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John D. Rossman lost his parents and wife at a young age, and had to bury five of his own children before his death in 1941. → Read More
Earl "Red" Jackson and Clayton Provost each were sentenced to two years in prison for their crimes. → Read More
Thomas Welch of Stevens Point was charged with the attempted murder of his wife, Addie, in 1893. The trial resulted in a hung jury. → Read More
George "Baby Face" Nelson made an unexpected stop at the Gregorich farm in Greenwood, Wisconsin, in 1934. → Read More
Florian Peplinski was charged and convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the 1928 death of Felix Pinkert. → Read More
Edward Printz, 11, was fishing in 1914 with three friends when he jumped into Rocky Run Creek. None of the four boys could actually swim. → Read More
Just before closing time on Nov. 13, 1928, two men walked into the Auburndale bank and took three hostages at gunpoint. → Read More
Lucy Calvert was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison for stealing $105 from a guest at a Marshfield hotel. → Read More
Henry Pagels of Rudolph was killed in a sand pit accident in 1923. → Read More
The brother of Joseph Olbrantz also was poisoned in Michigan just a week later, according to family. The death was ruled accidental. → Read More
The tragedy left three young girls orphaned, and they eventually were split up and sent to new homes. → Read More
Stories include a lost wallet, an escapee from an insane asylum and a semi-conscious woman left on the side of a county road. → Read More
Charlotte Seefeld passed a car on the crest of a hill and hit Wood County Sheriff William Berg's vehicle nearly head-on. → Read More
The edition reported that a new post office was requested for "Linwood," a customer took advantage of a shoemaker's trust and two inmates escaped jail. → Read More
Helen and Frank Ostrowski, ages 8 and 6, drowned after walking onto an ice-covered stream and breaking through. → Read More
Arthur Long, 22, drowned in the Wisconsin River while working for Green Bay & Western Railroad in 1912. → Read More
Columnist Rhonda Whetstone writes about an accidental shooting, drunken driving death and a threatening suitor. → Read More
The body of John Kulas was recovered from the Wisconsin River on April 8, 1932. → Read More
Harry Klug served in the U.S. Navy and then joined the carnival before he was murdered in 1925 in Poplar, Montana. → Read More
Two families lose toddlers in tragic accidents in 1895 and 1925; another family receives unexpected news after toddler goes missing in 1900. → Read More