Indians and storms at Skunk Hill and Laona tales
This column recalls the Skunk Hill Indian gathering with over 200 attendees drawn from Kansas Missouri and Canada as well as a storm struck ride to Riverside Inn described with humor. It also recounts Laona drugstore conflicts over alcohol and Peruna sales and a shoe store anecdote before reporting a Soo Line wreck near Fond du Lac with fatalities and injuries.
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Skunk Hill
Big Hill
Kansas
Missouri
Canada
Adam
Ray Hosterman
Mr. Hosterman
Hosterman
Fatal log line wreck at Doolittle crossing Gray's Lake AL
A head on collision between freight trains 2410 south bound led by Conductor J S Carey and Engineer Tynan, and 230 north bound the ice extra led by Conductor D M McCarthy and Engineer John Rupp occurred at 8 10 Monday morning near Gray's Lake. Two railroad men died and four were seriously injured. The cause cited is a misunderstanding of train orders with responsibility not yet assigned.
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Fred Miller
James Carey
Frank Hunk
North Fond du Lac
R. E. Davis
Spencer Tenan
John Rrop
Fond du Lac
Carey
Miller
Stevens Point
Ripon
Soo Line
Doolittle's Crossing
Gray’s Lake
J.S. Carey
Tynan
D. M. McCarthy
John Rupp
Postal Savings Bank Soon in Eight Wisconsin Cities
Eight Wisconsin towns including Grand Rapids Rhinelander Antize Wausau Marshfield Merrill Manitowoc and Ashland are to receive new postal savings banks installed with post offices. The system will start soon and will accept deposits like local banks but pay only two percent, likely reducing business.
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Wisconsin
Grand Rapids
Rhinelander
Antize
Wausaw
Marshfield
Merrill
Manitowoc
Ashland
Postal Savings Bank
Postal savings depositories to aid small towns and curb bank monopolies
The postal savings system offers a government guaranteed option that enhances confidence in local finance. It will mainly serve smaller towns lacking regular banks or with single-bank economies. Banks will face competition or lose business as post offices begin acting as depositories, though full nationwide adoption will take time.
Bethel Academy Seventeen Head to Commencement
Bethel academy prepares for commencement with a class of seventeen students led by Ernest Trowbridge Helen Johnson Luella Eighme Rhoda Pflugradt Ruth Leverentz Robert Cash Estella Corwin Phebe Inez Hrasier Lee Foote Leia Jeanette Graber Nellie Anna Hansen Ellen Bensen Joseph Frank Flora Jane Austin Christena Peterson Nellie Davis Jacob Mandafian. The event spans Sunday May 28 with student musical numbers and Monday May 29 for the ceremony featuring Prof. C L Stone the anthem Praise Ye the Lord and the presentation of diplomas by Prof. Stone and Prof. G R Fatte under the academy’s strengthened program and facilities.
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Bethel Academy
Ernest Trowbridge
Helen Johnson
Luella Eighme
Rhoda Pflugradt
Ruth Leverentz
Robert Cash
Estella Corwin
Phebe Inez Hrasier
Lee Foote
Leia Jeanette Graber
Nellie Anna Hansen
Ellen Bensen
Joseph Frank
Flora Jane <Austin
Christena Peterson
Nellie Davis
Jacob Mandafian
C. L. Stone
Ye the Lord
Selo
Norwood Sensation Heads to Adler Opera House Week
Norwood’s Great Sensations tour comes to Adler Opera House for a week, marking his first local appearance. M H Norwood, trained by East Indian masters, headlines a show hailed as world leading. A free parade and blindfold drive precede the engagement, with ticket prices 10 20 and 30 cents and ladies free on reserved seats before 6 pm Monday.
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Norwood
Adler Opera House
M. H. Norwood
Worwood
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