Wisconsin Good Roads Convention Planned At State Fair
A big good roads convention is planned during the Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee the week of September. Delegates from across the state, 2000 to 3000, will hear authorities speak with W O Hotchkiss of Madison in charge of economic geology. Notable attendees include Senators Stout Menomonie and Brown Waupaca and Assemblyman Pliny Norcross Janesville. Leading speaker will be A N Johnson Illinois state highways engineer and movement organizer.
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Milwaukee
Commonwealth
W. O. Hotchkiss
Madison
Stout
Menomonie
Brown
Waupaca
Pliny Norcross
Janesville
A. N. Johnson
Illinois
Johnson
Maryland
Government
Good Roads Department
Good Roads Plans Highlight Wisconsin State Fair Session
Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey plans a state fair week conven tion to promote the good roads movement. A $10,000 legislature appropriation funds model road demonstrations and broader outreach to farmers across the state. Rock County sees wives handling hay and grain work due to scarce farmhands, with families laboring in hot fields.
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Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
Rock County
Matrimonial union for Miss Jenie Maloy and E F Bauman
Miss Jenie Maloy of Cuba City and Mr E F Bauman of this city will marry tomorrow morning in Cuba City. Bauman traveled to Cuba City Saturday and Jay Brewer of this city leaves for Cuba City at noon to serve as best man.
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Jenie Maloy
Cuba City
E. F. Bauman
Bauman
Jay Brewer
Lucinda Booher
Monticello
Joseph Booher
Kilbourn
Wis
Foley's Honey and Tar safe under Pure Food Law
West Side drug store announces Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs cold and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended for children and adults.
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Foley
West Side Drug Store
Drummer's Wild Robbery Tale Debunked
Arthur Morey of Racine claiming a night ride robbery on Payne street turned out false after Ludlow hotel records showed he paid for the buggy after arriving and had multiple bills. Police dismissed the tale of a masked young man with a companion stealing his ring watch and ten dollars as a fake.
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Arthur Morey
Racine
Payne Street
Ludlow
Rhoades Seeks Divorce Over Alleged Cruelty
Mrs Myrta Rhoades files for divorce from Oren Rhoades Browntown hotel man claiming intoxication and repeated assaults causing sickness and injury. She cites a marriage from December 1 1892 and seeks dissolution custody of children and alimony.
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Myrtle Rhoades
Oren Rhoades
Browntown
Myrta Rhoades
Rhoades
Gollmar Circus Arrives in Monroe With Grand Pageant
Tomorrow the Gollmar Brothers Circus reaches Monroe with a 10 o’clock parade and a 4 am arrival by train. The show features 100 acts, vast animal displays, royal street pageants, marching bands, and a grand free procession across the fair grounds. Alex Hamilton of Arena Wisconsin pleaded guilty to selling adulterated milk to Hyde's Mill Cheese Co. and paid 25 dollars plus costs.
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Monroe
Waitewacer
Fair Grounds
Gollmar
Gollmar Bros
Alex. Hamilton
Arena
Wis
Justice Lane
State Dairy and Food
Fred Marty
Hyde’s Mill Cheese Co
Explaining Storms at University Summer Session
Madison Wisconsin July 27 lecture by J L Bartlett United States weather bureau explained cyclones tornadoes and thunderstorms origins structures and hazards. He described low pressure centers hurricanes and tornados with diagrams and warned about storm paths and safety steps including lying low away from trees and objects.
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Madison
Wis
Galveston
Pensacola
Louisville
J. L. Bartlett
United States Weather Bureau
University of Wisconsin
Louisville St. Louis
Bartlett
Tropics
Bertlett
Oceans
Great Lakes
Mr. Bartlett
Lightning Protection for Exposed Buildings
High exposed structures should have lightning rods connected to moist earth. Metal roofs with waterspouts reaching the ground may offer some protection against lightning damage.
Death of President Halsey in hunting accident at Gogebic Lake
President Richard H. Halsey of Ohkosh Normal School was shot and killed during a hunting trip with his two sons at Gogebic Lake Michigan. The accident occurred while cleaning revolvers after hours of target practice when a boy discharged a revolver. The bullet struck Halsey in the head, killing him instantly.
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Richard H. Halsey
Ohkosh Normal School
Gogebic Lake
Mich
Halsey
Forest lands opened for settlement in four western states
About 1,000,000 acres in Washington Oregon California and Wyoming are released from withdrawal to adjust national forest boundaries. The areas will open to settlement late July and then August. prior two months saw 3,000,000 acres released. Lands adjacent to San Jacinto Washington Mt Rainier Medicine Bow Cascade Heppner regions are included. Homesteading under the 1907 act is encouraged.
