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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1911
Page
2
At the Fraternal Reserve meeting last Thursday night the annual officer election was held. New officers will be installed at the January meeting. Pres A C Radke. Vice Pres Mrs Mae Humphrey. Secretary Laura Larsen. Treasurer John Buchholz. Past Pres Carl Ruplin.
James L. Beach aged 30 dies after a corn shredding machine maims his hand on his Pine Creek Minnesota farm. The incident occurred on Thanksgiving Day and prompted a safety inquiry by local authorities.
A roster of officers includes Georgiana Grebner as Advisor and Henry Freehoff as Sergeant with assists from Gussie Gilbertson and Leslie Gilbert. Delegates, musicians, and charity heads are listed with names and roles, plus a group of old officers ready to serve as substitutes when called.
Detailed accounts from correspondents at Tripoli describe Italian soldiers buried alive head downward or crucified after mutilation. The dispatch notes Turkish troops firing on Red Cross nurses and physicians and promises the Hague tribunal will review numerous photographs and scenes of the victims.
A Minne sota resident died at a local hospital last night. He is survived by a wife and four children, all living in Minnesota. The funeral is scheduled for Monday afternoon with burial in Nodine, Minnesota.
Washington December 9. President Taft and Interior Secretary Fisher announce a complete change in Alaska policy. The House committee on expenditures in the interior department formally drops the Controller Bay probe following Attorney Louis D Brandeis guidance.
The poultry show drew a record crowd with 1 000 birds entered and scoring delays expected to end tonight. A. Stransky of Chilton Wisconsin leads in several classes with pens and birds scoring up to 96 points. One hundred pigeons, the largest ever shown, highlight the exhibit alongside increasing varieties and notable houdons from Canada owned by George McDonald.
Wilson-Colwell Relief Corps No. 2 held its annual election on Thursday evening naming Coroin Cays Wood as president and Barbara Nekola as senior vice president. Other officers include Hannah Storkerson junior vice president Maggie Edwards secretary Cora Jenks treasurer Mattie Chamberlain chaplain Abbie Rogers conductor Lizzie King and Mary Gale president's correspondent Anna Lewis first color bearer Emma Stevenson second color bearer Elizabeth McLaren third color bearer Anna Seivert fourth color bearer Mary McCool. Mattie Chamberlain was chosen delegate to the department convention with Cora Jenks as alternate.
The note remarks that Walter Scott is long dead yet the stag metaphor endures and that rabbit skins have doubled in value in recent years, signaling shifting rural economics and literary allusion.
A pen of Cornish Indians owned by O. C. Wauters & Company drew attention at a city event. They won an Aire dale pup offered by J. E. Hauser for the Cornish Bullet, which scored the highest.
Rev. Oscar Smith of West Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church reports strong success with converts in Altoona. He also announces that Rev. M. T. H. Kelly, a noted speaker, will address both the morning and evening services at the West Avenue church on Sunday.
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