Wisconsin Funeral Directors Elect Officers in Milwaukee
The Wisconsin Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association closed its Milwaukee meeting with Boyle of Milwaukee elected president. Officers include H J Fessler Sheboygan vice president A Leeage Superior recording vice president R H Kroos Sheboygan secretary and A Frautscht Madison treasurer. Next convention set for Sheboygan. The group backs educational exams for funeral licensure. The Thirty‑second National Funeral Directors Association opened in Milwaukee drawing about 800 delegates.
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Madison
Sheboygan
Ucenaea
National Funeral Directors’ Association
Pfhuter
Eald D.C. Paul
Philadelphia
Germany
Edvcation
John Wesley Hill
New York
International Peace Forum
Andrew Carnegie
Li M.pennewell
Jopeka
Kan
Victor C. Vaughan
Ann Arbor
Mich
George W. Lunt
San Francisco
Cal
Ask Adjustment of Coal Rates for Wisconsin paper mills
Wisconsin paper makers pressed the railroad commission for a coal rate adjustment after a prior group-rate reduction. They argue shorter routes should pay less, while railroads contend current group rates are fair and stabilize charges across ports. Testimony shows over 60 percent of Fox River Valley coal comes from Milwaukee despite nearer Mantowoc and Green Bay ports.
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Wisconsin
Pkpur
Railroad Commission
Wiegonal
Milwaukee
Manitowoc
Green Bay
Superior
Foxiver
Manttewor
Crownhart cites workers compensation stance debate
Cheiman v2 KH Crownhart of the industrial commission states that employees injured on the way to or from work are not entitled to compensation. He notes confusion over a Milwaukee employee case, explaining the commission’s view that after reporting for work, the worker was performing city service incidental to employment. Governor McGovern appoints 11 delegates to the American Writing congress in Philadelphia, with names listed. Seventeenth Wisconsin Infantry officers elected at Baraboo reunion. Agricultural enrollment at the university rises to 853, up 22 percent from 1912-13.
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van Hise
College of Letters and Science
College of Agriculture
Home Economica
Engineering
Eau Claire
G. W. Hobbe
C. W. Collman
William H. Dudley
Bureau of Visual Instruction
Chester Allen
Milwaukee
Edward M. Barrows
Allen
A. B F. Crissey
J. E. Ryan
Paul Day
Oscar Kn
Cheiman
Crownbari
The
Industrial Commission
Circuit Court
Crownhart
Heeo
Hee Wan
McGovern
Wisconsin
Philadelphia
Adelbert L. Utt
Homer J. Morrow
Slitang R
J. Dugdale
Platte
Fille
Levi Pollard
Bainbridge
Miffin
J. H. Lewis
Wiliam Kennedy
Highland
Thomas R. Webster
Montford
Frederick H.brainerd
Benton
Ss. E. Smalley
Duds City
Charles Kleith
Madison
Birds and Their Telescopic Eyes in Nature’s Kingdom
A historical note details avian vision, from eagles and vultures with telescopic sight to owls adapted for dim light, and contrasts with seed eaters. It explains how wingspan, speed, and habitat influence sight ranges, with mentions of robin, jay, hawk, condor, and bee color vision used as guidance for hive painting.
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Chicago
Lee Eagle
South America
Galileo
Covker
Poultry Yard
End Paris Fashion Rule
Rudolph Couy of the Chicago Garment Review says Americans are moving toward dominating feminine fashion and reducing reliance on Paris styles. He notes Americans will soon favor American designs and retailers shaped by domestic buyers, who prefer practical, stylish wear over Parisian combinations deemed impractical. He cites his travels in Vienna and German cities, praising the American woman as best dressed.
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Paris
Rudolph Couy
Chicago Garment Review
Cony
Childres
Cago Garment Manufactrers’ Association
Millam
Mr. Cony
Europe
Viena
Watch Found After Two Years in Mountain Stream
In Uniontown Pennsylvania a trout stream yielded a gold watch lost by Albert Miller of Chalk Hill two years ago. Mrs Miller, while gathering flowers, found the watch in sand near the spot, and it ran and kept time when retrieved. The water’s movement likely acted as a windlass keeping the movement alive.
