Barred Gift Coupons Shake Tobacco Trade Reform
Washington reports Secretary Shaw favorable to a law barring gift coupons in tobacco packages. Rep Otten of Milwaukee introduced the measure to curb the tobacco trust, extending to snuff and plug tobacco with penalties for violations. Secretary Wilson plans aid for Wisconsin burnt‑over district with seeds and scientists, and Rep McCleary moves forward on District of Columbia appropriation as Congress opens.
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Northwestern
Washington, D. C
Shaw His
Otten
Milwaukee
Tobacco Trust
Wisconsin
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Quarles
Norway
Sweden
Lapland
Europe
Caroline Lawson
Oshkosh
Congressman Must Die. Remple Suffering Neck Tumor
Congressman J N W Remple of Marengo Iowa lies at St Luke's hospital with a neck tumor. surgeons deem operation futile and fear death soon. Hewitt Condition bulletin notes restlessness passed, Hewitt quiet with no change. Cornelius Vanderbilt convalesces from typhoid, likely to drive within a week, walks about rooms.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jon
J. N. W. Remple
Marengo
Towa
St. Luke's Hospital
Hewitt
New York
Abram
Vanderbilt
Chicago Coal Men Report Likely Soon on Conspiracy Claim
A New York Associated Press report says a special grand jury in Chicago spent a week examining whether coal prices near the city reflect a cartel among operators, dealers, and railroads. The panel may wrap up later today or tonight after a private session. A separate note from New York reports independent operators sold coal below and around $2.7 and $9.50 a ton, with most at $10 and expectations of further price drops as more coal arrives.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Erand
Ewing
Wew
York
Bank depositor awarded $1000 after bank error
Judge Barrett told a jury that Samuel Kurlik, who had more than $300 in Southwestern National Bank, drew four checks beyond his balance. The checks came back marked no funds due to a bankbookkeeper mixing accounts. The bank admitted the mistake and Kurlik was awarded 1000.
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Associated Treas
Philadelphia
Barrett
Samuel Kurlik
Southwestern National Bank
Ito
Kurlack
Stabbed by Stranger in Random Lake Incident
A Sheboygan dispatch reports John McElroy of Random Lake was stabbed between the shoulders with a knife, the wound over an inch deep, bleeding for two hours before it ceased. The assailant was unidentified and a stranger to the victim.
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Miwaukee
Wis
Sheboygan
John McElroy
Random Lake
Ila Araaileant
Indictment Charges Wealthy Real Estate Man
Korat Jan 17 Hugh J Pagan a prominent real estate dealer and society figure has been indicted by the grand jury for a local theft. He is accused of taking 3900 from Mary Adumesik while viewing premises he rents, claiming the charge is an attempted blackmail.
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Associated Preas
Schenectady
Hugh J. Pagan
Efe
Fagan
Mary Adumesik
Editor Gonzales in grave condition after second operation
In Columbia South Carolina physicians meet at 3 15 p m to decide on a second operation for Editor Gonzales to open the wound and inject saline solution. The family is at the hospital as the city remains quiet and officials await further bulletins on his gravely injured condition.
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Associated Press
Augusta
Columbia
Gonzales
8. C
S. C
Jones
Fire Ruins New England Block Basement Blaze
A morning fire in the basement of the New England block at 197 and 159 Main Street started from a clogged smokepipe in a soft coal furnace. It damaged vacant Topliff Dry Goods space, rafters, floors, and walls for about 150 to 2200 dollars, with smoke affecting nearby J. M. Yiurn book shop and Busy Bee confectionery. The blaze, discovered after 11 am, was extinguished by around 12:30 pm, risking heavier loss had doors remained closed.
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New England
Main Street
Topliff Dry Goods Company
J. M. Yiurn
The
Busy Bee
Young Man Injured Near Neenah Mill
Carl Curtis eighteen son of E C Curtis of the Mansur farm near Neenah was badly hurt Wednesday afternoon when a plank struck him while he worked as head sawyer. He was unconscious, transferred to St Mary's hospital then Dra Riddle, and though improved today doctors fear a possible fracture but hold hope for recovery.
