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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1914
Page
5
Chicago announces a municipal dancing school will open next week. It will teach the fox trot tanfo and other new dances viewed with disapproval by some. The note mocks Chicago as the city that first exposed September Morn.
Local residents and visitors reported including Mr and Mrs V M Fuller and daughter Vivian returning from Chicago. George Broadhead De Soto and John Devlin Viroqua were business and social visitors in La Crosse yesterday. J R Heggelund Galesville stayed at a local hotel. Christmas sale at Presbyterian church on December 5 with supper at 6. Gateway City Trolley Co advertises carriage service. Various others noted by town and state including Canton Minnesota Harmony Minnesota Mable Minnesota Madison Wisconsin Dubuque Town Condal Mont Black River Falls.
With fair weather returning, farmers from adjoining areas gathered on La Crosse Market square. The list of those who transacted business includes C Gittens Pine Creek Alvin Veglahn South Ridge F Hoag French Island Henry Koe the Brownsville Road William Baumgarten South Ridge William Schroder Mormon Coulee C Richard Dakota Charles Wolf Hokah Paul Tschumper South Ridge Joseph Raith Goose Island Peter Wyall Holmen William Wooden French Island William Klais Goose Island.
The Associated Charities store in La Crosse opens Saturday afternoon on the second floor of the Third and Main building. Miss Nadia Thomas, secretary, originated the plan to aid those with small means who would not seek direct charity. Purchases require prior permission from the charity office in the courthouse, and Miss Thomas will review all aid requests.
The Littlest Rebel, a Civil War tale of northern and southern friends, plays at the Majestic this week. The story follows Craig and Morrison through sieges and near captures, ending with a pardon from General Grant.
The forecast delivers disappointment as duck hunting venues face lower tides and unstable conditions. Weather patterns hinder expected outings causing broad frustration among hunters and coastal communities.
Washington reports mixed views on a Pan American union plan to neutralize trade between South American ports and the United States. Officials fear belligerents would refuse to join and Germany might risk internment or destruction of its fleets if compelled to a neutral port. The issue will be discussed by the Pan American union governing board next Tuesday.
Pain and hunger grip the Chio coalfield as thousands face a cold Christmas amid ongoing strikes. Officials warn of widespread deprivation with twenty thousand children singled out for hardship while miners protest for higher pay and safer conditions.
Eight months into the coal strike in eastern Ohio a 3 cent gap in price between miners and operators lingers. Belmont county families face hunger and cold with thousands of workers earning under three dollars weekly as relief efforts begin with Barton relief station and Governor Cox proposing 2000 surplus militia uniforms. Reverend MacEachem asks churches to offer daily prayers for settlement.
Chicago December report says Professor Frank Ryan, named as head of a clairvoyants trust, gave a full statement to the grand jury implicating police officials. Ryan, jailed at a Northside hotel after surgery in Detroit, carried a notebook listing officers and sums paid. He helped expose the clairvoyants ring linked to Mrs. Hope L. McEldowney’s losses of 15 500 in stock schemes.
A brief dialogue fragment reveals Blobbs claiming a cold makes him quarrelsome. Blobbs retorts that even a simple cold could lead to a fight over a handkerchief. The exchange captures a comic, brisk tone.
A local ad promotes a wide range of cuff links including solid gold at 3.00 to 4.00, gold filled at 1.00 to 1.50, and sterling silver options. Also features tie clasps and scarf pins, guaranteed against wear or breakage, from 429 Main Street.
Daughters of Norway Lodge No 25 elected its 1915 officers including Mrs B Lund as president and Mrs Hilda Sensted as vice president. The meeting also named officers for Myron P Lindsey Rebekah Lodge No 104 with Hilda Mathewson as noble grand and Laura Boardman as secretary. New officers to be installed January 6 1915.
The twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. William Langrehr was celebrated November 29 at their Rockland Wisconsin home. The Langrehrs have lived in Rockland all their lives and were greeted by many friends congratulating them.
Julge and Mrs Leonard Kleeber hosted a handsome dinner last evening at their Sixth Street residence for a small group of friends.
The Young Ladies Sewing club met at Miss Tillie Dummer's home 1025 Redfield Street. Miss Dummer received a chair from the group. pink and white carnation and rose decorations adorned the tables. Music by Henry and Fred Dummer accompanied the evening. Attendees included Sadie Kendall Anna Strupp Anna and Tillie Dummer of La Crosse Sophie Dummer of Stoddard Lucy Halback Minneapolis Ella Bakken Genoa Ida Kendall New York Emma Priebe Chicago and Josie Strupp Milwaukee.
A parody on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar will be staged Friday night in the high school auditorium. The up-to-date musical comedy features lively songs and familiar lines as the Triumvirate defeats the conspirators amid playful bloodshed. The cast includes Lucile Houthmaker as Caesar and Winifred Forbes as Brutus, with Miss Torrance directing for the school library.
Mrs. Plummer shot two burglars who had wounded her husband and fled through the house. One burglar was found dead impaled on a picket fence behind the home, another is believed wounded and missing, as police investigate the double shooting.
August Krohn aged 49 shot and killed his wife in view of their four children in Milwaukee last night and then shot himself. He died in Emergency hospital early today after the incident, with the children stating he came home drunk.
The exchange hints at a misperception about a guest described as a ball player. Wigg jokes that he thought the person was a musician while Wagg speculates he might perform only dance music.
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