Western Wisconsin Poultry Show Draws Large Crowd
The Western Wisconsin Poultry show draws many visitors this week with daily exhibitions. Judging began yesterday and all birds are expected to be scored by tomorrow night. Rhode Island Reds lead the 110 birds judged this morning. Out of town guests praise the display. Prizes are posted on the coops and an eggs exhibit showcases many bird varieties. Four poultry journals are represented praising the show.
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Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Advance Poultry Journal of
la Crosse
The
Reliable Poultry Journal
Quincy
Ill
Poultry Herald of
St. Paul
the Tribune of
Mount Morris
Higbee Narrow Escape Spurs Circuit Court Remodeling
Work on improving acoustics in the circuit court room began after the November county board approved 2700 for remodeling. Judge Higbee urged the project warning hearing issues could be fatal, and the contract will pay only after completion and proof of satisfaction.
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Higbee
La Crosse Man Dies Suddenly
Maurice Walkenheimmer, once a La Crosse resident and later in Chicago, collapsed and died entering a theater on Tuesday evening. His father H Walkenheimmer, longtime La Crosse county register of deeds, died similarly in the deed office in 1886, a coincidence noted by local officials.
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Maurice Walkenheimmer
Chicago
H. Walkenheimmer
Maurice
Register of Deeds
Old Court House
la Crosse County
Walkenheimmer
Register of Deeds Office
Seven Die As New Building Collapses in Indianapolis
Seven people are confirmed dead and twenty one injured after the Presto Lite company building under construction collapsed in Indianapolis. Rescue work continues for possible additional victims while Mayor Shank seeks council aid for victims’ families and the coroner opens an investigation into the collapse.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Prestolite Company
Shank
Medical Society Meeting Tonight in La Crosse
The La Crosse County Medical Society will hold a meeting at the La Crosse Club tonight to elect officers for the coming year.
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The
la Crosse County
Diva’s Divorce Arranged With Cavalieri For $70,000
Sheriff Chanler reports settlement with opera star Maria Cavalieri in Paris. The transaction finances a divorce to be granted by French courts in four to five months with no reconciliation expected. The exact amount was not disclosed but is widely believed to be seventy thousand dollars.
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New York
Cavalieri
Sheriff Chanler
Paris
Stokes Testimony Barred in Shootings Trial
Justice Markus ruled to strike all of W E D Stokes indirect testimony from the record over defense objections in the Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad case. With the testimony removed, the court said there is no further need to continue Stokes' cross examination.
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Stokes
New York
Markus
W. E. D. Stokes
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
Drunk Passenger Fined Under Train Drinking Law
John B. Finney, a traveling man, was fined $25 and costs in county court for intoxication on a La Crosse and Southeastern train yesterday. Chief Webber filed the complaint and Finney paid the fine without protest, admitting he had been drinking.
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la Crosse
John B. Finney
Southeastern
Webber
Finney
Western governors join Waterways congress in Washington
Eight western state governors arrive as special guests at the rivers and harbors congress in Washington. Delegates number about 1,090 as speakers discuss Panama Canal impact on trade and waterways. Governors plan a White House dinner with the president, while women push for improved waterways at the Women's National Rivers and Harbors congress.
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Washington
Rivers and Harbors Congress
White House
Panama Canal
Sparkman
Florida
Women's National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Lewis Dictator of Moose Lodge Elected in City Meeting
Loyal Order of Moose elected officers for the coming year at Frohsinn hall corner Fourth and Jay streets. Dictator Herbert Lewis serves as leader with Chas Rassberg as vice dictator and Richard Glade as prelate. Secretary Henry Muth treasurer L P Morton and guards Helmar Boldt Clarence C Cox L A Schmidt. Trustees Cyril Vandrashek Frank Allen Louis Lavaque. The group, two years old, reports strong growth and will relocate to Linker hall from January 1 meeting on the second and fourth Fridays.
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Loyal Order of Moose
Frohsinn Hall
Fourth
Jay Streets
Herbert Lewis
Chas. Rassberg
Richard Glade
Henry Muth
L. P. Morton
Sargent At
Helmar Boldt
Clarence C. Cox
L. A. Schmidt
Cyril Vandrashek
Frank Allen
Louis Lavaque
Linker Hall
Hyde trial details illness of Miss Swope after injection
Miss Swope testified about the arm condition following an injection by Dr. E Clark Hyde during his second murder trial of Colonel Thomas Swope. The state claims Hyde injected pus germs believing them to be diphtheria germs, a point the court allowed despite Hyde's defense.
