Box Car Joy Ride Ends In Court Fines
Four ride participants from Hurley to Ashland including two Bad River women were seized by police on arrival. Annie Belanger paid a $5 fine, Mary Burges faced six months pending, and William O Neil was fined $5 with jail if unpaid. One participant remains at large. John Janke Sr. received life insurance proceeds for his late son Joseph Janke. George Mitchell and John Jackson fished Vaughn Creek this week.
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Ashland Press
Hurley
Ashland
Bad River Reservation
William O’neil
Eckle
Culhane
Mary Burges
William O*neil
O'Neill
John Janke
New York Life Insurance Co
Joseph Janke
Farm work delayed by jail terms for whiskey on reservation
Indian lands on the reservation lie idle as owners serve jail sentences for introducing whiskey. The piece questions why government allows farming duties to be halted and urges Interior Department action to reduce harm to farming prospects. Mrs. Alex Bresette spent several days with friends in Cloquet Minnesota.
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Superior
Eau Claire
Madison
Interior’ Department
Washington
Department
Alex Bresette
Cloquet
Minn
Reorganize Indian Office to Reform Superintendencies
The article argues for reorganizing the Indian Office along practical lines with a commission of experienced federal workers and tribal members. It warns that current superintendencies fail when corrupt or ineffective, and that abolishing the system could end field service, urging Congress to pursue a new Indian office reorganization bill rather than rely on civil service reforms. Tomahawk.
Indian children exhibit work at Madison museum
Display of first and second grade Indian school work from the Menominee reservation at the Wisconsin Historical Museum in Madison features paper folding colored designs woven mats and penmanship. The exhibit reflects vocational education for about 300 students aged 5 to 18 emphasizing animal husbandry domestic science and agriculture with an experimental farm and disciplined training.
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Torical Museum
Madison
Joe Maskataquot
Eugene Sayles
Sayles
Menominee School
Congress
Wisconsin
Menomonie
la Court de Oreilles
la Pointe
Odanah Reservation
Tomah
Everest family embarks on eastward vacation tour
P S Everest and family leave for a sightseeing trip through the east visiting New York City Baltimore Philadelphia and Washington D C. In Washington he will meet Indian Commissioner Cato Sells to review reservation conditions. Mrs Everest attends a women’s clubs convention in New York.
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P. S. Everest
East
New York City
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Odanah Braves Defeat Bayfield in Five Inning Victory
The Odanah Braves beat Bayfield Harbor City 5 to 1 in a five inning game at Bayfield. Greeley pitched a masterful one sided contest with strong support from Morrison McBride and Newagon. Alfred Miller started for Odanah and Young Nelson struggled at first, while Mike Lemeaux and Francis Morrison impressed in the field and at bat before Matchman at third showed promise.
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Odanah Braves
Bayfield
Harbor City Boys
Greeley
Bayfield Boys
Morrison
McBride
Newagon
Alfred Miller
Odanah
Young Nelson
Mike Lemeaux
Francis Morrison
Promised to Quit Booze Man Dies of Heart Failure in Ashland
Miles Gordon of Hayward Wisconsin, 34, found dead in Ashland from heart failure after being arraigned for drunkenness, fined five ninety and costs, paid, promised to quit drinking, later bought a pint of liquor and died. Remains sent to Hayward for burial. notes about local liquor sales and social facts.
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Miles Gordon
Hayward
Wis
Ashland
Gordon
Chase Gordon
Bayfield
Ashland Franchise Changes for Telephones and Lights
D A Parkinson of Ashland granted a franchise to install telephones and electric lights in the village has been taken over by Appleyard interests of Ashland. They plan to begin work this summer with power supplied from Saxon power house via a line from that village. The move promises up-to-date lighting and phones for the town and surrounding farms.
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D. A. Parkinson
Ashland
Appleyard
Mike Auge Dies in Superior Wisconsin
Michael Auge longtime village resident and local businessman died in Superior Wisconsin from a brain concussion after a fall. He lived in the village several years, operated a confectionery store and restaurant on State street and Ashland, and left a wife and mother. His remains will be buried in Neopet Wisconsin after his mother goes to Superior to claim them.
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Michael Auge
Superior
Wis
Auge
Ashland
State Street
Neopet
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