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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1905
Page
5
Raspberry for sale at 5 cents per quart with buyers picking. Delivery to La Crosse available. Vollenweider Bros of La Crescent Minnesota note new phone 313 R.
Sault Ste. Marie Mich August 4 An elaborate fireworks display capped the first day of the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the opening of the Soo canal. Canadians and U S citizens joined in the event with a King Edward portrait in fireworks and national colors decorating ships and streets. Vice President Fairbanks attended and was greeted by crowds aboard the Tuscarora.
In Paterson New Jersey Aug 3 friends of Mayor Belcher after a business meeting issued a statement offering 1 million dollars to ease his financial distress if he returns to Paterson. He has not been seen since Tuesday afternoon amid worries he may have harmed himself. The mayor complained of loan collateral concerns and forged signatures noted by the state banking department. He said he would go to his Midvale country home but investigators found he had not gone there.
Eastport Maine August third. W J Alexander, a bachelor prank leader, awaits his next wedding as payback for his own. At the reception conspirators gagged him tied his feet cramped him in watermelon crates and drenched him with flour rice and water before releasing him amid a soiled dress.
Crawfordsville Ind Aug 3 James C Knox receiver of the Bank of Ladoga asks Judge West for permission to pay depositors 50 cents on the dollar The bank owed 99277 43 with 76659 45 to depositors Eleven stockholders have added 40000 to aid payment Knox reports 25000 from other assets and asks to sell the Spencer Novelty plant at not less than its appraised value
William Babcock aged 27 was charged in Middletown New York with disgracing the army uniform by hugging and kissing his wife in public while many onlookers watched. He claimed they were newly married and the uniform belonged to a deceased brother. The couple was discharged.
The long running walkout by telegraph operators on the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways sheds light on a bitter dispute. About 1,050 workers reportedly quit, signaling widespread strike action and threatening freight movements while officials seek replacements and accuse strikers of tampering with signals and wires.
Crowds lined the waterfront as a long line of vessels passed through the Poe and Canadian locks in a naval parade. Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks boarded the Tuscarora then reviewed the procession from the Wolverine, with Governor Warner and staff enjoying ceremonies and salutes from Fort Brady and allied ships.
New York Aug 3 Colonel Henry Watterson returning from Europe said European aristocracy is of higher grade than American. He cited lineage and brains abroad, while here aristocracy ranges from bad whisky to Standard Oil. He questioned how many government scientists on modest salaries live well, implying college men struggle in politics.
Emperor William now supports Prince Charles of Denmark as king of Norway. If Prince Charles fails, Norway may become a republic. The Danish King Christian and princes joined the emperor for luncheon, as Prince Harold was invited to German maneuvers.
Train times outline daily connections from La Crosse to Green Bay and Merrillan with transfers at Marshland Amherst Junction and Stevens Point. Westbound service departs Green Bay at 7:00 am reaching La Crosse at 4:40 pm, while Merrillan daily train leaves at 7:40 am toward Winona arriving 11:20 am.
An unusual job note warns that if an employee is slug guarding a site, a hard hearted approach is needed and a help wanted advertisement should be used. The directive reads like a quirky newsroom tip for staffing.
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