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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1910
Page
10
In Chicago on December 2 prize stock from the International Live Stock Show moves from stalls to abattoirs to become Christmas beef. Shamrock II the grand fat steer leads the procession with 1,100 pounds. three carloads of Aberdeen Anguses from E P Hall Mechanicsburg Ill also head to market as today’s auction begins.
A reflective note asks whether any man truly feels he works hard enough and whether occasional doubt can spur renewed effort. The inquiry hints at personal standards, fatigue, and the drive for improvement.
Washington reports the comptroller of the currency release on saving banks shows 9,142,908 depositors across 1,759 banks with deposits totaling 4.07 billion dollars averaging 445.20 per depositor. States over 100 million include New York, California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. West Virginia gains a seat in Congress. Pensacola population listed with county figures for Pennsylvania.
The census office reports the 1910 enumeration for both states in total and by counties. Pennsylvania reaches 7,665,111, up by 1,262,996 people or 21.6 percent. West Virginia’s figures follow in the official release.
W G Watrous of Austin aided by his sons fashioned crude coffins for his father W S Watrous and friend M S Klauber. They dragged the coffins on hand sleds fifteen miles through Wisconsin woods to a railway station. The elder Watrous and Klauber had drowned in McDermott's lake near Rowell a week earlier during a hunting trip.
From London comes a report by Consul General Griffiths describing a new automobile tire that mimics pneumatic tires without using rubber. It uses steel coils and fiber gutta-percha blocks to absorb shocks, promising resilience, less dust intake, and reduced side slip for heavy vehicles and omnibuses.
Dec 2 Atlanta report says M. L. Brennan pawned his own coffin after buying it as a bargain. He needed money and had nothing else to sell, so the coffin was carted to a pawnshop as he faced financial strain from rising living costs.
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