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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1908
Page
5
The board of public works orders residents to remove rubbish and ashes from alleys and yards. Men canvass neighborhoods door to door to enforce compliance within a set time. If ignored, the city will perform the cleanup and charge the abutting property owner.
At the Schiller the proprietor Neukomm will give an dinner in honor of his fiftieth birthday for the Liederkranz Sing society and friends attending this evening.
A Dakota man credits a doctor with guiding his stomach trouble to a safe recovery using Grapenuts and dairy. He reports rapid relief from dyspepsia and improved sleep after adopting the regimen, and notes his baby also benefited from warmed milk and Grapenuts.
Paul Deters, 24, son of farmer Geo Deters, committed suicide at his home near Caledonia Minnesota on Sunday after a period of ill health and despondency. He died instantly from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He is survived by brothers Herman and Lewis, local merchants. In Caledonia the village council renewed all existing staff roles. John Hill was named road overseer at $1.75 daily and John P. Palen as night watch at $40 monthly. T. J. McCarthy will read water and electric meters and collect dues for $15 per month.
Aug ust Lempke reports 28 of 43 cows infected with tuberculosis after local veterinary inspection. Dr. D B Clark from Madison assessed the herd and will arrange shipment of affected cattle to Milwaukee for slaughter.
Miss Alma Roalquam visits Mrs C N Neprud in La Crosse then heads to Coon Valley for Easter with her parents. Numerous callers and visitors pass through, including Nels Neprud, J D Collins, Wallace Earson, E W Callahan, W F Wolf, and other locals from Des Moines Madison Racine and Dubuque.
At a baseball association conference directors voted to exclude teams from the grounds this season after near accidents when teams rushed out after games. An iron railing will be built outside for owners to tie their horses and automobiles will be excluded from the park.
In a fast game the Juniors defeated the Noxalls 5 to 4 at Gund's grounds Sunday. The Nationals schedule games with La Crescent on April 24 and Dresbach on May 3.
Rehearsals are under way for the Easter cantata The New Life to be performed in the auditorium of the M E church on Sunday evening. The first portion features the primary department and the choir with a 35 voice chorus. Mr and Mrs J W Ennison formerly of 627 State street now reside with John Bauers at 1427 Vine Street and have moved to Detroit Minn.
About 25 ladies attended a card party at Mrs. J. H. Keizer’s home 712 Cass Street. The event featured progressive cind and prizes with refreshments served at the end.
Fred Colton, secretary of the Fire men's Pension Fund of La Crosse, received a $25 donation from Edwin Hoe, secretary and treasurer of Fay Lewis & Bros. of Rockford, for the timely work of the La Crosse fire department during a March 14 fire at a cigar store on Main Street. The gift marks the fund's first donation as the local chapter, formed January 1, gains momentum.
Emma H. Rogers obtained a divorce from Harry G. Rogers an electrician on cruelty grounds. She also won child custody. The couple married in Winona in 1904. Mary Kreuger was divorced from August Kreuger for cruelty, married in 1899. Jane Dale received a divorce from Joseph H. Dale of Trempealeau county.
Eight criminal cases appear on the calendar as Juneau County Circuit Court opens at Manston. Judge Fruit and Court Reporter Harrison will be kept busy for about three weeks.
One of the Easter Windows drawing attention in La Crosse features the jewelry display of J. E. Geiwitz at Fifth and Main. The corner shop’s window is decorated in an Easter style and highly attractive.
John Holmboe of West Salem is quarantined with a genuine smallpox case. A recent exposure has occurred, but officials say a wider spread in the village is not feared.
Funeral of Thomas Wilcox, longtime Trempealeau resident, was held Friday from the M. E. church with Rev. Kine officiating. The service was conducted under the auspices of the G. A. R., of which the deceased had been a member.
A hay barn owned by Clark and Clark of La Crosse liverymen burned Sunday evening near La Crescent with an estimated loss of about 500 dollars. A separate small fire near the Lutheran hospital yard burned the river dump Monday morning but caused no damage.
Herbert J. Coolidge sued La Crosse City Railway for $20,000 claiming loss of sight after being struck in the eye by a trolley rope end. Circuit court verdict of $10,000 was the largest ever there and is now before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on appeal by the railway company.
Charles Lowery was rearrested after a ten day sentence for stealing a boat from John Davis an Indian. He had a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the circuit court by Judge Brindley yesterday afternoon on the charge of burglarizing a shanty belonging to John Kramer a woodchopper near Lytles.
A German woman struggled to send Christmas money to her sailor son when she could not recall the town name. After clerks teased her, she described a place sounding like a car horn. They solved it by filling in Hong Kong, and she paid the money.
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