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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1907
Page
4
Mrs S Sullivan opened a new steam laundry on Mill Street near St. Cloud to serve the North Side. The plant runs ten hours daily with overtime on busy days and employs many skilled workers. It advertises superior work, gentle fabric care, and uses the latest machines to clean fabrics without tearing or color loss.
A brief exchange features a Wise Guy saying Blood will tell and a simple Mug replying perhaps but noting blood generally neglects to speak when it passes a poor relation. The line hints at a social clash or humorous quip about reputation and discretion.
In Neenah Wisconsin John Strange hosted a banquet for paper and pulp manufacturers. A secret session followed with talk of a large merger and plans to purchase timber lands in Canada or secure timber concessions. Proposals include a Quebec tract and a new railroad.
Wisconsin state aid totaling 70100 for first and second class graded schools is distributed with 48600 to first class and 21500 to second class. Westby receives 200 for first class. Bay City and Black River Falls receive 100 for second class. Nearby towns also share in the allocation.
Brief items from Wisconsin towns note a Liberty Ridge German Evangelical congregation celebrating its golden jubilee with two former pastors as guests of honor. Other summaries cover a Chetek editor pursuing law, a Glen Flora deer horn in a tree, Green County old settlers’ picnic with leaders expected, Racine painters convention papers, Wausau homecoming plans, Madison civil service exams, Waukesha country club project, Bechtel death near Madison, Bethesda Spring anniversary in Waukesha, and Gov. Davidson returning from fisheries work with sites eyed for a trout hatchery.
Berlin August 10. The nation awaits as the crown prince is expecting another child to join the family after the July 4, 1906 birth of their first son. The baby will be the Kaiser’s heir and a point of national pride.
Miss Verna Robinson from Money Creek visits relatives in town. A party from here excursioned to Winona on Wednesday and reports a good time. Miss Ela iersey visits friends in High Forest. An ice cream social at Mr. and Mrs. Mark Smith’s home benefitted the baseball team. Miss Effie Bowman returns from Austin where she attended school. Mr. L. A Wilsey, now working in La Crosse, seen on locals. G. A. R. and Relief Corps ladies held a picnic at Selby’s home with many La Crosse residents listed.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as quick relief for hay fever and summer colds. It claims immediate ease of difficult breathing and healing of inflamed air passages, noting the genuine product comes in a yellow package from O. T. Erhart.
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