Winneconne Village News Reports Local Obituaries and Rural Life
The June Northwestern dispatch notes the death of David Hinckley aged eighty six, buried in the village cemetery after Presbyterian services led by Reverend Angus Sillars. Others mourn the passing of a former village leader, Owen, who died after a pneumonia and apoplexy attack. Agricultural classes inspire pupils to return home with renewed interest, while several locals visit kin in Oshkosh, Chilton, and Chicago.
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Wis
David Hinckley
Alex Hinckley
Clarence
Minn
Hinckley
Presbyterian Shuroh
Hey
Angus Sillars
vHlagé
Ceme
Ti--Lund
August Pederson
Sohn Davis
P. J. Anderzen
Henry Bai
Owen Dyers
Hetoa
Ald
Oregon
iWr
Muadies’ Society
Presbyterian’ Church
Rightted
Hutherean
Ladies' Aid
Pullins Hall Fridex
Allen Kirkpatrick
Rira
Glenn
Clow
Jan Bidhier
Miza
Marion Clow
Anerson
Wiliam
Milwaukee
Chicago
William Be Eelane
Albert’. Uplandt
Unlandt
Belz-Bchaonub, Shos. Company
Winnecenne Hich School
Angus
Jilliara
Pardervilla
D. “Gardes
Wicksday
Germany
Bigamist Ben Stevens Revealed As Dual Wife In Coshocton
In Coshocton Ohio June 16 the 27 year old Ben Stevens a school teacher and traveling salesman is exposed for maintaining two families on the same street for over two years. He married Bessie Chaney in New Comerstown in 1905 and Catherine Bracken in Clarksburg West Virginia while still with his first wife. The couples lived at 327 and 833 Locust in Coshocton and recently a baby girl was born to Mrs Bracken Stevens.
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Coshocton
Ben ‘Stevens
Stevens
Goodby
Bessie Chaney
Newcomerstown
Steubehvile
Catherine Bracken
Clarksburg
W. Va
Miss Bracken
Clerksburg
Catherine Bracken Stevens
Acquaintances Recall Niked Stevens and Dual Marriages
The narrative describes Stevens as meeting influential people and being an engaging talker. Two wives led to a pattern of secrecy, with a funeral attendance in Toledo triggering discovery. Indictments for nonsupport and bigamy followed, as wives plan further action in Jefferson County and West Virginia based on concealed marriages and hidden families.
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Ben Stevens
Toledo
Stevens
Missouri
Jefferson County
West Virginia
Parkersville
W. Va
Missing Lightkeepers Spark Double Murder Fear
In Munising Michigan on June 16 George Genery keeper of the North Light on Grand Island and his assistant are missing. A boat with the body of a man badly beaten is found near the light and is believed connected to the disappearance. The isolated Grand Island lighthouse lies seven miles from the Cleveland City Game Preserve and sixteen miles from Munising.
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Munsing
Mich
George Genery
North Light
Grand Island
Munising
Genery
Au Sabie
Re -Cleveland City Game “Preserve
Bountiful Crops Forecast After Hill’s Brief Visit
Associated Press reports James J. Hill arrived in New York from Washington and will remain through midweek before a Labrador fishing trip. He avoided political or business opinions, focusing on crop prospects. He noted floods in the southwest may harm crops, while northwest rains boosted upland wheat, signaling a good money crop with a short grain supply.
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Associated Press
New York
Washington
Will
Labrador
Hill
Northwest
Bill
Grange Picnic Brings Speakers From State and Town
Poygun Wisconsin June 16 Special to The Northwestern Saturday June 20 Poygun Rushford grange will hold a picnic at H B Fritts. The event invites the public to bring baskets and join a literary program. Prof E K Hatch of Winneconne and H M Albertson master of the Wisconsin State Grange will speak, with Algoma grange and other neighboring granges expected to attend.
