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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
6
Death of Chief Biggy Ruled Accident By Officials
San Francisco reports no body found as police board and friends dispute the chief's disappearance. They lean toward accident as he toppled from a launch while ferry swell. Murphy cleared. divorced wife defends him, says he would not take his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Fracisco
Wm. J. Biggy
Biggy
San Francisco
Agreement to Buy at Home Claimed to Sustain Boycott
Testimony in Judge Daniels court depicts grocers resisting a pact to close shops and boycott outside suppliers. Witnesses describe pressure from an association including Secretary Taggart to keep open, threats of deeper boycotts, and a shift to St. Paul for supplies. Treas. Jaekel notes dues, contributions, and a La Crosse wholesaler purchase pattern amid alleged market restraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taggart
Murray
Bergoust
Anderson
Hegge
Marking
St. Paul
Burge
Julius G. Jaekel
Daniel
Cure Catarrh with Rexall Mucu-Tone Guaranteed
An advertisement for Rexall Mucu-Tone claims catarrh is an internal bloodborne disease cured by the medicine, not external remedies. It promises a full money back guarantee if the remedy fails, selling 50c and $1 bottles through O. T. Erhart at 431 Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Erhart
Main Street
Grocers discuss Sunday closing and 7 p m weekday limit
Testimony recounts an informal agreement among grocers to close on Sundays and after 7 p m on weekdays. Nic Birnbaum allegedly kept open nights and Sundays, but no action beyond a secretary visit was taken. H H Hegge notes he joined a visiting committee yet no further measures were pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nic Birnbaum
Harry Taggart
Birnbaum
H. H. Hegge
Birnbaum’s
la Crosse
Hegge
C M and St Paul Competes With Harriman Ry
New York Dec 2 Following a conference between Albert J Earling President of Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Union Pacific officers the two roads reached an agreement on the St Pauls Pacific extension bringing it into direct competition with the Harriman lines Details are known but several questions are believed settled and no further friction between the carriers is expected
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albert J. Earling
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Union Pacific
St. Paul's Pacific
Harriman
Silk Thieves Defy Extradition Ties With Minnesota Officials
St Paul gang members Rogers and a female accomplice, linked to the Park store robbery, elude extradition efforts from Iowa. Sheriff Burns and Chief Webber pursue papers, amid speculation the woman is Belle McCue aka Nellie Roach. The duo reportedly used Hotel Stoddard aliases in La Crosse and have a history of resisting arrest across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Burns
John Webber
Harry Rogers
Waterloo
Iowa
Rogers
St. Paul
Minnesota
Stoddard
la Crosse
Roach
Nellie
Park
Burns
Webber
Ellsworth
Winona
Pitched battle with New Jersey strikers at Perth Amboy plant
About 100 strike sympathizers armed with revolvers stormed the National Fireproofing works plant in Perth Amboy New Jersey early today firing on the guard of 35 to 40 special deputies and policemen. The response from professionals sworn in as deputies cleared the bluff. No arrests were made and none of the guards were hit. All troops were sent home by order of the governor yesterday. Strikers who had planned to return to work were urged by their frightened wives to walk out as militiamen departed. They remain bitter toward the men brought by Keasby on a barge to replace them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perth Amboy
N. J
National Fireproofing Works
Keasby
Girl Slayer Weeps In Police Station
Chicago December 2 police investigate shooting of Chas Hornberger by Estelle Stout aged 18 after a quarrel with the sister of the girl involved. Conflicting accounts from the sister and neighbors under review as Estelle and Mrs Chambers are held in a police station cell. The women say Hornberger quarreled over a sold picture and Estelle fired the fatal shot after he reached the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chas. Hornberger
Estelle Stout
Miss Stout
Geo. Chambers
Hornberger
Edna Billik Starts Endless Chain to Save Father
Chicago dispatch reports Edna Billik, daughter of Herman Billik, begins a letters campaign across Illinois asking little girls to petition their fathers to urge Gov. Deneen to reprieve her father from a Dec. 11 execution. The effort aims to gather supports from many households. In separate news, John D. Armstrong & Co., a Pittsburg brokerage house, has filed for assignment with liabilities around 1.5 million dollars and assets near 1.2 million, with W. C. Rainbow named as assignee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Edna Billik
Herman Billik
FALLS
Pittsburg
John D. Armstrong & Co
W. C. Rainbow
Crowds Gather at Austin Murder Trial in Court
A large Omaha courtroom crowd packed the dais as the trial of Charles E. Davis for Dr Frederick Austin's killing resumed. Mrs Abbie Rice, witness for the defense, was expected to be excluded and the plaintiff Mrs Austin testified about finding her husband slain on the porch and murmuring Polly as the tragedy unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
Chas. E. Davis
Frederick Austin
Abbie Rice
Dr. Austin
Polly
Archbold Kellogg Clash Over Tidewater Refineries
Kellogg and Archbold clash in a testimony about Tidewater stock and refinery strategy. Kellogg seeks control to extend business, while questions press whether dismantling small refineries was intended to create a single large plant and how unusable materials were disposed. The exchange hints at aggressive consolidation tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Tidewater
Kellogg
Allied
Archbold
John Utermoehl Named Editor and Publisher of Argus
John L. Utermoehl is named editor and publisher of the Argus, a Northside newspaper owned by Frank Geisenheimer who will retain an interest in the business. Utermoehl, known to local business leaders, has former roles with Heileman Brewing Co and the Saengerfest committee, and recently worked in the La Crosse Tribune’s business department. Sidetracks the man who talks much and says little. People can joke about the cook in the funny papers, but nobody dares to do it at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Utermoehl
Argus
Northside
Frank Geisenheimer
Geisenheimer
Utermoehl
Heileman Brewing Company
la Crosse Tribune
Woman Leads Burglars In Red Hot Running Fight
In St Louis and East St Louis police search for a gang led by a woman after burglars entered three homes across the river. They fired on officers during a running pursuit and escaped into railroad yards after the raid on Joseph Giedeman’s home. Earlier homes of George Wade and Fred Meeker had been entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
East St. Louis
Joseph
Giedeman
George Wade
Fred Meeker
Manufacturer criticizes tariff hearings and calls for expert commission
J W Van Cleve president of the national association of manufacturers criticizes the Ways and Means Committee for steering testimony. He says the panel cannot solve tariff issues in a session and urges a 32 member German style expert commission to study reductions and increases. Public opinion may force action, he adds, once all sides are heard without subpoenas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
J. W. van Cleve
National Asociation of
Con Ways and Means Committee
Mann
van Cleven
Co’ Tee
Germany
Aiff
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Big Horn Basin
D. Clem ‘Deaver
Landseekers’ ‘Information Bureau
Bib Horn Basin
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Yellowstone Valley
Mont
H. B. Smith
Q.R.R
Fessler & Dahl
Chief Biggy
the Police Board
C. M
ST. P
Harriman RY
Lerkon
ST. LaCarosse
St. Paul Gang
Austin
Archbold Grill
Ayer
Ayers Sarsaparilla
J. C. Ayer Co., Manufacturing Chemists
Lowell, Mass
LA Crosse Theatre
Helia-Carli C
Talking Pictures
Arthur Brisbane
New York Journal
Gant Frohman
Thief
Henri Bernstein
Lyceum Theater
Wm. Winter
New York Tribune
John Utermoehl
Saengerfest
North Side Paper
Tinue
van Cleve
Tariff Commission
Trow
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