Life in Coon Valley and Local Happenings
Coon Valley items note skilled shooters at De Witt's gallery with a mosquito target shot. Neighbors discuss upcoming Norsk issue of Coon Valley News to follow monthly. Billy comes to town spurs excitement as two large cars pass by. Thomas Lindevik breaks a finger pulling fingers with Albert Sanding. Dunnum Bros. offers top prices for eggs in exchange for hardware.
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Coon
Billy
Thomas Lindevik
Albert Sanding
Dunnum Bros
Engineer Leo Granke Returns to Visit Western Irrigation Plans
Leo Granke, a La Crosse civil engineer, visits for a few days and reports progress on the Milk River irrigation project in Montana. The project hinges on a Canada United States treaty as negotiations continue, with Granke leading Wisconsin engineers and awaiting actual construction. In La Crescent, a legal dispute over a village schoolhouse faced a failed nighttime demolition attempt after a restraining order was served, thwarting the plan.
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Leo Granke
la Crosse
Mr. Granke
Montana
Canada
Washington
Ottawa
Roosevelt
Teddy
Granke
Wisconsin University
Ane
la Crescent
Kingsley
Friends of the Enterprise
Daily by Carrier and Mail Notice from La Crosse
Public notice lists W. V. Kidder as publisher with distribution by carrier and mail. It notes postal registration and second class matter status dated June 22, 1904, with special representatives Payne and Young in Chicago New York City offices.
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la Crosse
Wis
Payne & Young
Chicago
Marquette
New York City
Potter
Be Good To Tomorrow And Be Seen
A moral exhortation urges patience with weather and neighbors and suggests choosing gentleness at home. It counsels not to retaliate against a barking dog or noisy children. It recalls the joy of shared moments and urges accompanying a spouse to church, portraying daily virtue as the path to harmony.
The American Circus Of Fillies And Follies
The Murfreesboro News Banner reprints a grand toast by W R Andrews of Grand Rapids ridiculing Filipino readers with a sweeping satire of the United States. It catalogs vice wealth corruption politics religion and crime to invite curiosity about America’s “greatest aggregation” of contrasts under one tent.
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Murfreeboro
Tenn
News
America
W. R. Andrews
Grand Rapids
Mich
Congress
Penitentiary
Supreme Court
National Capitol
Sin
Pfister ring bonds dodge jail in Milwaukee graft uproar
Milwaukee Free Press exults as Pfister and associates bond to stay out of jail amid graft disclosures. The pieza of notes mocks the jail record while hinting at ongoing investigations. Other items reference public figures like Senator Depew and local fishing news from the Iowa river.
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Milwaukee Free Press
Pfister
Free Press
Good Crops In Dakota
John A. Salzer Seed Co reports a farm manager in Spink county South Dakota predicting a bumper crop. Potatoes promise a best yield in years wheat rust danger is passed and all other crops are fine. Overall expect the best all round crop in thirteen years.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
Spink County
South Dakota
Romantic Maid Elopes With Ex-Convict Ends in Discovery
In Kenosha Wisconsin on August 5 a 15 year old girl named Mary Rummell daughter of farmer William Rummell of Genoa Junction learned her fiancé Fred Lichtenfeller an ex convict who had recently been released from prison had eloped with her on Monday. The father found her and brought her home.
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Kenosha, Wis
Mary Rummell
William Rummell
Genoa Junction
Fred Lichtenfeller
Kenosha
Slug Gardening Prompt Sparks Help Wanted Ad Idea
A quirky directive suggests using a Help Wanted ad to push a harsh work ethic mindset. The note frames slug gardening as a task requiring tough, heartless efficiency and practical, no-nonsense hiring language. The concept blends satire with labor culture commentary.
He Showed the Boys but Died In Westport Ind
Westport Indiana August 5 H J Byrum 75 died after being overcome by heat while demonstrating threshing to workers at William Billins farm. He stepped on the platform and fed sheaves, then collapsed beside the grain measuring area and died within minutes. Byrum a G A R member longtime resident leaves a widow and several children.
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Westport
Ind
H. J. Byrum
Byrum
William Billins
G. A. RK
Trade expands as Dun and Co reports solid gains
R G Dun and Company notes ongoing broad expansion in trade with rising orders and falling idle capacity. Textiles and footwear top gains while steel shows forward capacity, crops improve outlook, July figures show fewer liabilities and rising railway earnings. U S failures 232 this week vs 14 prior year. Canada 26 vs 27. Corporate activity strengthens amid favorable weather and crop prospects.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Boeckman Named Priest at Alma Center Parish
Rev. Henry Boeckman of Badger Street between Ninth and Tenth has been given a permanent charge by Bishop Schwebach and appointed to the pastorate at Alma Center. He has assisted at Mauston and filled in at St. Joseph's during Rev. Sluyter’s vacation and is noted as one of the diocese’s youngest priests.
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Henry Boeckman
Badger Street
Ninth
Tenth
Schwebach
Alma’ Center
Boeckman
Mauston
Sluyter
St. Joseph’s
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the Spectator
Koeling
Lacrosse
THE
LA Crosse Tribune
Main St
Tribune Publishing Company
W. V. Kidder
Milwaukee
John
John Schimming
Iowa
Lansing Journal
Depew
Senator Depew
Bryan
Dakota
Adam Schaaf
A. Ruhoff
7Th St
Alma Center
A. J. Ness
Hoeschler Bros
Jewelry Dept
C. B. Stevens
Optician
Hoeschlers
City Book & Drugcor.ltd
Main ST. Columbian Drugs A Odee
Main
State Bank of
the National Bank
N. Fourth Street
Batavian
J. E. Wheeler
Orlando Holway
Jos. P. Golires
Robt. B. Lowry
Ass’t
W. R B. Tseharner
Wm. F. Gohres
S. J. Waite
Gaunan Jr
Worleb
J. H. Lightbody
Main Street
Old
La’Crosse
Ryan & Tobin
Henry & Frank’s
McMillan Bldg
J. B. Murray
la Crosse St. la Crosse
Wisconsin
Front St
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