Geisle Sentenced for Abusive Remarks to Attorney
In La Crosse Police Court Joseph W. Geisle received forty days in jail and a $35 fine plus costs after being found guilty of abusive language toward Attorney A. H. Schubert. Attorney A. C. Wolfe sought a change of venue, but Judge C. W. Hunt denied the motion. The dispute related to the settlement of Mary Geisle’s estate as Geisle challenged his mother's will.
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la Crosse
Joseph W. Geisle
C. W. Hunt
Geisle
A. H. Schubert
A. C. Wolfe
Judge Hunt
Quarter Million War Tax Cost to District
The article lists monthly totals of internal revenue tax collected in the second district, detailing figures for each month from Aug to Nov and a grand total of 697 274 13. It notes a recurring total of 25 478 49 across certain months and repeats figures for Aug and Sept.
More Ships Sunk by Submarines in War Zone
British steamers Colenso and Orange Prince were sunk by submarines. Colenso, 3,861 tons, sailed from Hull. Orange Prince, 3,583 tons, home port Newcastle. Colenso crew landed today. fate of Orange Prince crew not announced.
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London
Colenso
Orange Prince
Hull
Newcastle
Fourth son born to the empress of Japan
TokIo reports the birth of the empress of Japan's fourth son today December 2. The event adds another prince to the imperial family and follows the prior three children born to the couple. The name and details of the child were not disclosed.
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Japan
Tokio
Empress of
Morrison Wins Every Point In Special Verdict
George Morrison, a Vernon county farmer, won all seven answers in the joint special verdict in his malpractice suit against Doctors A W Henke B W Mast and the La Crosse hospital. The jury found burns from a hot water bottle due to careless nursing and negligence in hiring incompetent nurses, recommending damages of $700. Judge Higbee set Saturday morning for judgment. defense hinted at possible Supreme Court appeal.
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George Morrison
Vernon County
E. C. Higbee
Morrison
A. W. Henke
B. W. Mast
la Crosse Hospital
Higbee
Supreme Court
National Prosperous Trade Report Highlights Varied Regional Activity
The Federal Reserve Board bulletin shows broad gains in general business conditions nationwide. East coast demand remains strong while Pacific coast export activity lags. Panama Canal closures worsen shipping. Southern districts see cotton prices high. tobacco in Carolinas strong. lumber coal textile trades prosper. Oil activity surges in Kansas City. lead and zinc mining active. Crude oil up to a dollar per barrel in four months. St Louis notes good crops but weaker livestock markets. cotton movement slows. Kansas City crops ample. farmers avoid marketing at current prices. Dallas reports good crops and debt repayment. Minneapolis sees excess wheat held for higher prices. Boston sees slight gains. more hiring reported. Building activity up. wool and worsted mills busy with foreign orders. New York heavy steel orders. retail and department stores improving. Philadelphia notes factory gains. iron and steel promising. Oil demand and prices rise.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Pacific Coast
East
Panama Canal
Richmond
Atlanta
Carolinas
Kansas City
St. Louis
Dallas
Minneapolis
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Eagles Will Bury Founder Friday
Herman Noll proprietor of the Hub cafe died at his home 129 South Sixth Street of yellow jaundice after eleven weeks of illness. The funeral is set for Friday afternoon at 2 30 from the residence and will be conducted under the auspices of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, of which Mr Noll was a founder in La Crosse.
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Eagles’ Lodge
Herman Noll
South Sixth Street
F. Adams
Hub Cafe
Order of Eagles
Noll
la Crosse
Ice break claims life of 8 year old near Neenah
In Butte Des Mortes a school trek across a small lake ended in tragedy as William Rasmussen eight, son of Geo Rasmussen, drowned when the ice gave way. Two other boys escaped to shore as the lake cracked under them.
