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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1905
Page
6
Green Bay defeated La Crosse 3 to 1 to win two of five. Beloit beat Wausau 6 to 1 as Wausau could not hit. Oshkosh beat Freeport 11 to 6 after a ninth inning surge with six Oshkosh hits.
Private Fowler and Sergeants Kleist Roemer and Storkerson, with 21 other marksmen, placed among the top 24 at Camp Dou rifle camp in Wisconsin. Eighty three shooters competed. Color Sergeant Schlick led overall with 4109? total. Col. Graham praised the day's rifle work as the best he had seen in Wisconsin.
Oconto reports 5717 residents and Shawano notes 2445 residents with a five year gain of 582. Madison awaits shipment of Cass Gilbert capitol plans to New York. Man itowoc farmer Joseph Colanchek reports his barns and granary burned on Monday.
The letter arrived six months ago warning a local man to depart or be burned out. The west Wisconsin conference of the Methodist Episcopal church is scheduled to hold in Madison from September 13 to 18.
Census returns released for Oconomowoc Wisconsin reveal a population of 3011, up from 2880 at the previous census, a gain of 131 residents.
Census figures for Ashland Wisconsin show a total population of 14560, reflecting a gain of 1486 since 1900. The report notes steady growth for the city as residents expand the local economy and services.
The William McKinley post of the G A R held a meeting last night to plan a mid month excursion to Dakota pending boat availability. Post relief corps challenged the post to a baseball game featuring grandmothers and grandfathers in the matchup.
Chicago games report results from the League and American circuits with scores in multiple cities. Notable outcomes include Pittsburg 3 New York 1 and Brooklyn 7 Cincinnati 3 after thirteen innings, plus Chicago 4 Boston 3 in eleven innings.
Appleton defeated Green Bay by three points at River View Country Club links in Appleton Wisconsin yesterday in the second golf league match.
Edgerton Wisconsin hosts the twenty third annual picnic by Father Matthew s T A and B society on Wednesday August 9 featuring a baseball game horse races with purses totaling 475 a range of athletic events and an ovation by Rev Arthur B Dunne of Eau Claire concluding with a celebrity ball in the evening.
A wreck seven miles south of Barron Wisconsin on the Soo short line caused by a loose brake bar severely injuring conductor G Wreymer and two passengers Dr Will Powell a diseases of woman and another unnamed rider authorities said the incident occurred August 3.
Newport society buzz centers on James Hazen Hyde former Equitable VP courting Gladys Deacon daughter of Parker Deacon of Boston. Deacon once linked to a German crown prince and a notable Paris shooting. Hyde's visit to Snug Harbor fuels gossip while Paul Morton denies any insult or rift with Hyde.
Oshkosh Wisconsin will host the State Association of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, the Commercial Agents club of traveling salesmen for furniture and undertakings, and the Wisconsin Retail Furniture Dealers association next Tuesday.
Felix Ferboul, a Frenchman missing six months, was found near the Wisconsin Central railway bridge opposite Chippewa Falls. Police presume murder with the body weighed down by heavy irons and dumped in the river.
The remains of John Burns, a Kenosha man killed when the boilers exploded on the gunboat Bennington at San Diego, were brought to Chicago yesterday. Many Kenosha friends and relatives traveled to attend the funeral.
Summer tourist rates to the beautiful summer resorts of Wisconsin and the Northwest via the Northwestern Line. 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 Ry.
Green Bay Wisconsin August 3 two city officers have resigned under the anti press law. J P Hogan cashier of the North Western freight depot and member of the board of fire and police commissioners resigns. J L Wilcox special land agent for North Western extension resigns from the school board.
Oconto Wisconsin August 3 The common council will not accept P H Badoms resignation from the board of education He is publisher of the Oconto Enterprise and holds railroad advertising contracts which violate a 1905 law prohibiting payment for transportation for officials The move follows conflicts between his contracts and state and city regulations
Madison August 3 The last legislature required dam owners to install fish ways. The Wisconsin fish commission will use the Hockin fishway of Nova Scotia and survey dams on major rivers including the Fox Wolf Peshtigo Menomonie Lac du Flambeau Wisconsin Chippewa Trempealeau Black Cedar Nanackagon and others. Plans and specifications available from the fish commissioner in Madison.
Excursion tickets to the popular resort at Clear Lake Iowa are sold Saturdays with return limited to the following Monday. Apply to agents of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
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