20 Dec 1920
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Newspaper
Sheboygan Press
Location
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1920
Page
1
Fragmentary note records an event labeled by Neh with terms suggesting a wartime or financial ledger. Readable words point to names and dates amid unclear phrases. Further context is needed to identify exact event, actors, and location.
Edward Voigt leads discussion on SKS 100000 addition to Sheboygan post office amid cost concerns. Citizens and officials weigh long term needs, with warnings about rising postage and carrier strains. Debate touches on site selection and construction implications for the city.
A historical notice argues that large volumes of wheat futures trading amount to gambling. It notes government communication and recommendations on regulation, hedging value, and potential impacts on prices, farmers, and grain dealers amid shifting credit conditions and market volatility.
Raymuni Ver Kuilen of Antigo born July 7 1905 died Saturday at 2 40 PM at St Nicholas hospital after a brief illness attributed to kidney trouble He was active in St Clement's Church Boy Scouts altar service and had recently become a patrol leader He leaves his parents one brother and two deceased siblings interment at North Side Catholic cemetery services Tuesday at St Clement's Church.
Athens honors King Constantine as crowds line streets from the station to the palace. Guards block routes while British French and American warships withdraw to avoid complications. The crowd’s joy signals a historic welcome after three years of exile.
Attorney W J Young shown in Columbus for Goodyear Rubber case as Frank Monnett urges receivership action. Bieberling returns from New York. Goodyear defense calls Monnett statements untrue and asserts surplus earnings cover debts while preserving stockholders. Supreme Court denies Valley Railroad plea to modify decree dissolving coal combine.
Copy of the 1788 will naming General George Washington as executor and detailing bequests to Shenandoah descendants and enslaved people, including lands in Stafford County and various household items. The document is sworn by witnesses James Mercer and Joseph Walker in Spotsylvania County Court.
German Children's Relief Fund nears the eleven thousand dollar mark as subscriptions increase across county areas. Some local groups defer church collections during Holiday week. reports will be published in The Press once names and amounts are tabulated.
Effective Monday December 20 through December 23 the post office windows stay open until 8 p m to serve the public. Early mailing of Christmas parcels is urged for prompt service and parcel arrival information will not be provided by phone due to high volume. Delivery aims for parcels arriving by Christmas morning. On Christmas day window hours are 8 to 10 a m with one delivery by city and rural carriers. Freda Knauf, Postmaster.
Six nurses were seriously injured when a fire destroyed the nurses' home at the University of Nebraska hospital in Omaha. The women were asleep when the blaze started, and twenty leaped from a second story window in night clothing. Five suffered broken legs from the jump.
United Press reports President Harding favors scrapping the league of nations and declaring formal peace with Germany. He proposes an international court and a loose association of nations with regular conferences to address global issues, aiming to redefine international law and bypass past league structures.
The council plans to discuss high taxes in tonight's session with a large spectator turnout. Legion members will attend to watch the store gun request and fireworks may be shown as in the prior meeting.
Milwaukee conference today between the U S district attorney's office and Federal Judge Geiger discussed serving warrants issued on indictments of 105 labor law violators. The grand jury's indictment was dismissed after a rebuke, and warrants may be delayed until after the holidays.
The preliminary hearing for Wd. Pooler, accused of involvement in a daytime robbery of a youth named Canisius, is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the courthouse courtroom with Judge Graass of Green Bay presiding.
Milwaukee reports two men dead and a woman in serious condition from open gas jets. Carl Larson, 33, was found in bed with a gas jet open. John Martin, 51, was found dead in his room with escaping gas. Mrs Mary B Greikzer, 73, was overcome in her home by local gas.
Attorney General Palmer says home production of cider remains lawful even after fermentation begins and becomes intoxicating, aligning with nonintoxicating cider lawful under rule and distinguishing from prohibition enforcement. He notes Congress intended to prohibit sale but not home manufacture, while acknowledging internal revenue standards and possible future review by enforcement officials.
United Press reports mainly clear skies tonight and Tuesday with a high chance of snow. Winds to be light tonight, increasing from the east in the eastern portion as easterly gusts rise.
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