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Neenah
Wis
Butte Des Mortes
William Rasmussen
Geo. Rasmussen
Five State Fowls Headline Big Poultry Show Next Week
Birds from Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Iowa and Michigan will flood the twenty fifth annual Western Wisconsin Poultry association show at Company B armory La Crosse. Secretary William H. Hoeschler says several thousand birds will break state records with ventilation sanitation and festive decor planned for visitors. Pigeons ducks geese turkeys and waterfowl of many varieties will also be shown along with new breeds and scarcer old varieties.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Western Wisconsin Poultry Association
William H. Hoeschler
la Crosse Chicken-Breeders Association
Company B Armory
Market Streets
Griffith Debut in Triangle Film at Majestic
David Wark Griffith presents The Lamb a Douglas Fairbanks drama with a comic feature A Game Old Knight at the Majestic. The Lamb follows Mary and Gerald through romance deserts Yaqui and Mexican frontier danger and a final comic twist. Murray and Mack star in the knight role with a strong supporting cast.
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Douglas Fairbanks
New Majestic
Murray
David Wark Griffith
Triangle Moving Pictures
Majestic
Mary
Arizona
Crooks
Gerald
Royal
Charles H. Murray
Murray and Mack
Artillery Duels Reported Near Brettincourt Frisseray and Tahure
Paris dispatch says the official communique notes artillery duels in the Artois town of Brettincourt Frisseray in the Somme district and Tahure in Champagne as fighting continues.
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Paris
Brettincourt
Artois
Frisseray
Somme
Tahure
Champagne
Fire forces tenants from Wielgus store in Pulaski
A blaze at the Wielgus Brothers department store in Pulaski driven tenants from the building in night attire. One man already weakened by typhoid fever was carried outside by rescuers.
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Pulaski, Wis
Wielgus Brothers
Erhart Sells La Crosse Drugstore To Iowa Buyer
Q. T. Erhart, a downtown La Crosse druggist for twenty years, retires as his Majestic building store sells to C. A. Begun of Des Moines. Begun takes over today. Erhart moved to La Crosse in 1895 and opened the Fifth and Main corner store. He has no plans announced for the future.
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Q. T. Erhart
la Crosse
Majestic Building
C. A. Begun
Des Moines
Iowa
Bogun
Mr. Erhart
Stillwater
T. H. Spence
Fifth and
Main Streets
Madison chemist named for Washington post
D. B. Jones of Madison Wisconsin has been appointed a chemist in the agricultural department at Washington D C. His salary is reported at 1800 dollars a year.
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Milwaukee, Wis
D. B. Jones
Madison, Wis
Washington, D. C
Last Effort to Adopt Cloture in Senate
A Senate caucus to push a cloture rule faced opposition and a key dispute over binding all Democrats to support it. The plan would let any senator call for a decision on filibuster tactics, with a two day deadline for final votes, while some oppose requiring a two thirds vote to end debate.
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Senate
Washington
Special Committee
Clarke
Arkansas
Stone
Owen
Williams
Pomerene
Reed
Causus
House Republicans
House Agricultural and
Young Girl Mary Kletecka Dies of Heart Disease
Miss Mary Kletecka, 21, died at 1012 Farnam Street at 12 10 this morning from heart disease after a three year illness. Born in La Crosse on August 4 1894 she leaves parents Mr and Mrs Ignatz Kletecka and brothers John of Chicago and Joseph of this city. Funeral at 8 30 at home and 9 00 at St Wenceslaus Bohemian Church with Rev X Till officiating and burial in the Catholic cemetery.
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Mary Kletecka
Farnam Street
la Crosse
Ignatz Kletecka
John
Chicago
Joseph
St. Wenceslaus Bohemian Church
X. Till
Peace bond set in county case over threats by brother-in-law
Anton Rief of 514 North Eleventh street was placed under a $100 bond to keep the peace after his brother-in-law Charles Stein of 941 Mississippi street accused him of threats at a Yeomen dance. Rief admitted making the threat. the judge offered the peace bond or two months in jail.
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Anton Rief
North Eleventh Street
Charles Stein
Mississippi Street
Stein
Rief
Brindley
Firehouse Rabbit Killing Sparks Cat Missing Probe
Chicago December 2 1923 firefighters at Engine house No 98 held a rabbit feast. Otto Joesel the cook killed the bunnies in the dark. Since then the department mascot Tom the cat has been missing prompting Chief Seigferlich to order an investigation.
