Turn Down Appointment In Sheboygan Council Session
The Sheboygan city council closed the old year and prepared to usher in a new one with Alderman Haack absent. A failed appointment of Barney Stempass as alderman required a two thirds vote. The council discussed street lighting, bonds, and a large expansion of water mains, while approving bids for legal notices and a city clerk bond. The finance committee reported on salary raises for police and the treasurer reported a strong fiscal balance.
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Haack
Dieckmann
Barney Stempass
Thiel
Brehm
McNeil
Gonzenbach
Sheboygan Railway & Electric company
Center
New York avenues
Eighth street
Meyer
committee on fire department
Sheboygan
John Steimle
Steffes
Deline
board of Public works
Wildwood cemetery
Eighteenth street
industal commission
Kathryne Valere
council
Industrial Commission
peechia
judiciary committee
eir
Morris
corporation
Hildebrand
Alderman Haack
Ald. Thiel
Wisconsin
Suffragette arson at Hastings seaside mansion
Militants destroyed Arthur DuCros’s seaside home at Hastings in a fire raid. Explosives were placed in rooms while the house, recently vacated, burned. A fireman was seriously injured by a flying metal piece. Large quantities of suffragette literature were recovered.
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Hastings
Eng
Arthur DuCros
Senate passes Carter bill for State Fair site probe
Madison April 15 under suspension of the rules the senate today passed the Carpen ter bill for a legislative investigation of suitable sites for a new location for the State Fair. It now goes to the Governor.
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Madison
Wis
senate
Murder case links to German clipping and tragic youth
Chicago April 15 detectives close in on a murder case of George Dietz a wealthy ladies tailor and milliner beaten to death with a hammer. A note claims motive and guilt while a German clipping translates to Ruth Frederickson a 16 year old girl who died after a criminal operation linked to Dreamland hall and a candy factoryτέ. The case also involves Edna May Frederickson and an unnamed young man exonerated as police anticipate arrests and sensational developments.
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Chicago
TfL
George Dietz
Dietz
pepes
beast
Gerry
Gerly
dark sody
blackmeal
peliece
sheme
Ruth Frederickson
North Avers avenue
State and Van Buren streets
Dreamland dance hall
Ruth
Edna May Frederickson
Thief Preys on City Dentists During Noon Breaks
A series of daytime burglaries target city dental offices. Wagner Bros. & Pohland and Drs Kent Tollingsworth Wick Tasche report thefts of gold and valuables during noon hours. A suspect, seen by Puls & Puls staff, fled after an attempted entry. Police investigate. notable losses include $30 at Tasche and $10 inlay at Dr. Kent. Wick’s office reportedly robbed last week with no items missing.
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Wagner Bros. & Pohland
Drs. Kent
Tollingsworth
Wick and Tasche
Wagner & Pohland dental
Weiskopf
Wick
Tasche
Burke bill seeks higher pensions for widows of veterans
Congressman Burke introduces a Washington bill to raise pensions for widows and minor children of Civil War Mexico and Indian wars veterans. The measure sets 15 dollars monthly for most widows and provides 20 dollars for long-married spouses, with specific eligibility dates and protections against reduction. It also restricts agent fees to ten dollars and imposes penalties for violations.
Free Lecture Tonight by Mother Church Speaker
Mr Frank Leonard of the Mother Church Boston will deliver a free lecture at the Opera House this evening. Like prior talks here it costs nothing and the public is invited. The lecture begins promptly at 8 15 with attendees urged to be seated by then.
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Frank Leonard
Wirst Church of Christ Scientist
Boston
Mass
Opera House
Fatal duel in Birmingham leaves two dead and injured
In Birmingham England on April 15 Roland Schugart a lawyer was killed and his brother in law Haynes Moore was fatally injured in a pistol fight on the streets. The duel followed a rift after Schugart and his wife, Moore’s sister, parted.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Eng
Roland Schugart
Haynes Moore
Schugart
Moore
Would Pay the Militia to Reward Wisconsin Guardsmen
Congressman Burke introduced a bill in Washington to pay Wisconsin National Guard members of Co. C for drill attendance. Members with at least forty five drills in a year would receive the salary set by law, prorated for fewer drills, and those with fewer than twenty would receive nothing. The act aligns the State Militia with the Regular Army and appeals to Wisconsin guardsmen.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Burke
Washington
Wisconsin National Guard
Co. C
National Guard
Wisconsin
Rehearsal of Colonial Minstrels in Sheboygan
A notice from the Sheboygan Business Men's Association calls all residents to attend tonight’s rehearsal at Eagles Hall. The event aims to boost civic spirit and promote Sheboygan. proceeds will fund local advertising. W A Pfister, President.
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Sheboygan
New City Council Set as Dieckmann Begins Fifth Term
Mayor Dieckmann starts a fifth term as the Common Council convenes to hear plans for the year including street lighting and water plant improvements. New council members include Herbert Jung Oscar Schneidewind Henry Zehms Edward Voigt with several incumbents re-elected.
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Dieckmann
Herbert Jung
Henry Maas
car Schneidewind
Henry Zehms
Morris
Sprenger
Pieniig
Meyer
Krueger
Edward Voigt
Henry Detlin
Fred Telgener
Fred Morris
Wnm
Charles Weinert
J. B. Steffes
John Piening
Fred Haack
Oscar Schneidewind
Herman Schuelke
John C. Meyer
W. Brockman
Jake Hildebrand
Ernst Krueger
John M. Steimle
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