Wisconsin News Roundup of Local Incidents and Fallout
A broad Wisconsin wire of reports covers a fatal bull goring in New Waterford, sidewalk replacement in Richland Center, German text book burn plans in Menominee, and school construction funding in Wausau. Also noted are Mormon church arrests in Appleton, a Kroll dog poisoning case, war defense efforts in Rock and Kenosha counties, and multiple local obituaries and court actions across Oshkosh Menasha and Beloit among others.
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Henry Kerpkin
New Waterford
Richland Center
Toms Furniture
Menomnee
Washington
Wausau
Dishens
Gizzard
Wisconsin State Council of Defense
Chest
Rock and Kenosha
Menasha
R- G. Ruegg
Menasha Congregational Church
George Daseller
Wisconsin-Michigan Railroad
Coopers
John Price
Oneida County
Camp Grant
J. G. Holland
Phelps
Where Do You Stand by Bliss Carman Vigilantes Unrot
A mosaic of late wartime notes, local incidents, and obits from the Eau Claire region. Reports of a fatal fall at St Michael's Church in Fremont, airmail firsts for La Crosse, and casualty listings. Local political and social tensions surface with German text book protests and Equity Publishing plans. Military casualties and civic events weave through the page with names like Sauter, Hunner, and Randall.
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Milton
la Crosse
Michael Roth
Mason
Two Livers
New St. Michael's Church
Fremont
Appleton
Stapleton
Rhinelander
New York Post
Aerial League of America. Corp
Leonard Hill
Eau Claire
Gan, Pareshing
Dora Hill
Cla Jong
Kenosha
Waukegan
Wurmur
Mississippi
la Cross
Councy
Simon H. Sauter
Racine
Atairway
Job Sunner
John Hunner
Hau Claire
Iwice Utate
Peck
ExEu Claire
America’s Food Policy Saved the Allies Says Lord Rhondda
Lord Rhondda lauds U S food efforts in WWI praising Wilson and Hoover for creating the Food Administration. He credits American resources and organization with preventing famine and supporting Allied victory, urging continued patriotic sacrifice to sustain food supplies.
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America
Lord Rhondda
United States
Rites States
United Kingdom
Wilson
Congress
Food Administration
Mr. Hoover
Rhondda
Steel Replaces Linen for Warplane Wings
Steel replaces linen in the construction of airplane wings as wartime production expands. The article notes a shipment of seventeen thousand tons of material and underscores the shift to steel for stronger, more durable aircraft components.
Japan Sees Rice Harvest Decline in 1917
Japan reports lower production for corn rice and potatoes in 1917 versus 1916. The 1917 rice crop falls about 100 million bushels below normal, a drop over one fifth. Efforts push to raise wheat acreage and to build ships for Pacific wheat trade with Australia.
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Japan
On Certain Alien Enemies Poem by Clinton Scollard
A poem railing against foreign foes, describing them as vile and treacherous. The speaker condemns aliens for treason and questions humane treatment, asking where suitable places for them might be and lamenting the spread of a supposed hostile creed. The piece uses hostile rhetoric and evokes grave fear of internal betrayal.
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Clinton Scollard
Vighantes
Farm Hands In Demand Across Southern States
Records from the free government employment bureau in Memphis show 16 farm hand jobs open in Mississippi Arkansas and Tennessee. Authorities believe openings with the government reflect only a portion of total available positions across the region.
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Free Government Employment Bureau
Memphis
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Whisky in Coffin Seized in Huron Bootlegging Case
A coffin seized at Huron, South Dakota, contained twenty gallons of whisky instead of a corpse. The bootlegger had a grave dug in a local cemetery and the illicit liquor had been shipped from the East.
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Huron
Preferred to Walk Recruit Won’t Pledge His Family’s Future
A Shasta County man Bonnifet told Captain Boyden he would walk to join the Twentieth Engineers rather than accept transport. He asked about pay and allowances to support his wife and children. The officer said 847.50 monthly would go to his family plus a small life insurance and remaining funds. Bonnifet agreed to walk the eighty miles to the camp.
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Bonnifet
Shasta County
California
H. C. Boyden
Twentieth Engineers
Boyden
Bonnifot
Blast brings up $115000 in old well treasure
An iron pot with 115000 in gold coins was unearthed in an abandoned well on Isaac Shaffer’s farm near Billsville in Lawrence county Pennsylvania. Limestone company workers blasting the well sent coins into the air. The 1888 death of Shaffer and his heirs’ long search are noted. The treasure is now deposited in a Newcastle bank and Shaffer heirs claim it.
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Lake Street
M. EB. Church
Hunner
Gey L Hunner
Baltimore
Clifford E. Randall
Kenosha
Kenosha County
Henry Cooper
Randall
Elkhorn
Congress
Wessiade
State Industrial Commission
Thomas Long
Racine
Pugh
Vijay Park
Madison
Vilas Park
Burroughs Park
University
Isaac Shaffer
Lawrence County
Billsville
2Imestone Company
Sud
Newcastle
Shaffer
Defeat as path to democracy in Germany postwar warning
The piece argues that only a defeat of Prussian militarism can free Germany from autocratic rule and unlock civic rights. It criticizes the Prussian caste of officials, the army, and nobles who dominate politics, predicting a stronger Reichstag and broader democracy only after defeat, and warns against victory empowering autocracy.
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Germany
Prussia
Ausitia
France
Russia
Japan
Hohenvollern
Bundesrat
Trumphant
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