Thirty Seven Per Cent Gain in Nine Years in Sheboygan
A survey by the Sheboygan Press reports Sheboygan city population growth since 1920, noting a 37 percent gain to 42,408 by 1929. It cites births outpacing deaths by 3,890, more qualified voters, more school age youth, and expanded domestic water services.
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Sheboy
erspaper
Sypheboypan Press
Arnon
pereta
vera Sheboygan
eswad
Shebogwan Association of Commerce
Bank Robbery Confession Ties 22 Year Old to Farmers Exchange Heist
Alvin Schumerth twenty two of De Pere pleads guilty to part in the Farmers Exchange Bank robbery in Green Bay. He admits aiding in kidnapping a cashier and looting the bank. Byron La Duke also pleads guilty to receiving two hundred dollars in stolen money and faces January 4 sentencing.
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treen Bay
Wis
Alvin Schumerth
Farmers Exchange bank
Byron La Duke
Schuumierth
Schumerth
La Duke
Green Bay
DePere
R. A. Evrard
Elan Delaney
liberty
Massive Unemployment Plagues South Wales Mines
The article reports severe joblessness across Glamorgan Merthyr Tydfil and Mountain Ash as coal mining declines push 60 to 90 percent of workers into hardship. It notes 18 districts suffer stark poverty with children lacking clothes and shoes while local boards owe millions to the ministry of health for mining relief funds.
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Glamorgan
South Wales
Great Britain
Merthyr
Tydfil
Merthyr Board of Guardians
Slerthyr
ministry of health
Diuardians
Pontypridd
Rhondda
Falls Chief Nabs Robbers Friday Night
Arthur and Clarence Hulbert, wanted in Ladysmith for robbery, were arrested in Sheboygan Falls by Chief Ed George and aided by the Sheboygan police. Authorities at Ladysmith alerted they were headed to Sheboygan Falls where they have relatives. The arrest occurred last night with two detectives assisting. the men offered no resistance.
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Arthur
Clarence Hulbert
Ladysouth
Sheboygan Falls
Ed. George
Sheboygan
George
Ladysmith
Sheboygan polie department
Lifer To Meet With Governor Zimmerman
Madison Wisconsin Governor Zimmerman will meet John Beier who seeks a pardon after eight years at Waupun for murder. Beier's lawyers plan to present a full report from La Crosse hearings and discuss his claim of innocence with the governor.
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Madison
Wis
Zimmerman
John Beier
Waupun
Beier
La Crosse
John I
Lawrence Brody
Biesen
Frank Withrow
state parole board
Bartovich
Captain Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life Aboard Ship
Long Beach California report of Captain H. F E. Farrer firing four bullets into his wife Leila Farrer 43 aboard the steamer S A Perkins. He then shot himself in the head and fell into Long Beach harbor near the Standard Gypsum Company dock.
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Long Beach
Calif
Leila Farrer
H. F E. Farrer
S. A. Perkins
Long Beach harbor
Standard Gypsum Company
Remorseful Wife Kills Two Children Then Herself
United Press report from Chicago says Mrs. Mary Zahradnik, grieving over breaking her husband's nose in a fight, sealed the house, released gas, and gasped away with her two sons Joseph Jr four and Leo, after he returned home to find the scene.
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Chicago
Mary Zahradnik
Joseph
Joseph, Jr
Leo
Indiana Anti-Saloon Leader Sentenced for Contempt
Dr. FE S Shumaker superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League was ordered to serve a 60 day sentence for contempt of court after the Indiana Supreme Court vacated a pardon. He was arrested in Indianapolis and granted temporary release on a writ of habeas corpus as attorneys petition to keep him out of jail faced federal court. The case centers on his criticism of liquor decisions and alleged constitutional rights violations.
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Indianapolis
ELS. Shumaker
United Press
Ind
FE. S. Shumaker
state
Indiana
supreme court
Ed. Jackson
Robert C. Baltzell
Shumaker
state supreme court
Baltzell
Monda Shumaker
Arthur L. Gilham
Indiana Anti-Saloon league
William Reasoner
Travis and
Willoughby
Henry Lane Wilson
Sen
James E. Watson
Woman Charged With Poisoning Of Wer Husband
Poplar Bluff Missouri Mrs Nora Edwards 37 year old wife of J W Edwards a paper hanger was at liberty under 2000 bond awaiting trial on charges of poisoning him with arsenic Edwards third husband of the accused is in a St Louis hospital for tests to determine illness After a preliminary hearing before Judge W C McPheeters family members testified arsenic was found in the home and she allegedly spoke of Edwards deaths
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United Press
Poplar Bluff
Nora Edwards
J. W. Edwards
liberty
Edwards
St. Louis
Talk Marathon Moves Closer To Broadway Lights
The talking marathon will move today from the 71st regiment armory toward Broadway to avoid financial disaster. Promoter Milton D Crandall will award 1000 dollars to the best talker with a truck transporting taflers and Betty Wilson, a swimmer, and Howard Williams, a human fiv, among the readers, as contestants focus on the final rounds.
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New York
Milton D. Crandall
71st regiment armory
Broadway
Betty Wilson
Howard Williams
Kohler Inauguration Reception Planned in Madison
A two phase inaugural ceremony to install five state officers January 7 was announced. Governor elect Kohler will take oath at noon, then hosts a series of receptions. The event includes officials Kohler Huber Dammann Reynolds Levitan and highlighted attendants. Governor elect arrives by special train escorted by National Guard bands and drum corps. Justice Rosenberry will administer the oath in the presence of other justices.
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Madison
Nicholas M. Schantz
Walter J. Kohler
Henry Huber
Theodore Dammann
John W. Reynolds
Solomon Levitan
Kohler
dfe
Company G 128th Infantry
Wisconsin National Guard
Sheboygan High School
Plymouth
Sheboygan Falls
Marvin B. Rosenberry
Ralph Immell
Wiliam R. Bagley
A. G. Schmedeman
J. P. Janett
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Rosenberry
F. J. Ploodgood
A. Parker Curtiss
Free B. Zimmerman
FE. A. Pirge
Huber
Henry Meigs
Dammann
No Paper Tuesday at The Sheboygan Press
The Sheboygan Press will not publish on Tuesday January 1 1929 as a holiday custom. Employees are allowed to enjoy the holiday.
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Sheboygan Press
Governor Hears Plea as Wright Challenges Ouster
Sheriff Lyall Wright of Juneau County, facing ouster proceedings, pleads for a governor led investigation and potential grand jury action. He withdraws a resignation telegram and plans affidavits while awaiting a Madison conference with Governor Zimmerman and federal officials.
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Wright
Juneau County
Mauston
Wis
Zimmerman
Sherif Lyall Wright
Juneau
county
Madison
Clinton GC. Price
Mauston Star
Clinton Price
Chicago
Miorda
Cuba
Price
ren
Sheriff Wright
Marison
U. S
Stanley Ryan
Sheril Wright
sherff
Flame-Darkened Axe Head Key in Farm House Fire Mystery
In Gastonia North Carolina a burned farmhouse yielded a flame-darkened axe head after five family members including J W Vanderberg 68 his wife two daughters Pauline 18 Louise 20 and son Robert 12 were found dead. Suspect Jacob Vanderberg 17 fled with a suitcase and shotgun as coroner probes whether deaths were fire caused or murder.
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United Press
Gastonia
N. C
J. W. Vanderberg
Jacob Vanderberg
Young Vanderberg
Pauline
State College for Women
Louise
Jacob
Robert
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