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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1912
Page
2
K O Brown of New York, a twenty one year old lightweight who has won many fights in four years, is acclaimed for extraordinary muscular development. Critics note his back shoulders and arms, with fans marveling at his physique as he approaches a potential rise to dominance in his class.
Washington December 9 More rapid progress was expected as the House managers resumed witness examination in the Archbald impeachment trial. The second article concerns aid to a Marian Coal Co stock sale to Lackawanna railway. Boland names appear as defendants and alleged plotter in the case. Archbald defense claims he sought to end litigation between coal company and railroad, not secure payment.
New York reports a sharp cold spell with west winds near 50 mph. Temperatures fell to 15 degrees above zero by morning as trudging pedestrians braved the elements in the early hours.
William C. Spindler the Milwaukee County Superintendent of Poor calls for a state board to end the lives of inmates deemed hopelessly feeble minded at the Wisconsin Home for the Feeble Minded He argues the measure would be humane and advance policy noting over 1 000 patients and past transfers from Milwaukee County to the Chippewa Falls institution He claims many cases are incurable and would support physician backing for such deaths amid a bleak ward tour and personal visits
Odin J. Oyen has secured the contract for decorating the new county courthouse at Forsythe Montana. The courthouse is described as the largest and most costly in the state except for Butte, and the decorations will be elaborate and unusually expensive.
Washington reports an eight hour law boosts battleship taxation by 38 per ton. The annual Bureau of Construction and Repair says cost per ton rose from 177 to 215, despite larger ship size. Construction time remains unchanged and faster than any other nation.
Washington, Dec 9. A special census bureau report estimates U S cotton ginned to December 1 of the 1912 crop at 11,844,432 bales, down from 12,816,807 in 1911. Round bales total 72,927 vs 87,996 last year, Sea Island included 51,275 bales vs 87,656 in 1911.
Washington action set for Tuesday as about a score of New Englanders plan to present evidence demanding a congressional investigation into the Grand Trunk and New York New Haven and Hartford merger.
A Roxford Road mother, troubled by headaches, discovers her two boys in the household. She asks the maid if her older child Reginald took the proprietary pills. Frida reports the boy shared half the dose with his younger sibling, sparing the mother.
The article surveys English odes prized by Macaulay and Garnett, highlighting Dryden's Alexander's Feast as the noblest, with notable examples by Spenser Milton Keats Shelley Wordsworth and Tennyson, noting irregular forms.
A fragmented note discusses dental care with questions on home relief for toothache and guidance toward reaching a dentist, mentioning Jones and Smith in a casual context.
A sizable audience in Galesville greeted Charles E. Freeman who spoke at the YMCA on The City Gates. Freeman, a retired twenty year minister, now concentrates on the lecture platform where he has enjoyed success.
E. C. Raymond of Sundance Wyoming left La Crosse at noon for Chicago to take part in the progressive party conference acting as proxy for G. A. Carey Wyoming governor son and party committeeman. Mrs Raymond accompanied him to La Crosse and will await his return. They plan to spend part of the winter in the city.
A bureau is being organized to secure prominent editors and writers as lecturers for journalism students in Wisconsin colleges. The move is pushed by the conference of teachers of journalism from Chicago. Wisconsin has three schools with journalism programs at Wisconsin University Beloit and Marquette.
In Greensburg Louisiana an argument over a biblical quotation sparked a gun battle. Parish commissioner Nat Lindsay was killed and his son Charles fatally wounded. Reverand Fleet Harrel, the shooter, was seriously wounded.
The funeral of Mrs. Katherine Dresen, formerly of La Crosse, was held last Monday in Seattle Washington. Interment followed at Calvan Cemetery. She died of vascular heart disease at her son Henry W. Dresen's home in Kirkland near Seattle on November 28 after an illness of over a year. She was 86 years old.
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