sawmills and spreading across the river to a bed forest fire. Loss estimated at 20000 with battle insurance. Forest fires in northern Wisconsin damage timber districts south of Leon River and Brule and as far south as Eau Claire lakes. Chippewa Falls reporter Backus plans a cruising expedition to the River Yordun with son and James Lavall. aims to erect a Jerusalem sawmill in a Virginia lumbering venture running 30 years. Kenosha fatalities on Northwestern road when two men struck on tracks by freight. wife and child ship to this country. Madison railroad commission orders better Hillsdale facilities for Soo Railway station. Fond du Lac man found guilty of wife abandonment. love letters and alleged theft discussed. Fond du Lac child fatality after auto hits baby carriage. nurse hurt. Marshfield bankers convention to draw 100 bankers. speakers named. Madison tax notice for streetcar business totals 144,925.33. Marinette move to organize People’s State Bank in Munsing. Green Bay man killed at crossing. La Crosse adds teachers and construction. Janeayide county records dispute.
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Superior
Sparke
Thorne
Herd
Bat
Wisconsin
Leon River
Bayfluld
Brule
Dogging
Eau Claire Lakes
Chippewa Falls
William E. Back
State Bank of
Sheboygan Falls
Citizens' Bank of
Bryce Duer
Green Bay
Monomtuee
Mich
Duer
Marshfield
Wisconsin Bankers’ Agacelation
A. J. Frame
Weukesia
Rosenberry
Wausau
George J. Bartlett
W. D. Connor
Madison
Uno
Matison
W William Lassergon
University of Columbia
Kansas University
James Merrill
Lee Edward Tull
Waupun
Oconemowoe
Zion Episcopal Church
Bishop Webb
Cynon St. George
Neshotah House
John White
Zion Church
Fond du Lac
Toronto
Tuttle Company
King Edward
Madison—Stats
Dabl
Atrept Car Companion
T. M. Purtell
State Fire Marshals’ Association
Balloon disaster kills four aeronauts over Reichensachsen
A German balloon operated by Purseval and guided by Luft exploded in a thunderstorm near Reichhensachsen, about 20 miles southwest of Eisenach, sending the envelope to fire and the car and four men plummeting to the ground. Remnants and bodies were found by villagers at dawn.
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Berlin
Reichhensachsen
Eisenach
Butterfields
Prussian
Saxony
Purseval Company
Luft
Deutsch
Jude
Cassel
Aeronaute
Relebbensuchsg¢n
Death by own action due to red tape in France
A Cambrai young farm servant hanged himself after a dispute with his employer. Officials argued over which parish held jurisdiction, delaying action until the tree’s location was finally confirmed and the rope cut. The passerby who found the body reported it. the man was dead before the authorities acted.
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Paris
America
France
Cambrai & Young
Worthy
Her Firoblem in a Bridge Club Hat Quandary
Two bridge players joke about wardrobe: one cannot pick among three old hats, the other three fashionable hats all wrong for the wearer. The exchange highlights light social humor in a club setting.
Cure for Sores Relief via Cuticura Remedies
A nurse from Litchfield Conn recounts her yearlong child’s skin sores worsening to near skeletal condition. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the sores healed in two months and never reappeared. She endorses Cuticura to families.
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Egbert Shel
Don
Litchfield
Conn
Get
Outdoor schools urged by Dr Farnum Stoll at meeting
Dr Henry Farnum Stoll of Hartford urged outdoor schools for delicate and tuberculous children and those with bone tuberculosis. He cited that 20 to 40 percent of city schoolchildren may be infected, with tuberculin tests showing high infection rates from tuberculous homes. The report also notes U S leech imports rising to about 40 000 in a decade and mentions snail trade decline and tariff status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Farnum Stoll
Hartford
Conn
Stoll
Bureau of Atatistica
Fs General
United States
Bureau
Fragmentary quoted dialogue about a hare purchase and a wife's tiara
A garbled excerpt presents a man requesting a hare for his wife and asks a price. The strange dialogue shifts to a boast about a wife with a tiara and includes unrelated cryptic phrases about truth and charity. The passage is incomplete and lacks coherent context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vielbio
New Discovery Claim Warns Of Tapeworms In Stomach Wrecks
L T Cooper touts a New Discovery medicine sold by druggists to purge tapeworms and other parasites, claiming rapid relief from weariness, poor eyesight, and dull memory. The account notes widespread public alarm and advises seeking the product or a local druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Cooper
Cooper
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
Ohio
The Simple Shepherd Tale and Land Ad Blitz
A cockney traveler in the Highlands jokes about teaching sheep to follow him. An old shepherd retorts that others would follow a leading sheep, and a Colorado land ad promises good water soil and climate with a free book and map from W F Jones in Denver.
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Shephard
Highlands
Colorado
W. F. Jones
Majestic
Denver
Cale
Northereyrerna
Poche Tyde County
Colo
Hell
Rome
Hling
Oarson
Warley
Src
Fet & Farm
Mare
W. Jones
Douver
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Gaw
Gould
Mra. Wise
Mr. Wise
Pupliia
Baltimore
Tommy
Harper's Magazine
Western
Canada
Benator Dolliver
Iowa
Canara Nein
Tefanapallyy Gadeay Mall
Usendarens Prarestryut
Arie Gacumb
Polk
Edmunson
Ima Pringe
Rupert— Enter
Fanmags Agricultura
Hulaley Vailey Kina
Waiway
Loty
North Coa Lung Company, Ltd
Winth Ridg
Vancouver
B.C
TBE
Newhem
Pacific Coast
Fraoit
Puta
Ace
Benoa
Ead Cour Srcupenence
Rami
jarKo
Valdemar Lidell
Portland
Orevor
Turk Reston
Bailar Wallace
Florida
Miami
Tote
Wenkonta
Inrniched
Elepant
Comuections
Miter Inte
Tovorenls
Mims Aonaty
Brent HaBoy
ALA
Gitte Atcknens
Tuomas Jones
Ridgeway
Nslb
Pecos Val
Tey
Vexas
Lalo Reve
Wille
J.B. Sloely
Lawise
Dodds Tanna
W. Nlu
Chicago
Itc
Slater
Irma
Vince
Keluchaen
Corpargten
Moffat Road
Union Pacific
Yellowstone National Park
E. L. Lomax
G. P. A. Union Pacific
R. R. Go
Qmaha
Nebraska
Standard Oil CO
Cncorpormed
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