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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1906
Page
3
Northwest railroads brace for the heaviest freight season in history as grain movement ramps up by September and crops look bumper. Railroads have issued strict car controls, with eastern lines hoarding equipment, while new locomotives and cars aim to prevent congestion despite rapid trade growth.
A woman who has used Postum Food Coffee for eight years testifies that it cured nervous dyspepsia and steadied her nerves. She notes her husband also switched and improved, saying Postum strengthens nerves and brain without stimulation. The Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan is cited and a plug for The Road to Wellville follows.
Miss Mary Alice Smith, librarian, urges opening the public library to the entire county rather than the city alone. The board of trustees may approve soon, with possible delay until the building enlargement is completed. Donations from La Crosse women funded children's library decor, and children will contribute small sums.
About 3,000 La Crosse residents left for Minneapolis to attend the G A R encampment. The crowd was so large a special Milwaukee road train ran at 10 40 yesterday to handle the trip.
In Kenosha Wisconsin on August 14 a nine year old deaf mute, Joseph Hellriegel, was killed after being struck by a car on the Milwaukee avenue street railway line. He and a younger brother were returning from buying a toy when he failed to see the vehicle and was mangled under its fender. The boy had recently returned home from the school for the deaf at St Francis for vacation.
KAUKAUNA Aug 13 The Wolf River Railway company newly formed by Northwestern officers has started work on a Bowler to Crandon line. It will connect with the Shawano Eland construction and run through Langlade county parallel to the Wisconsin & Northwestern route. The Northwestern plans a Kingston to Langlade branch to join the new line.
Heavy city traffic due to large crowds heading to Minneapolis for the G A R convention clogged all divisions. Milwaukee road trains ran 20 minutes to an hour late as Iowa specials delayed eastbound services. Officials expect schedule corrections tonight and extra precautions for return excursions.
Paul O. Stensland, the wanted Chicago banker, lingered near Madison for days in a farm cottage across Lake Mendota. He was seen at dinner last Friday and a week earlier with a woman identified as Mrs Key, who drove with a man past the asylum grounds. A witness, Mrs Gorst, confirmed the sighting and noted Stensland’s shaved beard and head.
Edward Mitchell and Frank B. Tabor travel to Kokomo Colorado to select sites for a new Kimberly Consolidated mill. Testing by Wisconsin state mineralogical department and Michigan College of Mines supports a roasting process with magnetic separators. Mill capacity set at 500 tons daily. ore value exceeds 12 dollars per ton. ample ore for 25 years. Company stock concentrated in Marquette Iron Mountain and Wisconsin locations.
The Crescents defeated the Red Feathers by a score and the Crescents' batteries were Nunstad and Lessig. Red Feathers' pitchers were Scharf and Niemeyer. William Smith of Sparta was in the city today.
Lawton Oklahoma August 14 The Cement area southwest shipping station reports 120 cars of melons sent to Kansas City St Louis and Denver with expectations of over 500 cars by season's end 350000 melons valued at about 35000 dollars and 700 acres of melons yielding roughly 500 per acre The Alabama Sweet variety is now favored with higher demand and a Kansas City packer buys seeds at 12 cents per pound from E C Lutes who also grows 200 acres for syrup production via a new process
Council Bluffs August 14 Mayor Macrea personally enforced the midnight closing order by entering a restaurant adjoining Manhattan saloon about 1 am. He arrested all employees and had them jailed after telephoning for police. Proprietor H A Larson posted bail for tomorrow. This marked his second raid of the night.
Local city notes report visitors from Eau Claire Canton and La Crosse. Reports on the sunken steamer Quincy nearing pump-out, weather gauge installation, and a stream of short notices about people, sales, and events in La Crosse and nearby towns.
E. J. Emerson of Sparta stops at the Law. Millard Loomis of Endeleen starts Keefe Conservatory of Music fall term September 4 1906. Enroll for voice piano violin and orchestral classes with reduced opening rates CHANDELIER PARLOR 227 Main. A. M. Nippin and W. S. Reque of Coon Valley visit and conduct business.
A summer Wisconsin Skat league tourney in Plymouth drew 646 players, surpassing last year’s 617 in Port Washington. More than 1,500 visitors descended on the city, with Milwaukee contributing over 300 players and about 500 visitors from Milwaukee, and 105 prizes awarded from over 1,500 in prizes overall.
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