Messiah Set for La Crosse Chorus Concert January 20
La Crosse Choral club announces The Messiah as the season opener with E G Boynton as president. Soloists include Edward C Towne tenor Adah Markland Sheffield soprano and Marie White Longwell contralto under conductor C H Wiley. Rehearsals continue with two recitals planned and 300 associate tickets sold.
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la Crosse
E. G. Boynton
Faust
Alwys
Boynton
Edward C. Towne
Adah Markland Sheffield
Marie White Longwell
C. H. Wiley
Wiley
Mr. Towne
Towne
Sheffield
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Longwall
Chicago
Lonewall
la Crosse Theater
Social Order of Owls Hold Thanksgiving Session
The Social Order of Owls in Upham North Dakota held a Thanksgiving night meeting with about fifty members. After a third degree initiation for those not yet advanced, the group enjoyed a long social session and a grand supper with Old Style Lager served. a resolution mandated Lager from G Heileman Brewing Co of La Crosse Wisconsin for members. Mr. Smith of Missouri was the last to leave.
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Upham
N. D. Star
Social Order of Owls
G. Heileman Brewing Co
la Crosse
Wis
Mr. Smith
Missouri
Genuine Foley’s Honey and Tar Wins Trust Over Imitations
An advertisement asserts millions bought Foley’s Honey and Tar with only beneficial results for coughs colds and lung troubles. It warns buyers to refuse imitations and ensures the genuine yellow package contains no opiates or harmful drugs.
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O. T. Erhart
Protest Against Negroes' Discharge at Academy for Music
Philadelphians active in support of negro soldiers dishonorably dismissed over Brownsville riots plan a mass meeting at the Academy for Music to protest the president's refusal to reopen the case Speakers include Gen Henry E Tremain Joseph Smith of Massachusetts and J H Manning of Alabama.
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Philadelphia
Statement on self view and others compared
A reflective line argues that people should not see themselves as better than others or judge others as worse, urging humility and equal regard for all. The tone is moral and admonitory, stressing self awareness over superiority.
Seaman Benneck Arrested For Desertion From Charleston
Frederick Gustaf Benneck, 22, clerk to Captain Winslow on the United States cruiser Charleston, was arrested on the Harmodius at the Wabasha pier after leaving Rosario to secure game for Secretary Root. A court martial will hear the desertion charge at the navy yard. President Roosevelt aware of the case. Benneck claims innocence and says he pursued the Charleston in a chase using an Argentine steam launch before reporting to the American consul.
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Boston
Mass
Frederick Gustaf Benneck
C. McR
Winslow
United States
Charleston
Rosario
Root
Harmodius B. Montgomery
Wabasha
Navy Yard
Benneck
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Old Folks Elope Near Lexington Amid Mountain Escape
Ballard Cole and Nancy Jane Wiseman, aged 33, fled Cumberland Gap Tenn to marry in Lexington Kentucky after days on the run from their children who pursued them, saying mountain life kept their ardor alive.
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Lexington
Ballard Cole
Nancy Jane Wiseman
Cumberland Gap
Tenn
Marride
Mr. Cole
Wiseman
Woman slips on street while saying she cannot bear rubbers
A woman walking on the street slipped and fell after declaring she could not bear rubbers. No injuries are mentioned and the incident is described in casual reporting tone.
Clergy Sanctioned for Unministerial Conduct in Newark
In Newark the Zanesville presbytery finds Rev. E. Boyd Gay guilty of unministerial conduct for peeping through women’s windows at night. He receives an admonition and can appeal to the synod, with possible further move to the general assembly if needed.
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Newark
Zanesville
Gay
General Assembly
Marseilles
Ill
Ecclesiastical Council
Ottawa Baptist Association
C. D. Oberholtzer
Floor collapses during funeral in Wilmot Wisconsin
During Ollie Ganzlin's funeral services in Wilmot Kenosha County the church floor sank four inches causing a panic as 200 mourners fled. Several women and children were injured but none seriously. The casket was removed and services finished at the cemetery.
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Kenosha
Wis
Wilmot
Kenosha County
Ollie Ganzlin
Florist J L Gasser Declared Sane After Ohio Court
J L Gasser a Cleveland florist once ruled insane by probate court and sent to an orphan asylum in Cincinnati was declared sane by the circuit court and freed. Judge Marvin said the wife acted without improper motives and that Gasser was not mentally enfeebled enough to justify custody. Judge Henry dissented.
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Cleveland, O
J. L. Gasser
Cincinnati
Marvin
Zimmer Heads Franklin Club at La Crosse High School
A. A. Zimmer elected president of the Franklin Club with Paul Schulze as vice president and C. C. Looney as secretary. Officers include M. M. Downey treasurer H. G. Hayden regent and H. Spence sergeant at arms. Debates set for December cover party allegiance vs independent voting and open shop policy.
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A. A. Zimmer
la Crosses High School
The
Franklins
Paul T. Schulze
C. C. Looney
M. M. Downey
H. G. Hayden
H., Spence
Fred Schultz
H. E. Wheaton
H. L. Taylor
W. E. Barber
Roosevelt
C. H. Berry
T. J. Larkin
Photograph miscaption claims Mary Baker Eddy portrait
Alfred Farrow, head of the Christian Science Committee on Publication, says McClure’s December issue uses a likeness of Mrs Sarah C Chevailler as Mrs Eddy. An affidavit by Julia Bartlett asserts the Eddy portrait from 1882 is a false representation and that Eddy’s hair was brown, not gray.
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Boston
Alfred Farrow
The
Christian Science Church
Eddy
McClure
Christian Sciense
McClure’s
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Mrs. Eddy
Mrs Eddy
MecClure
Suk Ta
Julia S. Bartlett
W. Shaw Warren
Leon M. Abbott
Justice of the Peace
Affidavit claims McClure's photo misidentifies Mrs Chevaillier
Charles F Chevaillier of Marshall Texas swears the December 1906 McClure's Magazine portrait on page 212 shows his mother Mrs Sarah C Chevaillier and is an exact copy of a photograph enclosed, notarized by Marion Turney in Harrison County Texas on November 27 1906.
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Chas. F. Chevaillier
McClure’s
Eddy Marshall
Texas
Alfred Farlow
Boston
Mass
Norman Photographic Company
Park Street
Boylston Street
Massachusetts
Sarah C. Chevaillier
Harrison
Marion Turney
Harrison County
Charles F. Chevaillier
Princeton Honors Andrew Carnegie at Lake Dedication
In Alexander hall 1200 undergraduates cheered Carnegie as Col Libbey led a march from Nassau hall to celebrate the Carnegie lake dedication. Carnegie praised football and called Princeton the Scottish university of America, then handed over the deed while President Wilson spoke for undergraduates and alumni. Carnegie toured the lake after lunch with the Wilsons.
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Princeton
N. 3
Carnegie Lake
Alexander Hall
Andrew Carnegie
Nassau Hall
Col. Libbey
Carnegie
Steel King
Cleveland
Wilson
Old Nassau
Pittsburg Awaits Santa Claus Visit
Citizens of Pittsburg look to a holiday greeting as Santa Claus is expected to make a stop in the city this season. Local organizers prepare routes, decorations, and a warm welcome for families gathering downtown.
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Pittsburg
Santa Claus
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Tribune Special Service
Adah Markland
E.C. Towne
Marie White Longwall
Alfred Wiley Bass
Argentine Republic
A. M. Beaupre
Pulpit Peeper
Tribune
Zimmer Heads Club
Mglures
Christian Science
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