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Chicago
Otto Joesel
Tom
Fire Department
Seigferlich
Food Troubles In Germany Mirror Reported Strife
Sayville dispatch states crowds gathered at the Reichstag as a session opened and a statement branded foreign reports of Berlin street riots as absurd. The piece notes Imperial Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg may address peace prospects amid socialist questions while Germany argues its blockade and war aims show strength not collapse.
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Perlin
Sayville Wireless
Reichstag
Germany
Berlin
von Betthmann-Hollweg
Balkans
Marengo Ashore on Goodwin Sands in England
The Wilson liner Marengo of 4832 tons, owned by Wilson Sons and Company, is ashore today on the Goodwin sands while sailing from New York to Hull, England.
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Deal
Eng
Marengo
New York
Hull
Goodwin Sands
Wilson Sons and Company of
Masked Robbers Hold Up Chicago Drug Store
Two masked youths bound and gagged two clerks during a morning robbery at a south side drug store in Chicago. The pair escaped with about 150 dollars in cash.
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Chicago
South Side
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Backache Relief
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless backache lumbago and sciatica cure. It claims nearly instant relief from soreness stiffness and pain after a gentle rub and urges readers to buy a trial bottle from their druggist.
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St. Jacobs
Eliason urges stock slaughter recompense at national livestock forum
Wisconsin state veterinarian Dr C H Eliason told the United States Live stock and Sanitary association that farmers were the main losers in hoof and mouth disease outbreaks. He pressed for legislation to compensate farmers for cattle slaughter and cited gaps in laws across multiple states.
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Chicago
C. H. Eliason
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
United States Livestock and Sanitary Association
Dr. Eliason
Eliason
Doctor claims paid for false Lusitania guncotton affidavit
Dr Emerich W Ritter testified that he received $500 from Ernest Ludwig, Austro-Hungarian consul, to swear an affidavit claiming the Lusitania carried 600 tons of guncotton. Ritter said Ludwig funded the investigation after which he fell into poverty and was forsaken by those he aided. Ludwig admitted paying Ritter.
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Cleveland, O
Lusitania
Ernest Ludwig
Emerich W. Ritter
Rettige
Ritter
Baron Zwiedineck
United States
Christfield
Delaware
Ludwig
Kitchener Resumes Duties as War Minister
London dispatch reports Premier Asquith told the House of Commons that Lord Kitchener has resumed his duties as war minister, dispelling rumors that he had withdrawn from the cabinet. The clarification ends speculation on Kitchener’s cabinet status.
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Kitchener
London
Asquith
Lord Kitchener
House of Commons
Recommends Blewett for Fond du Lac Postmaster
Congressman M K Reilly announced his recommendation of Dennis F Blewett for Fond du Lac postmaster to succeed G W Watson. Blewetts salary would be 3200 dollars.
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Fond DU Lac, Wis
M. K. Reilly
Dennis F. Blewett
Fond du Lac
G. W. Watson
Make Money During Spare Time Opportunity for Students
An offer invites students and others to sell 10 cent or 25 cent Poultry Show tickets with a promise of fair value. Tickets are sold at half price, returns accepted, and participants can take more as they sell. See Secretary Wm Hoeschsler at Hoeschler Bros. Columbia Drug Store at once.
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Wm. H. Hoeschsler
Hoeschler Bros
Columbia Drug Store
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Czernowicz
Bukovina
Petrograd
Wisconsin- Minnesota Light and Power Co
J. N. Moncrieff
Nation Prosperous IS Trade Report
Eagles Will
Local Poultry Association
Griffith
Triangle
War Office
Gertie
Hank Mann
Gertrude Selby
Reggie Morris
Tom O'Shanter
Charlie Chaplin
Billie Ritchie
Ella Hall
NEW Music Tonight
Dreamland
Violet Mersereau
William Garwood
the New Theater
Twelfth and
Jackson Streets
Edison
Charley Chaplin
F. J. McWilliams
Mer
Octopus
Erhart
C. A
Lesches Case
Pro Tem
Ilas
Sweeney
L. M. Lesches
Heffron
St. Mary's College
Winona
Earl Simpson
Father Lesches
Mr. Simpson
Rochester
Arthur Sweeney
St. Paul
Lesches
John Bonzano
Bonzano
Bond P. Geddes
United Press Star
Carl B.noelke
Blewett
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