Nichols Move Lumber Office to Portland
C. H. Nichols Lumber shifts head offices from La Crosse to Seattle Washington with the Batavian bank building offices closing next Friday. Secretary W. W. Schall leaves La Crosse Friday. The firm organized at Onalaska in 1852 has operated continuously. local storage yards remain, and several mills are run on the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Nichols Lumber Company
Onalaska
la Crosse
Seattle
Batavian Bank
W. W. Schall
Pacific Coast
Vagrant Caroline Spettel Sentenced to 15 Days in Jail
Caroline Spettel pleaded guilty to vagrancy and was sentenced to fifteen days in county jail by Judee Brindley after police labeled her a street walker. Two female companions were ordered to leave the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Spettel
Judee Brindley
Cabinet ministers average age published in report
The new British cabinet shows an average ministerial age of 56 years. Six ministers are in their forties, seven in the fifties, four in their sixties, and two in their seventies.
Death of Frank Clay Jr. in Drowning Incident
Frank Clay Jr., son of Conductor Clay of the Milwaukee Road river division, residing at Austin, died yesterday afternoon by drowning. He was about 18 years old. News reached local friends today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Clay Jr
Conductor Clay
River Division
The
Milwaukee Road
Austin
New Milwaukee road train 16 begins service
The new passenger train No. 16 on the Milwaukee road started operation to save time on the St. Paul to Milwaukee schedule. It arrived last evening for the first time. The La Crosse and river division engines will haul the stub train from the south side between 6 30 and 6 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Road
St. Paul
Milwaukee
la Crosse and
River Division
La Crosse to Gain Leather Goods Plant Expansion
The La Crosse Knitting company plans to acquire Bouton and Germaine’s property in Ripon Wisconsin and start a leather glove factory in La Crosse by January 1 1907. Sixty workers will relocate, boosting the plant workforce and capacity about one third, with the fourth floor prepared for the new operation. G Robbins secretary and general manager confirms the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Outon & Germains
Ripon
Wis
la Crosse
la Crosse Knitting Company
Duke Seneil
Bouton & Germaine Company
G. Robbins
Train Delay Impacts Mail as Disruption Hits Milwaukee Route
A wreck on the Chicago division delayed No. 5 for hours, delaying mail to La Crosse until Sunday and triggering reports of a vast treasure on the route between England and India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee Road
No. 5
la Crosse
North Side Briefs on Moves and Local Happenings
North side residents are having their homes wired by Electric Supply and Construction Co. John Roggensack returns to St. Paul after visiting his parents on the North side. E A Berg leaves for Los Angeles as Paul Puiz returns to Milwaukee from visiting his brother in Caledonia Street. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kelly head to Butte Montana after weeks with the Finns. Sheven Wheldon goes to Bangor and John Wheldon to South Dakota after visiting. Lars Instenes returns from Melrose, Timothy Desmond ill on Caledonia Street. William Lediger of Indiana Hill reports eleven rabbits shot yesterday. Misses Bessie and Margaret Livingston return to Black River Falls from a visit with the At L. Marshall on Loomis Street. Miss Ethel McClure returns to Sparta from Van Berg home on Avon Street. Mrs. John Campbell reported ill on Berlin Street. Mr. and Mrs. William Devine welcome a baby girl born Thursday at 1202 Berlin Street. Mrs. F. J. Taylor on Sumner Street is hospitalized with brain fever at St. Francis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Side
Electric Supply & Construction Company
Mainstrete
John Roggensack
St. Paul
E. A. Berg
Los Angeles
Paul Puiz
Edward
Caledonia Street
Milwaukee
Peter Kelly
Butte, Mont
P. M. Finn
Sheven Wheldon
Bangor
John Wheldon
South Dakota
Lars Instenes
Melrose
Timothy Desmond
William Lediger
Indiana Hill
Bessie
Margaret Livingston
Black River Falls
L. Marshall
Loomis Street
Ethel McClure
van Berg
Avon Street
Sparta
John Campbell
Berlin Street
William Devine
F. J. Taylor
Sumner Street
St. Francis Hospital
Osborne heads to river convention in St Louis
R E Osborne chosen governor of Wisconsin plans to attend the Upper Mississippi River Improvement association convention in St Louis November 16 and 17 to succeed Senator Robert M La Follette. He left at noon for Washington to attend the national rivers and harbors convention with Congressman John J Esch also expected to attend while serving in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Osborne
Wisconsin
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
St. Louis
Robert M la Follette
Washington
Osborne
John J. Esch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank E. Long
Nina Sullivan
Young’s
Jefferson DE Angelis
Opera Company
Frank McKee
8. M. Brenner
Julian Elward
Mr. de Angelis
J. C. Miron
Richie Ling
Young's
Nichols Move Lumber
Portland
England
India
North Side Briefs
River Meeting
Main Street
Golden Manufacturing Company
A. & C. Johnson
S. Fourth Street
Lacrosse
Aaa
Haveland China
C. N. Dunham
Main ST
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