Wisconsin Leads In Goan Growing State Agriculture
Wisconsin reports 1913 as highly productive for farmers with favorable climate and improved soil and seed practices. corn and wheat yields rise across divisions. sugar beets, tobacco, buckwheat, peas, and alfalfa show strong per acre yields. frost-damaged potatoes noted. state tax levy increase noted. forestry land sales resumed. teachers association reunions planned in Milwaukee with multiple college alums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
J. C. MacKenzie
State Board of Agriculture
Fnal
Wisconsin
Wisconsia
Eora
Ahowig
Dane County
Vernon County
Rock County
Columbia County
Crawford County
Damm Family Reunion Plans Amid Rival HelL Family
Adam Damm Sr a wealthy Sacramento restaurant man returns to New York after a 40 year absence to rescue the Damm name from the rising Hell family of Pennsylvania. The clan plans a reunion in Chicago then a visit to Watertown New York with relatives including Peter Damm and Philip Strauss as they pursue family ties and public attention.
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New York
Adam Damm
Sacramento
Cal
Hell
Pennsylvania
August Damm
America
Bingen-on-the- Rhine
Germany
Damm
Plains
Adam Damm, Jr
Chicago
Philip Strangs
Camm
Peter Damm
Fleischmann Vehicle Company
Miss Damm
Adam, Sr
Philip Strauss
Watertown, N. Y
Damm Family Search Spanning Fort Hamilton to Central West
Aug Damm and his sons living at Fort Hamilton near New York vanish while remaining Damm relatives search nationwide. Two Damm brothers reside in the central west with unknown homes. Adam Damm Sr notes the family is long established with ages from ninety to 107 among relatives. He takes pride in artisans and tradespeople across the clan and expects more Damm men to be found, recalling a 1879 event in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damm
August Damm
Suns
Fort Hamilton
New York
Damms
Central West
Adam Damm
Missionaries Summer Resort in Kamizawa Japan
A description of Kamizawa as a mountain resort for missionaries in Japan where American workers rest from conversion efforts. It notes English conversation, a playground feel with baseball, tennis and croquet, women serving tea, and Sunday services drawn from multiple denominations, reflecting unity in leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karnizawa
Japan
Kamizawa
Seven year old girl conquers Mount Fuji summit
A seven year old Japanese girl climbed Mount Fuji unaided this summer, setting a rare record for the sacred peak long restricted to women. Plans for another ascent loom as Sajuro Ota aims for his hundredth summit, following his eighty three last summer and ninety four by August. The mountain’s mystique persists amid pilgrim reverence and misty views.
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Toka
Mount Fuji
Sajuro Ota
Fuji
Japan
Waseda University
Prince Hirohito
Wisconsin Shows Lowest Rabies Rates in the Nation
Dr M P Ravenel of the state hygienic laboratory reports nine months with no rabies cases and no veterinary reports of new cases in Wisconsin. He notes Pennsylvania ranks second in rabies prevalence among states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
M. PB. Ravenel
Pennsylvania
Pardon Applications Pending Before Governor After Return
Executive Clerk Harry C. Wilbur handles about twenty pardon cases awaiting hearing by Governor McGovern on his return from the Pacific coast. Among applicants is John Dietz serving life for the 1910 murder of Oscar Harp during the Siege at the Dietz home at Pamaran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Wilbur
McGovern
Pacific Coast
John Dietz
Oscar Harp
Diets
Pamaran Fom
Rattlesnake Farm Hopes to Outprofit Grocery Trade
Hoodogton, Pa proclaims Mount Union grocer Lawrence N Crum plans a winter rattlesnake operation. He captured a dozen venomous snakes on a mountains trip and kept them in his store window. The number rose to 20 as he builds a den to raise them for poison sales and hides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoodogton
Lawrence N. Crum
Mount Union
Crumhen
Prince Ernst Reunites With Wife Amid Brunswick Succession Talk
Berlin reports Prince Ernst August of Cumberland has returned and joined Princess Victoria Louise, ongoing illness recovery, seen as a sign the Brunswick throne succession dispute is between the imperial chancellor and advisers rather than a direct Guelph-Hohenzollern split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Ernst August of Cumberland
Victoria Luise
Duchy of Brunswick
von Jieldmann- Hollweg
Mammoth Fossil Pair Arrives at Paris Museum in Ice
Parly Count Stenbach Fermor presents an exceptionally well preserved mammoth from Great Lyakersky New Siberia to the Paris natural history museum. The specimen was found in ice and still contains its last meal, enabling study of ancient flora.
