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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
3
Enumerator Daniel Erickson, hired by City Clerk Sieger for the Nineteenth ward census, vanished with all work records yesterday after a report that Sieger studied census laws to force Erickson to report. Sieger canceled arrest plans and aims to retake the ward census with two capable men in four to five days.
William Bates of Lansing saved a passenger train on the Milwaukee road near Horseshoe Bend south of La Crosse by flagging it through a storm. With twelve feet of track undermined the train halted just feet from danger. the crew credited his action with preventing a likely ditching and two hours of delay.
The Durand Gun club will hold its first annual tournament Friday Aug 18 with amateur and professional entrants from St Paul Minneapolis Wabasha Winona La Crosse Tomah Sparta Viroqua and beyond. Noted shooters J L D Morrow N R Crosby H C Hirschy B O Seymour will attend.
A short editorial quips that outcomes depend on one’s opportunity eye sight. Reading want ads with the right eye glasses reveals prospects. seeing things aright may bring good fortune and omen for the day ahead.
The Winona Republican reports strong interest from fans and officials in forming a Wisconsin league franchise. President John T Powers surveys Winona and predicts a solid baseball town if locals elect a capable board, raise subscriptions, and push for inclusion with La Crosse Rockford Freeport Beloit Janesville Galena Clinton.
The badly decomposed body of Albert Bergans, who drowned Sunday, was found yesterday afternoon below Running Slough after being swept by the current and carried a distance from the drowning site. R W Zinsky, Fred Nelson, Nicholas Mitchell and Charles Lavod located the floater during a fishing trip and it was towed to Miller Brothers for burial preparations. The funeral is set for tomorrow at 9 30 AM from 1228 South Fourteenth Street with Rev Panzlau officiating.
Supt W Irwin led a private car picnic excursion to Lake Coamo in Ho kah along the Southern Minnesota route from La Crosse on Tuesday. The group included Wilbert Irwin Joyce C Irwin F J Evans and many other local residents and guests from St Louis.
Advertisement by Professor F. Wild offers nature cure treatments for open sores and ulcers including saltrheum dandruff and similar conditions. Claims use of best and approved methods with all diseases thoroughly cured.
PIM INKS HAND AAD CAM Games Yesterday in La Crosse and Green Bay. Beloit beat Wausau, Freeport defeated Oshkosh. Today Green Bay travels to La Crosse, Oshkosh plays Freeport, Wausau visits Beloit.
Pink Hawley shut down Green Bay nearly as well as Oshkosh, allowing only four hits and no runs. OLeary and Cahill drove in runs for La Crosse in the fourth and fifth, with support from teammates and opponents' errors. The final line shows La Crosse 2 Green Bay 0 with Hawley and Killian handling the Battery duties.
Beloit defeated Wausau 6 to 4 in a league match yesterday with Mohr Buckwalter Garlic and OBrien contributing key hits. The scoring sequence shows Beloit leading at multiple points and securing the win despite late rallies.
Freeport beat Oshkosh 109 to 454 in a high scoring game. Batteries credited to Scott Karnell Warner Larson and Moore.
Nearly all remaining horse cars of the street railway company were sold yesterday to junk dealers. The relics of the past will no longer trail noisily behind modern electric cars. The company began disposing of old cars and has cleaned up its supply and plans to purchase more modern trailers soon.
Edward H. Selle, a Freeport bank employee, walked to St. Paul from his home on vacation. He left Freeport last Saturday, went to Winona by favorable weather, rode to Wabasha in rain, then walked to La Crosse area via the railroad track and stayed overnight.
A Want Ad style item notes a surge of human claims creating a pervasive presence, referencing George Eliot in a literary framing. The piece suggests the public arena fills with requests, needs, and expectations shaping social life.
City items report a string of notices from Janesville to La Crosse including travel plans, outings on the steamer Columbia, local purchases, and social updates. The column notes illnesses, weddings, visits, and business promotions with ads for Hellfach jeweler and Pacolet cigars.
J A Mullady sold a 1434 grain round pearl to M R Green of Chicago for 500 dollars, the highest river price for a pearl under fifteen gains. The sale brings Mullady's season earnings to 1700 dollars, with Green also buying a fine colored button pearl for 885 dollars the prior week.
A thrift tip urges selling unused possessions via a simple classified ad to raise quick cash this month without risking loans or damaging friendships. Pinpoint benefits include turning forgotten keepsakes into money and clearing clutter efficiently.
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