13 Feb 1925
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Newspaper
Sheboygan Press
Location
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1925
Page
1
The University of Wisconsin will present a Saturday performance featuring a lively program of songs and instrumental pieces. The event at the auditorium, organized by local groups, aims to draw crowds despite ongoing funding and venue concerns.
In Kentucky at Sand Cave, Floyd Collins remains trapped as rescue efforts attempt a short cut to his rock prison. Officials report 70 feet to surface with shifting ground and delays from worst material, while militia and experts aid amid public hoaxes and court inquiries.
Fragmentary text describes a press note about James Hickey 42 involved with a contracting house and an alleged gang incident with injuries and arrests on the west side. Details are garbled and unclear.
Jess Margaret DeVille 62 prominent in Sheboygan business and social circles died at her home 919 N Sixth St. She was born December 2 1862 in Sheboygan and helped run the DeVille millinery shop with her sister Pauline for 37 years until 1923. Survivors include sister Pauline four nieces and two nephews. Funeral at St Clement's Church Monday at 9 am, interment North Side Catholic Cemetery.
Francisco Cascade was executed at San Quentin Prison for the November 29 1923 murder of Traffic Officer Oscar Longfellow in Los Angeles County. The sentence was carried out today under U.S. press coverage.
United Press reports tense digging at Land Cave Kentucky as workers probe a crevice believed to hold Flood Collins living tomb. Hope rises and falls. authorities, Red Cross and doctors stand by while rescue scrambles resume after a blank wall trap.
Chicago trading opened with May wheat up about six and a half cents on fears of weak foreign crops. First prices stood at $1.543 a bushel. In Winnipeg May wheat rose five to seven cents to around $1.95 to $1.97 before edging back to $1.94 after limited trading.
Geneva reports the International Opium Conference has rejected the American plan to suppress heroin production. It adopted a clause requiring medical prescriptions for purchases.
John Kammerer a 47 year old Bavarian waiter was executed for killing Mr and Mrs Otto Eder and their two children at their Villa Park home over a $12 debt. The drop eight feet condemned him at 10 53 local time after a witness parade. He confessed after fleeing to Chicago.
A citizens editorial urges condemnation of the Second ward Lincoln and Union schools after two fires in two months. It compares risks to past disasters and calls for a city-wide referendum and swift construction of a new fireproof building to protect children.
Citizens are urged to vote on a city issue with instructions to mail or bring the ballot to the press office. Parents and all interested residents are asked to participate promptly and encourage others to vote.
United Press reports the Wisconsin Senate Judiciary committee favorably acted on Senator Harry Sauthoff's bill to allow the university regents to create a non profit holding company to fund a field house. Receipts from athletic events would cover construction costs.
Mise Exima Speckmann sister of Adolph Speckmann, 1229 St. Clair Avenue, broke her left hip after a fall on N Eighth Street near Thorsday. She was treated at Sheboygan State and moved to St Nicholas hospital. condition not serious. Theodore Otto of Batavia fell from a coal wagon injuring both upper jaws and the lower jaw. he was treated at Sheboygan clinic and transferred to St Nicholas hospital.
Madison is named 1926 convention city with John Findorf elected president to succeed George P. Hutter. Fond du Lac hosts the master builders thirteenth annual state convention as 400 delegates conclude three days of sessions tours to Kohler and Manitowoc plants.
A Wisconsin Senate measure to reduce blackmail and criminal assault risk was introduced by the Judiciary committee. It allows testimony by female complainants with corroboration, aiming to strengthen protection before verdict. The Senate also rejected Heck’s plan for an alternate Supreme Court justice and postponed other items.
Milwaukee man Victor Mikoulekso aged 21 courted Anna Sha dough 20 then shifted to Mary Hanson 69 at the same house. Hanson says he claimed a Greek custom required a $2000 dowry and she gave him $2509 before he vanished, facing police on charges of trickery.
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