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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1905
Page
8
Oshkosh beat Wausau 4 to 1 in the first game and 4 to 3 in the second at Oshkosh as Beloit and La Crosse navigate toward the state pennant. W. P. standings show La Crosse 53 and 36 wins. Beloit 45 losses. Green Bay and others in pursuit.
The Beloit and La Crosse baseball clash stretched to sixteen innings with a 6 4 La Crosse victory. Hawley pitched well for La Crosse aided by Killian behind the plate while Freitag and Backwater starred for Beloit. The game followed by La Crosse preparing to face Freeport in a three game set. President John Elliott of La is mentioned.
The notice extols Wisconsin Business University as the source of nine in ten La Crosse bookkeepers and stenographers, claiming more grads work for Gund’s Brewing than any Wisconsin school. It urges visits to compare with cheaper colleges and warns of losses from low tuition.
Mrs A A Maisson formerly Mrs Frederick A Lester of Racine was arrested in Kansas City on a charge of swindling a Kane County Illinois firm. The case recalls the death of her husband in 1903 after medical missteps and later insurance and Odd Fellows benefits. He was a Racine boat factory worker and a member of the Odd Fellows.
Miss May Jensen aged 21, daughter of farmer Andrew Jensen of Paris town, Ke noc ha, Wis, swallowed carbolic acid at Park Street hotel after a lover spurned her. She lay in critical condition as doctors treated her. The man’s name was not disclosed.
The partial eclipse will be visible in La Crosse from 5:25 to 7:36 a m with about three quarters of the sun obscured. The eclipse’s shadow travels at about four thousand miles per hour, while Burgos Spain offers the longest total phase at three minutes forty five seconds.
The La Crosse board of trade committee on manufactures discussed a Rockford based Ameri can Tool Company proposal to locate in the city. The firm seeks a $25 000 subscription. two investors, W J H Strong of Beloit and Fred K Houston of Rockford Tl, back the plan. The board resumes meetings next Tuesday after summer recess, and a decision is expected then.
The Burlington will operate cafe observation cars on No 49 northbound at 7:09 a.m. serving breakfast and luncheon, and on No 50 southbound at 12:14 p.m. serving luncheon and dinner.
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