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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1915
Page
4
A Copenhagen dispatch to Novoe vremya reports Field Marshal Von Mackensen was slightly wounded during recent operations in Serbia.
Madison Wis December 6 Senator Robert M La Follette left for Washington after speaking at Beloit. He will attend the opening of Congress to swear in Senator Paul O Hastings of Mayville. He plans to return to Wisconsin for holiday speaking engagements.
A visitor comments on cheerful resilience of a wounded optimist who greets the day with humor about his head wounds. The exchange highlights stubborn optimism amid injury in a rural setting.
Newsboys from the Tribune and Leader-Press join Washburn and Longfellow pupils as guests of Ma jestic theater manager F L Koppelberger for a Saturday matinee. La Crosse schoolchildren will be hosted weekly on successive Saturdays with a Triangle program featuring da Heidelberg and Fernand, plus Fatty Arbuckle in Fickle Fatty's Fall. Eddie Foy and the seven Foys appear in A Favorite Fool with The Coward to follow.
The weekly actual bank statement for Saturday reports a surplus decrease of 4,167,510 and loan drop of 4,624,000. Vault reserves rise 2,114,000 while federal and other depository reserves fall or rise as noted, with time deposits down 593,000 and net demand deposits down 1,268,000. Aggregate reserve stands at 734,564,000.
In a two hour Saturday session, trading was largely idle at first then firm with a late rise. War industrials showed strength despite peace talk, and cheerful forecasts of presidential recommendations to Congress dominated floor chatter. Clearinghouse bank check totals set new records, surpassing November’s peak.
Road and bridge committee members along with Bangor chairman Richard W. Davis Abel N. Moore and County Clerk Bert Jolivet visited Winona to inspect brick paved county roads. They say brick paving costs more upfront but proves cheaper long term due to durability.
Portage Wisconsin officials move to buy the Portage Electric Light and Power plant after the State railroad commission sends an engineers value of 52501. The appraisal hearing is scheduled in Madison on January 18. Also notes potential drainage improvements on 7 000 600 acres and a bulletin titled The Right Drain for the Right Place.
Thousands seek relief from stomach upset by targeting the liver and bowels with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. A vegetable mixture with olive oil is marketed as a non griping laxative to improve digestion. Sold in 10c and 25c boxes by Olive Tablet Co Columbus Ohio.
A ground color cloth frock features a deep checked silk collar and a gathered full skirt at the waist. It uses 34 54-inch material, 4% yards fur, and 1% yards 5-inch ribbon for the collar. Waist No. 5570 and Skirt No. 6185 shown in sizes 32 to 42 bust and 22 to 34 waist, priced 15 cents.
Local notes list residents and visitors returning home or visiting in the North Side area. Names include Hijalmar Christianson from Chicago to 1927 Charles street, Mrs. W. Peacock from Prairie du Chien, William Sullivan from Sparta, Raymond Olson from St Paul, Bernard Hiltley from Union Center, Miss Jessie Gould from Stoddard, Maude O’Brien from Trempealeau, Gladys Nutting from Kane street, and Mrs. John Stickler from Mauston visiting or returning to respective homes.
A quip filled weather bulletin uses a pun on a governess explaining why the serpent is the symbol of evil and badness. The exchange highlights a playful, resourceful response about standing on two legs versus a serpent.
W. T. S. McCleary of Toledo known as Lonesome Max arrived in La Crosse from Eau Claire to show a clipping book about offering to take Mrs. Bessie Wakefield’s place on the scaffold. He keeps carved nuts, a carved guitar once shown at the Panama Pacific Exposition, and claims many other wood carvings. He says the motive was that Wakefield’s life was young and partly not to blame for her husband’s death.
Racine Wisconsin telegram reports Albion L Curtis a wealthy retired farmer born near Janesville died here Friday night aged 69 years.
The Dry Chicago federation announced it has 60,000 volunteers to push for an April municipal election issue to close Chicago's about 7,000 saloons. Volunteers pledged to sign a petition demanding 167,000 voter signatures to place the measure before the electorate.
A humorous observation notes some individuals keep the same automobile running for two or three seasons due to limited means. The remark highlights financial hardship shaping choices in transportation.
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