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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1907
Page
8
City clerk's office issues invitations to city employees for a picnic on Sunday, August 11, at Schaller's Trove. Buses depart from Market Square at o'clock in the morning.
A breezy note on thoughts and dreams noting they require no physical space to maintain. It highlights the allure of intangible ambitions that exist without a structure or routine.
The Philadelphia Press urges immediate completion of the Panama Canal arguing it secures Pacific access, enables rapid fleet mobility between Atlantic and Pacific, and provides a decisive wartime advantage with ready coaling stations. It contends Pacific commerce will grow and demands a concrete wartime rationale for rush.
The anniversary of the late Bishop Flasch of the La Crosse diocese was commemorated at St. Joseph cathedral this morning. Services were in charge of Bishop Schwebach with all city clergy participating.
North Side public baths opened this morning after a delay to the planned last Thursday opening. Alf Mosher is instructor with Fred Swiegert as assistant and several others employed as cashier and washwoman. The North Side facility is smaller than the South Side bath but provides ample room for north side residents.
Edward J. Deneen formerly of La Crosse visits with Col. Collins Young and will hide a midget in the Nelson & Co department store at Sandusky for three days. Shoppers who find him win a prize. Deneen then returns to Chicago pending future La Crosse visits.
B F McGuire a skilled car builder at the Milwaukee shops in Dubuque suffered a painful accident Thursday morning when a drawbar heavy spring flew and struck his left leg above the knee. He received care at the shop and later went home on Couler avenue with a bruised leg and no bone injury. He will be laid up for some time while using a crutch.
Car number 31 of the city railway derailed yesterday evening at the switch at the lower end. No further details were provided about injuries or cause.
In a summer exodus, servants from city homes hotels and restaurants flee to inland lakes and resort hotels. Housewives and innkeepers cry for help as maids cooks nurses and waitresses vanish, despite ads signs and higher wages. Employers seek any solution as the summer shortage deepens.
A streetcar derailed near the corner of Sill and Loomis streets but no injuries occurred. After some effort, car No 24 was returned to the rails and resumed service. passengers were shaken yet unharmed.
Edwards, optician. Miss Georgine Yount of Rose street is spending the week with friends camping at Dresbach. Mrs. Shackley and daughter will leave some time in the near future for Canada, where they will spend about a month visiting. Miss Luella Harkan of Fond du Lac, Wis., is the guest of friends and relatives on the north side.
City notes list Congregational and First M E churchs with services and officers, social visits, and local movers. It chronicles civic milestones from 1805 Pike ascent to 1907 weather station, schools and public buildings, parks, bridges, and major industries in La Crosse, highlighting Myrick, Pettibone, Grandfather’s Bluff and river views.
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