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Newspaper
Redgranite Herald
Location
Redgranite, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
2
Report from Waco dated August 13 indicates guard equipment at Camp Qoug lad will move south shortly. Separate notes mention camps at Tryons and Camp Dowyas with short-improvement plans and growing passage details.
Readable text fragments describe a service disruption or outage with partial names and places. The garbled report mentions a station or location, a date code A580, and references to a service being crippled. No clear event or outcome can be confirmed from the available text.
Matison Irwin is charged with attempting to extort money from Mrs. Vilas. He was arraigned in Dane County Superior Court and, at the request of his attorney Frank C. Gilbert, placed under $1,603 bond and committed to Mendota State Hospital for examination. If found competent, the case proceeds. if not, possible commitment to a state asylum for an indeterminate period. Vilas reportedly appeared frightened and sought the demanded $1,000 from a bridge near the university.
A disruption in harvest labor causes a halt to auto work chains as crews face illness and travel limits. Officials schedule rest periods and temporary layoffs for ten days while fields await resumed operations and fresh supplies. Local families adjust routines as workers return to homes and employers seek replacements.
Probate court case involves Mrs Schinter Jenve and Mrs Hehhog over a fortune. Ongoing proceedings seek rightful heirs and settlement of debts and awards amid unclear estate details and potential government influence.
A Beloit twine plant report shows 1927 expenditures exceeding receipts by about 52 494.94 after a 318 259.401 credit in 1917. The report cites sales of tine in the fiscal year and net losses, with details on total revenues and expenses. Two people drown near Pecatonica River in Beloit area.
Utility report notes a pin and emblem used in a March event. The garbled text references individuals and organizations including Den Jardken and MLS. The exact meaning is unclear but points to a symbolary item tied to a federal listing process.
Wisconsin county agents report increased buying of stumping and dynamite as farmers expand land clearing this year. Demonstrations in Madison and across counties show rising interest and expected output well above prior years as bankers support the effort and supply grows.
In federal court a jury returned a verdict of not guilty for Ta Cae-Robert J. Shields, a prominent Superior politician, in a white slave case. The government alleged a plot involving Mise Palmer in 1913 to start a house of ill fame, but testimony showed motive of revenge and conflicting testimony.
Adjutant General Helway states Wisconsin will begin physical examinations under the draft as soon as word arrives from Washington. Local boards will assess themes under the draft and appeals will go to central boards, with three in the eastern central district and two in the western central district. No Wisconsin appointments to appeal boards have been made yet.
Expect cheese prices to drop as the Plymouth Wisconsin market trends lower and dealers foresee nationwide declines. Eastern markets are weaker, and plentiful Wisconsin production is cited as the main factor. U.S. cheese in storage is claimed to be double the level of a year ago.
A states board of death issues general instructions for hay fever subjects. The message urges hay fever sufferers to demand enforcement of a local weer ordinance. If the 1,000,000 U S hay fever sufferers make the demand, the board believes annual instructions may become unnecessary.
Authorities probe an explosion at a home that severed three fingers from Ludvina Roskoski, age nine, as she handled a pencil found on the street by a relative working as a street sweeper.
Maiden Rock crops show a boom as locally grown potatoes fetch 0 a bushel. Farmers anticipate the crop to be a leading box in this region with strong market demand.
National Red Cross Nursing Service outlines prerequisites for enlistment. Eligible women must have hospital training, be aged 25 to under 40, be registered nurses if required, and secure endorsements from nurse schools and local Red Cross committees. The article praises courage of nurses in Europe, cites Miss Helen Scott and Miss Rachel Torrance, and notes dangers and duties across wartime relief work.
The piece recounts a young Herbert C. Hoover at Stanford in 1891 as the first student registered and founder of student finances, later a mining engineer. It follows his early mining career in Nevada and Broken Hill, his rise to a general manager in Melbourne, and his WWI relief work coordinating American volunteers to aid Belgians and Europeans, framing Hoover as America’s agent in saving Belgium.
The article notes fossil fish discoveries in Texas promising potential tech materials, mentions a motorized autoped tested by the Washington post office, cites Chalmette sugar refinery near New Orleans as the world’s largest, and references a stalled theater orchestra pit and bicycles with cyclometers used in Western trail measurements.
Fragmentary note indicates Mrs Flynt Diskett seeks army service as a cook with coded phrases. Mentions arrests for threatening actions against the army and a person named Tudge. Readable details are limited.
A garbled note references a mammoth, a trench, and an elephant phrase. The text suggests puzzling ancient or metaphorical imagery from a historic page segment.
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