Alarm Over Black River Conditions Forces Action
The Black River deterioration threatens Hammond chute and drainage for Onalaska and North La Crosse. Dams built by the Black River Improvement Company have declined for years after logging faded, though the railroad has aided piers. The Progressive League urges city and federal action to repair dams and restore channel flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River
Black River Improvement Company
Hammond Chute
Onalaska
North la Crosse
The
Progressive League
Unemployed Men Flee to Dakota West Quiet on Hoboes Trail
The piece describes about 20 000 jobless men moving west from the Dakotas, with La Crosse and Minneapolis police managing the flow. Railroads deploy extra brake men to keep hoboes off passenger trains while freight riders reach distant destinations. Authorities in Minneapolis and North Dakota seek to limit the influx, citing social concerns.
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North Dakota
Minneapolis
Minneapoliss
Railroad Employes Form Protective Association
Railway employes across thirteen states organize to oppose hostile rail legislation. Local branches form as wage fears push workers to join the new Protective Association led by W. H. Thomas of Kansas City, created to safeguard earning power while avoiding road cutbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Railway Employes’ Protective Association
W. H. Thomas
Kansas City
North Side Briefs Report Births In Local Area
A series of brief items notes births at 1419 Berlin Street and a 12 pound son born to Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Smith yesterday. It also mentions residents recovering from illness, camping trips at Trempealeau, visits to Rice Lake, and various local social updates.
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Ludwig Stephenson
Berlin Street
Judson
M. C. Hurst
Heslip
Thomas
Beb. Nelle
Trempealeau
Irwin Smith
Anna Gittens
Maggie Conley
Bernadette Gittens
Pittinger Cottage
Rice Lake
L. Carson
Chicago
Morrison
Frank Beadle
Arthur
Minneapolis
W. P. Long
John Herrier
May Downs
Winona
Frank Stickney
North Side
Sliver
Scott
Mrs Dan Moore Kills 7-Foot Rattlesnake on Bluff
Mrs Dan Moore encountered a rattlesnake on the Minnesota bluffs and killed it. The serpent measured seven feet in length and was reported by local witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Bluffs
Dan Moore
Telegram Rescue Story Shapes Persia to Boxer Echo
The Teheran De Billier cablegram arriving at the State Department confirms the American envoy’s safe arrival and opens telegraphic links to Tehran. A prior Boxer era note showed how a single message convinced world powers to launch the 1900 joint expedition to Pekin and save diplomats.
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Washington
Empire
Persia
Wm. F. Doty
Tabriz
de Billier
Teheran
China
Pekin
Conger
Legation
von Ketteler
Hay
Root
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
France
Pier Ae
Mireiger Ee
Lands Restored to Indians in Oklahoma Land Suits
Assistant Attorney General Charles W. Russell returns from Oklahoma with details of 4,000 federal suits in the eastern district at Muskogee to set aside titles held by members of the Five Civilized Tribes. Senator Owen and Chief Justice Williams are named defendants in a subset of 150 suits seeking restoration of lands to the Indian allottees. The government seeks quiet title in favor of original Indian owners amid aggressive land grabs by some claimants.
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Washington, D. C
J. C. Welliver
Chas. W. Russell
Department of Justice
Oklahoma
Federal Circuit Court
Eastern District of Oklahoma
Muskogee
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians
Senator Owen
Owen
Five Civilized Tribes
Justice Williams
Supreme Court of
State of Oklahoma
Russell
Department
Railroads urged to repair idle cars to avoid fall shortage
Illinois Manufacturers Association plans to press railroads to repair idle rolling stock as shippers fear a car shortage this fall. The traffic committee will present the issue to the board Friday with expectations of new action. President Upham expects a traffic boom within three months amid rising business and good crops.
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Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Board of Directors
Fred W. Upham
Dlinois Manufacturers’ Association
Abolishing Gravity Makes One Light Minded
A quotation frames the idea that a person who abolishes the law of gravitation would inevitably be light minded, implying a facetious view on challenging fundamental science.
Toa dstools fatal for two in Rochester outing
In Rochester on a Sunday outing in Durand Park two visitors, Harry Jarrell of Baltimore and Mrs. Margaret Scheib, along with Mr. and Mrs. J Oscar Jarrell, ate mushrooms from toadstools and fell ill. Harry Jarrell died that night and Mrs. Jarrell later succumbed after a relapse while Mrs. Scheib and Mr. Jarrell recovered with treatment.
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Rochester
N. Y
Harry Jarrell
Baltimore
J. Oscar Jarrell
Jarrell
Margaret Scheib
Durand Park
Aged Man Wins Boat Race at West View Park
In Pittsburg a lake race at West View park drew over 1000 spectators when 72-year-old Michael F. Lynch, a former Allegheny police sergeant, defeated baker William C. Barry who contends the result was tainted by a foul.
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Pittsburg
West View Park
Michael F. Lynch
Allegheny
William C. Barry
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Mississippi
Lacrosse Tribune
North Side Office
Rose ST
Stanton EA Bailey
California
Bartlett Pears
Per Doz
Missouri
Ny, A
K. Temte
Caledonia Street
Dakotas
la Crosse
Oxfords
Nettleton Tan
Slater & French, Shriner & Urner
Fred Heil Shoe
Senator Owen Defendant
Reds
Bureau of
la Crosse Tribune
Congress
Busy Bee
Tommy Tuffnut
Anderson Tire Works
Caledonia St. N. la Crosse
Wis
Burdick
Kalamazoo
Mich
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