Youngest Krueger killed as two fugitives linger near Polly
Newspapers report Ennis Krueger shot in a barn near Owen by Secret Service agent Jones during a search for Louis and Leslie Krueger. Frantic pursuit continues as federal operatives close in. Frank Krueger is captive. Mrs. Louise Krueger remains jailed. The incident follows a ten day spree by the Krueger family amid draft resistance in Wisconsin near Owen, Polly, and Eau Claire with ongoing federal actions and registration notes.
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Krueger
Withee
Owen
Frans Krueger
U. S
Marshalls
Polly
Louis
Leslie Krueger
United States
Ennis
Secret Service
Agent Jones
Montana
Louis Krueger
Bau, Claire
Clarke County
Garman
Louis Kreger
Liberty
Frank Krueger
Louise Krueger
Eau Claire
Two Slacker Arrests Near Withee by State Guards
The Wausau State Guards under Gen. Holloway detained two men, Morris and Jess Dorst, for failing to show draft registration cards. Residents of Milwaukee, they are known piano tuners in the area. They were brought to the city and marched to the Northwestern depot en route to Wausau after being identified as slackers.
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Wausau
Withee
Holloway
Exueger
Morris
Jess Dorst
Milwaukee
Central Avenue
Lieutenant Normington Praised by Milwaukee Soldier
Milwaukee boy Sergt Milton Masters commends Lieutenant Charles Normington of the local company for bravery at Belleview woods and Vesle. He recalls outpost defense, single handedly capturing enemy machine guns, and the 127th Infantry as first to hold the line on German soil.
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Milwaukee Journal
Sergt
Milton Masters
Ligur
Charles Normington
Ronscheres
Carey Woods
Cierges
Belleview Woods
Reddy
Machine Pune
Vesle
Red Cross
Salvation Army
One Hundred Twenty-seventh Infantry
Marsh Field Red Cross Chapter Meeting Notice
The annal meeting of the Marsh Field Chapter of the American Red Cross will be held at the city hall at 8 p.m. on Monday September 30 1918. Every member should make it a point to be present.
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Marshfield
The
American Red Cross
Jackie Band Set to Visit Thursday Sept 26
The Jackie band of navy boys returns for a second Wisconsin visit. They arrive at 8 30 a m Thursday and perform in an open air program at Hotel Blodgett with Judge Martin Lueck and Daniel Grady. Patriot speeches and a parade are planned as Wood county kicks off a Liberty loan drive on Oct 2.
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Jackie Band
Navy Boys
Martin Lueck
Wisconsin
Daniel Grady
Blodgett
R. P. Kraus
Brazeau
Wood County
Ell
Chamber votes on Market Square and Rest Room plan
A September 18 special Members Council meeting at the Eagles Club discussed establishing a Market Square and Rest Room in the city. J C Marsh urged active pursuit, while others supported the plan. the committee was discharged and the project dropped from the year's Chamber program ending March 1, 1919.
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Chamber of Commerce
Eagles’ Club
Chamber
The
Market Square
Messrs. E. ©. Pors
Leo Rose
R. L. Peterson
John TF. Cole
H. C. Koenig
Notice to Registrants Marshfield October Questionnaire Help
Arrangements set for associate members of the Legal Advisory Board in Marshfield starting Monday September 28 from 9 AM to 6 PM at City Hall to assist registrants with questionnaires. Residents near Grand Rapids will be served at the Court House there. B Edwards, Legal Advisory Board member for Wood County. It pays to trade in Marshfield.
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City of
Grand Rapids
Court House
Co. B. Edwards
Wood County
Conference of County Council of Defense discussed Fourth Liberty Loan plan
A large gathering at the Eagles hall reviewed the Winnebago county system for apportionment and stressed immediate completion of circulating and filing cards. County Chairman T. W. Brazeau outlined the plan while Mr. Robert P. Kralis led the local report and national drive efforts.
