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City of
Monroe
Wisconsin
Stephenson
Jo Davies
Winnebago
Illinois
Monroe Evening Times
Real Tragedy in College Revolt Editorial
The piece argues the real danger is the impact of campus radicals on higher education. It cites 300 colleges closed, rising fire insurance costs, and suppression of dissent by liberal faculty while conservatives are outnumbered. It warns of intellectual freedom erosion and student activism shaping campuses.
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America
New York
Kent
Congress
Washington
California
New Left
President Truman Seizes Railroads as Nationwide Strike Hits
On August 26 1950 President Truman ordered seizure of the nations railroads after a strike called by two unions. Eighteen people died when the hospital ship Benevolence rammed by a freighter overturned in San Francisco Bay. Nearby residents joined a barn raising at Clarence Bergs farm near Browntown replacing a spring blown structure.
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Truman
San Francisco Bay
Clarence Berg
Browntown
Mary Perdue Visits from Kentucky Sees First Train
Forty years ago today Mary Perdue aged 78 arrives from Kentucky to visit her son Marion in Browntown and reveals she had never seen a train until three weeks prior. The report notes sheep rustling around Henry Heuer’s flock and Sylvester Wirz and that Monroe cheesemaker won the governor’s cup for his drum Swiss at the State Fair while Monroe Municipal Band played seven and a half hours.
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Mary Perdue
Kentucky
Marion
Browntown
Henry Heuer
Sylvester Eugene Wirz
Monroe
Wisconsin Hog Cholera Outbreak and County Fair Highlights
Fifty years ago today on August 26 1920 hog cholera broke out virulently in Green Rock and Grant counties after feeder pigs were purchased from speculators. A Green County Holstein entry swept premiums at the Dane County Fair. The Green County Normal School opens its second year in the old high school. Company H at McCoy reports tents fires and indoor baseball. Monroe beat Mineral Point 5 to 1 with Peddington pitching for Mineral Point.
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Alice Signer
Wisconsin
Green
Rock
Grant
Green County Holstein Breeders’ Association
Dane County
Green County Normal School
Company H
McCoy
Monroe
Mineral Point
Darlington
Peddington
Madison
Bank of New Glarus robbery attempt shocks Belleville
Seventy years ago today August 26 1900 an early morning blast at the Bank of New Glarus failed to disturb the vault contents. Sheriff John Gardner Marshal Blunt and Deputy Sheriff Bureister hurried to Belleville in a search for the safe blowers. Mrs S A Chandler hosted the Jolly Dozen Cinch Club.
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Bank of
New Glarus
John Gardner
Marshal Blunt
Bureister
Madison
Belleville
S. A. Chandler
Jolly Dozen Cinch Club
Stock Club Members Sell Apples Amid Market Decline
Twenty businessmen members of a stock and land investment club in Salt Lake City faced a downturn with average losses of about 5000 dollars each. They staged humorous scenes selling apples on downtown corners and at a mission supper, ending with a dance marathon and a Victrola prize, while vow ing to continue investing.
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Lynne Olson
Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Andy Schilly
Phoenix
San Francisco
Las Vegas
Schilly
IBM
Salt Lake Mission
Wisconsin Far Ahead in Export Sales
Gov. Warren Knowles announced at the Governor's Conference on Export Trade Expansion that Wisconsin leads in export sales, ranking ninth nationwide with rapid growth. He cited over $1 million in orders from a South America trade mission and a potential $64 million in future business across the next decade.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
South America
On This Date in History August 26
Key events on August 26 across history include the 1346 first use of artillery at Crecy, the 1765 sacking of Gov Hutchinson’s home, Krakatoa’s 1883 eruption with 36000 deaths, the 1920 start of women’s suffrage, Hitler’s 1934 demand, Japan’s 1937 blockade, and notable late 20th century recalls of U.S. diplomacy and labor actions.
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Crecy
France
Thomas Hutchinson
Massachusetts
Krakatos
Dutch East Indies
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nile
Upper
Egypt
Adams
Ward Brackett
Westport
Connecticut
Rockford Educator Appointed Director of Harlem District
Sheldon L. Hanson, previously from Blanchardville and now of Rockford, was named director of vocational education for Harlem Consolidated School District No. 122. He earned a B A from Augsburg College and an M S in administration from Northern Illinois. Hanson has taught, counseled students, and worked in Rockford industry. He and his wife Ruth Severson have two children, Sheila and Sheldon Royal.
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Blanchardville
Times Special
Sheldon L. Hanson
Rockford
Harlem Consolidated
Hanson
Blanchardville High School
Augsburg
Ruth Severson
Argyle
Sheila
Sheldon Royal
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Rome
Christ Waelti
ASCS
Donald Siedschlag
Edward C. Roth
William Tschudy
Ben Riemer
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