Day of Emancipation Roast in Marshfield Towns
The Marshfield Times recounts a tale from Washington Street about a late night restaurant where patrons and staff collide in a lively scene. A cashier nicknamed Mickey handles crowds with flair, then slips into a formal white coat at dawn to resume work, even as a tense incident ends with a harsh demand to leave.
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Reatan Yanl
Csahler
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Chicago Post
Tip to Chicago Hotels Ends With Dining Room Revolt
A Pittsburgh hotel tale recounts Reds star Bob Bescher protesting limited iced tea. The head waiter stands firm, Bescher laments, Frank Bancroft intervenes, and the team relocates to the Colonial where a tub of iced tea is prepared and Bescher is later found sleeping as dawn nears.
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Reds
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R. Bescher
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Helpful Gov in Law Wins Daughter Hand Betrothal
A dialogue captures a comic scene where a father and Sid discuss daughter's consent. The father asserts pride in his wit and warns of no retreat, while Sid proclaims approval and readiness to join the couple. A playful tone reflects domestic courtship and mutual consent.
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Sid
Womin
To Remove a Ring
A simple method to free a stuck ring uses a soap coated string. Thread a double strand under the ring, cut the needle, and safeguard four thread strands beneath the ring then pull taut while sliding the ring over the finger.
Very Much Alive Retired Member Seeks His Waiter
A club dining room scene shows a retired member returning from the country asking for his waiter James. The steward reassures that James is not dead but busy with every blessed thing he can lay his hands on.
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Jiames
Repenting at Leisure at the Dinner Table
A mother sends Marie to the next room to wait for appropriate behavior. After an gustable pause she refrains from answering when asked again, replying with patient dignity that she will tell her mother when she is sure, as Harper's Magazine notes.
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Marie
Murle
Harper's Magazine
Tragic Narrow-Track Crash Kills Many Merrymakers near Neenah
A Northwestern train hit a hayrack carrying thirty people returning from a dance near Neenah. Fourteen killed or fatally injured and many more wounded as bodies lay along the tracks. Driver Peter Hanson and some survivors report the billboard obscuring the crossing. Engineer Frank Spooner and Conductor Keers faced shock but no fault was found with railroad safety.
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Joseph Drezinski
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Mr. Olson
Amy Sudolssi
Ananda Syring
Martin Golonski
Pear Swhetowski
Tony Schelews
John Schperski
Tony Beruinski
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Mary Schwarzebauer
Tony Stormnick
Peter Hanson
Petey Hanson
Menasha Furniture Company
Phillin Mott
Avanda
Mra. Finn
Clark Hospital
Anton Srezinski
Warcher
Frank Spooner
Green Bay
Almot
Appleton
Peter Janson
Keers
Chicago
Neepak
Lota
Spooner
Peter Hansen
Milwaukee Murder Case Shocks Neighborhoods
Mrs. Charles Moul is charged after neighbors find her beside her dead 6 year old son in a gas filled room. She may face murder charges if she recovers. In Madison, Emma Helen Blair, author and Philippine history expert, lies near death at the Madison Maternity Hospital while serving as a librarian at the state historical library. In Racine, inventor Martin Rasmussen claims a new aerial machine is drop proof and ready for first test from the lake front to Michigan. In Madison, a gas shortage leads to Lake Mendota housing becoming available for students at the state university.
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Charles Moul
Madison
Emmia Helen Blair
Racine
Martin Resmussen
Michigan
Investigation Planned Into Neenah Crossing Disaster
The railroad rate commission orders a thorough inquiry into the Neenan crossing tragedy that killed thirteen revelers. Engineers M. H. Hovey and J. N. Hidwell are sent to Neenah to lead the official probe as state and federal regulations loom after the worst grade crossing accident in Wisconsin history.
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Neenah Crossing
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Wisconsin
Name New Ministers in Wisconsin Methodist Conference
The sixty fourth session of the Wisconsin conference of the Methodist Episcopal church selected Kigeles church Milwaukee as next meeting place. Bishop Hamten announced numerous appointments across Appleton Antigo Madison Milwaukee and surrounding districts with many ministers listed as supplied or assigned to churches and circuits throughout the state.
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Antigo
Wisconsin
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Hamten
Presidential Cow on Tour Visits Wisconsin Dairy Show
Pauline Warne reports Taft's pet cow, the Presidential Cow, will tour Wisconsin for three weeks. The animal will spend ten days at Milwaukee's prominent dairy show as a major attraction.
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Pauline Warne
Taft
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Manitowoc Pioneer Dies at 88 in City History
Manitowoc records the death of John Boehm, among the oldest residents of Manitowoc and Manitowoc County, who died at age 88 after coming to the country forty five years ago and settling in Manitowoc.
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Manitowoc
John Boehm
Crossing at Neenah Wreck Spurs Board Removal and Signals
Madison H Hovey reports on the Neenah grade crossing wreck where thirteen died and nine injured at a mailbox crossing. He urges removing the billboard sign blocking the view and installing automatic signals with illumination. He also recommends reviewing road plans to eliminate grade crossings in Neenah.
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Neenah
Crowd at La Crosse Interstate Fair Rainy Day Draws Thousands
Despite rain over 10,000 attended the La Crosse Interstate fair with 5,000 from outside the city. A highlight was the main exposition building auction of seed corn, with Iva Urisse county earning a national reputation and seeds selling for 10 to 20 dollars per carload.
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la Crosse
Iva Urisse County
Madison Man Found Dead in River Mystery
The body of an unknown man, about 40 with a red moustache, was found floating in the Yabara river. A deep head wound suggests murder. He wore tramp-like clothes, carried a watch stopping at 2:20, and $2.25 in cash. No local missing person matches the description.
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Madison
Yabara River
Art Galleries for Saloons in Racine Policy
The Racine authorities plan to photograph and furnish pictures of the 144 saloon keepers blacklisted when notices are served. Saloon owners argue they cannot know or identify the listed individuals and fear selling liquor to forbidden persons could cost them licenses and incur heavy fines.
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Racine
Sidoon
Bell Center Telegram Confirms Death After Letter Says Well
On the same day Milo Bankun and his parents receive a letter from Bin at Brementies Alberta stating he was well a telegram arrives reporting his death.
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Federal Court Session Set for October Third in Wisconsin
The next session of the federal court for the western district of Wisconsin is scheduled to begin October 3. It is expected that Dr. Landis of Chicago will preside.
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Badger News Briefs Chronicle Local Incidents
Waukesha reports an East branch worker struck while crossing near Merton. 14 50 found on the body. Delafield notes the death of Frederick Hasler, born in Switzerland in 1833, a former justice and school board member. Kenosha records rival gypsy tribes settling a violent dispute. Waupun notes Deputy Ward en Baume’s resignation. La Crosse hosts Wisconsin teachers convention with notable speakers. Racine covers a shoe shine stand owner paid with a Confederate bill. Medison and Kenosha report crimes and judicial actions. Beaver Dam touts the Dodge County Fair with aviator B. Raegers Shaw as star attraction.
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America
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