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Stenbach Fermor
Great Lyakersky
New Siberia
Natural History Museum
Paris
Mafunga
Madagascar
Perrier de la Battie
Natural History
Fnelza
Carnegie
Dowie $100,000 Home Foreclosed on White Lake Estate
Grand Haven official forecloses mortgage on the Dowie summer home valued at 100000 dollars. Judge Soule of Whitehall Michigan orders sale of the mansion and golf lodge on White Lake as part of the estate liquidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
White Lake
Mich
Whitehall
Charles E. Soule
Grand Haven
John Alexan
Dying Man Requests Funeral Sermon From Alive State
Uniontown resident Pat Angus Tubbs ailing with tuberculosis asked Rev P H Thompson a Methodist pastor to preach his funeral sermon while he lived. The minister refused the unusual request noting it was inappropriate to preach a funeral while the person is alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Pat Angus Tubbs
P. H. Thompson
bin Tubb
Wisconsin Local Happenings Across Cities
Wausau dedicates new 975,000 city hall on October 29 in a modern building. Oconto to host January farmers’ nativity with the chamber of commerce. La Crosse reports fourteen year old John Granlich electrocuted after touching an electric wire. Racine farmer Robert Kiepel sues Northwestern railway for 930 in damages over embankment incident. Madison to host 1914 Wisconsin Christian Endeavor union convention in June. Madison appoints Prof. F. Woll to chair animal nutrition at California College of Agriculture. Menomonie elects directors at annual Commercial Club meeting. Fond du Lac men charged in Plainfield post office dynamiting appear before federal grand jury in Milwaukee. Racine celebrates sixtieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gorton. Fond du Lac suspects Goll and Mack jailed for various offenses with Mary Remus linked. Oconto and other towns report injuries from local incidents including a hunter shot and a game warden altercation. Shawano and Milwaukee drowning recoveries noted. Racine reporter Ververt Stubbe shot in the face by a hunter. La Crosse celebrates Farmers Day with a large wedding ceremony. De Pere reports William Kingsley sentenced to three years in reform school for forgery. wife and infant present.
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Wausau
Waveau
Oconte
Geonto Chamber of Commerce
akKricultural Society
la Crosse
John Granlich
Racina
Robert Kiepel
Caledonia
Northwestern Railway
Jim
Madison
Wisconsin Christan Eydeavor Union
Mediaor
Oconto
F. Woll
Teader
Ob Dalty
Wisconsin College Af Agriculture
Californiaa College of Agriculture
Berkeley
Menomonie
Menominee Commercial Clinic
Frank Pierce
L. D. Harvey
Willan Schuette
Paul C. Wilson
BE. Wright
J. B. Carter
FP. Clark
F G. Jackson
Ofe Madsen
F. E Butler
M.C. Douglas
Fond du Lac
David Pelacoile
Patrick Sullivan
Post Office
Plainfield
United States
Morse
Milwaukee
Bilwaukee
Racine
Hugh Gorton
Neille Gorton
Fond du Taie
Max Goll
Charles Mack
Goll
Mack
Mary Remus
de Overy
Kerosha
Wladislaw Borofsky
Michael Kleist
Nevefsky
Oakfield
George Lierne
James Bierne
Food du Jac County Fair Association
George Laing
Bierne
Oakield
Young
Shawane
George McEachron
Twenty-second Avenue
Charles Stolas
Twentyseventh Avenue
Jake Shawane
McEachron
Ververt Stubbe
Chicago
Ailwaukee & St. Paul
Corliss
Stubbe
Tac Henter
Clarence J. Hartle
Tred Watere
Hardy
Misa Jeoule Linstrom
Peter Onsgard
Dehkosh
William Kingsley
Pond du Fac
Goss
State Reformatory
Green Day
Kingsley
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Ony
Union
Wlacorain
J. C. MackKennis
H. L. Adkins
Badger Bankers
Lake Mills
Smith
Fanceville
New Mutual
Charles Hawkes
Horicon
C. M. Most
Millhusee
A. J. Frame
Sty
Washington
L. Luther
Rhinelander
John S. Donald
Tis
Jnst
Legisla
Vilawa
Wisconsin Teachers' Association
Milwaukee Teachers’ Association
Plankinton House
University of Wisconsin
Fred Rogers
Wells
Ripon College
Ashkosh Normal School
Delott College
Lawrence College
Plankinton
Carroll College
M.C. A
Clarrotte
F. A. Cotton
Plattevilla
Schlitz
B. A. Gardner
Platteville
Oshkosh
Gimbels
L. W. Briggs
Whittewater
Merchants and Manufacturers
F. B. Blumenfield
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Central Association of Commercial Secretaries
William George Bruce
Merchants and Manufacturers' Association
Melovern
National League of Compulsory Education Cmeisis
St. Li
Philp A. Kolb
Wiuchtosa
Mary D. Bradford
Kenosha
E. Nelson
Race
A. G. Earnshaw
Superior
R. L. Cooley
R. Pestelozzi
Taylor Frye
Martha Riley
Beebe 10
Hell Family
Goa
Manna
Cornell
Alpha
Omega
Hobbs" Baker
Princeton
R. N. Hogsett
Dartmouth
Helen
R. T. P. Storer
Harvard
Bre G. G. Paterzon
Soho
Husky
University of Michiga
Old
Missionaries’ Summer
Dietz
Rattlers
Mt. Union Man
Prince Ernst
Brunswick
Pariah Museum
Alexander Dowle
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