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Carl Curtis
E. C. Curtis
Mansur
Neenah
St. Mary’s Hospital
Riddle
Jefferson Avenue
Bridal Tea Honors Ina Earle Before July Wedding
Mrs. W. J. Dean hosted a Sunday school tea at 649 Algoma Street for Ina C. Earle who will marry Charles Smith next Thursday at 263 Film Street. Guests included Mattie Jones Ida Parrott Verna Enoch Lilian Earle Mabel Hall and Mrs Roy Earle of Oak Park Illinois. The decorations featured hearts and wedding motifs.
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Mixs
Verna Enoch
Misa Lilian Earle
Mabel Hall
Roy Earle
Oak Park
Moses Earle
Film Street
Charles Smith
Til
Shamrock II Framed and Plating Half Done at Dumbarton
Sir Thomas Lipton arrived in Dumbarton to inspect the cup challenger Shamrock II and finalize launch plans. He said construction has progressed well despite a fire and other hindrances and expressed optimism that Shamrock II could beat Columbia, noting Lipton’s confidence if the defender fails to win.
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Associetad Press
Dumbarton
Scotland
Thomas Lipton
Associated Press
Chancea Vt Shamrock Ir
Columbia
Sir Thomas
France Has Doubts On Sending Students Abroad
Providence January 17 Pro fessor France of Brown University says he doubts the desirability of sending his graduates abroad for education. He believes the Cambridge Maine conference on the Cecil Rhodes scholarship will reveal a sentiment favoring only graduates of higher institutions recognized for demanding standards as eligible for the award.
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Avaociated Press
Providence
France
Brown University
Cambridge
Maan
Cecil Rhodts
Thare Acholar Ro
St Louis Reaches Port After Slow Sail From Southampton
The St Louis arrived at quarantine at 9:47 and reached her pier about 11:40 after a thirteen day voyage from Cherbourg amid leaking boilers and strong seas. Passengers, indignant at the slow progress, prepared to sue the line while officers kept ashore. The Pennsylvania rescued thirteen distressed seamen from the Siggen, which had lost its propeller and drifted at sea before sinking.
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New York
St. Louis
Nantucket
Sandy Hook
Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Bou‘Togme
Plymouth
St.Louis
Southampton
Cherbourg
Quantine
Felton Street
North River
American Line
Steamship Company
Preva
Sult Asnainst
Siggen
Siegen
Sydney
Gillette submarine boat wins two patents
Clarence B. Gillette, 22, a Spanish-American War veteran from Winsted, has been granted two patents for submarine boat improvements. He has tested a torpedo craft claiming faster, safer operation, able to stay submerged for up to fifteen hours, firing Whitehead torpedoes without surfacing, and differing in attack method from the Holland design.
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Associated Press
Winsted
Conn
Clarence B. Gmoette
Elevator Crushes Woman in California Hotel
Associated Press reports Miss Caroline Kelly of New York suffered severe injuries after tripping as she entered an elevator in Santa Barbara. The car surged upward, crushing her against a floor, and doctors fear leg amputation and possible death. She is related to Louis Glyernsud, a wealthy manufacturer visiting Santa Barbara for the winter.
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Associated Press
Santa Barbara
Cal
Mise
Caroline Kelly
New York
Misa Kelly
New Jersy
Sante Barbara
Murderer and Death by Own Action in Chicago Tragedy
Hugo J. Conlin died at Englewood Union Hospital at seven this morning after shooting Mike Jennie Dwyer and wounding her companion Frank Fay Merritt during a jealous quarrel in Chicago. The tragedy followed a prior incident the same night.
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Associated Press
Chicagos
Tan
Hugene J. Conlin
Mike Jennie Dwyer
Frank Fay Merritt
Englewood Union Hospital
Sevenue Elock
Unionish Arbitration War Reflects Coal Labor Strife
Delaware Lackawanna & Western railroad counsel argued before the arbitration commission that mine employers maintained amicable relations before the strike of 1890 and that wages, hours, and humane treatment were upheld. Testimony cited fear among workers of union dictation and threats to families if noncompliant, with details on contract mining hours and the pay-by-case system.
