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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1905
Page
5
A well dressed young man faked deafness and dumbness to rob residents on Mill street. At H V Schneider and Abe Pittenger bars he wrote clues with a pencil and tab, persuaded locals to buy drinks, then fled after boasting he was not broke.
Missionary Mer-Jan will speak next Sunday at the Scandinavian Baptist Church located at the corner of Logan and Charles streets. The event invites local residents to attend and hear the speaker share messages of faith.
Mrs. Duncan Boyle of Duluth is recovering well after surgery at St. Francis hospital yesterday.
The women of Charles Street Lutheran Church were hosted this afternoon by Mrs. Peter Knudsen of Caledonia Street. Refreshments were served and attendees enjoyed a pleasant afternoon.
North Side notes report James Squires ill and traffic rising on Burlington road at Grand Crossing. Several residents travel for visits and funerals including Mrs Sun dehn from Racine. An automatic water spout is installed at Milwaukee depot. Excursions on the G. A. R. trip to Lansing priced 35 cents round trip.
Light refreshments aboard a trip leaving La Crosse at 9 a m and returning by 8 30 p m tomorrow night Aug 3. Residents travel and visiting relatives including Mrs W T Witte of 716 St Cloud St and Mrs A Nelson of Charles St who is recovering after surgery. Community events include a St James church garden party at Windsor and Caledonia Streets and Bethel Lutheran ice cream social next Saturday evening. Local residents guests from Milwaukee Ravena Mont Caledonia and Chicago with various returns and relocations noted.
Dr Robert Stuart McArthur of New York publicly denounces Governor LaFollette’s attack on John D Rockefeller at a Baptist Chautauqua in Springfield Illinois. He defends Rockefeller praising his enterprise and humanitarian work while criticizing LaFollette for intemperate remarks.
Richard Johnson, 62, was blown apart while rowing with Charles Duffy and Charles Sturges near Tonawanda. Duffy had both legs torn by the blast, Sturges escaped unharmed, and Johnson supposedly intended to explode a stick of dynamite when it slipped from his hands and struck the boat causing the fatal explosion.
Basle August 2. The territorial Zionists split from the Zionist congress after rejecting Britain’s offer of East Africa. They form the National Jewish Territorialist League with 30 former delegates and over 300 spectators joining. The group plans to seek territories for Jewish settlement and negotiate governments for acquisition.
A self described doctor offers to treat Vari cocеле, blood poison, nervo vital debility, and allied troubles with a free consultation and reasonable charges for a guaranteed cure. He invites men dissatisfied with prior treatments and urges women to call for relief from headaches, painful menstruation, uterine displacements, and back pain citing many cured patients as references.
Washington reports Corporal Tanner former pension commissioner and now register of wills in the District of Columbia has the unanimous backing of New York representatives and expects to be elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the annual encampment next month. Other candidates include Burrows Brotne Burton and Carnahan who has retired due to ill health.
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Secretary Wilson offers no concern at calls for his resignation from Southern Cotton officials. He notes President Jordan plans to take demands to President Roosevelt and says he has informed Roosevelt of his course. Jordan Cheatham cite leaks in agriculture stats and press Congress for reforms including a cotton bureau to oversee all cotton matters.
Flatrock Water Power company of Kaukauna Wisconsin filed articles of incorporation with capital stock of 50000. Incorporators FE F Backer C H Hartley and W C Zachow plan to eventually build a pulp mill.
Excursion dates to Clear Lake Iowa offered via the Chicago and Northwestern line. Tickets good Saturdays with return limited to the following Monday. Apply at Chicago and Northwestern railway agents.
Tickets to Detroit, Michigan, available August 13 and 14 with favorable return limits on the Imperial Palace Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan event. Apply to agents of the Chicago and North-Western Railway for details.
The timetable shows trains from La Crosse to Green Bay with connections at Marshland, Winona, Amherst Junction, and Merrillan, arrival in Green Bay at 6 15 p m, and return trips from Green Bay through Amherst Junction Stevens Point Merrillan Marshland to La Crosse. It notes daily Merrillan departures at 7 40 a m except Sunday and Winona departures at 5 00 p m with 3 30 p m Merrillan arrival.
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