Monoplane crosses Atlantic lands safely in Wales
The Friendship, a tri motor hydro airplane carrying Amelia Earhart and Louis Gordon, landed in the Bristol Channel estuary near Burry Port Wales after a 20 hour 49 minute flight from Trepassey Newfoundland. Crowds cheered as the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air touched down. The craft then braved mist and sea as it sought a landing site along the Welsh coast.
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Amelia Earhart
Atlantic Ocean
Wilmer Stultz
Louis Gordon
Friendship
Wales
Atlantic
America
Cobh
Ireland
the
Southampton
Associated Press
George Fried
Bristol channel
Newfoundland
lons
Llanelly
Swansea
Barryport
Racine Loses Bid to Challenge Gasoline Tax
Madison Wis The Wisconsin supreme court denied Racine’s petition to test the constitutionality of the state gasoline tax. The action sought to bring the case before the court before filing in lower courts.
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United Press
Madison
Wis
Racine
Wisconsin supreme court
Fond du Lac man dies en route to hospital
A Fond du Lac man, Mr. Treleven born March 4 1878, collapsed while driving to a city hospital. An ambulance took him to St Nicholas Hospital but he died before arrival. He was active in business and survived by his wife, a brother and a sister. He belonged to Elks Masonic Blue Lodge Knights Templars and the Shrine. Funeral services are planned for Tuesday afternoon.
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St. Nicholas hospital
Robert H. Kroos
Sheboygan Street
Fond du Lac
Treleven
Paralee Pinney
Harry Treleven
P. H. Whisnant
Milwaukee
the
Elks
Masonic Blue Lodge
Knights Templars
the Shrine
Heilberger Verdict Affirmed by State Supreme Court
The Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed a circuit court verdict in Sheboygan County ordering New Amsterdam Casualty to pay Elizabeth Heilberger Lueek 4560 for the death of her husband John Heilberger. He was killed December 1 1924 when struck by Sfred Ehler while riding a bicycle. The casualty company had refused payment claiming Ehler did not participate in the defense.
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Madison
state supreme court
Sheboygan county
New Amsterdam Casualty company
Elizabeth Heilberger Lueek
John Heilberger
Heilberger
Sfred Ehler
Ehler
casualty company
Lightning Strikes North Of City Hurts Family
A lightning bolt struck the Miller home on Grand Avenue north of Marwillet subdivision at 7 a m today. Mrs Miller and her three children ages six weeks to five years escaped injury as plaster showered the room and a small blaze appeared. The strike wrecked the interior, knocked off the chimney and shattered all windows. Two electric transformer offices were knocked out and north of North avenue suffered power and phone outages. Mrs Miller bruised her leg as she fetched water to douse the fire.
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Harry Miller
Grand avenue
Marwillet subdivision
North avenue
Miller
Couple At Wausau Are Found Dead
Bodies of Charles Morrison a 21 Weston Wis and Verna Tietz 19 Wausau were found near his home late Saturday afternoon by two boys Verna appears shot twice and Morrison once Sheriff Arthur Siewert investigates possible self inflicted death pact with Morrison seen as the shooter and the affair ending in tragedy (continued on Page 13).
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Wausau
Charles Morrison
Weston
Wis
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Verna Tietz
Arthur Siewert
Morrison
Kohler Announces Candidacy For Wisconsin Governor
Walter J Kohler declares he will run for governor of Wisconsin on the Republican ticket The 1928 statement follows remarks by Republican chair George Meredith and amid a three cornered GOP race with Zimmermann Beck and Ferris Kohler vows to serve and cites his civic and business leadership in Kohler village and beyond He emphasizes aviation farming and public welfare interests as part of his profile
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Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Kohler
Mr. Kohler
George S. Meredith
state republican committee
Walter Kohler
Zimmerman
Joseph D. Beck
Viroqua
John Ferris
Milwaukee
Wis
George Meredith
Kansas City
Hoover
Curtis
Washington
United States
Kohler company
regents
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Conference of Social Workers
Sheboygan
Kohler ‘Improvement
Keghlas
Waga Roparodt
Lindbergh
Mr. Wohler
John M. Kohler
Tyrol
Lilly Vollrath Kohler
Charlotte Schroeder
Kenosha
John
Walter Jr
Carl
Robert
Manitowoc Road Official Joseph Connell Dies at 63
Joseph Connell 63, longtime Manitowoc county highway commissioner and former income tax assessor, was found dead in bed Sunday from heart disease. He served as supervisor of assessments in 1910, became district assessor in 1912 for Manitowoc and Calumet counties, and resigned in 1920 to pursue other duties.
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Manitowoc
Joseph Connell
Manitowoc county
Calumet
Lindbergh Receives Honorary Wisconsin Degree
Charles A. Lindbergh, once dismissed for scholastic shortfalls, is awarded an honorary doctor of laws by the University of Wisconsin Madison. The aviator, national hero after his solo Atlantic flight, had earlier faced university dismissal in 1920 1922 but later earned the school’s lasting recognition.
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Lindbergh
Madison
Wis
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
University of Wisconsin
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Three County Deputies Hurt In Port Washington Crash
Three local deputy sheriffs were bruised and one suffered a fractured leg after a Chrysler sedan collided with a car returning from a driveway near Port Washington. Deputies Hansing Knopp and Juckem were taken for treatment. Hansing remains hospitalized with a compound ankle fracture. The other car’s driver was not identified. both vehicles were heavily damaged.
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Port Washington
Sheboygan
Milwaukee
Louis Hansing
Walter Knopp
Connie Juckem
Hansing
cabi
Northern Furniture company
Knopp
Jackem
Upper Falls road
Missouri Farm Land Inundated by Floods and Storms
In Missouri and adjacent regions, floods inundated about 100000 acres as the St. Francis river and crevasses threatened farms. Losses are estimated between 1.5 and 2 million dollars with 3000 workers aiding flood relief and attempts to save 25000 acres of protected land. No casualties reported in the levee defense.
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Kennett
St. Francis
Missouri
Bids for Highway 67 Opened Tuesday Morning
Bids for 0.2 miles of 20 foot concrete on Highway 57 from Plymouth north will be opened Tuesday morning at the county highway commissioner's office in the court house at Sheboygan. Advance information suggests many contractors from across the state and neighboring states will submit bids. Over the past two weeks representatives have been in Sheboygan county inspecting the stretch to be hard surfaced. This is Project 2808, the first construction work in the county board issued schedule.
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Plymouth
Sheboygan
Sheboygan county
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