Wisconsin Express Rates Cut by State Commission
Madison May 21 Wisconsin Railroad Commission ordered express rate reductions averaging about 20 percent in the Milwaukee Merchants and Manufacturers Association case. New basing scales and graduated steps raise 100‑pound rates little while markedly reducing charges on smaller shipments, affecting Milwaukee to Janesville and Green Bay routes.
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Bridgman
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Railroad commission
yuwaukee Merchants and Mannufacyes association
Wisconsin
omii
interstate commerce emivision
Wisconsin commission
national commission
interstate commerce commisson
new
inter‘ae commerce commission
interstate commerce commission
commission
Milwaukee
Janesville
Green Bay
Merchants and Manufacturers’ association
Walter Drew
W. E Hurlbut
Winnebago
May Have Fighting Chance for Walker Case
Macon May 21 B Sanders Ralker a young banker who swallowed a mercury compound. Several days ago a mistake, tonight he showed sense of improvement and doctors now believe he has more than a fighting chance. Walker, the young wife of the patient, was cheered when the verdict of a healing consultation was announced amid speculation about her husband’s condition.
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Macon
Sanders Ralker
ralker
Walker
Double grief as she claims responsibility for tablets in box
The woman insisted she was responsible for mercury tablets found in a box that had contained aspirin. Hundreds of friends visited the Walker home while the banker, seen by nearly everyone, stayed in bed all day.
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Walker
Wilson Seeks Mild Tone In Japanese Question Speech
President Wilson spoke with Representative Sisson at the White House. Sisson informed the House of plans to address the Japanese question on Friday. He had delivered one war speech before and promised this discussion would be mild.
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Washington
Wilson
Sisson
Mississippi
White House
house
EXTRA STEALS DIAMOND RING AT NOON SHOPPING DASH
A man entered E H Rummele jewelry on North Bheight street around noon asking to see brooches then diamond rings. After viewing a tray he left without buying but a diamond ring worth 75 dollars vanished. Police have a description: about 5'6", slender, clean shaven, soft hat, cravenette coat. Miss Stenger watched the stranger throughout.
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E. H. Rummele
North BHighth street
Yale Manufacturing & Sales Co assigns in bankruptcy
The Yale Manufacturing and Sales Co of Oostburg Wisconsin filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Milwaukee in the U S court. Assets are said to equal liabilities. The firm was sued in the circuit court here with a judgment for Turner Manufacturing Co. Referee Prescott will handle the matter and a trustee will be named soon.
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Yale Manufacturing & Sales Co
Oostburg
Wis
Milwaukee
United States
Yale Manufacturing Co
Turner Manuufacturing Co
Prescott
Kirby Receives $10,000 Check For Labor Stand
Detroit May 21 John Kirby Jr retired president of the National Manufacturers Association was presented with a $10,000 check by convention delegates. A resolution commended his fearless battle against militant labor unionism and praised his efficiency.
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Detroit
Mich
John Kirsby, Jr
Dayton
National Manufacturer’s Association
Kirby
Civic Pride Ushers in a City Beautiful Plan for Sheboygan
Civic pride requires united effort to lay out streets and remove encroachments. The piece praises beautiful thoroughfares in Sheboygan and calls for stringent regulations and cooperation among citizens, city officials, architects, and engineers to build a lasting city beauty, free of personal gain.
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Sheboygan
united army
board of publc works
R. H. Conway
British Columbia
Fond du Lac and Oshkosh offer free State Fair site
A joint Fond du Lac Oshkosh committee offers three Fox River Valley sites near Vandyne to the state for the Wisconsin State Fair at no cost. Average site value is about 40 060 dollars. Proposed grounds would be within twelve minutes of Fond du Lac and twenty minutes from Oshkosh.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Fox River Valley
Oshkosh
Vandyne
Weather Forecast: Showers This Afternoon Then Clearing
The forecast calls for showers this afternoon with generally fair skies tonight and Thursday. Temperatures are expected to remain mild with improving conditions into the end of the week. Local radar shows scattered showers moving east of the area by evening.
City Assessor urged to value property at full value
City of Sheboygan officials receive guidance from the Wisconsin Tax Commission stressing full value assessments for real estate and true cash value for personal property. The letter warns that underassessing risks reassessment or prosecution and notes that fair, uniform taxation depends on accurate valuations.
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Knocke
Wisconsin Tax Commission
Sheboygan
the
Tax Commission
OHara Exonerated by Senate Inquiry Panel
Springfield May 21 Lieut Gov O Hara was exonerated from blame by the committee which investigated charges of immorality against him in the report to the Illinois Senate today. Miss Maud Robinson whose affidavit about a Chicago meeting led to the charges and Samuel Davis of Springfield were charged in the same report with attempting to obstruct the work of the Senate vice commission.
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Springfield
O’Hara
Ilinois Senate
Maud Robinson
Chicago
Samuel Davis
Senate Vice commission
Swindlers Arrested In Wisconsin Begging Scheme
Officer Gottsacker seized a woman using the alias Mrs John Fourney and her male companion after a Wisconsin city visit. The pair, both Finns, registered as Mr and Mrs John Kessemin, posed as relatives of a poverty‑stricken widow, while the woman used a handwritten appeal to solicit funds. About $17000 was found on the man, and the pair were identified with a rooming house stay the night before.
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Gottsacker
John Fourney
John Kessernin
Chicago
John Kessemin
Eighth street
Mrs. Fourney
Lieut
Backhausen
Wisconsin
Mexican congress approves $100 million loan
Mexico City May 21 The Mexican congress early today gave its sanction to an agreement for a loan of 100 million dollars at 6 percent interest. The loan will run ten years and is guaranteed by 38 percent of the customs receipts. The Mexican National Bank is named as the representative of the bankers in the supervision for the disbursements.
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congress
Mexican National bank
Milwaukee man commits suicide in Canal Avenue toilet
Mr Charles Kraatz formerly in the saloon business cut his throat with a razor in a toilet room at 494 Canal avenue Milwaukee Sunday evening His body was found by a policeman and moved to a morgue He was about 55 and had lived away eight years He left a separated wife and his remains will be brought back for funeral arrangements with pallbearers from the Germania Society and burial at Wildwood cemetery.
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Kraatz
Frederick
Germania Society
Wildwood cemetery
Neenah Pupils Write We Should Worry Sentence
In Neenah Wisconsin on May 21 a local teacher asked pupils to craft a sentence using the word shovid. After checking the class, every student produced the sentence We should worry.
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Neenah
Neenah, Wis
Pioneer dies in Racine after long county residence
Racine Wis May 21 R E Rollands aged 92 who lived in Racine county since 1848 died that night at his Mt Pleasant home He was well known in early political life.
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Associated Press
Racine, Wis
R. E. Rollands
Racine county
Mt. Pleasant
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