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06 Nov 1925
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Newspaper
Sheboygan Press
Location
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1925
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text mentions individuals and organizations in a muddled way, with no clear event, date, or outcome to define a cohesive news item.
Vague garbled text mentions hair and fruit with phrases about returns and daylong activity. No clear event, people, or organizations are identifiable from the readable fragment.
A national bloc led by the mercy murder prohibitionists reports gains for federal prohibition. They cite a drop in alcohol consumption and call for continued enforcement, warning of anti dry demonstrations and efforts to repeal state dry laws.
A fragment describes Miller and leaders like Jesse Smith and John P. King connected to pigments sales worth over 400000 dollars. Smith is dead and King was not indicted, having testified before the grand jury. The text mentions German interests and Republican politicians in a broad corruption context.
A telephone operator notified the village marshal that wires to the switchboard she ran were cut, foiling a bank robbery in progress. Three men in an automobile cut lines and may have intended to loot the Citizens State Bank.
The House Ways and Means committee voted to retain corporate taxes while raising earned income threshold from 10 000 to 20 000 dollars. A plan to start surtaxes at 13 000 was rejected, with exemptions for one million filers and higher personal exemptions outlined for single and married taxpayers. The proposals aim to reduce overall tax burden by shifting rates and increasing dependents’ allowances.
Madison Wisconsin railroad commission refused the application of Sheboygan Pulls for a rate increase but approved a new schedule of lower rates. The commission found over three and a half years the electric plant valued at 520 000 plus netted an average return of 27 percent and that no increase is warranted. The new rates range from 12 0 to 7 cents per kilowatt hour.
An explosion at the Yam man Urb Mtg Co plant in Rochester New York injured seventeen workers, with two believed serious. Building damage and cause were not immediately known.
A Spa town blaze at Kemp residence in Ralston, Albany, New York, killed six of seven family members. The sole survivor, 16 year old Beatrice, was found outside as others lay overcome by smoke near an exit. Firefighters extinguished the flames.
State prohibition agents signed warrants for ten saloonkeepers in Sheboygan and vicinity on raids dated Oct 29. Seven warrants target Sheboygan license holders from those raids and one targets Ed Sohre of The Shell. Raids also led to two additional arrests. hearings set for 2 p.m. in municipal court with Ed Sohre to be heard in Judge Wolters court.
Reverend Paul Schaffel, former pastor of the Catholic church at Waupun, is named pastor of St Clement's in Sheboygan succeeding Reverend Francis Murphy who moves to Madison to lead St Raphael's. Schaffel, who emigrated from Russia, later studied Catholicism, converted from Judaism, trained at St Francis seminary, and served as an instructor before serving in Waupun and gaining a reputation for prison outreach.
In Miami Florida thirteen prisoners smashed through the roof of the Dade county jail during a dawn escape. They tore away roof coverings and climbed down a scaffold to freedom, following a prior breakout in which two inmates died in clashes with the sheriff and police.
Fair tonight and likely Saturday with minimal temperature shift. Also notes the birthday anniversaries of Ignace Jan Paderewski the pianist and John Philip Sousa the bandmaster and composer. United States recognized Panama's independence on November 6 1903.
Detroit reports a 7-year-old boy, Peter Safoni, shot his 9-year-old sister Mary after a quarrel over a doll. He said she called him a monkey and he used their father's revolver to fire at her head. Doctors hold cautious hope for her recovery.
A passenger train on the Florida East Coast line collided head on with a freight train one mile south of Indrio, Fort Pierce, badly damaging engines and front cars of both trains. The incident involved United Frese reporting from Florida.
In Colorado a jury of 18 is to try Dr Harald Blazer for murdering his mentally impaired daughter Hazel Ingrit Blazer. The trial explores mercy versus murder as witnesses and experts weigh whether taking life to ease suffering is justified.
The fourth quarterly meeting of the Sheboygan County union of the American Variety of Equity will be held at the Association of Commerce hall Plymouth in the State Bank Building on Saturday November 7 1828 at 10:00 am. Delegates will be elected for the data convention and other business will be conducted. George A Nelson president of the Wisconsin State union will address Equity Affairs and Cooperation. All members and farmers are urged to attend.
Roberta King wife of Congressman Edward J. King dies suddenly at home in Galesburg in the early hours. Heart disease is given as the cause. She had attended a District Association meeting earlier in the day and became ill after waking with a heart attack.
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