City Council Reorganizes Amid Water Debate and Boss Hall Appointment
The Milwaukee city council held a tense regular meeting with factions split on issues including water usage, the Koch building tax refund request, and the mayoral appointment of R. P. Hall as chief of police. An early motion set up a three member committee to negotiate water use with Superintendent Cosgrave.
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Seaman
Stearns
A. ©. Wolfard
Jos, Levinger
Dr. Bracy
Leopold Indra
J. J. McDougall
J. H
Wkoch
Levinger
Round House
McDougall
Water Works Committee
Thos. Liddell
McDougal
Obland
Cosgrave
Bracy, Pollard and Levinger
J. K. Smith
Henry Benedict
Koch
H. K. Rogers
R. P. Hall
H Obland
J H Simpson
EB Bracy
JJ McDougal
AC Pollard
AJ Kings
Jos Levinger
P Stearns
AH Daniels
Goodykoontz
Sala
Kibbee
JC Roth
Gordinier
Mitchell Electric Co
Abbey
Koch Dept. Store
John Cook
City council battles over police chief job and bids
Firebreak crews and city works listed among vendors including Fullerton Lumber Co and Davis Daniels for coal and slabs. Debate over Chief of Police appointment for Hall ends with Hall seated. salary and legality to be decided in court as mayor's veto and contested confirmations unfold.
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5 Express Co
Barber
Ben Davis
Frank Calhoun
J E Wells
Chas Ferguson
Moise
W H Webster
A J Chambers
O E Garmony
Ieee Ae
J J Schlimgen
Mitchell Fire Dept
Hi ‘Keyes
T ‘““ Smith
LA Amsden
Drayage
Wm Duncan
Fullerton Lumber Co
E Lott
Ben Holt
S H Scaltin
Chas Roth
Scherrenbrand
J McDougal
A Brown
Winona Coal Co
Standard Oil Co
Davis & Daniels
Ald
Pollard
Seaman
Hall
India
Fullerton Lumber
Rh. P. Hall
Ald. McDougall
Judra
McDougall
Mr. Hall
Ald.McDougall
Ald. Pollard
Ald. Levinger
O.I. Huyck
H. B. Rogers
Pardoned after years in penitentiary for 1892 rape case
Frank Trudell has been pardoned from the penitentiary after a board review led by W. H. Helwig and backed by local business leaders and jurors. The 1892 case, tried before Judge Haney, resulted in a ten year sentence for rape of Rose Vandernacker. Trudell is expected to be released and arrive later this week.
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W.H. Helwig
Secretary of State
Thorson
Frank Trudell
Trudell
Marshall Irvine
Rose Vandernacker
Abbey
Trude
Haney
W. H. Helwig
Helwig
Halloween Night Guarded as Few Delinquent Acts Reported
City officials patrolled neighborhoods to curb vandalism on Halloween. Four extra watchers monitored east and west sides, but outhouses were overturned and gates removed. A Becker store roof sign was lowered but later rehung. A fire alarm reported at noon led firefighters to a kitchen-floor blaze in Mr Keyes’s home.
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Hallowe
Rogers
Hall
Geo. H. Brooks
James Clark
Lew Barber
Frank Calhoun
Becker
Dr. McCartney
Hallowe'en
Jonn Garmony
Fourth Ward
Keyes
Round House
Davison Weds Clay in Vermillion ceremony
Davison and Clay wed in Vermillion with Elmer Crandall of Ethan and Dora Miller of Meckling as the couple exchanged vows. The bride is the daughter of a Clay county farmer. after the ceremony they returned to Ethan to establish their home. The account notes a nearby fire incident where water pressure was unavailable due to boiler work.
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Roth
Davison
Clay
Elmer T. Crandall
Ethan
Dora Miller
Meckling
Vermillion
C. E Hager
Vzroom
Milwaukee Company
Clay County
Don’t Go South Missouri Arkansas Advice From Rev Sills
Rev B C Sills, former Willow Lakes pastor now at Hume Missouri, says Missouri is unhealthy and costly. He cites malaria and typhoid, cheap fruit, social ignorance, and brain drain as factors. He urges readers to avoid Missouri as a place to live.
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Missouri
Arkansas
B. C. Sills
Methodist
Willow Lakes
Hume
Sills
Clark Pilot Review
South Dakota
United States
Advertising car to promote irrigation in South Dakota
The Sunter-Salzer advertising car, loaded with irrigation literature and farm products from the Mellette area, plans a winter tour from La Crosse Wisconsin to the east and south. Three to four staff will distribute materials and explain irrigation benefits while Mr. Hunter joins part of the trip. The decor is by the Salters of La Crosse. Hunter expects his farm to be planted by contracts with Salter Seed Co next season, asserting irrigation will make the James River valley a garden spot.
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Aberdeen News
Sunter-Salzer
Mellette
la Crosse
Wis
South Dakota
Hunter
Salters
Salter Seed Co
the James
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