Gunness Farm Murders Spark Wide Inquiries In Laporte
Reports from Laporte Indiana detail a disturbed body shed on the Gunness farm and ongoing digs delayed by rain. Witness Bessie Conklin, friend of Lamphere, is held for grand jury testimony as investigators probe Mrs Gunness and Lamphere amid murder suspicions.
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Laporte
Associated Press
Laporte, Ind
Gunness Farm
Ind
Bessie Conklin
Michigan City
Scmutzer
Bern
Warman
Ray Lamphere
Nurders
Gunness
Miss Conklin
Lamphere
Gunness Case Files Highlight Missing Helgelein Identity
Coroner Mack preserves the body thought to be Andrew Helgelein while questions over identity mount. Mrs. Gunness’s letters and Lamphere’s statements diverge about the Mansfield, Chicago, and New York plans, with locals probing motives as investigators follow leads in the Budsberg case and related deaths.
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Miss Conkling
Sherif Smutzer
Lamphere
Andrew Helgelein
Mansfield
Pee Heiselein
Japerte
Storm Sweeps Chicago Wind and Rain Toll
A fierce storm struck Chicago in the early hours, killing one person and injuring several as trees fell and electrical wires were torn down. Widespread damage disrupted travel with only two ships leaving port, both returning for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oy Associate Press
Chicase
Kentucky
Frankfort
Choateville
Tesse Collins
Madison
Ind
Neenah Man Surrenders Claims Embezzlement Beliefs
Dennis Gurney walked into the Neenah police station confessing he embezzled $500 as secretary of the Cincinnati police union. He said personal troubles and heavy drinking led to theft and he feared harming a saloonkeeper for absinthe. He traveled from Oshkosh to Neenah while in delirium tremens, and Chief Brown considers his story credible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neenah
Wis
Dennis Gurney
Brown
Cincinnati
Gurney
Puiite Union
Evi Ee
Chief Brown
Burney
Oshkneh
Neenan
Oshkosh
Ghio City
One Hundred Men in Peril Aboard Stranded Ship Rickmers
A hundred sailors on the disabled ship Peter Rickmers face a perilous afternoon as the vessel capsizes on a sand bar near Fire Island. With three masts gone and half the cargo lost, waves batter the ship and life lines fail, hindering rescue efforts as lifeboats and rescuers race against rising tide.
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Associated Press
New York
Peter Rickmers
Big Shin
Snore
Fire Island
Publishers Face Rising Paper Costs Hear Testimony in D C
May 7 Washington special house committees hear publishers describe higher paper prices. W E Gardner of The Post Standard Syracuse testifies prices paid rose from 1.75 to 2.50 per hundred pounds and cites attempts by International Paper to block bids. Other publishers including Mike Bunnell of the Duluth News Tribune corroborate scarcity and rising costs.
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Associated Press
Washington D. C
W.E. Gardner
Post-Standard
Syracuse
N. C
New York
Wisconsin
Canada
H. G. Craig
West
Gardner
Mr. Sims
Witiesy
Mike Burneill
Duluth
Minn
News-Tribune
Jerse
Qne Reison
Mr. Bunnell
News Tribune
Bunnell
Althovah
Minnesota
Runnell
Lunchenway
Mam
No Game at Madison Inauguration Day Postponed
Madison, Wis 7 special to Northwestern reports the Wisconsin-Milwaukee baseball league opener canceled due to wet grounds. Managers Cassibolis and Bubser postponed play as drizzle turned to storm. expected attendance 2400. Officials John Laris and H C Danforth attend, receiving courtesy.
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Northwestern
Madison
Pugs
Contown
John Laris
The
Teague
H. C. Danforth
Oshkosh Association
Reichstag Adjourns After Quick May Session
The Reichstag adjourned today in Berlin delaying until October 30. In the final two hours twenty supplementary appropriation and other bills were adopted hurriedly. Socialists exited the chamber before the president's proposal for a cheer for Emperor William.
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Berlin
Reichstag Todey
MekKee Divorce Case Seeks Mutual Responsibility
Paris May 72 A court legal expert blocked final ruling in the MekKee divorce, finding both spouses Mik and Mix Mekee liable. A formal judgment is scheduled for May 14. The suit was filed by Mira A. Harte McKee, formerly Mrs. Hugh Tevis, with the last hearing held in March.
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Associated Press
Paris
Mix Mekee
Brousit
Mira A. Harte McKee
Hugh Tevis
Train Robbers Kill Express Messenger in Colorado
Bandits boarded the Derk and Rio Grande train No. 4 at Castle Rock and killed Express Messenger Charles H. Wright, sixty, of the Ghobexpress company. They seized keys to a small safe, opened it, and took under one hundred dollars. They attempted to open a larger safe containing a large sum of money but failed.