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Uniontown
Albert Miller
Chalk Hill
Mres Miller
New York Domestic Court Shapes Matrimonial Disputes
New York New York operates a domestic relations court under Jurge Cornell to settle family cases. Most matters fall into three broad types: wives claiming husbands lost jobs to drink and failed to support families. wives alleging husbands disappeared for years with little fault on her part. and wives accusing husbands of refusing to work.
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New York
Jurge Cornell
Proceedings before the judge on charity complaints
The chief clerk's office handles complaints with the arts and women probation officer present from the department of charities. Wives and husbands, if present, appear together before the judge. Proceedings often end with reconciliations and promises of reform.
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Sutaide
Arts & Woman
Department of Charities
Espionage Drive Tangles Stockholm Russia Sweden
Stockholm police detained several Russians on espionage suspicions and another Russian held recently revealed crucial finds. The seized materials include 15 Swedish ordnance maps with fortresses drawings and a book containing secret Swedish Army information.
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Copenhagen
Russia
Sweden
Stockholm
Baby Contest Riot Delays Allen County Fair Event
In Lima Ohio the baby contest at the Allen County fair sparked a chaotic rush as about three hundred women, armed with crying babies, clawed at each other. In the melee many children were dropped and hair pulling contests erupted before police halted the scene and postponed the competition to the following day.
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Lima
Ohio
Allen County Fair
Glacier Park’s deaf art prodigy carved bears from wood
The piece profiles Mibn-John Clark, a deaf mixed-race artist from Glacier National Park, who uses a pocketknife and clay to sculpt lifelike bears, deer and mountain scenes. Born near the continental divide, he communicates via sign language and attended Fort Shaw School, achieving notable landscape art.
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Clark
Rockies
Continental Divide
Glacier National Park Reservation
Glacier Reservation
Fort Shaw
Urigh Jn Ely
Rocklca
Glacier Park
Vikings in History Norway Home of Fabled Heroes
The article recounts Viking legends centering on Norway as the homeland of famous Norsemen. It narrates Harald Fair-Hair’s rise after pledging not to cut his hair until Gyda’s hand was won, and how Viking freedom ideals sparked continued resistance to centralized rule, with Norse men seeking independence across petty kingdoms.
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Boya
Deeda
Norway
Vixinga
Odin
Aafa
Harold
Gyda
Kiog Harold
Kiog Erik
Sweden
Harold Haarfelger
Harald the Fair-Haired
Bea Rebbers
Train Vacuum Brake Debate Ends With Simple Truth
The piece recounts two commercial travelers arguing on a train about vacuum brake operation. Helen Lowell and Misa Lowell weigh practical knowledge while the engineer explains simply that stopping the train is done by turning the valve and applying the vacuum. The humor hinges on their wrong guesses and the engineer’s plain answer.
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Helen Lowell
Misa Lowell
Young’s
Foreman Refuses Jobs for Irish Brothers on Rail Gang
A Philadelphia spur construction gang foreman is asked to hire an Irishman for his brother Dan. The foreman reluctantly agrees to hire him tomorrow, then jokes that Malachi is a better man than both Dennis and himself, prompting the Irishman to tell Malachi to come, while Dennis must seek other work.
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Philadelphia
Ap Iriehman
Iis
Dannia
Mike
Malachi
Han Mesil
Dennis
Lialach
Zoa
Judge Warns Phones Endanger Morality and Living Costs
Asheville judge Frank Carter, addressing a grand jury, warned that modern conditions threaten government, citing the telephone as a major provocateur of immorality and a driver of at least a 20 percent rise in the cost of living. He argued phones enable youth to say things they would not say in person.
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Frank Carter
Asheville
N. G
Boy
Giin
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