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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
2
Under new primary election laws all candidates for party nomination must conform to the law to have their names on the printed ballot. If nominated they must agree to serve. This is the opinion of Attorney General Sturdevant.
Clerk of the Circuit Court George D. Wright received from Madison copies of the new rules of practice that will govern the court and the attorneys appearing before it during the November term and thereafter.
A well known La Crosse man and three ladies boarded the steamer Quincy instead of the J. S. yesterday afternoon. The boat was stopped at Isle La Plume and the passengers were allowed to disembark thanks to Captain Killeen's good humor, narrowly avoiding a Lansing stop.
Lem Drake and James McCauley travel to Iowa to advertise the Interstate fair set for next month, urging attendance and local participation.
Bangor guest T. B. Gesler stops at the Law. Milo’s L. L. Skinner transacts business here. Austin’s W. S. Sullivan visits La Crosse. Aurora’s P. W. King is in the city on business. Onalaska’s T. E. Giles visits friends. Agnes and Cora Beglin visit relatives. Monroe's J. E. Romp in the city. Caledonia’s G. M. Bryant, Harmony’s Gitane at the Grand, Winona’s Kirst transacts business today. Roy Larson of Albert Lea and Paul Weir of Waukon in city on business. Winona's A. Miller noted as La Crosse visitor yesterday. Waukesha’s C. V. Callahan in city today on business.
A letter to The Tribune announces Walter Bee's run for sheriff amid a crowded field. He ridicules rivals Palmer Derr Kennedy and Hodge, touts his looks and strength, jokes about Mendota and sanitariums, and urges voters to back him in the primaries.
United States Geological Survey study by Leonard Sewell Smith reports 32 reservoirs on the St Croix Chippewa and Wisconsin rivers with total storage near 80 million cubic feet. Lower Fox river output stands at 31 508 horsepower between Lake Winnebago and Green Bay. Wisconsin rivers could surpass that, steel and paper industry growth cited, power gains since 1870s and 1900s noted alongside potential annual savings.
In Freeport Long Island on Merrick road Joseph Mazzeo 20 is mortally shot by friend Vincenzo Rocco after a day in the woods and drinking. Rocco fled but was captured by Chief Henry Ryder and jailed in Mineola. Mazzeo’s father injured himself in distress.
Henry Horne and Charles E. Seiler fought a heated word duel before thirteen stockholders of the Mexican Plantation company. Numerous serious charges were exchanged and several members withdrew from the hall. The dispute concluded with Seiler proposing to revisit the question.
At the meeting the issue of whether Mr. Horne or the director's own position should resign was to be voted on, but no definite action occurred because there was no quorum.
In Canandaigua N Y Charles Parshall Humane Society agent notes his horse plagued by horseflies. He fitted old trouser legs to a fly net helping the animal eat without swatting. The plan echoes a prior horse bonnet scheme from the same area. It is denied that Anthony Comstock.
Fragmentary OCR describes a person named John Harnich of 720 Sumner Street returning from Milwaukee after a pleasure trip. Mentions Dr. Will Powell and topics on women. Content is garbled and non-specific.
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