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Associated Press
Denver
Col
Castle Rock
Charles H. Wright
Ghobexpress Company
Mrs C W Pierce Dead in Menasha Wisconsin
Obituary notes Amy 7 indicating Mrs C W Pierce nee Schug died at her Main Street home after pneumonia. Born in Germany August 6, 18?, she immigrated with family to Milwaukee then Menasha. Survived by husband Mentehe de CL W Pierce, four children, two brothers, one sister, funeral planned Saturday at 2 p m with Rev A B Leonard officiating.
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Chicago
Oregon
Re- Ura
Matt Battsberg
Ole Battsberg
Laporte
Budsberg
Holgerton
Wis
Beloves
Joseph Gunness
Christiania
Norway
Janesville
Paul Gilson
Hans Gunness
Minneapollis
Sopa Mu
Caroling Sorenson
Gunness
Hoffman
Merty
Menasha
Amy
C. W. Pierce
Main Street
Reveneine
Dewoth
Pierce
Schug
Germany
America
Milwaukee
Mentehe de CL Wl Pierce
Pueblo
Col. Ciif
George Jiaree
May Pierce
Isla Clty
Paul
Crystal Pally Mich
William
Tron Hilver
Miche
Sinter
Mart Rice
Iron River
Leonard
Raymond Wellers
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Appleton
Antone Tratz
Broad Street
Menasha Poat
March of Progress
Company I
Armory
Charles Dodge
Wanesap
Stamlin
Tayeo Strat
Kavel
G. A. Saute
Malison
Tex-Congress
Loyal Legion Officers Toast Milwaukee Meeting
Special to the Milwaukee paper reports Loyal Legion officers named for the event with Gen. George Arthur MacArthur as toastmaster. Speeches by Pliny Norcross and others recalled Civil War entitlements and contrasted past with present youth. The gathering marked the spring’s final meeting of the organization.
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Phe Xsortin
Alilwaukee
Wis
Morus Ma
Wire Cleetud
Arthur MacArthur
Amos
Suntory
Ceorge I.chase
A Aioss Trouston
Fos Ph Mec
Bell Jr
Heard Greene
Charke & Carter
Chapelain
Arthur Ll. Jnaypus
Otto G. Boo Lademann
Arthur Gunther
Livot Florian J. Jels
A. Proctor Sith
Edward I. Woodraft
Gen
MacArthur
Pliny Norcross
Janesville
Aptain Norcross
South Land
Toda
Ee Farmer Ga Upham
James Monchan
Darlington
Tis Spring
Outing at Pine Knot with Roosevelt party travels by special train
President and Mrs. Roosevelt lead a five guest party on a special train from Washington to Pine Knot Virginia for a brief outing. John Burroughs the naturalist joins the group. The trip will include carriage transfer at North Garden and a late afternoon arrival after a 120 mile journey.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Pine Knot
North Garden
North Gate
John Burroughs
Washington
Woman sustains fractured arm at Century Roller rink
Miss Sarah Willams of 28 Tencastole avenue fractured her arm Wednesday evening at the Century Roller rink. She was part of a private party that rented the rink for the evening and the injury happened while she was taking the last skate before leaving.
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Sarah Willams
Tencastole Avenue
Century
Crowned Heads Meet for Diamond Jubilee Celebration
Vienna hosts a grand gathering as Emperor Francis Joseph marks sixty years on the throne with German Emperor William and Empress Augusta arriving. The royal visit features speeches praising unity and alliance, with processions through Vienna and a formal reception at Schoenbrunn Palace.
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Iy Associated Press
Vienna
Germany
Wirtm
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
William
Meidling
Pola
Hohengollern
Schoenbrunn Palace
Pensing
Gala Attiue
Wham
Vieni
Marie Antoinette
Emperor Willam
Neice
Joseph
Austin-Hlungary
Manaerch
Austria-Fungary
Girl Attempts Suicide In Northwestern Hotel Room
Twenty year old Wis. Streeter enters Northwestern room at seven in morning and shoots self with revolver. She is taken to St Agnes hospital after a bullet grazes left leg. Judge Rieber denies divorce in a separate case involving a 12 year marriage and a short separation period.
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Northvetern
Wisi
Allen
Starud
Angar
Zeeo
Eaeda
Wahel
St. Agnes Hospital
Rieber
Enee
Selene Ghermeyer
Herman Oneemeser
Tecomber
Noble Gets the Contract for State Prison Plant Work
A bid tabulation shows Charles W. Noble of La Crosse winning the prison plant construction contract with a bid of 20 000. The Rathbun Jones company of Toledo secured the enlarged power plant machinery contract for 5000. Robert Rom of Milwaukee won the bath and toilet fixtures contract for the Chippewa Falls home for the feeble minded at 2593.
