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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1909
Page
4
La Crosse Rubber Mills accelerates expansion to double production by next spring. The firm installs new machinery and plans an Indian Hill addition to house upgraded equipment. Management aims to boost workforce and capacity amid rising demand.
Trainmaster W B Hinrichs of Milwaukee tours the city on Milwaukee road business. David Evans of Sparta visits friends. Sivert Peterson funeral set for Friday at 2 30 PM with Rev Vik officiating and Dwyer in charge. Oak Grove cemetery interment. New baby boys born to Gunderson and Wooden families. Powell family welcomes a son. Milwaukee road trains delayed up to 90 minutes due to cold. Various local visits, church events, and community notices noted.
Syvert A. Peterson 76 a pioneer North La Crosse settler died at 2042 Charles street at 9 30 PM from old age. He leaves a widow and a large family. The funeral is set for 2 36 PM Friday at his residence with Rev E O Vik officiating. Undertaker William Dwyer to handle arrangements. Interment in Oak Grove cemetery.
A deferred mock trial will arraign W. E. Barber on an excessive smoking charge at Caledonia and St Paul streets. Prosecutor Otto Bosshard works on a formal complaint. A. H. Schubert defends Barber with Paul Mahoney as presiding judge and Geo Marvin recording. M. M. Bowney serves as sheriff for the event and a club jury will be drawn from members.
Pittsburg Pa December reports that white railway signals will be replaced with yellow lights on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie line and the New York Central system. The change aims to reduce confusion for engineers, who have passed improperly set white signals, with the entire Central system expected to adopt the plan soon.
In Winnipeg Manitoba, 14 year old Harry Steen of Lancaster Minnesota was denied readmission to the United States after an operation. Immigration officials said the boy could not prove American birth. An appeal to Consul General Jones failed. American Association of Canada plans investigation into the case and similar indignities faced by Americans seeking entry.
Miss Belle Parker began duties as botany and physiology teacher at the high school replacing Lena Johns. A University of Minnesota graduate, she taught in Grand Rapids Minnesota and Mason City Iowa before resigning to care for her ill father, who has since died. Professor Two good helped secure her appointment.
The Y M C A hosts Dr Winfield S Hall of Northwestern Medical University for a Sunday lecture on Sexual Hygiene titled The Young Man's Problem. He will address men over 17 and audiences include workers in youth programs. Additional talks for women and boys follow, with age groups strictly observed. Local doctors urged to attend. quacks will be challenged.
Violet and Garnet Lancaster of Evansville were revealed as the original Lancasters after Florence Alden and her mother were arrested in Indianapolis. Alden, sentenced to two months in a women's reform school for petit larceny, had agreed to marry him through a matrimonial ad. Violet Lancaster attempted to smuggle morphine in a basket to her daughter in jail. The couple's scheme began when August Mishick of Nebraska funded a marriage bargain. Garnet Lancaster refused and Mishick had her arrested. She later married, then reportedly returned to jail, saying she preferred jail to married life.
R Schuld promotes exclusive styles for early holiday orders inviting customers to secure a Christmas box with curated items and limited selections.
In Chicago Judge Lockwood Honore ruled the original divorce record between Grace B. Guggenheim and Wm. Guggenheim should stand after hours of heated argument. Grace Brown Guggenheim married Wm. Guggenheim in 1901, later divorced, remarried Jules Wahl whose later annulment tied to the Guggenheim divorce validity dispute.
McGregor residents report routine visits and travel. Clayton county schools superintendent Mr. Roberts toured area schools Monday. Miss Decorah Hardin returned home from Leroy Minnesota. Residents gathered for a legal matter related to a lawsuit. Mr and Mrs John Knapp visited sister Mrs Jake Phillips. Miss Anna Dunhain returned from Edgwood. Miss Regina McKown came back from Monona. August Lamfer won two dollars and fifty cents gold as top bowler for November. Miss Ruth Demo visited relatives at National. H M Gray traveled to Lansing to install a box ball alley for Fred Bergman. Mrs Homan visited Elkader. Mr John Moss went to La Crosse for a few days.
Miss Rice visits Dubuque with Hendricks. Earl Richel returns to La Crosse after Thanksgiving at home. M Kline travels to Clayton and back the same day. Mrs Hiram Samell seeks medical care in La Crosse. one son accompanies. Fred Bell spends day in Monona. Bessie Linquist heads home to Clayton Iowa. Frientwood of Clayton visits McGregor. Malissa Brown returns from Pleasant Ridge to sister Mrs Arthur Williams. Effie Love returns home after visiting sister Mrs Arthur Adney. Mr and Mrs Ernst Foster visiting Brookfield then Milwaukee. Geneva Bush and Bess Smith go to Elkader. Will Kean visits Monona. Mrs M J Brennen in La Crosse. J Larson in Waukon Junction. Wm Pearsall returns to Madison for university. Frank Jordan and sister Mary back from Harpers Ferry. Peter Becket of Clayton visits friends. Walter Ikendorf returns to Iowa City for studies. Deutscherbund meets with Mrs D J Bergman. Ed Thomas of Waucoma Wash visits George McLanahan. Mrs S H Miles recovering from illness. Hans Lee improving after long injury layoff.
Dubuque visitors and local residents are noted as various towns including Lawler Waukon Postville and Colwell are mentioned with people visiting relatives and attending events. The session names officers President James Jasperson Vice President Charles Johnson Secretary and Treasurer J F Widman.
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