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Kansas City, Mo
Margaret Swope
E. Clark Hyde
Thomas Swope
Swope
Hyde
Two Drown When Ice on Lake Breaks
Miss Mae Clark of Milwaukee and Hugh Tierney were drowned when ice gave way while skating in the bay of Oconomowoc lake near the Okauchee station. William Prusing and others were present but could not save them as help arrived. The lake depth at the scene is about twenty feet.
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Oconomowoc
Wis
Mae Clark
Milwaukee
R. H. Mansfield
Oconomowoc Lake
Hugh Tierney
Okauchee Station
William Prusing
Prusing
Mansfield Cottage
Government aid for small farm movement proposed
William E. Smythe of California urged a government program to back small farms at the National Irrigation congress in Chicago. He proposed an "army of peace" production corps with the government matching ten dollars per every one spent on the real army, aiming to restore independence and boost national business and affordable food.
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Chicago
Sam
National Irrigation Congress
William E. Smythe
California
Army of Peace
Army Corps
Smythe
Madame Sherry Star at Majestic in Vaudeville Show
The Majestic opens this afternoon with Miss Lillian Crossman leading Madame Sherry and six aviating girls in a costumed act of singing and dancing. Bert Lennon performs Dope Fiend doings in vaudeville impersonations alongside Billy Van. The Georges offer acrobatic dancing acts while Mr and Mrs Colby present magic music and merriment. Jack Hub the Hebrew comedian adds to the all star bill.
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Majestic
Lillian Crossman
Madame Sherry
Miss Crossman
Bert Lennon
Lennon
Billy van
Georges
Franklin Colby
The
Jack Hub
Persia Appeals to America for Help
A cable from the president of the Persian parliament urged the U S to aid Persia facing Russia. He asked Americans to consider the fall of a people who sympathized with liberty and sought to preserve its national dignity. The appeal was referred to the foreign affairs committee.
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Washington
Persia
Russia
Committee On Foreign Affairs
La Follette Debate at Franklin Club Meeting
The Franklin club will debate the resolution that Taft is the more real progressive. W. E. Barber leads the affirmative with Otto Schlabach and Rev. A Murphy assisting. The negative team features Otto Bosshard William McGaughren and Dr A R Kempter. Officers will be elected during the session.
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Taft
la Follette
Franklin Club
W. E. Barber
Otto Schlabach
A. Murphy
Otto Bosshard
William McGaughren
A. R. Kempter
Doctor Koelker Dies in Potassium Cyanide Experiment
Dr. Koelker of Roosevelt Hospital was found dead this afternoon in a room where he was experimenting with potassium cyanide. House physicians surmise death resulted from inhaling cyanide fumes.
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New York
Koelker
Roosevelt Hospital
Filter Rodenberg Wedding At Norwegian Lutheran Church
Miss Lily Filter and Henry Rodenberg were married at 4 p.m. yesterday at the Norwegian Lutheran church with Rev. E. O. Vik officiating. Attendants were Miss Louise Filter and Carl Filter, the bride’s brother and sister. They will reside in Barre Mills.
Masons Elect Officers at La Crosse Lodge No 190
La Crosse Lodge No 190 of the F and A M elected Fred Shumway as W M W W Cameron as S W J A Krueger as J W Co L Lien treasurer S L Burdick secretary and E Frey as trustee for the ensuing year last night.
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Masons
la Crosse Lodge No. 190
A. M
Fred Shumway
W. M
W. W. Cameron
S. W
J. A. Krueger
J. W
L. Lien
S. L. Burdick
E. Frey
Governor's Guard Chooses Officers For 1912
The Governor's Guard association elected officers for the coming year at its annual meeting. Officers include President William H. Berg, Vice President George Will, Recording Secretary George Roellig, Financial Secretary Charles Weigel, and Board members George Falk, John Bradley, Phillip Wendling, J. M. Storkerson, and William Roellig. Longtime recording secretary William P. Roellig declined re election after fifteen years of service and was thanked. The armory committee reported good progress on the new armory. The group will host its thirty eighth annual mask ball at the armory on January 27, 1912.