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Associated Treas
Philadelphia
Wile
Delaware, Lackawanne & Western Railroad
Heward
Mir
Elas
War
Lackawannae& Western Railroad
Itemyplorea
Unfontiae
Biltehsl
James Smith
Elkhill Coal and Tron Company
Yeeterday
Tron
Edward J. Maginnis
Girrardville
Stane
Mr. McGinnis
James Si. Torrey
Delaware & Hudson Company
Uo Asa
Fahey
District Board
Gun Jey
National Board
Daugherty
Miners’ Union
Tevis Fortune Death Sparks Estate Debate in San Francisco
Speculation arises over how the Tevis fortune will be dispensed. The will of Hugh Tevis reportedly leaves almost the entire $4,000,000 estate to his widow Cornelia Baxter Tevia. The late Susan B. Tevia’s grand-daughter Alice Tevia is expected to receive a share now claimed by Hugh Tevis’s son and Mrs Tevia.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Alica Tevis
Hugh Tevis
Susan B. Tevis
Lloyd Tevia
Hia
Cernelia Baxter Tevia
B. Tevia
Alice Tevia
Nwn
California
Hugh ‘Tevis
Cornelian Baxter Teyte
Fatal explosion on a man of war off Culebra Island
Five sailors died and four were wounded when a powder charge detonated in an eight inch gun turret aboard the battleship Massachusetts during target practice off Culebra Island. The crew responded swiftly to prevent further blasts, with officers and marines using water flooding and charge removal to limit casualties. One survivor, a turret crewman, escaped injury.
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Associated Freas
San Juan
P. R
United States
Massachusetts
Tarect
Culebra Imand
Eric Ward
Wortman
Maxuilflevat Diipline
Harry Lee
Harry Lee, Commanding the Marine Guard
Eamonn Clarence Abele
Charles F. Hughes
Kuhlwein
Litnt Wiliam C. Cole
Stoneman
Polar Bear liquor case nets fine for Irving street proprietor
Harry Whittenberger proprietor of the Polar Bear on Main and West Irving streets was fined ten dollars and costs by Judge A H Gomn for selling liquor to two16 year old minors, Harry Cohen and Harry McAllister. He claimed no intent and that his bartender—also a sixteen year old guardian—sold the liquor, but the court doubted the good faith. The case may prompt aldermanic action on liquor licenses.
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Harry Whittenberger
Galoon
Main
West Irving
A. H. Gomn
Harry Cohen
Harry Mcallister
Aft. Whittemberger
Wittenberger
Common Council
Sequor
Supreme Court
Kargus
Police Committee
Oshkosh D A R Chapter Endorses Education and Labor Bills
Oshkosh D A R met Friday afternoon at Mrs Slury J De Longs home on Elm Street endorsing a state bill for compulsory education and child labor limits and supporting a federal bill on preserving hardwood for the south. Delegates for the continental congress to be held February 23 in Washington were chosen with Mrs George W Burnell as regent and Mrs M C Phillips as delegate. The program included a Witchcraft paper by Mrs Edgar P Sawyer and a report by Mrs Harry M Hayes on Fond du Lac state meeting attendance.
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Oshkosh
Washington, D. C
Continental Congress
Washington
Mirs
George W. Burnell
Martha Goo
M. C. Phillips
W. J. Campbell
Edgar P. Sawyer
Harry M. Haye
Fond du Lac
F. W. Bond
Mary J. de- Tong
Misa Rose C. Swart
Lulu Peck Felker
Emily Turner
Jennie Rollins
Effects Consolidation In Minneapolis Stocks Firm
The Coe Commission company of Minneapolis, a major west stock operator, arranged a business deal with F. C. Horn of 112 Main Street making Horn the Coe company representative in Oshkosh. Their wire will connect to his stock exchange excluding other wires. The Coe company, planning an Oshkosh agency, had leased space in the Algoma block when the arrangement eliminated the need for another exchange. Mr. A. T. N. Schnatder is here as a representative of the Coe company.
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Coe Commission Company
Minneapolis
West
F. C. Horn
Main Street
Coe Company
Oshkosh
Stock Exchange
Algoma
Horm
T. N. Schnatder
Coe
Gusranteen
Chamberlain in the Enemy's Country Exile Visit Sparks Fear
The piece portrays Joseph Chamberlain as a key colonial secretary feared by Boer fighters. It notes his Boer War influence, alleged assassination rumors, and a caricature of his appearance and background including a mistaken birth year and multiple marriages. The text also mentions Lougha and Wuambertain, with Chicago and Endicott references mixed in.
