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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1912
Page
4
Miss Mabel Cramer of San Rafael has married Lieutenant Henry A. Orr in Seattle. The wedding, unexpected to friends, marks a sudden turn in the renowned local beauty’s life as she becomes Mrs Orr.
Six young women in Madison Wisconsin adoptive program are reported as part of a local care initiative. Details indicate a group effort involving community volunteers and social workers to provide homes and support.
A group of six graduates from a New York finishing school joined the Wisconsin state university College of Agriculture for a short course added to the curriculum last week. They aim to become practical farmers. The entrants are Mary Amour, Kansas City. Helen Heron, Lake Forest. Florence Carpenter, Menominee. Faith Clark, Hillside. Mary Les, Leamington. Florence Lindley, Brooklyn.
Janesville coroner's jury ruled death by own action in the case of Mrs. Henry Bishop. The investigation showed she was driven to insanity after separation from her husband and sending three children to her parents, then drinking carbolic acid.
Pile remedy promises pain relief with Pyramid Pile Remedy and a free trial package to prove its effectiveness. The ad urges trying the treatment and later purchasing a 50 cent package, claiming quick relief and safety even for those wearing a pile truss.
Funeral honors were paid to Richard Gifford, the North Side fireman killed when he fell through a pole hole at Fire Station No. 4 Sunday evening. The service was held at North Presbyterian Church with Rev. Finch A. Clarke delivering the sermon as friends and relatives filled the church. The Board of Public Works office was closed during the funeral.
The C M and St P railroad adds an automatic electric block system between this city and Milwaukee. Blocks will be two miles apart along the route and have already been used between La Crosse and Minneapolis. Installations include Caledonia street crossing and Grand Crossing.
F. L. Green of La Crosse was elected a director of the Wisconsin state legislative board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine men at a Milwaukee hotel meeting. A. S. Mertz of Madison was re elected chairman of the board. Resolutions urged enforcement of the headlight bill and protested the Sutherland compulsory legislation bill. Other officers named included vice chairman A. R. McDonald, secretary treasurer M. De Guire, and directors M. E. Ryan Green Bay and O. W. Glis sendorf Fond du Lac.
A quip about persistence in romance emphasizes many men fail elsewhere but finally marry well. The saying underlines resilience in courtship rather than a specific event or person.
Clifford Gaskill aged twenty three died of tuberculosis at 2144 Kane street at 6 30 last evening after returning from Wheeling West Virginia where he was ill with malaria. He lived on the north side all his life worked for the Canco company and accompanied them to Wheeling. Surviving his mother Mrs James Gaskill and two brothers Clyde Miner Illinois and Claude this city. Funeral Friday at two from the residence with Rev H B Leonard officiating burial Oak Grove cemetery.
A La Crosse resident testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved ten years of kidney pain and back trouble after using the first box bought at Erhart's drug store. The advertisement urges readers to seek the product, priced 50 cents, from Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. sole agents. Remember the name Dean's.
The Bromo-Seltzers led the Merchants' Bowling league by beating Peerless in two of three at Combination alleys. Peerless won the final game after dropping the first two. Zoeller led scoring with 236. Bromo-Seltzers carried a 69 pin handicap from Old Styles, Nelsons, Peerless and Painters.
E Karrigan was fined 14 dollars in Police Court by Judge Edward Cron this morning for breaking windows in the cell at Police Station No 2 while intoxicated and held there. The fine covers the damage to the jail windows.
The Phi Delta Theta lodge at the University of Wisconsin in Madison is under quarantine for diphtheria. As a result star quarterback Eddie Gillette could not attend a meeting of the athletic board and it was postponed.
A $25 prize was announced by the junior promenade committee for the best prom waltz composed by a Wisconsin student and submitted by January 15. The event will be part of the U of Wisconsin activities in Madison.
Joseph B. Davies secretary of the Democratic National Committee traveled from Ashland to Madison to host Miss Margaret Wilson on the Wilson party’s return from Bermuda.
An advertisement touts a combined tonic and blood purifier pill named Blackburn Casca-Royal-Pills. Marketed as an economical remedy for constipation stomach liver and bowel troubles, it promotes 10c or 25c packages.
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