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County Council of Defense
Eagles’ Hall
T. W. Brazeau
Grand Rapids
War trophies parade arrives from France to city
A special train reached Sunday evening at 8 30 carrying war trophies from the battlefields of France. The two flat cars a camouflage box car and a Pullman formed the train guarded by 12 soldiers from Camp Grant and 12 guards. The exhibit includes anti aircraft guns French 4s 10 inch shell two siege guns poison barb entanglements wrecked German aircraft sacks mortars howitzers grenades sarpades helmets breastplates and other battlefield articles. A speaker gave a patriotic address accompanying the display.
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Battlefelds
France
Pullman
Camp Grant
Dwelling Burns Tuesday In City Fire
Fire discovered at 5 a m in Ed Bugg family home on South Cherry Street. Fire reached full headway before crews could stop it, wrecking the house and destroying most contents valued over 2000 dollars. Origin undetermined but blamed on a defective chimney. Meanwhile city hall work continues with filling out forms for mayoral drafts and exemption pages.
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Ed Bugg
Cherry Street
Ust
Maires
Tthe
Aeroplane Flies Over the City
A Curtis biplane with 100 horsepower flew from Rontoul Illinois to Ashland visiting Lieut. Bretting and Sergt. G J Barthtorpe. The flight covered about ten hours from start to finish with stops at Weston Belvidere Fox Lake Stevens Point Phillips and returned to Illinois drawing a large crowd.
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Lieut. Bretting
Ashland
Sergt
G. J. Barthtorpe
Fox Lake
Rontoul
Ill
Weston
Belvidere
Sergt. Barthorpe
Stevens Point
Cig
Phillips
Curtis
Ilinois
Letters From Our Soldier Boys From Marshfield France
A Marshfield officer entries from France dated September 2 describe front line combat, damaged trucks and shrapnel, and a harsh nightly air war. The letter mocks a writer’s casualty figures, notes planes in action, and ends with a tease about a grenade. Also introduced are excerpts from letters by Ancy and Chet Campbell, Company A, Marshfield, “somewhere in France,” including their camaraderie with their parents.
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France
Walfie
Marshfield
Wallie
Bodie Firman
Kailans
Ancy
Chet” Campbell
G. W. Campbell
Campbell
Company A
Chet
Howard Pulling Credited With a New Discovery
The UW graduate Dr. Howard Pulling, son of Mire B J Pulling, is credited with developing a substitute for coconut shells in gas masks. He worked at Johns Hopkins and in Washington, proposing fruit pits and nut shells as a cheaper carbon source to neutralize gas, urged by war committees to collect them nationwide.
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Howard Pulling
Washington, D. C
Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore
South America
Pulling
Marshfield Band to Play Tonight at City Park
The Marshfield Band presents a concert at the city park with a tableau of the Death of Custer. Rain plan is moving to the flowing evening. Program includes Sousa Stars and Stripes and Liszt Second Hungarian Rhapsody among others.
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Marshfield
Custer
Marsh
Stars and Stripes
Sousa
R. Plamquett
Rosemary
Jewell
Rhapsey
F. Liszt
Hanser
Giles
Remick
J. Badewalt Lampe
Rose
Geo. Berriot
Navy Sailor Home on Ten Day Furlough
Ed Sherry, a Navy enlisted man for sixteen months, is visiting his parents with his wife and son during a ten day furlough. He has spent about a year at sea visiting ports in China, Japan, Russia, the Philippines, Hawaii, and South American ports. He served on the gunboat Vicksburg which captured the first German raider in the Pacific and will be assigned to the U S S Ringold, soon sent into European waters seeking action. He expresses satisfaction with Navy life and interest in transferring to a destroyer in European waters.
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Ed. Sherry
Navy
Louis Sherry
Mr. Sherry
China
Japan
Russia
Phillipines
Hawaii
South American
Vicksburg
Pacific
U. S. S. Ringold
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Ennis Krueger
Polley
Wis
Philipp
Crowder
District of Columbia
Lieut
Normington
Conference OF County Council OF Defense
Robert P. Kralis
Howard
University of
Mire
B. J
Lloyd Whitney
Little Big Horn
Lee Johnson
Donizette
Babani
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