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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1914
Page
5
Frank Clay, an early settler of the Kirby region, died recently on his farm near Kirby. Born in England, he built a pure bred stock farm focusing on beef Durhams and sheep. Burial is planned for Kirby Saturday at 2 p.m. The note also records a church supper and sale, local visits, and school debates.
Louis Richards, a young farmer, was killed and his fiancée Miss Millie Meredith was seriously injured when a buggy ran away in Vandalla. The couple had planned to marry on Christmas Day.
A dense list of social calls, business visits, and personal travel around La Crosse including Kennett Katrud at the A. A. Fessier parlors, Brodhead relocation for a resident, and various visitors from Sparta Dubuque Viroqua and Winona. Mentions include the Master Keys serial at Park theatre and property sale in North La Crosse to Agnes Smith.
A new La Crosse manufacturing plant forms the FE Wege Concrete Machinery Company with $25,000 capital. Ernest Wege will be president and Henry Wege vice president. J P Christell treasurer and A O Nelson secretary. The New Way Concrete Mixer, invented by Henry Wege, leads the line and is patented. the company plans to eventually offer a full line of concrete equipment.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a physician's prescription for clear, healthy color. It claims purified blood removes pimples boils hives eczema and other symptoms of impure blood and urges readers to get a bottle today.
Beginning Sunday December 6 The Master Key by John Fleming Wilson will be shown weekly at the Park Theater with matinee and evening performances. Prices: lower floor 10 cents balcony 5 cents.
Bertha Kalich, famed for emotional depth, makes her motion picture debut as Marta in Marta of the Lowlands a five reel Famous Players film. The Bijou shows the drama Sunday Monday and Tuesday December 6 7 and 8 with Kalich portraying a tragic hopeful girl facing cruelty under a ruthless master.
Local firm announces faster mixed concrete with higher quality machines. An order for eighty machines from a Minneapolis firm solidifies demand, with negotiations for a several hundred unit Eastern firm in 1915. Ernest Wege showcases La Crosse spirit, moving factory and sales to 118 South Second Street in La Crosse.
Mrs J F Dugan and Miss Geneva Costley hosted a gathering at 1441 Loomis Street in honor of Miss Hilda Brown. Guests played cards and needlework with Brown winning the peanut contest and Mabel Pilger taking the low prize. the bride elect received a casserole.
The Twentieth Century club will meet on Tuesday afternoon at the Y W C A with Mrs. L C Hirshheim er and Mrs. W G Moss. The leader is Mrs. Perkins, Les son, Keats, Leigh Hunt, and the Dante Revival. Mrs. A H Sanford will read a paper on Mothers Pension Laws.
Mrs. Becker entertained Park store salesladies at her home on Wednesday evening. Guests included Mrs. A Zickrick Miss C Stellpflug Mrs E Reburn Mrs E Darling Miss Anna Sauer Mrs Dodge Miss Barnhard Miss Ida May Miss Anna Arneson Miss W A Larson Miss Emma Homer Miss E Muth Miss R Roth Mrs Kriska Mrs J Zimmers Mr and Mrs A M Murphy Mrs F Falk Mrs J Hart Miss M Anderson and Miss A Briske.
Mrs. Ray McCord and Mrs. Warren Smith entertained the North Side Industrial club Thursday afternoon at 519 Avon Street. A fine supper was served by Mrs. Kraft. The next meeting will be Wednesday December 9 at the home of Mrs. Frank Finney 717 Mill Street.
The La Crosse Music Study Club met December 4 at Mrs. Andrew Lees home. The program featured critical notes on Tschaikowsky, piano pieces Troika Romance Op 5 Humoresque, Pathétique Symphony four hands arrangement, violin pieces Serenade Melancolique Canzonetta, songs Cradle Song Legende Inmitten des Balles Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt, a Pique Dame duet, with Ms. Knudson Miss Chandler Mrs. Homer Cotton and accompanists Mrs. Harry Curtis Mrs. Eva Bennett Mrs. Andrew Lees.
The Women’s Guild of Christ Episcopal Church will meet Thursday afternoon December 10 at the home of Mrs Forrest Smith at 1114 King Street.
Mrs. Robert McDonald will lead a 4 30 pm vesper at the YWCA tomorrow with a musical program and hymn history. Several girls from the association will serve tea. Earlier, Winnexla council campfire girls held a gym sale of Christmas articles netting a neat sum and offering homemade candy and refreshments.
Miss Hilda Brown is honored at a parcel shower hosted by Miss Mabel Engebretsen at 1217 Gillette Street. Guests include Mabel Carlson and many others with card prizes awarded. Gertrude Humphrey and Lilah Engebretsen helped serve.
The Ladies' Aid society of Caledonia Street Methodist Church will hold its regular monthly meeting in the church parlors on Friday afternoon, December 11, with plans for upcoming church activities and fundraising.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only proven remedy for catarrh a constitutional disease requiring internal use. It claims to cure all stages by acting on blood and mucous surfaces and offers $100 reward for any uncured case. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A long list urges a morals court with exclusive jurisdiction over moral offenses in first class cities, a state wide Mann Act like law, mandatory complaint recording by police, a permanent state police force, private enforcement associations, reduced jury verdict for misdemeanors, liquor restrictions in dance halls, automatic license revocation for violations, saloon layout bans, floor license issuance, licensed dance halls with police supervision, ban on pass systems, licensed hotels and lodging with guest registers, hotel ownership disclosures, women on boards, police women in cities, higher age of consent, industrial homes for women, dedicated treatment facilities, subnormal classes, school support, neighborhood centers, supervised amusements, employer rooms for domestic staff, fixed domestic worker hours, labor rights, and poverty insurance.
Mesdames John Johnson Albert Hardy A Gibson Nelly and John McKenzie invited to a club gathering with J C Huebner at 1335 Avon Street. Mrs McCann to lead and Mrs Rouse to present a Browning biographical sketch plus a book review by Mrs Harris. Miss Carol Cotton and grandmother Mrs Walker return from Mitchell stay.
A wry line notes that a grass widow can arise from different paths than a woman who leaves a husband or partner. The saying contrasts a potential unwed status with the idea of not deriving freedom from easy vices.
Mme. De lia M. Valeri a vocal instructor prominent in American musical circles will receive 2000 dollars for a stomach ache of four years. She said distress in her stomach began after dining at a Pis man diner on August 15, 1910.
Bombs dropped by French aviators at Freiburg in Baden destroyed a railway section. Reports say the airmen escaped unharmed, with the attack noted from The Hague on December 5.
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