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Sncelal
Noarthwestern
Madison
Wile
Sini
Wading Twins
Wanpun
Charles W. Noble
la Crosse
Rathbun-Jones Company
Toledo
Robert Rom
Milwaukee
Keefe Marries Adele MacNeill In Quiet Chicago Ceremony
Walter F. Keefe of Chicago formerly Oshkosh, wed Adele MacNeill in a discreet Wednesday evening ceremony at the bride’s home. Keefe, once a standout football player and Oshkosh high school athlete, later entered newspapers and became press agent for a local vaudeville theater, now serving as manager of the Western Vaudeville Managers' association.
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Walter F. Keefe
Chicago
Oshkosh
Adele MacNeill
Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association
Death of Joseph F Harnish in May at Life Home
Joseph F Harnish died of stomach cancer at midnight Wednesday May 6 at Life Home 231 New York Avenue. A well known Grand Army man born in Lancaster Pennsylvania in 1810 he left home at nineteen for military service and served as a private in a Pennsylvania volunteer regiment beginning in 1861. Earlier years found him active in city life and social circles before his illness.
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Joseph Franklin Llornish
Caner
Life Home
New York Avenue
Grand Army
Jamalice
Harnish
Idgeith
Joseph TF. Harnish
Lanscaster
Penn
Mary
Mr. Harnalsh
Harnish and family tie to Oshkosh landmark business
Veteran Joseph Harnish, honored alderman and stringer for the Tevelfth ward, built a life in Oshkosh after three enlistments and three honorable discharges. His Flour and Feed Store on Coupe Street remains a local landmark as he retired from active business after the Merrill era. Funeral notices follow for Mrs Hurlbutt and Frank Groth, with services and burial plans detailed.
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Atogether
Fischargir
Harnish
Moyesney
Weeterd
Gehkorx
Coupe Street
Ostkesh
James IL Merrill
Joseph Harnish
Tevelfth
Manoof Upricht
Chris Flen Char Rand
Vjarnish
Ayers
Wall
Hernish
Owilfe Sak
Abel
William Mise
Alice Harnish
Misa
Margaret Warnish
Aless
Martin
Omabs
Steter
Lanidie
Mt. Carroll
John
Hurlbbutt
Minnesota
Change County
New York
Hrambutt
Cielykeet
NwoTasben
Wis
Karry Turbutt
Neenah
T. Ti
Butt
Oshkosh
Gak Park
Mirenfernd
Agn
Heydir
Watton
Sieel Methodiet
Hiverside
Frank Groth
Mary Groth
Ceane Street
Fla Peace
Sven
Kunrlaivy
Platteville
Mbrment
Fataiy
Homer
EF Segelke
Mothe
Mre. Segelke
M Marion EF. Groth
Fred Groth
Four Die in Orchard Street Fire in New York Tenement
A May fire at 101 Orchard Street New York killed four people including Hattie Kopelman and Eva Serg and injured twelve. The blaze, suspected incendiary, trapped residents on crowded fire escapes as firefighters rescued many others. A woman fell with her child to their deaths amid smoke and flames. several rooms were burned and escape routes blocked.
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Associated Press
New York
Orchard Street
Delancey and
Allen Streets
Eva Serg
Samuel Sach
Hattl
Koplemann
Mac
Dittie Hattie Kopelmann
Red Hat
New Orfeons
Kinsell & Bro
Taras
New London
Conm
Pequot Hayes
Westen
Fragmented OCR vines hint at public notice timing
A garbled OCR record shows a public notice fragment mentioning the Chamber of Commerce, applicants, and a March date. It references a public sale, property interests, and forecasting details for a local area, with scattered mentions of Port, West Hyre, and related entities.
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Pierpes
Walt Aradima
Toplin
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Laporte Trageules
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Guaneas
Helkeleins
Womanu
Lamphire
Lake Shore Road
Wik
Jola
Wisears
Matt Balsberg
Olensberg
Bho
Belle Gurness
Falwin Chatin
Badsberg
Efir
Laporte Po-Lce
Wao
Tellx
Mayieg
Reichstag
Express
Eamdite
Tain
Colide
Ghory Af Menasha
Eley
Ralnewk
Loyal Legion
Iutenant
WheArthur
Choaed
Josephus
Noyalty
Valaue
Emperor
Ompreia
Heperar Jonacph
Viaitorr
Ylopas
Keaplaaent
Girl
Fond da Lac
Nelen
Noble
Utr
Joseph FL Hatnisil
Laowa
Thes Cary
Wenight
Faily
Deater
Falla
Arma
Raen, Frost
Vasconsi
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