This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1906
Page
2
Isaac Owens Sr. directs a plain, old-time funeral with walnut or pine coffin, gray flannel lining, no flowers, no embalming, no showy trappings. He asks minimal hearses, no minister carriage, and only family present, to avoid estate expense and public criticism.
Edgar county dispute pits Kinloch against Bell Central as Bell seeks to assert 1881 franchise rights and install a new exchange within sixty days. Kinloch holds controlling stake in Wabash Valley, which used Bell lines. Bell promises free connections while Kinloch contends franchise lapse.
In New York on Aug 14 1889 George Savage a Jersey City plumber left to his sisters Agnes and Elizabeth Savage the care of his horse Dick for life. Dick owns part of two Baldwin avenue Clifton place lots kept for his grazing amid a quiet legal tilt for perpetual pasture. He signals breakfast at 6 each morning and is washed by Miss Elizabeth Savage with citronella oil. Neighbor Edna Grown 13 visits Dick daily, keeping watch over his urban domain.
In Me Aug 14 rats that got drunk on elderberry wine attacked Mrs Jeremiah Sibley in her home at Nas Uruk Pattens. She suffered severe lacerations and blood poisoning was feared but prompt care has reduced danger and doctors expect her to recover fully. The wine was stored in a vat in the cellar when she went to draw a bottle for a sick friend.
Mrs. Sibley entered a cellar to find rats gnawing a barrel and drinking from a vat. A swarm attacked, biting her legs and neck as she banged with a broom and fled to the kitchen where she fainted. Neighbors discovered the animal colony was intoxicated after the vat had been breached.
Mrs. Abram Rosenberg traveled nearly 700 miles to Cleveland to obtain consent from her brother Jacob Rosenberg to remarry after her husband's death. A rabbi officiated at B Nai Jeshurun where Jacob refused to consent under Jewish law. He proclaimed he cannot marry her lest he mar his own inheritance. The widow, childless, then ended the ceremony with a symbolic sandal gesture.
In Milwaukee on Aug 14 the national convention of Eagles opened drawing about 10,000 members from across the country to the city for the gathering.
A black man named Blue Drew who killed three men and wounded a fourth after a craps quarrel is surrounded in woods near Cambon. Deputies from Benton and Zeigler organize posses as tensions rise after the Sunday gathering. The slain include Bennett Wiley a white 19 year old and two black miners.
The report describes a clash between Leiter's mine crews and an outsider named Drew working with a bridge crew. Foreman Carlson of a steel crew was shot in the side while two Black workers were killed. Drew, fleeing, fired into the crowd, injuring Bennett and Carlson, then escaped into the woods pursued by a mob.
Advertises remedies claiming to cure Bright's Disease Diabetes and bladder stones. Produced by O. T. Erhart, the seller, asserting a cure for kidney and bladder diseases.
Clarence Livermore of the Weyauwega post office has invented a device to speed mail delivery. A carrier uses one hand to place mail into the machine, which grips and bundles it, then tightens a strap to prepare the bundle for routes. The system sorts mail by family numbers as in the carrier’s sorting case.
Miss Mary Skinner of Mishawaka and J C Miller of South Bend drowned in the St Joseph river near Hen Island dam as they lost control of a boat. Miller escaped.
A new Northwest Collegiate Institute will open near Sherry Wisconsin on September 12 under Rev William J Agnew and Principal Prof R M Smith. Located on a 500 acre farm near the state’s center the college aims to educate youths of limited means with work programs on the farm and in dormitory roles while offering a regular academic course plus extensive Bible study.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.