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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1906
Page
5
President John T. Powers of the Wisconsin State league fined the La Crosse club fifty dollars for refusing to play the second game in the Oshkosh series. Catcher Killian was fined ten dollars for abusing Umpire Boland. others were fined but only Killian paid.
Fans plan a trip to Freeport to support the team during the La Crosse series on September 13 to 16. Twelve fans have committed so far, with expectations rising to at least twenty-five participants for the trip.
Democratic County Chairman P. W. Mahoney cites the primary election law as amended by the legislature to end city committees. Attorney General L. M. Sturdevant says the statute is indefinite and contradictory and cannot be interpreted, admitting he gives up the task.
John Mohr was crowned king of the sharp shooters Sunday afternoon and received a donated silver cap from William Ott. Tourney scores list Mohr 217 Rusche 212 Budd 207 Burdick 196 Krenzke 191 Costley 187 Hafner 174 Platz 171 Ruprecht 170 MacMahon 161 Smith 162.
Officer Hefti arrested John Roigge Sunday afternoon for abusing a horse rented from Clark and Clark's livery stable. He was arraigned before Police Justice Hunt on a drunk and disorderly charge and fined five dollars plus costs.
Miss Anna Hackner entertained at 1235 Ferry street in honor of Miss Celia Simon of Milwaukee. The guest list included Miss Céraline Miln vheitz of Madison and Miss Lillie Kurte among others.
The list shows Nellie Frieze, Clara Maymaz, Lizzie George, Marian Miller, Florence Bechmann, Nannie Bartel, Emily Imhoff, Olga Olson, Celia Simon, Mil waukee, Freida Newburg, and others winning head prizes. Lillian Kurtenacker and Wenzel Dvorak won the consolation prizes in the same event.
Bids for a road project toward La Crescent were due yesterday but none were submitted. Officials believe contractors are too busy to bid on the new road.
C. E. Bennett of the Pierce Stephens Grain Elevators company based in La Crosse says, after an inspection trip through the west, that every indication points to a bumper crop.
The Unique theater draws record crowds despite heat with full houses Saturday and Sunday and many turned away. Shows include Oh That Limburger Masqueraders and A Tenant's Revenge, praised for amusement and cheer.
Fifteen state game wardens scour sloughs and lakes around the Mississippi to stop out of season duck shooting and illegal fishing. The hunting season opens September first.
In a letter to the editor, Byron Hutchinson asserts he has not worked for Crosby Marble Shop for eight months. He says he has been employed by Hynne Benrud Granite Company throughout and holds a contract with them for another year at a higher salary.
Local items list WIRING HEAVY LIGHT MAN G T Perkins and family, arrival delays for W J Ferris of La Crosse Water Power, a church sermon, kidney cure ads, hunting licenses, land prospecting offers, and small-town classifieds from La Crosse area. Includes Fooley Kidney Cure testimonials and business notices from 227 Main.
The article notes a newly found Cobalt region rich in silver and other metals accessible via the Grand Trunk Railway. A descriptive booklet will be mailed on approval to Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A., Grand Trunk Railway System, 135 Adams St., Chicago.
A letter from Gerald Martin in Exeter thanks Dr George Powell for news of the Beaver and recounts how the Beaver was cremated in Los Angeles and buried on a peak of the Big Horn mountains in Cody Wyoming to await Buffalo Bill. The tribute describes the warrior’s grave and the eternal vigil of the plains.
Geo E Powell writes of a granite peak where a hero lies in state, a silent sentinel over time. The passage honors a fallen figure, the Beaver, and the peak as a monumental resting place, a beacon for dawn and dusk across the grassy plain.
In Hover Washington a townsite excavated for the First Presbyterian church revealed an Indian burial ground with relics including tomahawks beads peace pipes and copper dishes. A copper chain with Aztec style engraved spheres was found and bought by Theodore J. Kersten of Moran Prairie Spokane who plans Mexico expert review.
In St Louis on August 21 Hawaiian royal band and glee club members traveling from Louisville barely avoided asphyxiation after a tunnel incident. Ventilators left open failed to clear noxious gas as the train entered Union Station. Twenty members became ill and several had to be assisted from the car.
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