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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
4
North Side residents demand a proper bath house and reject using worn voting booths for a permanent facility next spring. They describe the idea as an eye sore and push the Progressive League to pursue a lasting, pride-worthy bath house instead.
Will Summers, Milwaukee North Side yards foreman, injured yesterday afternoon while coupling cars. He held the lifting bar and the bar of one car extended, driving the bar into the fleshy part of his hand. Dr Suitor found no broken bones. injury considered painful but not serious, with recovery expected in about two weeks.
J. P. Nutting will assume the position as manager of postal station No. 1 on Rose street. He will also carry confectionery cigars and tobacco.
Mrs. C Laphrel leaves for Chicago after visiting her mother Mrs C Gran ke. Mrs C W Whiting returns from Madison and Watertown relatives. Ed Mitchell goes home to Aurora after visiting her mother Mrs Dandertson. J C Sophy of Chicago visits Mr and Mrs W C McCormac. Nellie Whiting returns from Hokah. Rev Engel of Wilton to lead German Lutheran service during pastor absence. Charles Olson moves family from 1720 Charles street to Gillette street. Birth announced for Paul Lund and wife at 1201 Kane street. Mrs J McLendon and Mrs John Garret plan month westward trip to the Dakotas Montana Nebraska.
A boy riding a train noticed a fire in a caboose at New Lisbon on the Milwaukee line. He smashed the door, was locked inside as flames grew, and leapt through a window injuring his hands. Railroad men saved papers and a $25 suit. the caboose was damaged and sent to shops for repairs.
The City Railway company has begun laying new tracks above Mill street and will relay to the brick pavement on Caledonia street. A crew of about 25 men will work for nearly a month to complete the project.
The trout season will close in Minnesota and Wisconsin next Monday, August 31. Fishermen argue for a later closing but the fish commission's doctors say spawning starts around September 1. Some authorities claim trout spawn in late September or October, with one northern Wisconsin observer noting a month later.
Rochester hospital reports a patient named John Baker who cannot speak or write but nods when asked about relatives. Police seek James Baker a switchman in Medary Junction and another brother who mails from La Crosse. Man found wandering in Minneapolis July 3 and sent to state hospital.
Mayor Wendall A. Anderson appointed Aldermen W. B. Rose Redfuss Jojade Lang and City Attorney John Doherty to represent La Crosse at the Wisconsin League of Municipalities annual meeting in Oconomowoc for a three day session next week. The council had previously directed the mayor to appoint a committee to attend the convention.
A quip notes that mothers wish sons enter the clergy but worry it may hinder a future rise to the presidency, reflecting on social ambition and gender expectations. This humorous remark exposes tensions between career paths and leadership goals.
A local church directory lists congregations on Charles Sill Logan Avon and nearby streets with pastors and service times. Many churches show morning and evening services, Sunday school, and meetings, including Bethel Norwegian, Trinity Lutheran, Tabernacle Baptist, and others with notes on special programs and quarterly conferences.
Charles E. Reynolds known as the peeper faced binding over to the September circuit term on a blackmail charge. Testimony showed he wrote love and marriage letters to young north side women and to C L Lien and others to obtain money. handwriting expert Toland linked letters to Lien with those Reynolds admitted writing. Reverend Wood cited complaints from girls at the Caledonia church. The Independent notes Reynolds had prior similar acts in Winona and until last December lived in a small cottage at 624 Indiana Avenue before leaving town.
The Wright brothers plan a government test of their heavier-than-air craft at Fort Myer next week. The article highlights Wilbur and Orville Wright with photos and notes their long study and effort leading to the test.
A Wi nona resident known as Reynolds faced charges of peeping at young women and was declared insane after a probate court examination by Drs. Pritchard and Munger on December 10. He promised to leave the city, was suspended from further sentencing, and later moved to La Crosse where new trouble followed.
Report notes that the individual may have to answer to the charge of blackmail, with authorities weighing possible legal action and potential court appearance.
Deputy Game Warden G O Mannell and Warden George Kingsley traced evidence to Albert Bellevue Jr of this city after spotting a duck hung in a milk house at the Dixon farm opposite Dakota. Mannell stopped for milk, found the duck, and learned Bellevue had killed it.
In a North Side case, Charles RE Reynolds faces charges for writing threatening letters to women and businessmen. Handwriting expert Leigh Toland, Toland Business School manager, testified samples Reynolds admitted and those denied were authored by the same man, strengthening the case for circuit court.
A compact opinion piece argues that one DIY shale effort alone cannot forge a heroic reputation, emphasizing sustained actions and character over a single demonstrative stunt. It challenges the hero narrative built on improvised feats without support.
Ora Brown, a Black man from Sparta, was sentenced by Judge Fruit to two years in the Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun after pleading guilty to attacking a 14 year old girl. Sheriff Charles Miller of Monroe County and District Attorney W. B. Naylor were present. Brown denied full blame and offered no defense during the hearing, and was transported to Waupun at noon.
Attorney W. F. Wolfe left for Hawkins to deliver an address for the Modern Woodmen of America. On return he will stop in Minneapolis and spend a day or two at the Minnesota State Fair.
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