22 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
1
Thousands gathered for Booster Day at Myrick Park to inaugurate a progressive movement for Greater La Crosse. Estimates ranged from 5 000 to 10 000 attendees as crowds filled cars and fields under clear skies for two hours after dinner. George H. Ray introduced Mayor Anderson as speakers addressed the cheering masses.
The wedding of Miss Florence Mae Saupe and Mr Edward Charles Bart is set for September 2 at the bride’s home 525 King Street with Rev Gerhard Sluyter officiating. Miss Florence Beisel serves as bridesmaid and Alderman Joseph Barth attends the groom. After a wedding dinner the couple depart for a ten day honeymoon through the east before settling at 525 King Street.
Elbert E. Jaycox, prominent La Salle street broker, accuses wife Ina Ward Jaycox of turning their home into a poker hell. He alleges she earns 25 to 35 dollars weekly from a house kitty and rents poker privileges to society women, seeking to leave with the children to continue gatherings despite legal disapproval. Mrs Jaycox leads the Wilson avenue social circle.
Paul C. Barth once mayor of Louisville and ousted by a court of appeals decision killed himself in his private office at the Utica Lime Company headquarters where he served as general manager.
Congressman F C Stevens of St Paul delivers a lively boosterday talk on urban progress. Mayor W A Anderson cites 1841 origins and urges daily boosts, comparing his city’s growth to prize hens that lay every day but must be encouraged. The event, attended by many locals and visitors, highlights civic efforts to advance welfare and development.
Delaware Aug 22 The Ohio Horse Traders association a unique gathering of horse swappers is in session at Cardington near this county seat. Conceived by Harley Singer Cardington liveryman the convention marks a historic first for horse lore in the region.
Mrs C S McKeon of Portland Oregon spends a ski season in La Crosse visiting friends and relatives. She is widow of her superintendent of the County Lone Asyluza Co 8S McKown.
French reinforcements rush from Oran to Casablanca as fifteen thousand Moorish forces under Mulai Hafid threaten the city. Reports cite sultan proclamation, ongoing rifle fire, and executions of a Jewish soldier who shouted alliance with Mulai Mohammed. Algerian sharpshooters and cavalry join the transport Vinh Long bound for Casablanca.
The August Reader Magazine installment argues for compulsory arbitration of labor disputes as a cure for strikes and wage conflicts. Bryan urges labor protections while Beveridge says conditions are already satisfactory and warns against harming the golden egg of industry.
Hon. F. C. Stevens of St. Paul praised La Crosse after a city tour with the board of trade. He called the residence district beautiful and the town’s businesslike, noting the right spirit and expressing strong approval as he departed on the afternoon train.
Senator Foraker spoke before the Chautauqua assembly in Georgetown Ohio and in a good tempered tone claimed credit for the new rate law while endorsing most of Secretary Taft's positions.
United Order of Foresters council 43 calls all members to attend Charles Fritz funeral tomorrow afternoon at Rose Street Woodman Hall. Charles H. Minnis, Secretary.
Elgin Illinois August 22 Mayor Arwin Price may face impeachment charges over his conduct at a city council fundraiser concert in Lord's park. He allegedly used slang and profanity and refused to make change to enlarge proceeds for park custodian David Walker's vacation.
Explosion at Lisbon killed two and fatally injured two, exposing a conspiracy by republican conspirators to assassinate King Carlos and Premier Franco and seize Portugal’s government. The device was aimed at the king and exploded by accident in a conspirator's room.
New York Aug 22 The striking telegraphers gain momentum as a Washington report says Commissioner Neill will soon present President Roosevelt with all collected data on the telegraphic dispute.
The trans Atlantic liner Kaiser Friedrich der Grosse battled a stubborn fire in its laundry Monday night. Passengers panicked but were quieted by the crew’s strong efforts. The loss was not heavy.
A license was issued this afternoon to Albert Hauser of Hamilton, who will marry Anna Jaeger of La Crosse soon. The pairing formalizes their plans for a forthcoming wedding in the region.
County Clerk Rawlinson logged marriages for Edward Bart and Florence Saupe of La Crosse, Carl Hanson and Christina Larson of Holmen, Shady Mansour of New London and Mary Assar of La Crosse, Sebastian Platz and Rose Mason of St. Paul, Henry Trepte of La Crosse and Coretta Wakeman of Bangor, W. E. Van Gilder and Anna J. Smith of St. Paul, and George Knowles and Lillie M. Jones of Spring Valley.
Frank B. Kellogg will arrive in New York to arrange for testimony on September 3 in the federal suit filed in St. Louis to dissolve Standard Oil as a restraint of trade. Leading Standard Oil officials and representatives will be summoned as witnesses.
Telegraphed orders from Col. Nottingham sent fifteen more militiamen from the Seventy first Virginia to Nanook and Tasley on Virginia’s eastern shore. They join troops already on the scene amid race troubles reported in the area.
Inland waterways commission led by Gen. Alexander MacKenzie will tour the upper Mississippi from St. Paul to Keokuk with Roosevelt joining at Keokuk. The group includes Senators Newlands Warner Bankhead and Pinschot, and officials Burton McGee Newell Smith. Frances Braendle of Winona visits La Crosse.
River forecast shows slight fall in upper sections and rise below La Crosse. Measurements list stages at St. Rawlings, Prairie du Chien, Davenport, and Davenport crossings with varied changes. Data entry appears incomplete and contains errors.
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