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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1905
Page
5
Classified notice announces advertisements priced at one cent per word with a policy that no ad is accepted for less than ten cents. The short form states no advertisement taken for less than ten cents.
New York August 1 1904 report by David Willcox president of Delaware and Hudson Co argues that the anthracite coal strike disturbances of 1900 and 1902 are unlikely to recur. He notes wage-related cost rises in 1904 about 16.4 million dollars and explores hours per day versus wages to prevent future clashes. The piece highlights board of conciliation success with 125 grievances, 42 withdrawn, 9 settled, 18 sustained, 6 compromised, 28 not sustained and only 14 uprisings requiring an umpire.
In Freeport Illinois on August 1 a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul freight train struck a buggy west of the city killing three women. Mrs William J Laibelle was pitched into a creek and died. Grace Laibelle, her daughter, was thrown onto the locomotive and died in Freeport hospital. Miss Gladys Brine was hurled some distance and killed.
Henry Andregg reports a market listing with full cream dairy products such as brick cheese limburger twins and Swiss cheese with per box and per pound prices. Also included are butter milling products eggs and produce with assorted prices and cash discounts noted by Hawley Com. Co. and the Li Patent.
Mayor Jolson ordered Chief Koehler to halt pool selling and gambling at the Glenville racetrack where the grand circuit meeting starts. The track will be graded down and divided into city lots after the current meet. In Copenhagen the German emperor William arrives with reception by the king and officials. He will stay at Bernstoft palace.
Lincoln Neb Aug 1 One hundred men with bloodhounds scour dense woods near the mouth of the latte river for C F Andres a prominent Omaha lawyer reported missing three days ago He was last seen carrying a rifle for squirrel hunting Foul play is suspected as several desperate characters inhabit the woods The search has yielded no clue yet
The Dutch expedition against Boni on Clebebes Island in the East Indies killed 260 natives. Fortifications at Badjoewa, a chief town, were razed by warship guns.
A severe cholera outbreak strikes refugees fleeing famine in Madras. The disease has spread through crowds in the city for weeks with many found dead or dying on the streets and a death rate of 59.7 per thousand.
In Ottumwa Iowa on August 1 the 16 year old Estel Payton was struck in the heart by a foul tip during an amateur baseball game at Nasby Corners. He collapsed after tossing the ball back to the pitcher and died.
About seven ty men are in the Benicia barracks. The confiscation targets dressed uniforms that make enlisted men resemble officers, creating difficulty in distinction and discipline.
In Calumet Michigan on August 1 Herman Kauppila 24 was holding an open box of percussion caps when a lamp discharged setting the caps alight. An explosion occurred and Kauppila was killed instantly at the Baltic mine.
Judge Harvey M. Trimble of Princeton Illinois was named receiver for Spring Valley National Bank in Spring Valley Illinois. Charles Andrews of Braville Indiana was appointed receiver for Vigo County National Bank in Terre Haute Indiana.
Vice President Fairbanks departs Indianapolis for Sault Ste. Marie Michigan to deliver the principal address at the semicentennial celebration of the Soo canal tomorrow.
London August 1 The Lancashire cotton operatives voted by an enormous majority to strike on August 19 unless their wage demands are met. The action would idIe about 60 000 workers and halt a large part of the textile industry in the region.
Washington August 1 The legal period of thirty days after Secretary Hay’s death has elapsed and the mourning stationery used for all official State Department business is withdrawn.
The passenger steamer Argyle ran aground near Oshawk on August 1 and is expected to break up. About 150 excursionists were safely evacuated, and the vessel, valued at $40,000, faces total loss.
An order received at the Benicia barracks calls for the immediate seizure of all olive drab uniforms from enlisted men. The article notes the army reportedly has only 300 of these uniforms remaining in its stock.
Kenneth Chase aged 14, confined three years at the Soldiers' Orphans' Home in Bloomington UL, drowned at Kappa, a resort north of the city, where he joined a group of fellow inmates on an excursion.
Marion Indiana August 1 C D Curry fell eighty feet while sliding at Rowan's Park when a leather strap around his neck broke and he was fatally injured.
Japan secures free coast and interior navigation rights in Korea as global affairs mix with domestic curio items. Notable notes include a Georgia murder verdict against Rev J G Rawlings and kin, a 13 year old shooting in Illinois, a Baldwin Steel plant fire in New York, and other brief items from Sweden to Virginia politics.
Otto Miller of Berlin Street, a Milwaukee yards switchman, slipped while climbing a draw-bar of a switch engine and cracked his knee cap. He received prompt treatment and is recovering though the knee remains painful.
Rose street barber J F Saltz unveiled a silver cornet drawing a large afternoon crowd. Report says preliminary work finished and future music performances will be of a higher order in the shopfront recital setting.
Miss Lila Borreson, a La Crosse high school teacher, and her mother returned home from a European and Norwegian tour. The trip covered places familiar in childhood and included stops in the eastern United States before their arrival.
Portage railroad men defeated the La Crosse division team by seventeen to two at Portage. Battery for Portage were Lang and Neugebauer, while Flynn and Lawton started for La Crosse.
Joseph Simonson of Minneapolis is back in the city after a serious accident in the St. Paul yards. He spent time in a St. Paul hospital and is rapidly improving, now able to move about with crutches.
Excursion dates to the popular resort Clear Lake Iowa offered via the Chicago and Northwestern railway. Tickets available Saturdays with return limited to the following Monday. Apply to railway agents.
Send 2 cent stamp for summer resort literature to W. B. Kniskern Passenger Traffic Manager Chicago. For rates tickets etc apply to agents Chicago and Northwestern By.
Ex cur sion tickets will be sold August 28 to 31 inclusive with favorable return limits on account of the Annual Convention National Firemen's Association Apply to agents Chicago North Western Ry
G A R excursion to Lansing Iowa aboard the steamer Columbia and barge Chippewa by John Flynn Post and Corps with round trip 35 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. Leave La Crosse at 9 am return 8 30 pm Thursday Aug 3. Local updates include Norman Herrington’s Chicago visit, Martin Johnson’s return to West Salem, and several residents traveling or visiting relatives. Stock shipments move via Burlington and Milwaukee lines as area is abuzz with city projects and social events.
Daily operations described as daily including Sundays and excluding Saturdays for a period, indicating a publishing timetable with exceptions.
The reference lists service notes for Chicago and Northwestern Railroad with two lines: a daily except Sunday and b daily. The fragment suggests timetable annotations rather than a full schedule.
Train timetable shows June 21 1993 in effect with La Crosse to Green Bay routing via Marshland and Amherst Junction. Connections with Omaha road Milwaukee Wisconsin Central. Westbound service from Green Bay to La Crosse includes Merrillan Stevens Point Marshland and Amherst Junction timings. Daily Merrillan to Winona service departs 7:40 a.m. with return at 5:00 p.m. ending at Merrillan.
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