Gas near prison cells endangers Winnebago inmates
Three women at the Winnebago county jail nearly suffocated Sunday night when gas vent in the corridor leaked from a jet near Miss Irene Dawson, Mrs Mamie Wentzel Stutz, and Mrs Frances Zuvel ler. Initial belief blamed intentional self harm, later officials deemed accidental. Dawson, awaiting sentence for grand larceny, showed the worst effects but is recovering.
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Irene Dawson
Mamie Wentzel Stutz
Frances Zuveller
Winnebago County
Miss Dawson
Rhyver
Mr. Pahlow
Wom S Department
Mrs. State
Mrs. Zoeller
Pahlow
F. A. Brockway
The Silver Tongued Orator at Armory B Tonight
Local interest grows as Dawson case prompts appeals for clemency. Charitab le women and city business leaders press Jugs Goss to show mercy under law. Judge contacted by phone early this morning amid plea for leniency for the young woman once employed by Mrs Eugene Rockwood of Omro.
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Eugene Rockwood
Omro
Miss Dawson
Efforts to Lighten Sentence for Miss Dawson Case
Miss Dawson, aided by Attorney Hurlbu, seeks the lightest possible sentence. She contends she only learned her true identity at sixteen and that the name she uses is her adopted one. She was taken from an orphanage at age six by a Milton Junction family and has since used their surname.
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Dawson
Alice VanLoenen
Brockway
Pahtow
Stutza
Oshkosh
Zoeller
Neenah
Shapuo & Cook
Martha Timmeman
Waupun
Efforte
Miss Dawson
Hurlbu
County Mail
Milton Junction
Benefit to Be Held For Old Home Week Deficit
Old Home Week Committee organizes a benefit roller skating party at Century rink on Main Street Thursday to raise funds. Martin Clausen offers to cover operating expenses while fifty percent of receipts go toward eliminating a nearly $500 deficit from the celebration. Committee seeks a large turnout to help reduce the shortage.
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Old Home Week
Centacy Holler
Martin Cliusen
Century
Main Street
Clausen
Early Oshkosh Settler Edward Allen Dies at 88
Edward Allen, one of Oshkosh’s earliest settlers, died at 6 a.m. at Mrs. Harnet Wyman’s home at 638 Fourteenth Street aged eighty eight. Born November 7, 1820 in Wampole New Hampshire he came to Oshkosh in the 1860s and lived there ever since. He married Charity Wyman in 1878, his second wife, who died twenty one years ago. He had been living with Mrs. Wyman and was injured in a streetcar accident on September 2, suffering a broken leg, and his advanced age contributed to his condition.
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Edward Allen
Oshkosh
Harnet Wyman
Fourteenth Street
Mr. Attenag
Wampole
New Hampshire
Charity Wyman
Allen
Funeral notices and obituaries fragment in town column
Notices describe deaths of Vinge Allen and others with private funerals and interments. Surviving relatives include two sons and a daughter. weiteren fragments list burials at Ellenwood and Doty Street Lutheran cemetery with dates and ages.
Daly Cup Qualifying Round At Algoma Country Club
Golfers at the Algoma Country Club completed Daly Cup qualifying with top scores advancing to the first round on Tuesday October 12. Twenty players contended in a handicap format as W Hartley and F Barnes led the field and weather promising a large crowd.
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Algoma Country Club Golf Links
Tiarney
J. HH. Wall
Brown
PL Crary
D. TD
Harmon
CG. A. Tucks
Pinus
John Challoner
W. G. Masey
Ars. FE. M. Crane
Muspus Fir
Ss. MacNichol
Oc Crawford
W. F. Graenewald
Rufus Lehriher
Nelle Brown
Georgia Bull
Hartley
Paul Morgan
Af Fhurtley
J. H. Wall
W. G. Maxey
John Chanoner
Georgia Rudd
Ruefus Schriber
G. A. Ruckstal
Gruenewald
Mra
FE. M. Crane
Mm. C. Brown
S MarNichol
BF. Crary
E. C. Crawford
F. Vs. Barnes
Fidelity club meeting on Wisconsin avenue next Wednesday
Short notes indicate the Fidelity club will meet next Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Mc Lean on Wisconsin avenue. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Pfeller of Sheboygan are visiting at the home of F. A. Labudde. Mr. Peter, assistant cashier of the Bank of Sheboygan, has been visiting in Appleton.
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Fidelity Club
McLean
Wisconsin Avenue
J. J. Pfeller
Sheboygan
F. A. Labudde
Peter
Bank of Sheboygan
Appleton
Shouts Warn Car On Bridge Averted Tragedy At Fond du Lac
A bridge incident near Fond du Lac where a speeding automobile nearly plunged into a draw span caused panic among spectators. The driver stopped after cries and shouts from onlookers, narrowly averting disaster as the car barely cleared the gap. The vehicle carried Dr Gavin and others from Fond du Lac.
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Main
Eread
Stan
Paul
Fond Dau Lac
Gavin
F& Mramn- Inent
Fond du Bae Plyalelan
Short Notes and Guild Meetings Canceled In Oshkosh Area
Mise Jenale Koley of Fond du Lac visited Oshkosh Sunday. There will be no meeting of St Catherine's guild or Trinity church on Tuesday evening, Oct 7 at 7 o'clock in the guild hall. E J Dempsey, chairman of the Democratic county committee, has been notified that Ionatins a Dunn of Lincoln, Neb, for Oshkosh Wednesday evening has been called off. Dempsey does not know who will be sent in his place later, but the Wednesday meeting is indefinitely postponed. A card social at the G A R hall on Merritt street Saturday evening was well attended and enjoyable. Ladies of the G A R are holding their Saturday socials and are popular this season.
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Mise Jenale Koley
Fond Ou Tac
Oshkosh
St Catherine's Guild
Trinity Church
E J. Dempsey
Democratic Counts Committee
National Central Committee
Ionatins
Lincoln
Neb
Oshkoxh
Dempsey
Wil Ie
G. A. R. Hall
Merritt Street
John W. Scott Esale
G. A. Th
Gilbert Speaks at Neenah Taft Sherman Club Address
A large turnout of Oshkosh Republicans will travel to Neenah for Attorney General Frank Gilbert’s speech at eight o’clock. The event is hosted by the Taft and Sherman club of Neenah with C D Cleveland Jr, Oshkosh Taeny o, as president. Members of the Taft and Sherman club of Menasha, led by FD Lake, will also participate in the demonstration.
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Oshkosh
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