Tribune rebuts Organ of Dishonesty on Powell and graft
The Tribune rejects claims of city engineering corruption while noting Powell’s private life. It urges a thorough official probe to uncover graft, extending beyond Powell to all city and county offices, with a call for a grand jury or committee empowered to investigate.
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Census Fiasco Hits La Crosse City Hall
Censuses mismanagement blamed on Mr Sieger and his appointees as La Crosse faces a disputed count. Critics say the incomplete 1905 tally undermines growth claims and fuels rival cries, with the city clerk deciding payments to enumerators and retainage amid public doubt.
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La Crosse Census Botch Provokes Calls for Recount
Citizens denounce the census taking as unreliable and unfair citing flawed enumerator selection and alleged failure to swear an oath. City Clerk Sieger faces ridicule over the counting process and calls grow for corrective action to ensure accurate results.
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Scandals Gossip and Oddities Stir Beloit Town
A Beloit report alleges umpire Fay accepted a bribe from La Crosse fans while Beloit faced criticism for Hawley’s removal. A city hall earthquake rumor proved to be police officers in heavy boots. Royal intrigue with Alphonso Patricia Edward Edwardian shifts adds to the chatter.
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Rural Gossip Notes From Strum Globe Page
Curtis Rorabeck works grain by moonlight to rest the team and himself. Merle Pickering from Winona visits the bluffs and sand bars with young folk, enjoying country life and picnics. Harve Cole reports a lamb killed by lightning Friday in the pasture.
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River traffic plea rings through outdated boastful lore
In a column, C. A. W. urges upper Mississippi papers to curb river decline talk and instead promote river improvement. He notes the Helen Mar’s dismantling and the Diamond Jo boats thriving, arguing the era of booming steamboats is not dead but papers keep a funeral hymn alive.
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Confidence in Business Signals Prosperity Across Trade
New York August 19. R G Dun reports optimism spreads from farms to all trade sectors. Demand for distant deliveries rises and payments improve while industrial activity remains strong. Railway securities peak, pig iron output tops prior years, and U S commercial failures fall locally and in Canada.
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Wood for Street Paving Study Aims for Durable Material
The Forest Service announced a study into woods for street paving exploring cheaper abundant species as substitutes for costly constructions woods. Experiments will test selection treatment and laying methods to revive wood paving used by many large cities. If successful, a longer lasting wood pavement may emerge using new species.
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Advertising Makes It Simple To Live In A Big House
If you like big houses you might just as well live in one and take enough ledgers to pay your rent. Want advertising makes it as simple as that.
Enterprising ads test steady difficulties
A curious note urges turning any difficulty into a chance for advertising ventures. The piece suggests a hustling mindset where challenges become opportunities for a small business push. It frames selling as a practical response to obstacles.
Financier Watt Arrested in Plot to Kill Wife
London officials report Hugh Watt a former Glasgow MP, arrested for trying to hire a private detective to arrange his ex wife’s murder with chloroform. Prosecutors say Watt offered 25000 pounds and police found chloroform and peppermint at his flats. Watt denied the charges as he awaits trial on bail.
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Jesters and Jokes: Fragments from City Papers
A patchwork of humor sketches and quips from 19th century papers. Dialogue snippets cover dieting, money jokes, crusts saving, romantic refusals, and a cautious age inquiry in quick one liners. Notable lines from The Tribune Evening Journal San Francisco Examiner and Chicago News appear.
Ryan and Tobin Transfer Line Opens New Carriage Route
City drag line service by Ryan and Tobin operates with hack stand at Henry and Frank's Restaurant. Phone orders offered for prompt service and hard wood for sale listed at old phone 120 location.
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