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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1906
Page
5
Mrs Conrow of Dubuque and Mrs Bartlett of Oswego were honored at a small luncheon hosted by Mrs Charles Doty for guests including Midd Maud Pettinf Gill, Miss Turnbull, and the McMillan sisters of Chicago, with several St Louis and Chicago residents present.
1D G McMillan hosted a Wednesday afternoon card party in honor of her sister Miss Lillian Samuels of Minneapolis. Prizes were won by Mrs. E R Burke and Mrs. George M Neath.
A group of youths took a Friday afternoon drive to Oehler's cave. Participants included Lucy and Tillie Schultze Drees Roe der and Wenzel from Red Wing Minnesota and Messrs Grast and Hertlitk. All reported a good time.
Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Allen left for Vermont to visit old friends. Miss Gertrude Hogan returned from the east. Mrs. Samuel Wright and son Henry and Miss Marie Wagner of Chicago visit Mrs. S. W. Anderson. Miss Helen Norbeck of Minneapolis visits the Marston sisters. Miss Eva Kelley visits Minneapolis. Miss Anna O'Connor visits Minneapolis friends. she is Tri-City Telephone chief operator. Miss Kate Okre visits Wak on Illinois. Miss Clair Evans returns from Lansing Iowa. Misses Paulson Peterson and Tillie Elstad go to Minneapolis for the grand encampment. Thomas Devine returns home from Minneapolis. Martin Fuerhak returns from Madison and Chicago. Rev. C. W. Wentworth expects to leave Aug 21 after illness in family. New Milwaukee road timetable changes take effect tomorrow on the Dubuque division. Hector Coster returns from a four weeks western trip. Miss Gunda Kokkin visits here. Frank Welch and Mossholder families camp in a houseboat near bridge switch.
Mrs. P. H. Capellen hosted a lawn birthday party on Monday August 6 for her daughter Ida’s eighth birthday. Guests at two pink and white tables enjoyed cakes with eight pink candles and received bon bons as souvenirs. Attendees include Esther Wager Doris Smith Martha Mierman Marguerite Boschert Katherine Boschert Dora Flatter Helen Kroiser Vera Dennis Leonora Zeisler Amanda Zeisler Laura Thompson Elsie Braun Marie Newburg Ida Newburg Marie Grams Bernardine Schilling Marie McAllen Rosa O Keefe.
Miss Rose Colgan of Cranburn Canada visits her brother M. Colgan at 1202 Avon street. William Colgan becomes a Milwaukee road brakeman with several successful trips. Miss Ella Retzlaff of Kane street recovers after throat surgery at St. Francis hospital by Dr. Dvorak. George Peterosa travels west for harvest. Mrs. Peter Johnson chaperones Pearl Johnson Clara Ruud Agnes Ruud Mabel Iverson and Mabel Stolander on a camping trip across French Lake.
In Freeland Pennsylvania on August 11 Michael Hakalak of a local orchestra killed fellow musician John Stefano after an argument over money in the bass fiddle used to hold wedding receipts. Hakalak pleaded extraordinary provocation and posted $300 bail to keep the peace and cover fiddle damages.
The thief rifled the victim’s pockets and stole $2 before fleeing. Boyd, badly wounded, was found by railroad workers and rushed to the police station. Dr. Egan required nearly a hundred stitches for scalp injuries described as almost scalping. Freeman was captured after a description by Boyd led to a chase, bound over to circuit court, and pleaded guilty to assault with intent to rob while armed. The victim remains in precarious condition at St Francis hospital.
Notes from abroad report tax exemptions by country with income limits of 80 dollars in Italy and 225 dollars in Prussia. Belgium once led in apples but now yields poor fruit. an international savings bank pact among France Italy and Belgium allows cross country deposits. Mandalay porters haul trunks for a halfpenny per package while Belgiums telephone greeting shifts from Allons to Allo as the last letters drop.
To ease shopping stess and boost interest, readers are urged to study ads first, gaining zest and momentum before starting purchases. The tip emphasizes evaluating deals and offers to maximize value.
Printers say store management is a black art guarded by ink, since without it the act of running a shop becomes mere store keeping. The craft hinges on precise, enduring records and disciplined methods.
Comptroller Meiz gives Brooklyn a full city block for sports. Shakespeare dies at Stratford at 75. French minister Leygues began as a poet but leans politics. Lumbard praised by Lincoln for wartime singing. Marathon winner Sherring becomes Canadian inspector earning £150. Harper of Leroy, Illinois, published 156 newspapers. Stevens of Panama Canal is hardworking and witty. Harris as Ohio governor is notably older at the oath. O Connor and Blake to attend United Irish League of America convention in Philadelphia October 2-6.
May Buckley will be Kyrle Bellew's leading lady next season Frances Starr is signed by David Belasco May Irwin to star in a new play by George W Hobart Margaret Dale Owen signs with Harry Carson Clarke George W Lederer becomes Colonial Theater manager in Chicago Max Figman to headline next season under John Cort Fred Frear in The Mayor of Tokyo has appeared in Gilbert and Sullivan operas Joseph and William Winter Jefferson prepare Playing the Game by Cleveland Moffett and Hartley Davis
The text traces Oklahoma’s expansion to 44 million acres and Missouri’s prison-made goods industry with about 1,500 convicts. It also highlights Colorado as a major gold prospecting region with 105,000 square miles hosting mining camps rich in gold silver copper and zinc.
Weymouth Massachusetts ranks as New England's second oldest town with 1622 settlement. New York City's sewers if laid end to end would stretch 1710 miles to Pike's Peak and its paved streets form a continuous road. Chicago imposes a 25 dollar annual restaurant license to fund kitchen inspections and food safety.
Linen handker chiefs and corsets offered at deep discounts for a clearance event. Ladies and children hose supporters and girdles reduced to pennies, with values spanning up to 75c and as low as 12 1 2 cents. Special lots include shell combs and assorted belt items.
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