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About 5,000 gallons leaked from a Cities Service tank into a Rice Lake gutter. Residents collected the gasoline in pails and tin pans, with one reportedly gathering 50 gallons. The paper said no fire resulted. The untitled item appears under Wisconsin State News.
Kewaskum Statesman · Apr 7, 1928
Open the original newspaper ↗Ten-year-old Charles Will was attacked by a wildcat near Pound in Marinette County. His dog heard his cries, fought the animal, and killed it. The newspaper reported that the wildcat measured 38 inches long and credited the dog with saving the boy.
Kewaskum Statesman · Dec 30, 1905
Open the original newspaper ↗An infestation of pea lice drove about 1,000 pickers from Manitowoc pea fields. The insects covered workers’ clothes and crawled down their necks. The paper noted that some neighboring fields remained free of the pests, despite the severity of the affected fields.
Kewaskum Statesman · Aug 4, 1900
Open the original newspaper ↗May Kanouse returned to Appleton to find hundreds of condolence letters mourning her supposed death. Friends thought she had been in Chicago’s Iroquois Theatre fire. A late escort had changed her plans, and she had visited a museum instead of attending the performance.
Kewaskum Statesman · Jan 9, 1904
Open the original newspaper ↗The paper reported a pursuit of an unkempt, unclothed man near Hayton and the Manitowoc River. Hounds reportedly refused to advance after a strange cry in a swamp, and the man was not found the next day. His identity remained local speculation.
Kewaskum Statesman · Feb 2, 1901
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