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Mrs. Hannah Weasler won a silver-plated cowbell in a Campbellsport cow-calling contest. Second prize was 100 baby chicks for Joseph Stein, and third was a gallon of floor varnish for Louis C. Ebert. This untitled brief appears in the Wisconsin State News column.
Kewaskum Statesman · Apr 7, 1928
Open the original newspaper ↗Mrs. A. R. Selleck reportedly found a perfectly formed, ordinary egg inside a much larger egg, along with two additional yolks. The Janesville report challenged readers to beat the curiosity. The game headline follows the reported contents rather than the clipping’s confusing measurements.
Kewaskum Statesman · Jul 3, 1909
Open the original newspaper ↗Two rear sleeping cars jumped from the main track onto a siding near Split Rock station while the front of the train remained on the main line. The cars stayed upright. The report described a four-hour delay, no injuries, and passengers who slept through the mishap.
Kewaskum Statesman · Mar 2, 1901
Open the original newspaper ↗The paper claimed that a bookbindery boy grew whiskers on one cheek after ink and acid splashed there. It presented the accident as possible hope for bald men. The clipping is evidence of that published claim, not proof that the mixture was a hair treatment.
Kewaskum Statesman · May 7, 1898
Open the original newspaper ↗Reinhold Krause and Peter Caspar were absent when the jury returned in their cow-theft case. The judge handed the verdict back unread and discharged the jury. The paper said it was reportedly an acquittal, but the court record contained neither an acquittal nor a conviction.
Kewaskum Statesman · Sep 16, 1899
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