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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1907
Page
4
Advertising copy describes E Burnham Hair Tonic and Cream to improve hair and complexion with a free booklet How to be Beautiful from E Burnham Chicago. A demonstrator will visit in August to teach ladies to use Toilet Requisites privately at home.
Waukesh a Wis August 23 The Burning Bush official sheet of the Holy Jumpers predicts 17 year old Olga Lundell from Sac City Ta will rejoin the sect in October upon reaching age. A cartoon of her mother Anna Lundell appears by a Burning Bush artist.
In Waukesha Wisconsin on August 23 Mr and Mrs David Evans farmers near Wales find a newborn baby at their door. A bundle of clothes and a note accompany the infant who is said to be a few days old. The Evans, already with two adopted children, plan to care for the baby.
Fort Atkinson Wisconsin August 23 A military camp set up on Bark River by Company B First Regiment Wisconsin National Guard. The encampment lasts a week with the full unit on duty Thursday night to entertain Spanish war veteran camps of Jefferson County.
Anthony Donovan of the Dane county cape court underwent an operation yesterday at Madison city hospital. Physicians pronounced the operation successful.
Valvoline Oil Company files a complaint with the Wisconsin railroad rate commission accusing railroads of denying stoppage in transit for barrel oil shipments in carloads while allowing it for tank shipments used by Standard Oil. The dispute names North Western, Milwaukee, Omaha, Soo, Wisconsin Central and Illinois Central as defendants.
Tax Commissioner W F Hooker addressed the striking telegraphers at their 226 Grand Avenue headquarters yesterday afternoon. He encouraged the men and women in their position and prophesied a victory. Hooker, formerly a La Crosse newspaper man, spoke to the group.
William F. Kamps, teller at Citizens National Bank, wed May Driscoll, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Driscoll, in Appleton Wisconsin on August 23.
Geo Teshner died after being refused treatment at Milwaukee Emergency hospital then moved to Trinity hospital. He was injured near Kilbourn when a dump car struck him, fracturing his skull. Officials defended the rule limiting non emergency admissions despite public reaction.
Brisk news from Bristol opens a state bank after a banking department inspection. Amherst reports a teen suicide attempt by Viola Iveson. A 150 foot span bridge contract is let at Porterfield. A lucky West Point fisherman finds a pear shaped pearl to fund high school. A Jamestown exposition booking is confirmed for Captain Seeve. Wabena Bank incorporates in Forest county with $10,000 capital. Chippewa Valley Railway upgrades rails as it plans to extend to Menominee and builds a new power house. Gov. Davidson appoints Charles Gilman as Adams county district attorney. Otter Creek Milling dam collapses with flooding downstream toward Eau Claire. A petition asks banning fishing licenses for Lake Koshkonong and Rock River near Fort Atkinson. Higgins land-title suit echoes old court action in Kenosha over $50,000 property.
The Bohemian Magazine shares a tale about an actor who aimed to perform Hamlet in Los Angeles. After his debut as the melancholy Dane he confessed failure to express his full meaning and proclaimed he would never play Hamlet again. A friend urged another try, saying Shakespeare would turn in his coffin, so the actor must perform Hamlet once more.
Miss Winona Smith of De Soto visits Mrs John Gantenbein. Claude M Steele welcomes a ten pound boy born Tuesday. Rev Mr Casper and daughter Lois attend Sunday school convention in Lansing this week. Joe Crummer and son Russell visit J M Tart home this week. La Crosse Noxalls play local team next Sunday. Henry Rippe visiting Freeport Illinois. Anna Ferris visits friends in Lansing. Oscar Tart returns from Minnesota and Mason City trip. A J Fitschen to move back from Dubuque. Friends welcome them back. Crock of Freeburg visits C M Steele to meet first grandchild. Mary Monk of Lansing visits town over Sunday.
Ed Hanson returns from Minnesota and South Dakota while Ed Orth visits relatives in Winona. Miss Anna Herman and Misses Alice and Vernie Warlinger of La Crosse visit Alma, with travel to Gilmanton. Sylvester La Trench of New Al bia visits the Artery family. Edgar Kroner of La Crosse stays with Norman Wimmler. The Durand Tigers will play Alma next Sunday.
Richard le Gallienne meets a sober humorist who argues poetry is not a business. The poet notes the grocer sells goods while poets offer rhymed works at ruinous sacrifice. Laughter from the audience follows, and the exchange ends with the poet admitting the joke.
NEW MILL IN MERGER Appleton Wis Aug 23 The sulphite plant at Ashland with a 15 ton daily capacity owned by the Menasha Paper Company is the latest mill added to merger options. John G Hanrahan, said to be engineering the merger, is in Ashland with his team of experts.
A poetic reflection on a single water drop traveling through oceans and skies. It suggests cycles from cloud to rain, river to sea, and back to the sky, touching places from Florida and Cuba to London and Irish fields, ending with a view of water as a healer and life giver.
The Roman climate is notable for almost no winds and very clean air. The tramontana and sea breezes alternate, producing low average air movement of five miles per hour. Strong north winds bring cold bracing air, while sirocco is moist and enervating but seldom rises to cause widespread discomfort.
A compact note recalls the flirtatious coquette and Aphrodite comparison as Miss Blank wonders about beauty while a card game hints at double dealing dangers.
Edmund Raymond aged 14 was driving a carriage when the horses bolted and threw him. He became tangled in the reins and was dragged for about a half mile, dying from injuries in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
The yacht Ingersol with Ralph Kaerl and Earl Saxton, two youths believed lost in Monday's storm, was found today on Sturgeon Bay in Marinette Wisconsin.
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