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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1915
Page
5
Homer Camp No. 8755 M. W. A. elected C. C. Varnum as consul at the regular meeting held Saturday night in Homer Minnesota. Also chosen were G. M. Hill as adviser, J. W. Ramsden as clerk, O. F. Nel in as banker, F. Hess as escort, and Fred as watchman.
Article explains backache stems from overstrain and thin blood, not kidney disease. It promotes Dr Williams' Pink Pills as a blood builder and tonic, advising rest and better habits, and offers free books and mail orders from the Dr Williams Medicine Co. in Schenectady, NY.
Mrs K Post of Winona visited Mrs G N Rogers Friday. Miss Mabel Kaiser spent Saturday with Lewiston friends. Mrs E C Burns of Winona visited Mrs C C Varnum between trains. F L Tainter resumed duties at the fisheries station after a ten day vacation. Mr and Mrs A J Risk and daughter Ruth were Winona visitors Sunday. Helmer Hanson sold his launch to parties in Winona. F L Tainter and family motored to Winona Sunday afternoon.
Two shop girls escaped from the second floor to an adjacent shed during a Tuesday blaze that gutted the Boston store in Springfield Illinois causing an estimated $200,000 in damages.
Local notices list residents and visitors in La Crosse with brief business notes and social items. People include H Rippe A E Cox from Brownsville in La Crosse on business, J P Boatch John Julius Pepin. H Fortner E H Fortner from De Soto. Everett Randall New Albin Iowa. Perry Wood Money Creek Minn. W C Sterling Seneca Wis. Louis Engelke Sioux City Iowa. Karl Schweizer New York visit. J B Hi Madison Supreme Court. Charles Blanchard Sr Minneapolis operation recovery. Glen Truman Rochester Minn. N B Garvey Ferryville Wis. R L McDowell Grinnell Ia. O M Anderson Blair. George M Wells Oshkosh. C Edwards Madison.
Market Square reports higher hay loads and a growing number of hogs this year while wood and oats are also brought to the market. Local farmers from La Crosse area listed include Louis Beyer Chipmunk Coulee Mike Holihan Hokah Ridge and others from Pine Creek Mormon Coulee St. Joseph's Ridge North Ridge La Crosse Ridge Brownsville Road and South Ridge with several residents named.
A weather note recalls snow a year ago with temperatures and a cold remedy patent ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine promoted to cure a cold in one day. The signature reads E. W. Grove and a price of 25 cents.
OLeary V C answers a begging youngster asking for a button with a quip about crossing the road to find a sergeant who would trade a coat full of buttons for the asking. The amused youth departs.
Mantel clocks eight day striking hour and half hour in mahogany cases priced from $4.50 to $87. Field glasses for Boy Scouts in sole leather cases at $8.50 a pair. Smoking sets up to $11.00. Cut glass largest city wide at low prices. A variety of useful pieces for presents. Comb brush and mirror sets in silver plate from $5.00 to $6.00. Quality and price emphasized.
A program features Refuge parts and a two part Nestor Comedy with hundreds of America's most beautiful girls in the Universal beauty contest. Friday offers Charlie Chaplin comedy and Handsome Hobart Henley, as part of a seven reel show.
The English Lutheran church at West Avenue and Ferry Street will host a 5 PM Thursday musical entertainment with vocal and instrumental pieces and recitations to introduce the newly purchased piano. The city library hosts a Christmas books exhibit, last days tomorrow at main and Friday at the north branch. Meetings of finance judiciary police water and liquor license committees are scheduled tonight at city hall ahead of Friday council session. The La Crosse railroad commission case with the state supreme court is postponed to January. A. E. Thompson buys a French Island lot from H. H. Chase. Thompson is La Crosse county register.
H J Callahan testified in the domestic relations court that he obtained many free meals by feigning hunger and placing a cockroach on his plate, provoking apologies from the restaurant proprietor.
Mr and Mrs Edward Burrow enjoyed a surprise birthday party at their home on the causeway Sunday evening. Attending were Julius Buelow J P Riese Henry Buelow L Gautsch Mrs John Mueller Ida Mueller Louise Mueller Viola Riese Adolph Spika Carl Mueller. Cards and refreshments followed, and many gifts were given to the host.
Congregation at Trinity Lutheran church hosted a surprise ceremony and reception for Rev. and Mrs. A Formes. Rev. O C Myhre presided with toasts from Bishop J Nordby Rev E O Vik Rev Louis Holmes and others. Mrs O C Myhre sang and Irene Sorensen accompanied on piano. The couple received a tea set and money purse as gifts.
The Eagles lodge hosted a ladies card party with twenty four tables playing Progressive Cinch. Prizes were won by Mesdames R. J. Sheets J. P. Nutting F. H. Flemmer and C. W. Thompson. Hostesses were Mesdames George W. Hess and Charles Harzer. Next party set for Tuesday afternoon December 7 21st.
The Ladies' Aid society of North Presbyterian church will elect officers at its meeting tomorrow afternoon in the church parlors.
The Epworth League union of La Crosse and Onalaska will meet with the Onalaska league on Friday evening this week. The union includes First Methodist Caledonia Street Methodist West Avenue Methodist and Onalaska Methodist churches. La Crosse leagues are expected to send large delegations with about thirty to forty members from Caledonia Street Church planning to attend.
Mrs Earl Wheaton entertained her Sunday school class at 1437 Berlin Street last evening. Attendees played games enjoyed music and discussed plans for the Christmas entertainment.
Officers for the coming year were elected at the John Flynn W R C No 25 meeting last evening. President Louise Yarrington Senior vice president Sophronia Gowdy Junior vice president Tillie Lazár Secretary Eleanor Campbell Treasurer Amy Powell Chaplain Sara Williver Conductor Betsy Mosher Guard Amelia Davis Assistant conductor Libbie McCabe Assistant guard Jessie Ryan Patriotic instructor Jessie Ryan Press correspondent Libbie McMusician Amy Powell Pall bearers Dora Lamberg Hannah Allen Estella Phelps Mary Hanson
In Messina on December 8 Captain Wilson of the Wilson steam ship line and Colonel Napier were seized on the Greek steamer Speza by an American submarine commander. The ship was halted off Patras. an officer searched the vessel as the Greek commander protested. The two Englishmen were ordered to return to the submarine, and mail bags believed to hold their papers were recovered from the water after being tossed overboard.
A reflective line notes that most fathers wish their children a better childhood than they experienced, implying parental sacrifice and hope. The statement underscores intergenerational care and the drive to improve family fortunes.
Wisconsin farmers were urged to save seed corn by R A Moore of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association. He warned importing seed from the south would be a mistake as those varieties may not mature well in this region. State estimates show this year’s corn crop about 40 percent below last year’s 74 000 900 bushels, with mouldy corn risk for livestock noted by state veterinarian O D Eliason.
A prominent place in myth is held by parrots known to swear like troopers, a vivid claim reflecting ancient beliefs about talking birds. Researchers cite cultural associations linking parrots to communication and mischief in folklore.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Count Schulenberg telling Liege citizens that Germany will not relinquish Belgium. He drove the first nail into a wooden statue of General Von Emmich at the palace of justice and pledged that what Von Emmich conquered, they will hold.
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