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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1905
Page
7
The Tribune lists want column notices with one cent per insertion and a minimum ten cent ad rate, indicating no space sold for less. The snippet reflects historical pricing and advertising practices typical of the era.
A dense classified column lists FOR SALE items including rifles boxing gear a pool table and more. Also MIXED bull pup and fox terrier for sale and a good house and barn cheap. Multiple WANTED notices for housework button cutters and dining room staff along with rental and loan offers and tips on using ads. Local addresses and a Tribune reference appear throughout.
Classified notice invites readers to place requests and notices in the Tribune Want Column. It urges concise wording and provides guidance on submission to reach the appropriate department quickly.
Washington reports another chapter in the dispute between Secretary Shaw and Iowa Governor Cummins. Shaw releases a letter defending his remarks on the French treaty and editorial comment, saying public leaders are not bound by editorials. A separate note mentions the disappearance of Merman Kneevers, a Sheboygan company employee, whose body has not been found after days of search efforts.
A young man identified as Frank Dickinson was arrested on a charge of passing a worthless check at the First National Bank of New Haven. A handbag recovered at the scene contained blank checks bank books hotel keys and letters addressed to several named individuals and firms. Police say Dickinson deposited 125 in the bank under the name Pickinson and tried to pay a local merchant with a check bearing the name Frank Davidson. the bank refused and the arrest followed.
President Roosevelt announces that China has canceled the Canton Hankow railroad rights and concession. The Chinese government will pay the American China Development Company six million seven hundred seventy four thousand dollars as indemnity. The decision followed a Monday conference between President Roosevelt and J Pierpont Morgan, head of the firm controlling the property.
Police in Sheboygan Wisconsin search for a young husband reported missing after his wife raised concerns. Authorities say investigation begun after he failed to return home and may have left without notice.
In St. Paul Judge Hine schedules ten days at the workhouse for C. S. Olson of Dallas Wis after he claims bathing the amputated leg stump could have intoxicated him. Olson was found on Fifth street and says he has had no drink in over a year. He explains sleep loss led to a fall on the sidewalk. The judge replies with a ten day sentence.
A Stratford ceremony yesterday united Dr George Kenosha and Miss Nellie Ball in a private home wedding. In Muscoda, Dr James Howard Brooks wed Miss Delia Dvorak, with plans to reside in Neillsville after September 13.
Pekin reports the US goods boycott dominates attention in China with Shanghai as the only city spared. Officials suspect government sympathy but deny formal backing while merchants shift aims to unrestricted entry for all Chinese.
Native newspapers have gained influence since the Boxers uprising and are multiplying in number becoming a power.
La Crosse to Merrillan connections with Omaha and Wisconsin Central lines. Trains depart La Crosse 8 15 a m and Green Bay 8 00 a m return to Merrillan 12 15 p m with later connections via Marshland Ant Herst Junction Amherst Junction Stevens Point and Green Bay. Merrillan daily 7 10 a m except Sunday with Winona arrival 11 20 a m and return departs 2 52 p m arriving Merrillan 3 30 p m.
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