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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
4
Deputy State Game Warden Ed Gautsch announced a new law requiring hunters who kill a deer to notify the warden of the exact animal weight and provide in writing the time and place the venison will be consumed. The deer season closed yesterday with many in La Crosse reporting successful hunts.
The Catholic Order of Forestery's St. John's bazaar saw record attendance and peak sales last night. The dining hall fed many more attendees, with turkey and sides drawing heavy crowds. Tonight, the final night promises another large turnout as contests conclude and an oyster supper is served from five to nine.
The article notes moonlight related blindness in Cuba and a joke cure by washing eyes with dew. It cites Frank Stein hart, former Cuba consul general, claiming moonlit dews can be radioactive and electric, turning a humorous account into a claim of curative power.
Pupils of St James school presented a Thanksgiving program in the school house Wednesday afternoon and repeated it yesterday morning due to strong audience praise. The program listed acts across rooms, recitations by students Thomas Morris Jr and others, piano and vocal solos, and songs including Holy God and A Christmas theme intertwined with seasonal pieces.
North Side notices list numerous residents traveling to Minneapolis La Crosse St Paul and Alma Wis for visits and work. Names include Webber Vaughan Donnovan Lang Swanson Reed Holtz Parker Holmen and more with addresses in Bangor Sparta Mankato and Galesville noted. Community updates mention hospital returnees and local hosts while L O T M hold meeting at Woodman hall.
The article extols vanadium as a vital additive to steel in small, precise amounts. It claims vanadium increases tensile strength elasticity and ductility, giving steel greater toughness and resistance to crystallization to meet rising daily burdens.
Standings show the Painters atop the Commercial Bowl league at month end with 34 points ahead of the Nelsons who have played three more games. Premiums hold third at .533, Barred Rocks fourth at .500, with other clubs and player scores listed.
Tabernacle Baptist Church at Clinton and Avon Streets secures Rev. R E Cody formerly of Benton Illinois for winter services. Cody, now in Tomah, will lead first service Sunday morning. Church seeks permanent pastor and hopes to recruit Rev F J Leonard who preached here in summer.
Los Angeles dispatch reports that money for the McNamara defense fund is alleged to have funded Bert Franklin bail and his defense. Darrow denies any such misuses, while Davis explains cash bail and the court’s willingness to accept $10,000 cash bail. the district attorney prepares for the case as jurors in the twelfth venire are sought.
In Hana South Australia during a debate the prime minister claimed gamblers cut off a comrade’s finger for joining the Salvation Army. A member questioned the allegation as the PM dramatically stretched his hand with a bottle and proclaimed here is the finger and the deposition accompanying it.
A collection of wry observations including a critique of pari mutuel machines and a tale of a Missouri farmer nearly killed by a rescued mite. It also relays a quip about two British MPs named Montague Matthew and Matthew Montague and the speaker’s misidentification.
New York City fireman James Halloran of Engine Company No. 20 tests a compact smokestack device. A branch pipe attaches to the fire hose nozzle with three flexible tubes ending in rubber noses. Water flowing through the hose creates a draft that pulls smoke away from the nozzle into a garden hose outlet.
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