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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1908
Page
4
John F. Beyling a car inspector on the Q line sustained serious injuries when his hand was badly smashed while riding a train at Pepin this morning. His fingers struck a stand pipe as the cars passed a tank at nearly 30 miles per hour. He was taken home for medical care and will be laid up for some time.
A small yard collision occurred in the Milwaukee yards when two box cars slid onto an adjacent track and another train backed into them. No injuries reported and damage described as light.
An offbeat quip about grass widows being hay widows circulates as local chatter, highlighting community wordplay and the quirky side of neighborhood banter. The line plays on ages and farmyard terms, drawing smiles and light discussion.
The passage argues Grape Nuts is more than a breakfast food. It claims the product provides nourishing elements from wheat and barley absorbed quickly to rebuild brain and nerve cells and store energy for thinking and acting. It highlights flavor boosting appetite and ends with There’s a Reason.
Abraham was sentenced to 30 days in county jail after testifying he believed he had a right to beat his wife under Syrian custom. The clash with his rival Monsoor led to a public fight as outsiders challenged the couple’s marital discipline amid reports of ongoing abuse.
The annual Tennis club meeting at the Y M C A elected officers for the season President Norman Beans Vice president Paul T Schulze Treasurer Fred A Buchda and officials E A Erickson A M Ivey and C H Hiller to form the board. Grounds donated by Mr M Funk in excellent condition and a bright season is planned with tournaments and matches against other associations.
In Bangor a group plans to back a modern barber shop to remove a hostile barber from a saloon town. Charles Nagle, ex Frank Farnam barber, has agreed to run the new shop as money and outfitting are arranged. Prohibition sentiment grows, saloons still common, barber owner active in drive.
Officials of the Milwaukee road will make no further effort to send Italian laborers here to work in the coal sheds and do section work. Foreman Peter Fishback has been given orders to employ all labor here.
W P Long moved from Avon 812 to Caledonia 1002. Laura Filler returns to C E Holway 821 Hager after visiting Holmen. Herbert Lovejoy comes home from Dakota for a visit. Genevieve Schurz of Denver visits cousin A H Graw the Caledonia street photographer. H Graw, visiting brother A H Graw, leaves for Montana to take a claim. A Daly returns from Brownsville to 1528 Avon. Norwegian Methodist church ladies plan an April social in vacant upper George street store. Mrs J Hayes returns to Caledonia street after Brownsville visit. John Schweikert 1012 Rose buys P M Liddell 607 Wall and will move soon. Mike Devine of Milwaukee guests in La Crosse.
Washington April 21 Senator Moses E Clapp of Minnesota was made a Crow chief and presented with a war bonnet of eagle feathers. Known as the Black Eagle for his size and hair he blushed at the honor and said he was flabbergasted. Chief Plenty Cops and tribesmen lauded the gesture acknowledging peace on the reservation and no further war bonnets are needed.
In Crookston Minnesota on April 22 1911 Bertha Constad died at her father C A Sunderland home. Relatives refuse to talk and coroner Chesterman will hold a postmortem to determine cause. Officers observed her on the Sunderland porch crying ten minutes before death. Authorities doubt poisoning though startling developments are anticipated and some say officials may be involved. Her husband previously died in a railroad wreck.
A fierce forest fire raged for a day in White Oak Township near Akeley Minnesota. The Hurlbut farmstead and outbuildings were destroyed along with stock hay and wood. The Red River Lumber camp lost hundreds of cords of wood and large log quantities. Fire crews fought the blaze, preventing danger to the town.
Fargo April 22 A conference brings leading officials of the American Society of Equity of North and South Dakota and Minnesota to plan a cooperative campaign for the summer. State secretaries share facts on the society s strength and achievements as united interests push for harmony across the three states.
Be fore U S commissioner H A Simons John R Stewart and L Nap La Pointe waived examination on trespassing on government timber land. They were bound over to await the federal court spring term at Fergus Falls in May. Stewart and La Pointe are charged with cutting 500 cedar trees on government land on January 1 1907. The cases were started at the instigation of A W Layman of Duluth a special agent for the general land office at Duluth.
Fred Koenig, an immigrant in Clinton, buys a farm after a joking remark by landowner John Engle about taking his daughter. Koenig visited the Engle home and pursued Bertha Engle despite not speaking English. The girl avoided him, leading to Koenig's arrest and arraignment in police court.
In North Dakota bulletin news from North Dakota Agricultural College details weed control by chemical sprays with three to four applications per season reducing lawn weeds like dandelion. Pierre reports parole granted to John Gorgen for shooting with intent to kill. Fargo notes the Moorhead resident Edward Haggins found dead, likely from alcoholism. Pierre covers contract of M M Ramer as city schools superintendent for next year.
In Mankato Minnesota on April 22 the money box in C M Shapira’s store was burglarized and over 40 dollars taken. Shapira obtained a warrant for clerk Myer Rosenberg on grand larceny in the second degree. Rosenberg, hired two weeks earlier, vanished after the robbery as trains left town. He allegedly let chickens loose to cover his exit while Shapira searched for the fowl. Police scoured the area seeking the missing clerk.
In Moorhead Minnesota on April 22 the senior class staged two showings of Dido in the normal auditorium. Much stage property was crafted in the manual training department. Miss Harriet Rumbell, a reading teacher, trained the performers and directed the interpretation.
A large meteor lit western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota for a moment 10:30 last Saturday night. It moved from northeast to southwest over La Crosse and remained unseen, with reports of a loud roar and ground tremor. Observers in Genoa Brownsville Caledonia and Houston also saw it. no impact site was found. similar meteor sightings in Oregon included a heatred rock buried 100 feet underground after a week’s digging. In Viroqua Springville witnesses reported a cannonlike flash that shook houses and rattled windows. searchers have not located the meteor yet.
New York April 22 Formal announcement is expected today of a forty million bond issue by the Pennsylvania railroad. The move signals an end to the panic mood and may fund new work, much of which will go to Paris placement as European investors return. Directors meet this afternoon.
Judge C W Hunt ruled in favor of P W Mahoney awarding him $13.50 for damages to his automobile after it struck a street wire near the fair grounds. The morning verdict settles the city related case.
In Buffalo Minnesota on April 22 the defendant John J Mooney continued to deny Witnesses statements about trouble with his wife. The state finished cross examination for now and the defense called more witnesses. The day featured Dr Chilton who was among first to view Mrs Mooney's death scene and examine her body.
A Laquin Lumber log train in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, jumped the track after a reverse lever failed. Twenty five Italian laborers rode the flat cars. four were killed instantly, three expected to die, and seven seriously injured. A special train rushed the wounded to a hospital.
Three thousand five hundred workers will be laid off one day a week as the Winchester Arms Company announces a five day schedule. Engineer F Morley of George Street, aboard the Q, was sent to La Crosse hospital for an operation.
A British assertion states a woman cannot be so full of gossip that she cannot acquire more than half the country’s tobacco crop. The claim that hydrophobia has been stamped out in Great Britain is noted as official.
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