Miss Minnie Volz LeadsVote Set in Tribune Contest
Miss Minnie Volz polled 72 000 votes to take the lead away from Miss Nettie Williams in the Tribune contest. In the Second district Julia Novak remains first with Niebuhr second and Mamie Arenz third. The note urges candidates to attend the final count Saturday December 8 1906 and to mail ballots by Thursday.
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Minnie Volz
Nettie Williams
May Gavin
Julia Novak
Niebuhr
Mamie Arenz
Athclia Brinkman
Klea Bullock
E. Phiffer
Irma Raymond
Ethel Ranntesburg
Tribune
Gemseman
the Tribune
Third Period Value of Special Ballots Declared
A weekly tally states the third period value of special ballots from Monday December 3 until close of contest. The note indicates results are measured against an above scale and totals reflect the final entry of the period.
Value of votes until close of contest
By Carrier. Subscription to Tribune one month. Subscription options include three months six months one year two years three years five years and ten years. By Mail offers six months three years and ten years.
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Carrier
Tribune
Mail
Tax Roll Notice for La Crosse 1906 Taxes
Notice from the City Treasurer of La Crosse Wisconsin dated December 1 1906 announces the 1906 tax roll is in collection and taxes are payable at La Crosse City Hall before January 36 1907. Personal taxes due by December 20 1906 with penalties after that. Bring correct lot and land descriptions to avoid errors. Office hours 9 am to 12 pm and 1 30 to 5 pm. George W Young City Treasurer.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
P. S
Geo. W. Young
County Board Committee to Decide on Highway Petition
Notice by Road and Bridge Committee of La Crosse County Wisconsin will meet at Onalaska City Hall at 10 a.m. on December 24 to decide on a petition by more than thirty freeholders for laying out a new highway from George Street La Crosse to Onalaska city boundary. The plan replaces the existing route and follows a straight line between endpoints. Dated November 28, 1906. Road and Bridge Committee: John Hatz Abel N. Moore George H. Hodge John Storeandt John Clements
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State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
County Board of Supervisors
Said County
Campbell
City of
la Crosse
Onalaska
George Street
Bergland divorce summons issued in La Crosse County
State of Wisconsin to Albert Bergland. You are summoned to appear within twenty days after service and defend the above entitled action in circuit court. If you fail, judgment will be rendered. A P Parsons, Plaintiff's Attorney, La Crosse Wisconsin.
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State of Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Anne Bergland
Albert Bergland
A. P. Parsons
Verkins and Lachenmaier Offer Lower Horse Shoeing Prices
A 1900s anti trust notice urges horse owners to choose Verkins to keep shoeing costs down. It lists price ranges from one to four horses at 1.00, up to six to seven horses at 1.60 per horse and locates the shop at 222 Vine Street. The notice accuses rivals of inflating prices and touts Verkins as the affordable option.
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Verkins
Trust
National Drainage Conference Opens in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City hosts the National Drainage Conference with delegates named by governors from Mississippi valley and western states. State engineers and federal Interior and Agriculture department representatives attend as three day sessions aim to reclaim lands through drainage works and educate public sentiment for a coordinated policy.
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Tribune
Oklahoma City
Okla
Frantz
Mississippi Valley
West
United States Department of the Interior
Agricultural Department
Michigan Vehicle Dealers Open Fourth Annual Convention
A strong turnout welcomed members of the Michigan Retail Implement and Vehicle Dealers as the fourth annual convention opened in Grand Rapids. Mayor Ellis gave the greeting and President C. L. Glasgow delivered the annual address as the three day meeting begins with sessions planned on key trade topics.
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Tribune
Grand Rapids, Mich
Michigan Retail Implement and Vehicle Dealers
Ellis
C. L. Glasgow
Association
Sixteenth Annual American Warehousemen Convention Opens
The American Warehousemen's Association starts its sixteenth annual convention in St. Louis at the Hotel Jefferson. The opening session covers officer reports and committee work with focus on fireproof construction cold storage improvements transfer and forward and labor saving devices. One hundred twenty five warehouse firms from more than 40 cities attend.
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Tribune
ST. Louis
American Warehousemen’s Association
Hotel Jefferson
When a man begins visiting health resorts he flummoxes kin
A brief saying notes that a man’s relatives worry about family finances once he starts frequenting health resorts. It hints that health gambling for wellbeing may trigger anxieties about spending and inheritance.
Gavin and Hefti Open Shop Invites Patrons
A short notice from Gavin and Hefti announces an open shop offering services at union wage levels with customers invited to patronize the shop. The text emphasizes they set their own prices and welcome patrons.
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Gavin & Hefti
Gavin &Hefti
Surgeon performs rare toe-to-thumb transplant in Berlin
A Berlin surgeon reports a groundbreaking operation replacing a missing right thumb by grafting a big toe. The youth endured 17 days bent with the toe joined to the thumb, then four months later the toe was severed and the new thumb fully healed and nearly indistinguishable from a real one.
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Berlin
Long Tennessee Fight Ends With Arnica Salve Cure
W L Rawls of Bells Tennessee reports twenty years of nasal catarrh ending after using Bucklen's Arnica Salve on the sore areas. He states swelling and soreness disappeared and never returned. Price 25 cents at O T Erhart, druggist.
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Tennessee
W. L. Rawls
Bells, Tenn
O. T. Erhart
Negro man executed in Tennessee county jail
Knoxville on December 5 reports the execution of Shorty Smith, a Black man, at the county jail for the murder of his jealous sweetheart, a woman he loved.
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Tribune
Knoxville
Tenn
Shorty Smith
Vermont battleship sails for final standardization trials
The Vermont arrived off Rockland and then went to sea for a four hour run and a twenty four hour test. A board from Washington will judge if the ship meets conditions for official government acceptance. Built at Fore River Shipyard Quincy it is hailed as one of the navy's finest battleships. An author’s brightness isn’t always due to burning the midnight oil.
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Boston
Mass
Vermont
Rockland
Board of Inspection and Survey
Washington
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
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