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Poygun
Wis
Poygun-Rushford Grange
H. B. Fritts
Grange
EK. L. Hatch
Winneconne
H. M. Albertson
Medina
Wisconsin State Grange
Rich farmer Darius Hicks shoots self at home
Darius Hicks a 50 year old Tamimyain stock raiser worth 199000 committed suicide today by shooting himself through the temple with a rifle at his home one half mile north of Biandinville Macombe Newfoundland June 16 Associated Press report states Hicks died instantly leaving no eyewitnesses and no known motive noted by authorities
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Associated Press
Macombe
Darius Hicks
Biandinville
Wisconsin Delegation at Grand Pacific Prepares for Convention
Special report from Chicago June 16 describes Wisconsin Badger headquarters at the Grand Pacific hotel as the delegation readies for the Republican national convention. Kenater Stephensum named honorary vice president of the Wisconsin bloc, while Wisconsin weighs its senatorial and vice presidential positions with La Follette-Badger figures prominent.
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Kenater Stephensum
Frealdeat
Oger
Mr. la Follette
Badger Geusto
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Grand Pacific Hotel
Chicago
Republcan Party
National Organization
Badger
Badger State
United States
Wisconsin Delegation Organizes at Grand Pacific
Wisconsin delegation forms a committee structure at Chicago's Grand Pacific hotel ahead of the presidential convention. Key figures include Senator Isaac Stephenson and U.S. Senate hopeful F. El McGovern of Milwaukee, with other delegates and state officers named to credentials resolutions and notifications.
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Down ‘Town
F. el
Stephenson
United States
Isaac Stephenson
W. D. Connor Dt’ Marshfield
Wisconsin
Republican State Central
Normanly
Etreet
S. A. Cook
Neenah
W. H. Hatten
New London
Cook
Mr. Hatten
W. W. Powell
The
Free Press
Charles K Ligh
Madison
WH. Dick
Judsona
la Follette
Chicago
Witit
Republiciin
National Committee
A. T Rogeral Medison
H. Couper
Tacine
William C. Brumder
Milowaukee
S. A. Cady
Green Bay
Isaac H. Stephenson
Marinette
Ovaiter L. “Uuser
Brondovi
Roleb
Henry Leckney
Waukesha
W. H. J. Kieckhefer
Miwnuskee
Jann T. Murphy
F.C. Lorenz
Milwaukee
Perry Wilder
Evansville
Gustav Kuester
FF. Z. Lathrop
Alabama
Alabama del
Undeclared Senate Hopefuls Hint at Possibilities
In Washington conversations and Chicago meetings the subject of candidacy remains uncertain. The source notes that while no avowed declaration has been made, the individual is ambitious and may be considered a potential contender. Conversations at the Great Northern hotel grill room touched on timing and possibilities.
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Washington
W. D. Connor
Mr. Connor
Great Northern
Connor
Marshfield
Dr. Wilson
Jack
Beecham's Pills Promised as Sleep Remedy
The advertisement promotes Beecham's Pills as the best remedy for sleeplessness and nervous fatigue. It claims the pills settle the stomach steady the nerves quiet the brain and help sleep when taken at retirement. It notes two price points ten and twenty six cents per box and urges regular habits and care for quicker cure.
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Beecham
Beechan
Fuzzy the Defender Reliance mascot dies of a broken heart
Fuzzy a yellow Pomeranian owned by C Oliver Iselin and famed as Defender Reliance mascot, died in New Rochelle after his mistress Mrs Iselin left for Europe. The dog refused to eat, became despondent, and died days later with his coffin draped in the Reliance flag and Union Jack before burial in Iselin's rose garden.
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Associated Press
New York
Fuzzy
C. Oliver Iselin
Reliance
New Rochille
Iselin
Murobe
Philip A. Livermore
Mirs
Wenner
Fuzzy Jay
Witness testifies in extortion case detailing payment
Joseph E. O’Brien of Philadelphia testified in the Hansen extortion case about meetings at Hansen’s home, the delivery of letters and affidavits, and the demand for twenty five thousand dollars. He admitted destroying the letters and affidavits after receiving them and expressed remorse.
Suffragettes’ Protests Spark Scrutiny in House of Commons
In England suffragettes’ frequent demonstrations have led to heightened scrutiny of women entering the house of commons as they are met with suspicion and watched closely by security and officials.
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England
House of Commons
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