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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1907
Page
6
In a brief vignette from a social circle, Clara recounts Jack Gaye declaring he would kiss her or die during an evening last week. Ethel responds with disbelief and asks if he kissed her, to which Clara notes readers have not learned of his death. The exchange hints at dramatic tension without specifying any outcome.
La Crosse high school will reopen with a new physical culture class led by Carl Joerschke of Chicago who arrives to take the physical instructor post. He will also train the La Crosse Turnverein at Germania hall. The program includes German gymnastics and regular class hours with further Turnverein schedules to be announced.
Yesterday afternoon more than a score of Adolph Schroeder's friends gathered at Dresden Park for the Gund's Brewery head engineer's annual birthday picnic. Congratulatory speeches were made by Adam Kro ner, Carl Kurtenacker, and others, and the event was a decided success.
Charles Bodmer a Milwaukee fireman on Northwestern road leaves for Bangor to attend the funeral of his nephew Ed Bodmer who died suddenly there Saturday. He is well known locally and leaves many friends to mourn his loss.
The largest balloon in America reportedly made its first ascent in Philadelphia on August 26 carrying six passengers. The flight was led by Samuel G. King, a veteran aeronaut who built the balloon, with passengers mainly from the Ben Franklin Aeronautical Society.
The Franklin club schedules its first meeting of the season in the Fjelstad building rooms on Thursday September 5. New officers will be elected including President Professor Harry Spence Secretary C C Looney and Treasurer M M Downey. A question has not yet been selected.
Ripon Wisconsin August 26 Twenty five men will report at Green Lake on September 4 for football training under Coach Luehring. Among those at camp are Leo Detray captain of the Chicago university eleven and John Schommer captain of the maroon basketball team.
Mr and Mrs John Grimes entertained many friends last evening at 823 Rose Street in honor of their son Edward who is visiting from Green Bay with his wife. Edward has lived in Green Bay for three years. The evening featured music and light refreshments. Edward will stay in the city until next Saturday.
London August 26 J W Gates with Ort Wells Chicago broker visited English race meetings at Hurst Park and won on his first bet. He just returned from a motor trip to John o Groats the northernmost point of Scotland. He has rented a large estate in France for shooting and will depart for France soon.
County Clerk Rawlinson has not received the hunting licenses from the secretary of state though advised this morning that a consignment had been shipped. They will probably reach him in the morning.
A remark notes that many women are too tender hearted to kill a chicken, contrasting this with the behavior of rare vegetarians. The observation suggests moral or cultural judgments about food and compassion.
Onald Robertson opens a series of standard drama performances at the theater tonight. He is a leading exponent of arts uplift in America and a foremost American dramatist. This evening he appears in Moliere's The Miser, providing a noted dramatic interpretation. Robertson is a brother of Robert Robertson of La Crosse.
A special Saengerfest board meeting occurs at 7:30 PM in La Crosse to arrange preparations. Members include Doerflinger Luening Schick Dengler Malin Strauss Riese Bosshard Uttermoehl with delegations from Chicago Davenport Muscatine and Milwaukee ahead of the festival featuring 60 cities across seven states.
Mrs. Sinclair and daughters of Northport Wisconsin visited then returned home. Harry Evjen Caledonia street barber and Elmer Yehle reported 150 sunfish from French Island, one of the year's largest strings. J J Brabandt brought 24 bass, among La Crosse season’s top game catches, all caught with frogs along river wing dams. Thomas French Milwaukee shops foreman takes vacation. Geo Brabant recovers from a hand injury after a baseball mishap while catching for Duchy Vogt of La Crosse.
Mrs Mary E Orpwood mother of George C Bell dies at his La Crosse home after a three year paralysis illness. Aged 67 she suffered strokes and remained bedbound until a third stroke proved fatal. Survived by sons George C and Willard Bell. Funeral Wednesday at 2 from George Bell’s home with Rev James Irish officiating. interment Oak Grove cemetery.
