28 Jan 1925
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Newspaper
Sheboygan Press
Location
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1925
Page
1
An unclear OCR fragment mentions cotton, rail hubs, and fairground shows with figures like 0,900,000 and references to showmen. The text is garbled but signals coverage of a regional fair or exposition and related infrastructure.
In a rural scene a shooting ties brothers Thomas and Howard Moore to a fatal event at a Moore farm. The trial builds around motives and family ties with Hilda and Jess cited in the investigation as officers seek the truth behind the deadly interaction.
Madison January 28 judge Ole Stolen denounces all night parties at University of Wisconsin fraternities amid tales from town girls in juvenile court. He links drinking and immorality to a broader menace in Madison youth, warning prisons may overflow if offenders are sent up. University officials acknowledge concerns but note vacations leave houses idle with parties rare among students.
A fast moving fire on the Bay Grain elevator in Milwaukee destroyed the ten story structure after starting near the top floor. Estimated losses reach 250000 with over 250000 bushels of grain burned. Firefighters focused on protecting the nearby Ladish mill to prevent spread.
James R. Hughes aged 40 was killed when his caboose collided with a freight train in Chicago. Fellow brakemen Lloyd Hughes and James Arey were injured in the crash reported by United Press.
The Wisconsin assembly concurred in the Titus resolution requiring the state printing board to list all commissions and expenditures in the 1925 Blue Book. The session included proposals to raise legislator pay, eight hour day for public buildings work, and several county and judicial reforms.
Rev. Paul Grosshnech, son of the late Rev J. M. Grosshnech, has accepted the call to succeed Rev. W Horstmeier as pastor of Zion Reformed Church in St Paul. He will begin duties in May after completing obligations in St Paul and Macalester College where he taught. He is described as highly qualified and will bring German and English scholarship to the role.
Premier Herriot told the chamber France does not intend to repudiate its debts but seeks appeal to allied solidarity. Louis Dubois, head of the reparations commission, said France will pay and that inter allied debts and reparations are the same problem.
A blaze at the Basque Furniture building in Crandon Wisconsin caused about 20000 dollars in damage. Fire officials said the origin was defective wiring and the two story brick structure was destroyed. Firefighters prevented spread to adjacent properties. The alarm was raised shortly after 9 p.m. by Jack Basque who resided on the second floor of the building. A wall collapse damaged the Pohlman banner shop and its roof.
Survivors from Port Alexandre in West Africa tell of a disaster that washed their island from the sea. Rescuers sketch a theory the quake hurled the land up and dropped it intact elsewhere with few survivors.
Madison January 28 United Press report notes the senate judiciary committee approved bills to create a second Dane Sauk district circuit court and abolish the senior judge post. The measures align with the November judicial amendment. Senator Staudenmayer’s Columbia county inclusion bill will be taken up next week.
Reports circulated that Sun Yat Sen had died but bullets issued today by German and American physicians say he was alive at midnight though in critical condition. Sun Yat Sen, former Canton government head, had undergone liver cancer surgery. Dispatches carried by press associations other than United Press carried the death report. Shanghai was the source of the corrected reports from a Japanese agency.
The novel So Big by Edna Ferber will begin serialization in The Press on Friday January 30. The work, praised as a landmark American novel of 1924, marks Ferber’s continued impact on contemporary literature.
World demand drives Chicago May wheat above $2 per bushel with wild pit scenes as buyers from Russia Bulgaria and other nations enter the market. St Louis Winnipeg and Minneapolis exchanges report record prices while co operatives claim farmers gain from new market conditions.
In open Senate session Atty. Gen. Stone says new evidence shows an effort to defraud the United States of public lands and minerals. He assigns Atty. Donovan to lead the case as a special grand jury begins hearings against Wheeler starting Monday in Washington.
President Coolidge was told by Chairman Snell that the proposed federal cooperative marketing board to supervise farm commodity distribution faces little chance of enactment in the remaining 30 days of Congress. He noted calendar bills and numerous other measures will fill the session, despite one approved commission proposal for a freight-rate inquiry. The board would cost 500000 in its first year and act as a marketing information clearinghouse and audit body for cooperatives with appointments by the president and key agriculture and commerce secretaries.
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