Milwaulkee Hotelier Buys Milwaukie Schandein Residence
Fred L Herwig owner of the Hotel Davidson and Fountain Inn Milwaukie has purchased the Schandein homestead in Milwaukie for about 1000. The four story brick home built twenty five years ago cost 490000 and sits on a block bounded by Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth streets Grand avenue and Wells street. Herwig plans to remodel it into a family hotel though no specific improvements are yet decided. He is a prominent Milwaukee hotel man and the community wishes him success in his new venture.
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Fred L Herwig
Fountain Inn
Misaukee
nsety
Schandein
Milwaikee
Twentyfourth
Twenty-fifth streets
Grand avenue
Wells street
Schandem
Herwig
Milwaukee
Davidson Hotel
northwest
Sheboygan
Cox letter from 1913 flood relief appeal in Sheboygan
James M Cox writes to William A Pfister of the Business Men's Association thanking for a May 22 relief draft of 9000 to aid flood victims in Ohio cities struck by the disaster. He lists affected areas including Sheboygan, gives response on distributing funds, and notes ongoing need for aid to tens of thousands displaced.
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Presidt Willian A Pfister
osness Men's Association
Gomer James M Cox
Columbus
Ohio
Pfister
Suborgan
Sheboygan
am suite
Daston
Marietta
Hamiton
Tore fom
aining
James M. Cox
Pfister seeks donor designations by phone or letter for relief fund
The letter proposes how money may be sent and states it will be held awaiting donor instructions. Funds could be retained for future use in a stricken city or forwarded to relief committees in the Ohio district as directed.
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Pfister
Ohio
Refined Sugar Prices Cut 11k Per Hundred Pounds
Associated Press reports in New York on May 19 that all grades of refined sugar were reduced by 11k per hundred pounds today.
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Associated Press
New York
Burt Dies At 64 Former Union Pacific President
George G. Burt, former president of the Union Pacific Railway, died today in Chicago at age 64. The Associated Press reports the longtime railroad executive passed away on May 19.
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Chicago
George G. Burt
Union Pacific Railway
Aunt of Wilson Dies at 81 in Denver
Mrs. John Woodrow, aunt of President Wilson, died today in Denver at age 81. She was previously identified in Associated Press dispatches as an eminent figure related to the Wilson family.
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Denver
John Woodrow
Wilson
Mexican Delegation Seeks Diaz Return to Presidency
Veronna May 19. The Mexican delegation here urged General Porfirio Diaz to return to Mexico and resume the presidency of the Mexican government.
Mystery grows over Waukegan man’s hotel suicide in Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac Wisconsin May 19 Mystery surrounding the identity of the man who shot himself to death in the Erving hotel deepens The death by own action was supposed to be Frank T Baum of Waukegan Illinois Mrs Baum now here says the body is not that of her husband Mrs J F Wood and Mrs Louis Glassnap sisters of Baum say the body is that of her brother Meanwhile Frank Y Baum’s parents of Cascade Wisconsin have been summoned and it is expected their verdict will solve the puzzle
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Erving
Frank T. Baum
Waukegan
Sil
Baum
J. F. Wood
Louis Glassnap
Frank Y. Baum
Cascade, Wis
Happy Jack Mulraney Dies in Sing Sing Execution
John Mulraney known as Happy Jack was electrocuted at Sing Sing for the 1911 murder of Patrick McGreen Paddy the priest a saloon keeper. He claimed death as a martyr despite repudiating his confession and noted a refused trial. He bade inmates a cheerful farewell as Charles Becker replied from the death cells.
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New York
John Mulraney
Happy Jack
Sing Sing
Patrick McGreen
Mulraney
Charles Becker
Rosenthal
Soldier John H Schoneboom Dives In Gulf Of Mexico
Herman Schoneboom of 1202 Alabama avenue received a telegram from Galveston announcing that his son John H Schoneboom private in Company L Seventh Infantry was drowned in the Gulf of Mexico last night. Remains shipping at government expense may be arranged with Captain T d Carr. Funeral planned Tuesday with firing squad and volley at the cemetery. John H Schoneboom, 36, had lived here before enlisting in Milwaukee and serving at government barracks. Is II D Hanchett Co to take charge of the body.
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Herman Schoneboom
Alabama avenue
Galveston
Tex
Ins
John H. Schoneboom
Seventh Infantry
Gulf of Mexico
T. d. Carr
Milwaukee
government barracks
Mexico
Is. D. Hanchett Co
Doctor killed by train near Campbellsport Fond du Lac Wis
Dr M A T A Toffman age 34 and son of pioneer Dr P A Toffman was killed when his auto was struck by a southbound train at the G N W crossing north of Campbellsport. His six year old daughter Paula died later from injuries. The accident occurred after 2 pm at the Sehmidt crossing. The doctor, born in Campbellsport, practiced with his father and served as physician for the North Western. He leaves a wife Jennie Klotz and four children. Funeral is set for St Matthews church in Campbellsport.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
M. A. T. A. Toffman
P. A. Toffman
Wisconsin
Paula
Sehmidt
Feller crossing
Campbellsport
Dr . A. Hoffman
Hoffman
Gillboy & Senn
itas
Calvery
Calvery college
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Milwaukee
North Western
Sheboygan county
Parnell
Beechwood
St. Nicholas hospital
Sheboygan
Jennie Klotz
St. Matthews church
Father July
Hoffmann
Fond
Secret vice report details New York prostitution scourge
An abstract of George J Kneeland’s forthcoming study, chaired by John D Rockefeller Jr, estimates 1500 women in one Manhattan borough are in commercialized vice. It highlights dance halls and massage parlors as key hubs, notes the vast extent of exploitation, and argues victims are often innocent girls misled by skilled predators.
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Associated Press
New York
Bureau of Social Hygiene
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
George J Kneeland
Manhattan
New York City
Rockefeller
America
Europe
Kneeland
Tragic Accident Shocks Campbellsport Community
Du Lac county and the village of Campbellsport are enveloped in gloom after yesterday’s shocking accident that removes one of the village’s best known residents.
Milwaukee Journal Motorcycle Tour Through Wisconsin
The Milwaukee Journal organized a three day motorcycle tour starting in Milwaukee at 7 am with 80 miles to Madison. Day two covers 116 miles from Madison to Appleton. Day three rides from Appleton back via Kiel Ada Howards Grove Millersville to Sheboygan for lunch, ending in Milwaukee at 7 10 pm after 322 miles total.
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The
Milwaukee Journal
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Madison
Appleton
Kiel
Ada
Howards Grove
Millersville
Sheborgan
Feeste
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