Incomplete OCR article records a local appeal hearing
Fragmentary text shows a person paired with an appeal, mentions poking out objects and an early win event. Strong entities not clear due to garbled OCR.
11 Mar 1913
Page 1
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Newspaper
Sheboygan Press
Location
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1913
Page
1
Fragmentary text shows a person paired with an appeal, mentions poking out objects and an early win event. Strong entities not clear due to garbled OCR.
The piece compares Racine efforts to buy its waterworks with a past Sheboygan struggle led by Mayor Dieckmann and opposition from the American Water Works & Guarant e Co of Pittsburgh. Alderman Fred S. Morris public letters are criticized for omitting key facts about rates, standpipe loss, and water quality, while praising local push for municipal ownership and cheaper, safer water.
Captain Henry Troy of the fishing tug Fearless narrowly escaped death after being pulled from icy Lake Michigan waters. The tug had been recovering nets when a grapple line jerked him overboard. the crew hoisted him back aboard after two minutes submerged, revived by rapid artificial respiration and draining of water. His watch read 2:00, and he later wore a dry outfit as the crew tended to frostbitten hands and injuries.
Associated Press dispatch from Masherville Illinois reports Rose Havens aged forty five died after thirty four days of continuous sleep. The report notes a prior episode fourteen years earlier when she slept one hundred twenty one days.
A brief weather note suggests possible rain or snow with a warmer temperature trend. The fragment references unsettled conditions and a mild warming pattern, signaling caution for outdoor plans.
U S Inspector Bates nabbed Frank Vick at Seneca I during a complex mail fraud scheme tied to Austrian suspects Anton Fabec Frank Vicic and Anton Samse. The plot involved forged identities stolen money orders totaling 200.01 and a doctored shipment via registered mail. Vick faces federal charges for robbing the mails. Krohscheck is cleared. Fabec’s circle implicated through bank and post office records.
Chief of Police Henry Dehne received a telegram from Captain John J. Halpin notifying that Adolph Finch was killed by a Northwestern train at Norwood Park. The message asked to locate Finch’s son and daughter in the city, but local and county efforts found no such relatives.
Associated Press reports in Mexico City on March 11 that charges in the Chamber of Deputies accuse an American syndicate of financially supporting the revolt led by former Governor Maytorena of Sonora, creating a national sensation.
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