Fire Rages At Clever Bickle In Water Rate Fight
A large fire destroyed the Grotegut sto re complex and Stoltenberg general store in Cleveland, with losses estimated at 40000. Fire departments from Manitowoc, Millersville, Centerville and nearby towns fought back the blaze as water supply faltered. Much of the contents and several buildings were saved or moved, but pieces of the Grotegut property were lost. Twenty horses were saved from the livery stable as volunteers battled the flames.
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Grotegutee
William Grotegut
Adolph Stoltenmerge
Cleveland
Pal
Millers
Creyveland department
Grotegut
Cleveland State bank
Omsted Motor company
Thieman-Erdman Ford garage
Stoltenberg
Groteput
Chicago and North Western
Ford
Sheboygan Press
Stoltenberg general store
Manitowoc
Mooney Case Nears Climax in San Francisco
A long history of labor and political conflict surrounds the Mooney case in San Francisco. The narrative links Thomas orren Billings to labor agitation, dynamite possession arrest, and a wave of postearthquake prosecutions as industrial strife peaks in 1916 with a powerful push by business interests and legal factions.
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Billings
Brooklyn
ite
California
hohoed
St. Louis
San Francisco
Oakland
Wolsom penitentiary
Martin Swanson
Pacific Gas and Electric company
prass
Mraneisi
Aleney
Charles MM. Kickert
corporation
Kickert
Law and Order committee
Iowa Woman And Paramour Are Arraigned
Mrs Tilda Miner and her alleged paramour Albert Hartwig pleaded not guilty at arraignment before District Judge H C Ring on first degree murder charges in the death by poisoning of Edward Miner. Trials will be held separately. Hartwig seeks severance. Mrs Miner remains under hospital care at Mercy, recovering from poisoning.
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Anamosa
Tilda Miner
Albert Hartwig
H. C. Ring
Edward Miner
George Gorman
Hartwig
Rally for Dr Gordon at Eagles Hall debate
Rev. W Clyde Wilson urged First Presbyterian members to back Rev Dr Robert Gordon in Thursday night debate at Eagles Hall on Prohibition. Gordon faces Mr Broughton. speakers say the issue won’t settle the nation’s question but lawful observance of the constitution matters. Support urged for Dr Chardon.
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First Presbyterian church
W. Clyde Wilson
Robert Gordon
Eagles andi Lorium
Dre Gordon
Broughton
Hagle's
Dr. Chardon
Two Taken To Hospital After Highway 141 Crash
Harold Keller twenty from Port Washington sustained a skull fracture and severe cuts when his truck skidded into a telephone post on Highway 141 south of Sheboygan. Leonard Barber twenty two of Port Washington escaped serious injury with minor facial and arm gashes. Both men were hospitalized at St Nicholas hospital. Keller remained serious pending developments. Barber expected to return home soon. The wreck, blamed on slippery roadway conditions, occurred while returning to Port Washington from Manitowoc.
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Harold Keller
Port Washington
Highway 141
Leonard Barber
St. Nicholas hospital
Keller
Barker
Manitowoc
Steller
Smith Corporation of
Milwaukee
Motor Inn
Sheboygan
John Keller
Barber
Extra Guards Stationed at West Bend Jail
West Bend Wisconsin reports extra guards stationed at the county jail to prevent a possible storming as three married men, charged with attacking a 16 year old girl, are taken to court. The girl says the assault followed an abduction from a dance hall in Allentown. The hearing was set before Justice Charles Hayden. Local officials received mysterious phone warnings but no incident occurred. The alleged attack began at a dance hall on Highway 31 and continued in a grove after inviting the girl to lunch. The suspects then drove her toward Allen town, where she was forced to exit near a grove. Sheriff Holtebeck could not be reached for comment.
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West Bend
Wis
Charles Hayden
Allentown
Addison
Theodore Holtebeck
Morris Will Reveals 310000 Bequest to Yates Hospital
Berlin Wisconsin probate today disclosed the will of Charles F Morris late a Berlin businessman. The document leaves 310000 to Yates Memorial Hospital and lists other bequests and executors.
