21 Nov 1925
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Newspaper
Waukesha Daily Freeman
Location
Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1925
Page
1
Police investigated a late night crash around 11:40 pm where an unidentified cyclist died. The coroner later found pills in the victim's pockets, with a note tying the case to Joseph Uskow of North Milwaukee.
Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Stephenson starts a prison term in Michigan City Indiana after his 1950 conviction. He walked into the 112 Prison yard smiling as officials noted his calm demeanor and lack of visible remorse during the transfer to the penitentiary.
Two men, Josuph Tivey cand and Glabe Madison, were injured with minor cuts when an improvised airlift they planned collapsed in a wooded area. They were declared to be out of danger and receiving minor treatment at the scene.
Report from Winchester states three men were involved when M G was shot on a Louisville and Nashville passenger train near Craesy. One man Loveless of Hazhtily A fired a matol into a crowd. he was overpowered and taken to a fall hospital. Another, Randy of Waren Pay, suffered a duller in the spine with injuries described as serious.
Today identified two victims as Edward J. Tyrie of Philadelphia and Fred TL. Warden of Detroit after a car skidded and plunged from a deck into the river. Both men were killed in the incident last night.
The Admiralty disclosed a report on the picamier Vidtar at Stockholm and the Victar disaster. Officials said the full inquiry points to a collision with a steamer, confirming a similar fate as S31.
Milwauker Fire Department rushed to a blaze at Vic Builders on Milawak er Street two doors away. Firefighters extinguished the fire quickly with little damage reported. A separate item notes a man vowing to whip a child as punishment amid allegations of family conflict and an investigation into forged checks by a firm girl.
Community notes recount a Thursday gathering for John Morris Sr's birthday with numerous local couples and friends. The item lists attendees, games, booths at a Winter Carnival, and multiple social events across Point Ville Meadow Brook and neighboring villages, with reference to school meetings, church programs, and travel.
Fragmentary ad copy offers accident insurance through Farmore Bank with a local agent MM Walter to call. The garbled text implies age prompts and a preface about learning about the Boston Mutual company and contact details are incomplete.
Forecast mentions a period of rain or snow across the Great Lakes region from November 24 to 2R with higher chances toward the weekend. Temperatures stay generally moderate to cool, with a colder belt in the early and late parts of the week and a brief warm spell at the start.
Washington rejected Romania’s plan to fund its 16 million dollar wartime debt to the United States. Officials floated a more lenient counterproposal, but the talks at the Washington meeting of the War Loan commissions did not yield an accord.
Joe Cross, manager of the employment bureau, says there is ware work in the north woods with about 490 jobs open in timber camps. Wages range from 250 to 40 dollars monthly. Pulp and tie work are also very active, and demand is rising for new jobs as forest activities expand.
Fragmentary OCR shows garbled quotes and stray words including grocer terms and names. Readable parts hint at a public exchange or notice but content is too damaged to derive a clear event, person, or place.
James Daniel Seok, 23, arrested last night on five charges including assault and robbery with a belt as a makeshift noose, hanged himself in his Meewaukre police station cell. A fellow prisoner reported seeing him hang himself after alarm, patrolman Louis Pranice discovered the body.
A columnist recalls several bridge hands from a New York card club illustrating common bidding errors. Examples include mis-evaluated hands, overreliance on preempts, doublings that backfire, and poor contract choices. Readers are invited to analyze each hand and compare notes with forthcoming analysis.
A late 19th century bridge problem details a four spades contract after complex bidding. It analyzes opening leads and subsequent plays involving hearts, diamonds, and spades to maximize five trump tricks for one hand, noting risks of early heart or spade departures and advising careful, precise play.
The annual Red Cross report details disaster relief in 1925 from fires to earthquakes, noting 61 domestic operations and $3 million in national aid. It highlights the Santa Barbara quake, tornadoes in the Midwest, and the Navy Shenandoah wreck response, plus the 9th roll call to begin November 11, 1925.
A crowded Sunday schedule lists services at First Presbyterian along South and Martin streets with 9:30 Sunday school 10:44 preaching by Rev Magic Owen and 6:45 Young People's meeting. Also notes 7:40 6:30 evening services and a special communion and choral events across several churches in the area.
Firemen were injured while sealing a ladder line as sparks from an electric motor ignited a highly inflammable section at the Milwaukee Tallow and Grease plant. The blaze, costing about 6000 dollars, threatened nearby buildings and prompted rapid city fire apparatus response.
Masons of the Rhine lander Croidena and Antigo jurkulic fiongs met here and organized a new lodge. Its object is to give assistance for the ease of the senth as any member, to be raised by a special assessment overseen by O C Bardwell.
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