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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1907
Page
12
About 150 Hemlock and hardwood manufacturers gathered in Milwaukee to discuss reduced national demand. Resolutions urged halving forest product production next year and supporting credit measures, citing strained finances and forest conservation. Most attendees departed Milwaukee after the meeting.
Thirteen football men at La Crosse high school will receive letters for the season. Names include Walter Shirley Archie Larson Arthur Dahlgren John E. Dahlgren Homer Davis Joseph Fowler Ben Brindley Wallace Tourtellotte Sigvald Stavrum George Byrne Walter Mueller Fred Dickens and Carl Jungbluth.
Skaters have begun on the west side of the causeway with about one hundred youths enjoying the ice in fair condition though smaller this season due to limited water. A hand sail skater glided yesterday and more ice boats may appear if cold weather persists. Others skated on Isle la Plume slough while Black River remains only partly frozen and unsafe in places.
The Tabernacle Baptist Church in La Crosse plans a celebration for reopening the remodeled church around mid month. Rev. L. L. Sanders, currently in Missouri, is expected to return around the fifteenth. Completion is anticipated by the Sunday before Christmas, with decision on services pending arrangements.
Miss Distiff underwent appendicitis surgery at La Crosse hospital performed by Dr Callahan and is recovering well. Various residents move residences or face legal matters, including Bert Schwartz on trial for assault near Hans Skundberg’s saloon. Local job changes, visits, illnesses, and social events fill the La Crosse North Side neighborhood notes.
An epitaph notes a metal button found beneath a stone marking Farmer Green. The line hints at thawed dynamite as a grim motif, reflecting local humor or mystery in a Detroit Free Press snippet.
Coffee is a strong diuretic irritant and disrupts digestion and kidneys in many cases. For health, quit coffee and give Postum a fair trial two weeks. There's a Reason. Read The Road to Wellville in pkgs.
A man was struck at the corner of Avon and Sill streets, suffering a broken collar bone and a badly cut head. The driver fled with his horses before help arrived. the driver's name could not be learned. The victim is P. O. Hanson’s son, a local grocer, and will be laid up for weeks.
North side bowling season to open next week with a Sunday meeting at 2 PM in E Yehies aeys Caledonia street. Residents plan formation of a league with several teams and set dates. Prize details undecided as yet.
A North Side man was fined $11 total for assault and battery on Joseph Bargnefski in West La Crosse near 515 Hagar Street on November 25. The dispute over a pair of bobs led Schwartz to strike Bargnefski, an older man, while Bargnefski is described as elderly and Schwartz as younger.
A serious morning blaze on the north side destroyed a barn and its horse and buggy. Fire crews fought flames, no injuries reported, but damage was extensive to outbuildings and the vehicle. Officials investigate the cause and assess property loss.
A morning blaze at A. A. Freeman’s barn on Caledonia street swept through the structure at 2 o'clock. Firemen from Company No. 4 fought flames as a horse perished and buggy harness and related gear were destroyed. Origin unknown, damage about $300 plus the animal’s value. Charles Yehle alerted the blaze from Avon street.
The Young Men’s Singing Society of St John’s church held its annual meeting Tuesday evening at the school hall and elected President Joseph Miller Secretary Frank Osweiler Treasurer Joseph Ritter Press reporter Peter Hofweber. A note adds a joke about a stopping watch and cosmetics.
An election of officers for the F. and A. M. of the North side took place last evening at Masonic Temple with John Mulder W M Charles W Simcox S W Fred Shumway J W Fred H Hartwell Secretary Co L Lien Treasurer Paul W Mahoney trustee for three years The lodge voted to have a joint installation with the Eastern Star on December 27 St John s day Invited are North side Masons their families and members of the Eastern Star and their friends
Mrs Iver Thorsen of 1438 Caledonia street was taken to La Crosse Lutheran hospital on Tuesday where surgeons operated. The stomach cancer patient is improving after a doctors consultation and is reported to be getting along nicely. She is married to letter carrier Thorsen.
The Northwestern railroad experiments with a gasoline motor car on the York to Fremont run, a 152 mile daily trip, viewed with interest by Wisconsin officials. The coach seats about sixty, has a front motor, and is praised for winter performance though not suited for fluctuating or heavy freight business.
Abraham Brown of Winterton New York describes mixed diagnoses from five doctors heart disease kidney trouble blood poison and stomach liver problems. His wife urged Electric Bitters which he credits with restoring his health claiming one bottle did more good than all five doctors. Sold by O T Erhart 50 cents with guarantee to cure blood poison and related stomach liver kidney complaints.
A humorous exchange shows a wife accusing her husband at the bureau of misusing her false teeth while he quietly explains he is trimming the end of his cigar. The light moment highlights domestic banter in a public setting.
Harold Hanson was run down by a black team driven by an intoxicated individual named Juan Tuesday near his residence, in an incident that draws police attention and investigation.
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