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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
2
A notice indicates a port world plan will bring a state meet to the area next month. It mentions the school is in condition to host and invites participation from local teams and officials. The item emphasizes preparation and community involvement for the event.
Miss Barbara Russell sang for former pupils and was warmly received. The south field track near the high school is nearly done and should be usable by Saturday. A state track meet is planned for mid next month with about 50 dollars in medals and around 30 candidates, about half likely to qualify for events. Mr Hall will teach elocution to debate participants next week with scheduled periods to limit outside work. Contests are set for about two weeks hence. Miss Russell, former singing instructor, visited the school. she now teaches in Evanston Illinois and offered several appreciated selections.
Major-league results show the Cubs winning easily while the White Sox drop. American Association scores include Milwaukee 6 Louisville 2 and Columbus 5 St Paul 0. National League sees Boston at Brooklyn and Chicago at Cincinnati among others.
Toledo Ohio April 17 The Millers gain Feine Quillin O Neill and Weldy from the White Sox after Comiskey relents Cantillon notes the move secures needed men McCarthy will stay as a utility man for Toledo Anderson Dwyer and several others lose their spots as a result of the trade
Lundgren starred in the box for Chicago while Cincinnati managed only one hard inning run. Chicago built a seven run lead before holding on as the Reds finally gathered hits in the ninth. Across the league, St Louis lost to Pittsburgh though out hitting the Pirates, and Boston and New York moved atop the standings with strong showings.
From October to May the common cold tops headache causes. Laxative Bromo Quinine’s removal is noted. E. W. Grove on box 25c.
Philadelphia April 17 Penn may drop the four mile college championship from its relay program on April 25. Only Penn and Michigan have declared entries with Cornell invited and Ithaca unlikely to participate. Loss of Haskins weakens Penn while Michigan may win by default if Ithaca does not send a team to compete.
The state university senate in Lincoln Nebraska requests the resignations of Dr. J. T. Lees and Dr. T. L. Bolton, athletic board members. Lees helped revise football rules at New York conferences, and students opposed the election method leading to the ouster of both members.
Tomorrow brings play ball and a chance to show skill with a Pink tied can. Pink signs a contract with La Crosse Can Company for twelve small cans to use after Sunday’s game. Warhop starts with Williamsport in exhibition. Schlechter leads Vienna chess. Mandigo, famed New York Sun sports writer, dies aged. Van Horn and Smith draw ten rounds in Los Angeles. Papke joins the Kewanee Baseball association. Chicago tops Northwestern 10 to 6 in Big Fight series opener.
Bloomington reports President Thomas Loftus of the Three I league received the league’s books and records from his predecessor Edward Holland. Holland also handed over $5,000 in funds during the transfer phase of the league leadership transition.
President Loftus returns to Chicago and expresses optimism about the league's future. As executive he vows to devote his best efforts to tech management and to maintaining a first class umpiring staff.
Jim Chessen of Alton met his stallion Chessen Wilkes, sire of many racehorses, for the first time in three years. The horse, left in West Alton with John Perkinson after Chessen went to England, ran to its master and nuzzled him when he asked if it remained a Republican.
The fragment shows an owner reacting to Chessen’s shout of Hurrah for the democrats as he rests his head on his master, hinting at a controversial scene of loyalty and power dynamics in a plantation setting.
A vivid reminiscence of the spring of 1945 describing daily blizzards for seven weeks and persistent rain after the thaw. The speaker recalls snow banked above a kitchen door and neighbors learning to swim to cope, noting how the season forced everyone to adapt or stay indoors.
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