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Washington
Oregon
California
Wyoming
Department
Forest Service
San Jacinto National Forest
San Diego County
Washington National Forest
Mt. Rainier Forest
Cowlitz, Clark
Savannia
Medicine Bow National Forest
Colorado
Cascade and Heppner National Forests
Morrow
Umatilla
Grant
Monahan Plans Chautauqua Lectures on Public Affairs
James G. Monahan of Darlington former internal revenue collector in western Wisconsin has begun lyceum work and will speak Thursday at the Janesville chautauqua on public affairs. His talk urges more public consideration amid many new and confusing laws. He is booked to speak at the Monona Assembly on Wednesday.
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James G. Monahan
Darlington
Internal Revenue
Wisconsin
Lyceum
Janesville
Real Estate Transfers and Quitclaim in Monroe Area
Arthur Wagner transfers lot 12 block 7 Andrick s to John Snyder in Monroe for 2000 dollars. Michael Kelly sells 2 acres in Brooklyn to Thomas Moonan for 400 dollars. Heirs of Peter Wells quitclaim to Mrs Adaline Mc Cammant their interest in east half of lots 47 and all of 48 49 50 51 Lybrand s donation Monroe city.
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Arthur Wagner
John Snyder
Andrick
City of
Monroe
Michael Kelly
Thomas Moonan
Brooklyn
Peter Wells
Adaline
First Requisite of Beauty Promises Clear Complexion
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup claims to clear a sallow blotched complexion by stimulating the liver and bowels. It asserts eyes grow bright and clear, with no nausea or griping, and urges readers to refuse substitutes, noting availability at West Side drug store.
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West Side Drug Store
John Barnes Defends Rail Regulation Against Legislature
John Barnes of Rhinelander, former head of the state railway commission, in Milwaukee cites the July 9 public utilities bill and the July 16 2 cent fare act to attack legislative meddling. He argues the system undervalues local control and urges rates that sustain reasonable profits and new extensions, warning of impaired regulation if not corrected.
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Milwaukee
Wis
John Barnes
Rhinelander
State Railway Commission
Davidson
The
People’s Church
Pabst Theatre
Railway Commission
Wisconsin
Railroad Commission
Public
the Railroad Commission
Illinois Central Seeks Engine Men at Freeport
Illinois Central announces a shortage of enginemen at Freeport with space for fifty to one hundred workers. The department has been short for some time and rising business requires hiring more men.
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Illinois Central
Freeport
Rail rate changes authorize ticket sales to Chicago and St Paul
Agent F E Lamboley of Illinois Central gains authority to sell tickets to Chicago at 2 81, adopted by Milwaukee road, and to St Paul via Madison or Freeport at 710. Clergy permits still receive half rate, while Illinois Central remains unaffected by railroad commission orders or recent legislature, keeping local tickets at the old rate of three cents a mile.
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F. E. Lamboley
Illinois Central
Chicago
Milwaukee Road
St. Paul
Madison
Freeport
Railroad Commission
Green County Old Settlers Picnic Plans Set
Arrangements for the annual picnic of the Green County old settlers will be made at a meeting Wednesday at 4 PM in the office of Thomas Luchsinger. Committee members and all interested are urged to attend.
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Green County
Old Settlers
Thomas Luchsinger
Monticello Mortuary Notices Across Three Generations
Obituary notices summarize the deaths of Lucinda Booher and Anna Gertrude Wallace in Monticello and Plover, listing survivors and burial details. Also recorded is the death of Frederick F. Schar of Monroe with service details and family survivors. Funeral times and locations provided for local ceremonies.
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Anna Gertrude Wallace
James M. Wallace
Plover
Wallace
Jo Daviess County
John E. Liddell
Monticello
Wis
Juda
Gilbert H. Liddell
Review
Galena
Weather forecast for Chicago says fair tonight and Tuesday
The official forecast for tonight and tomorrow in Chicago predicts fair skies with little temperature change and no notable shifts in conditions.
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Chicago
Be a Booster. Speak Well Not of Others
A saying on restraint urges avoiding gossip and needless criticism. It argues that silence on others when lacking constructive comment marks a thoughtful citizen and friend. Words travel far and can return to harm the speaker.
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Maloy Bauman
Weather Man
Oshkosh
the Times
Mortuary Record
Frederick F. Schar
East Summit Street
Schar
Burgdorf
Canton Bern
Switzerland
Anna Barbara Isely
America
Mineral Point
Ohio
Jordan
Storm Lake
Iowa
Fred
Ulrich
Clarno
Jack
Marshfield
Albert C. Trachsel
John C. Wenger
Sam
Rosa Lenenberger
Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Weather Forecast
Times
WM. A. Becker
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