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Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
South African Republic
Hoers
Per
Feartesy
Lougha
The
Fens
Wuambertain Dives
Birmingham
Sinty
London
Oxfer
Cambridge
Mian Endecott
W. C. Endicott
Cleveland
Coe Company Expands Agencies Across Wisconsin
The Coe company plans western style operations and enters Wisconsin with fifteen city agencies. President Fred Orth of Minneapolis leads a $300,000 fully paid capital concern. It owns 4,000 miles of wire on the Western Union system and maintains bank references with deposits ranging from 35,000 to 20,000 at each institution as proof of good faith.
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Chicago
New York
Schneider
Coe Company
Wisconsin
Coe
Fred Orth
Minneapolis
Western Union
Death of Susie Maddock Aged 19 In City
Susie Maddock died this morning at her mother's home on 43 School Street from tubercu losis. She was nineteen, formerly a central office worker for the Wisconsin Telephone Company. Survived by mother and two sisters Mary and Margaret, brother James. Funeral Tuesday morning at St. Peles church on Wight Street.
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Mias
Susie Maddock
School Street
Aince
Chicago
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Ita
Exchange Board
Mary Maddock
Margaret Maddock
James Maddock
St. Pele's Church
Wigh Street
Death of Mrs. Washburn in Chicago
Old residents mourn the death of Mrs. June Strickland Washburn formerly of Oshkosh. She died Monday at the home of her daughter Mrs. A Ri Towle in Chicago. She was sister to Mrs. W. Washburn of Oshkosh and widow of Alonzo Washburn, brother to ex Judge Washburn. She lived in Oshkosh in the early days then moved to Milwaukee after her husband’s death. She left three children Julia Anne and William H Washburn. Survived by daughters Mrs. Scott Wilson in Tronwood Michigan and Mrs. Allen R Towle in Chicago and son Dr. W H Washburn in Milwaukee. Funeral held in Chicago on Wednesday.
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June Strickland Washburn
A. Ri. Towle
Chicago
Washburn
SV. Washburn
Alonzo Washburn
Milwaukee
Benedict Chases Nuptials Tie In Wisconsin Tee
Dein Wis Jan 17 At high noon Thursday Ewin M Benedict of Waupaca wed Alice Chase of Dale The groom serves as an officer in Wisconsin Central land department Local lodge Oshkosh Elks plans to unite with Trinity parish Men’s club for a fine minstrel show this spring Committees will be appointed by Exalted Ruler John Kiawina etc
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Dein
Wis
Jan
Ewin M. Benedict
Waupaca
Alice Chase
Dale
Empreese
Land Department
Wisconsin Central Road
Oshkosh Lodge
Elka Brifay
Trinity Parish
John
Kiawina Ics
Wisconsin Legislature to Probe Coal Shortage Next Week
Madison January 17 A pending coal famine prompts a legislature inquiry with an administration cadet likely to lead a special committee to investigate scores of coal shortages and propose remedial laws. J M Frear of Hudson may head the assembly privileges panel with Wallace Andress, both set to appear on key committees amid La Follette influence.
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Madison
Wis
McGillivray
Capitol
J. M. Frear
Hudson
Man of Assembly
Wallace M. Andress
Douxlun County
Andrews
Frear
le Follette
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs Cruman Hurlbutt
Mr and Mrs Cruman Hurlbutt of 100 Minnesota Street celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family gathering at their daughter Mrs George A Walker’s home 29 North Park Avenue. The event, delayed from January 2 due to illness in the family, included thirty two relatives and all children and grandchildren except Mrs John Watters of New Lisbon Wisconsin. The host couple came to Oxbreath from Pennsylvania thirty years ago.
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Mro
Mra
Cruman Hurlbutt
Minnesota Street
George A. Walker
North Park Avenue
Xicktoaa
John Watters
New Lisbon
Wis
Ashdown-Logs Married in Oshkosh Journey
The Ashdown couple, Henry Ashdown and Alma Loos, wed at the sroom’s uncle's home with Rev George W officiating on a Tuesday afternoon in January. After the ceremony the couple left by afternoon train for Oshkosh to begin residence.
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Sroom
Henry Ashdown
Julian C. Ashdown
Oshekosh
Alma Loos
Waupaea
Geo. W
Oshkosh
Wrupaca
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