La Crosse club nears Hawley retention amid shift plan
La Crosse baseball becomes a heated topic as manager Hawley faces release. The club weighs keeping him on a reduced salary or selecting a new bench boss while five new players join offerings from Madison and Fond du Lac. The Wisconsin-Illinois league and broader commission issues loom over decisions.
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C. K. Kenyon
M. E. Kenyon
Mercer
Cal
Harry Peacock
Winchester
Ind
Fred Mauch
Milwaukee
Harry Tracey
Decatur
Madison
Fond du Lac
Vogt
la Crosse Association
Bubser
Rockford
Hawley
the Chronicle
Baseball Association
la Crosse
Mahoney
Chronicle
Rawley
C. W. Hunt
Keene
Rooney
A. Hunt
W. Hunt
Elliott
Kindley
Mr. Hawley
Illinois Electric Mileage Increases In 1907
Indiana leads with 126 miles of new lines as electric interurban mileage across the nation grows. The Electric Railway Review reports Indiana now has 1,433.93 miles of electric railways excluding street lines, while steam mileage sits at 7,229.55. 1907 may set a record high for total U S electric mileage, with Washington Oregon California Indiana Ohio Illinois seeing active expansion. Freight car orders surge while passenger car orders dip. Chicago companies place hundreds of cars under pay as you enter and other supply actions.
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Indiana
Electric Railway Review
Louisiana
United States
Washington
Oregon
California
Ohio
Illinois
Ilinois
Illinois Traction System
Peoria
Bloomington
Clinton
Champaign
Decature
Lincoln
Mackinaw
Chicago
Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company
Chicago & Southern Traction Company
Chicago City Railway Company
Chicago Union Traction Company
Council Proceedings Adjourned Meeting December 4 1907
The council met after adjournment with all aldermen present except Dorman and McGovern and Mayor Dittmar presiding. Minutes from November 18 were approved, the treasurer reported finances as of December 1, 1907, and various receipts listed including police fines liquor licenses sewer work paving and street maintenance accounts.
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Alds
Dorman
McGovern
Dittmar
Ald
Prali
Ald. Brokhausen
Bauscher
Prall
This Date in History Highlights Various Events Across Years
1696 Whitehall Palace in London destroyed by fire. 17459 George Washington married to Martha Custis. 1781 French attack on Jersey. 1811 Charles Sumner born in Boston. Died in Washington March 1874. 1818 John Tyler died in Virginia born February 28, 1747. 1842 Massacre of British at Kyber Pass. [s43 John C C Spooner former Wisconsin senator born in Indiana. 1848 Insurrection at Messina. 1898 Last spike driven in Great Northern extension to the Pacific Coast.
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Whitehall Palace
London
George Washington
Martha Custis
Jersey
Charles Sumner
Boston
Washington
John Tyler
United States
Virginia
Kyber Pass
John CC. Spooner
Wisconsin
Indiana
Messina
Pacific Coast
Notice to Contractors for Freeport Office Building Contract
Proposals for the general contract to convert the former German Fire Insurance Building in Freeport Illinois into Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Association offices will be received by W W Krape president and Chas G Keck secretary. Drawings by Bullard Bullard Springfield Illinois. Proposals due January 14 1908 with 3 percent certified check and bond. Right to reject any or all proposals.
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Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Association
Freeport
Illinois
German Fire Insurance Company
Bullard & Bullard
Springfield
Ilinois
W. W. Krape
Chas. G. Keck
Board of Managers
Chas G. Keck
Deodand Law and Massive Beds in Historic Notions
The piece recalls the deodand practice where an object causing a death was sold for charity and then notes the abolition in 1846 with a 1838 Liverpool case. It contrasts this with ancient beds, citing the Saracens Inn bed at Ware and Og’s iron bedstead said to cover 150 square feet.
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Deodand
Liverpool and
Manchester
London Times
Ware
England
Ryehouse
Sertfordshire
Bashan
London Saturday Review
Changing Pork to Fish in Buddhist Fishing Folklore
London News reports a witty defense by a Buddhist fisherman who claims he harms no fish, only draws it from water until it dies of natural causes. It contrasts with Muslim seafarers who supposedly cast pork overboard while reciting a chant to draw fish, a story deemed more vivid than Mohammedan lascars.
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Mr. Young
London News
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Fifth Ave
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Council Proceedings
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