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Berlin
Wis
Charles 8. Morris
Yates Memorial hospital
Manitowoc Board of Education Win Upheld by Supreme Court
The Wisconsin supreme court held the Manitowoc board of education has complete power and control over the third ward school for elementary purposes. The common council has no power to intervene, and the ruling affirms Judge Voigt’s dissolution of a restraining order. The decision sustains the board’s authority without requiring council referral.
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Madison
Wis
Manitowoc
supreme court
board of education
common council
Edward Voigt
Manitowoc county
third ward
local board of vocational education
board of vocational education
Justice Rosenberry
Willys Nomination Sent To Senate
President Hoover sent to the senate the nomination of John N. Willys of Toledo Ohio an automobile manufacturer to be United States ambassador to Poland succeeding Alexander P. Moore the Pittsburgh publisher who died recently.
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Washington
Hoover
senate
John N. Willys
Toledo
Ohio
United States
Poland
Alexander P. Moore
Pittsburgh
Defer Action On Nye Resolution On Farm Board Inquiry
The senate agriculture committee deferred action on Senator Nye's resolution seeking an investigation of Federal Farm Board activities at Secretary Hyde's request. Chairman McNary indicated Hyde and Legge of the board would likely be questioned before any action. The measure questions the board's interpretation of the agricultural marketing act and alleged grain trade schemes to undermine the act and the board.
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Washington
Hyde
senate agriculture committee
Nye
republican
North Dakota
federal farm board
McNary
Legge
grain trade of America
farm board
Clinton Price Trial Opens In Federal Court
Clinton Price, former assemblyman and suspended Juneau County district attorney, pleads not guilty in Madison federal court to two conspiracies to violate prohibition laws. U S District Attorney Stanley Ryan presents the case as co conspirators Engers and Scholtz plead guilty to illegal possession of a sawed off. Judge Wham denies separate pleas for two counts.
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Madison
Wis
Clinton G. Price
Juneau county
Stanley M. Ryan
U. S
price
Vail Hill
F. L. Wham
Albert Engers
J. G. Scholtz
Clinton Price
Stanley Ryan
United States
Alder man Birkle backs water rate stance in Sheboygan
At a common council meeting Alder man William Birkle of the Seventh Ward announced support for keeping water rates, arguing rates are already the lowest among comparable Wisconsin cities and that a 100 percent metering plan will be needed after the filtration plant. He noted the plant costs about 430000 with current payments totaling 106626.21 and projected year end earnings near 100000 plus 20000 depreciation, shaping the funding path for the project.
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William Birkle
Seventh Ward
city of
Sheboygan
common council
Wisconsin
Birkle
Schuelke
Asylums vs Colleges Cited By Psychiatrist in Prohibition Debate
Dr Stewart Paton Baltimore psychiatrist tells House Judiciary Committee that many insane asylums hold more people than colleges and universities and that total abstainers may have secret vices. He calls prohibition shock a national issue and comments on dry advocates as fanatics. Liggett urges Sabath repeal plan with state conventions.
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Washington
Johns Hopkins university
Stewart Paton
house judiciary committee
Paton
Baltimore
Prohibition Critic Reasserts Kansas Laxity Charges
Walter Liggett magazine writer reiterates and amplifies accusations of lax enforcement in Kansas in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee. The missive comes as the committee nears final day of arguments on repeal or modification of the dry law and replies to Kansas Attorney General Smith.
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United Press
Washington
U. P
Walter IL. Liggett
Kansas
House Judiciary
Graham
committee on
Smith
Creamery Fined For Underweight Butter In Appleton
The Mid west Creamery Company of Plymouth was fined 25 dollars and costs by Judge Theodore Berg after being found guilty of selling underweight butter in Appleton and Little Chute. State food inspector George D. Gilman reported the case.
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Appleton
Wis
Midwest Creamery company
Plymouth
Theodore Berg
Little Chute
George D. Gilman
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helaw
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Ton Tate
ard
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cht
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Mooney
Orie
MAK STICHN
NEA
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Mouney
Bullings
world union
Chicago
TOMS
Iowa
DR. GORDON
DMBATH
Willys
Financial Review
the
Sheboygan Dry Goods company
Baby Grand Twins
Sheboygan Roofing Co
Keil Oil Co
Melody Man
Sen. Nye
Alderman
Liggett
Rep. Linthicum
Dem
PAUL R. MALLON
Creamery
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