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Governor's Guard Association
William H. Berg
George Will
George Roel
Board of Directors
George Falk
John Bradley
Phillip Wendling
J. M. Storkerson
William P. Roellig
Association
Tong Slayer Sentenced in Chicago Chinatown Feud
Police tightened precautions after the death sentence for Choo Foo Horn, the Tong terrorist accused of killing a rival Tong member. The case marks the first China man to be sentenced to the gallows in Cook County as tensions rise in Chinatown.
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Chicago
Choo Foo Horn
Cook County
Cho
Chinatown
Nagel Emerges as Leading Candidate for Supreme Court
Charles Nagel of St. Louis secretary of commerce and labor is the leading candidate to succeed the late Justice Harlan. Missouri has not had a supreme court justice and Nagel has been asked by Wickersham with the president's favor.
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Washington
Charles Nagel
St. Louis
Commerce and Labor
Supreme Court
Harlan
Missouri
Nagel
Wickersham
Free Bridge Plan Not Acted Upon by City Committees
Aldermen debated a proposal to make the wagon bridge free to La Crosse residents and referred the matter to citizens for a vote. An unrelated plan to raise city officer salaries and transfer fees drew lengthy debate with no action. A sewer extension costing $55,000 was dropped for now with a possible cheaper southward alternative studied. The weigh master salary hike was postponed indefinitely.
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Marvin
la Crosse
Ordinance and Bridges Committees
Schultz
West Avenue
Denton Street
Vote-Berger
Webster School
Bradish
South Side
Maltby to stake sites for pump house and reservoir
A. T. Maltby was told by the special water committee to stake the pump house and reservoir on site. The committee will inspect the grounds this afternoon to fix exact locations. Maltby outlined four eight foot pumping houses each serving four wells with a small centrifugal pump. He will seek approval to sink the newest well and will consult insurers in Chicago to set city rates.
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A. T. Maltby
Special Water Committee
Maltby
Chicago
Penalty Sought Against Oil Trust in 142 Counts
In Buffalo Judge Hazel deferred sentence to December 22 in the Standard Company case. The New York firm was found guilty on 142 counts for accepting concessions from railroads on oil shipments from Olean to Burlington Vermont. The aggregate potential penalty totals 2 860 000 dollars as trial motions are awaited.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Hazel
United States District Court
Standard Company of New York
Olean
Burlington
Vermont
Standard
D. J. Kenefick
Card of Thanks for Sidney Secor
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors who helped during illness and death of my husband Sidney also son and brother We thank Rev Marvick and all who sent flowers Mrs Sidney Secor Mr Alfred Anderson Mr Shirly Secor
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Sidney
Marvick
Sidney Secor
Alfred Anderson
Shirly Secor
Detective to Face Probe in Mrs Patterson Case
Denver inquiry into the Patterson acquittal may summon J J Hopper private detective for Emil W Strauss Chicago to testify. Hopper allegedly brought Francis J Easton star witness whose testimony helped secure the verdict. Hilton the Patterson lawyer said Easton wrote from Minneapolis a week after the killing and Hopper reported Hakton’s travel to Denver.
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Denver
Col
J. J. Hopper
Emil W. Strauss
Chicago
Denver Bar Association
Gertrude Gibson Patterson
Hopper
Francis J. Easton
Patterson
Hilton
Easton
Minneapolis
Hakton
Students Dance for Sufferers at Keefe Business College
The Keefe Business College students plan a Friday night dance at the college hall to raise funds for relief of Black River Falls residents. Alumni and friends are invited and committees have been formed to organize the event.
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Keefe Business College
Keefe Businss College
Black River Falls
Death notice for Christ Siegli tz and Mayer family
The undersigned thank those who assisted during the illness and death of their father and grandfather. They praise Rev Bern holz and German Lutheran church children, the pallbearers, and name Christ Siegli t z and the Mayer family members including Mrs H Mayer, Mr and Mrs W Costella, Mr and Mrs E Adams, Emma Mayer.
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Bernholz
German Lutheran Church
Christ Sieglitz
H. Mayer
W. Costella
E. Adams
Emma Mayer
Application to County Court for final account
Notice of special term of the County Court in La Crosse Wisconsin to hear the administratrix Aletta K Wasch on the final account and settlement of the estate of William A Wasch deceased. The hearing is set for December 26, 1911 at 10 o clock A M at the Court House in the city of La Crosse.
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State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Court House
Crosse
Aletta K. Wasch
William A
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