A satirical remark suggests labor shortages for harvest could ease if men learned to use a pitchfork as well as they use a beer mug, implying a critique of drinking culture over work ethic.
Commissioner Sol Burdick rushed from Sparta after learning from Poor Commissioner Gross that a La Crosse jail held Carrie Pittinger, a woman repeatedly bounced between Winona and La Crosse. Burdick called her strong and able to work, but noted she enjoys the booze too much.
Residents protest the Palace livery barn at 812 Cass Street run by John A Wilhelm, seeking to end its use as a residence and barn. A health committee including Aldermen Sletten Lang and Snyder will meet to decide. concerns include price rises, indignant horse owners, and strong odors in the residence district.
New York aug 26 John Gallagher 25 year old private secretary to Philip S Dean head of the legal department Lawyers' File Insurance and Trust company 37 Liberty street Manhattan won his bride after a rapid courtship that began Thursday when Richard Barnes and his daughter Louise 22 visited the trust office to arrange a title search. The engagement followed as Barnes left a day later and the wedding was held Tuesday with Douglas Barnes of Chicago brother of the groom as best man. They found a house after a brief wedding tour.
Dock Barnes, ninety six, killed his wife at their home eight miles southeast of Tulsa on Saturday night. Three months earlier he tried to kill Richard Lewis, who courted his daughter, but was discharged after a preliminary hearing. no arrest has been made.
A farmer advises selecting the most profitable cows to breed from by rear their heifer calves to begin strengthening the herd and boosting future gains. The guidance emphasizes building value through selective breeding and herd enhancement.
Vacation ends in seven days as pupils prepare to return to school on September 3. Prof L P Bennezet arrives from Oak Park and teachers return home. An addition at the Tenth ward adds four rooms and a new heating plant. General repairs keep all schools in better shape. Second district school pupils move to the old high school at Main and Wighth. eighth and seventh grades to the old assembly room. The second district school to be abandoned for now, possibly repurposed as a manual training school.
The Lavaque and Boston grocery staffs and their families held a Sunday picnic on French Island. Pro prietors joined the workers for a day of amusements including a women’s baseball game halted by disputes and a fishing spree with several large catches reported.
F H Williamson deputy state inspector of factories visited Elbert Hubbard's Roycroft shop in East Aurora N Y on Aug 26 and demanded immediate discharge of about a dozen under 14 year old workers employed in Hubbard's printery and hotel. Hubbard said the youths were earning a few dollars during vacation.
Advertises S S S as a cure for Rheumatism claiming the disease stems from uric acid in the blood due to indigestion and constipation. The text argues the medicine cleanses and renovates circulation, neutralizes acids, and provides a tonic blood supply, attributing permanent relief to herbal roots and barks. Includes promotion for a book and medical advice from The Swift Specific Co. Atlanta, GA.
Justice Guy signed a final decree granting Mrs. Mary Adelaide Yerkes-Mizner an absolute divorce from Wilson Mizner. She may resume the name Yerkes and marry again. Mizner cannot remarry during her lifetime. Mrs. Yerkes is the widow of Charles T. Yerkes.
Mr and Mrs Stephen Corken who have stayed with Mrs Taylor and Mr John W Taylor on Rose Street plan visits in Rock Island with Mr Corkens parents before returning to Minneapolis where they reside Miss Katherine Taylor has joined them in Minneapolis for several weeks as they travel together
Sunday was pay day on the Milwaukee. This is the second time it has come on a Sunday in some time, the last Sunday pay day being in last fall. The regular pay day of the company is the 25th of the month and the last men are paid at this time no matter what day it happens to come on. Some of the companies pay either the day before or the day after if the pay day comes on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Gould Dietz of Omaha Nebraska are visiting friends in the city during a storm. They arrived with a chauffeur in a large touring car this morning and expect to spend a month on the road touring the country.
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