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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1908
Page
4
Readable fragments note booths ready and dry on the north side with no clear event, date, or people identified. The text appears as a chaotic OCR snippet lacking a cohesive report or names.
Some old booths remain in use as new permanent stations near schools. Ninth and Fifteenth wards ready, others in process. South side wards install where possible at police station basement sites. cost cited at 1188 dollars for the temporary setup with repairs and handling concerns noted.
The article notes that booths are not located in suitable spots as well on the North side, highlighting placement concerns and comparing areas.
A fair crowd gathered at the Q Gun club grounds on the Sawyer Austin mill site for the regular Sunday shoot. Gus Rose posted the high run with 19 consecutive hits, leading a slate of fairly good scores among participants.
Word arrives of the marriage between H. G. Mills of this city and Miss Gertrude Snyder of Morristown. The ceremony occurred Thursday in Fairmont Minnesota. Mills, a well known barber on Caledonia Street, plans to live at the corner of Berlin and Logan streets.
Florence Elaine Hilbert aged 3 months died Sunday at 2 AM from cholera infantum. Funeral set for Tuesday at 2 PM from the family home with Rev. W P Schlien of the German Methodist Church preaching. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery with William Dwyer in charge.
About 200 members attended a Sons of Norway picnic at the shooting park on French Island yesterday. The event featured various sports and was reported as one of the year's most successful gatherings with all attendees enjoying a good time.
A gathering at Rice Lake included several North Side residents while Miss May Horn of Lansing and Miss Etta Nesler visited friends. Milwaukee guests Myrtle and Cora Withers stayed with Nana Groezinger as Mr and Mrs Elmer Hardy from Idaho visited relatives. Local asks note improvements in A McLeod’s health and LaValle and Chicago visits by Mrs. Saltz and daughter. A Wood couple welcomed a daughter, and Mrs McDonough travels for millinery purchases.
County officials close offices on Wednesday August 26 to spend the day at Dakota Park. Captain Otto’s launch will depart the public landing at eight in the morning for the trip with planned contests and festivities.
The Barth Brewing company workforce spent yesterday as guests of the firm at Goose Island south of the city. Refreshments were served and the outing proved enjoyable for the employees.
Elmer Latamore, city night watchman, recalls his bull dog Ted’s encounter with a bear cub during a woodland ramble with Latamore’s brother. Ted engaged the cub, clashed fiercely, and sustained a deep side wound before the bear was dispatched with a club blow.
Department No. 5 was called about 11 30 yesterday to the home of Joseph Stangle at 1602 Denton street where the generator of a gasoline stove exploded and started a small fire. The flames were extinguished without serious damage.
Gateway City Camp No. 360 of the Modern Woodmen plan a harvest dance in their hall in the Linker building next Saturday evening. The barn themed decorations and first ever harvest dance in the city are expected to be a big hit.
Dr Francis H Herrick notes various bird responses to crises. A sparrow may pluck a nestling’s mouth with a horsehair, an oriole may watch a mate hang, a robin tugs at a string but releases it incompletely, and a gull drops shellfish from height to obtain meat, with repeated trials cited.
A French chef on the Paris to St Germain rail line prepared pommes soufflées for a banquet at the opening. Potatoes plunged in boiling butter failed when the train lagged, then reinserted after restart to yield light inflated results. The event is said to have revealed the dish’s beauty.
The text explores how moral norms can conflict with material incentives, suggesting morality often yields practical benefits in social and civic life. It examines the tension between ethical behavior and economic or political gain.
Principal J. P. Benezet announced the high school will open at 9 a m on Tuesday September 1. Examinations for summer students will occur at 9 a m Saturday August 29 with parent contact by mail. A strong new teaching staff includes F C Hodgson physics J Piper Stratham mathematics Louise Brown English Cora Desmond English Lena Morey Latin Grace Collins Latin and English. Professor Hemmenway to travel abroad on leave.
The Trenton First Baptist church in Wisconsin offered Rev John Wellington Hoag a 2400 dollar yearly salary with one month vacation after a special congregational vote. Hoag, born June 3 1876 in Brantford Ontario, educated at Kalamazoo College and the University of Chicago Divinity School, has served La Crosse Wisconsin since 1904 and will visit his home for a month before starting work in Trenton.
Rev. Mr. Hoag energized evening services and expanded the church in year three to fit larger crowds. He has long served Wisconsin Baptists as moderator, state board member, B Y P A president, and Wayland Academy trustee, while declining other fields to remain at La Crosse.
An East Coast storekeeper who pries into customers’ packages faces a sharp lesson when a hidden bag releases a swarm of hornets. He darts from the shop as the insects sting and chase him, a cautionary tale the local loungers recount for years.
At Empire Music Hall in London American visitors were greeted with Union Jack and stars and stripes while songs played and a human encyclopedia answered questions. An American asked about July 4, 1776 and the encyclopedia called it an infamous outrage.
Mrs. Johanna Hubbard of 202 South Seventh street died after skirting flames while filling a small gasoline stove. Her daughter Gertrude Hubbard and son Harry survived. the daughter suffered hand burns. Funeral arrangements pending.
Thomas Hermann and his daughter Miss Florence have returned from an extended European tour chiefly spent in Norway. They reached home after a record voyage, leaving Christiania just one week prior. The ocean crossing took four days and fifteen hours aboard the Lusitania.
A local dispute escalates as neighborly friction triggers legal action. The case centers on alleged harassment and property tension, with witnesses noting ongoing quarrels and protective orders sought by one party. The outcome remains pending.
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