City Christmas Tree to Be in Open Air Milwaukee
Milwaukee plans a community Christmas celebration in an open air setting on Christmas Eve from 5 to 7 PM. A monster tree will stand in the Grand avenue court near Ninth street and be illuminated by free electric lights. Band music and volunteer choir performances will accompany the event under the oversight of Mayor G A Bading's committee led by William Kaumheimer.
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Milwaukee
Wis
G. A. Bading
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
William Kaumheimer
Public Fire Dept Membership Exam In La Crosse
Public examination of applicants for membership in the La Crosse Wisconsin Fire Department will be held at City Hall at 7 30 P M on Thursday December 11 1913 by the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners.
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Fire Department
City of la Crosse
Wis
City Hall
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Ungovernable Worry Trains Quietness and Humility
The passage argues worry can drive a person toward insanity or death but can be redirected. Properly managed, worry trains calmness humility patience and gentleness with stronger sympathy for others. It emphasizes learning to take worry constructively rather than letting it harm.
Moody miscellany of oddities from New York to Cleveland
A collection of brief United States stories and oddities from cities including New York Chicago Boston Cleveland and Los Angeles. Highlights include a customs duty dispute over a Dickens hair lock a society invitation for girls a chauffeur elected alderman a death linked to a film a subway diamond mishap a London bishop challenge and various local vignettes.
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New York
Charles Dickens
London
Heavy furniture thwarted theft and flight
Robberies described as a man battered and stripped of his clothes while being chased by police across twelve blocks in San Francisco. In San Rafael a prisoner seized keys, locked the drunk night watchman in the jail until morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
John Cook
San Rafaer
San Rafael County
Geo. Cutler
Laxative Brom Quinine Box Marked W Grove
A damaged ad note describes a laxative labeled Brom Quinine with the signature FH W Grove on the box and a price of 25 cents. The item is linked to headache and cold relief claims and notes removal of the cause.
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Fh. W. Grove
Road Builders Meet Philadelphia Opens Four Day Convention
Four day session of the American Road Builders association opened at the First Regiment armory in Philadelphia. Delegates from every state, plus Canada and Mexico, heard talks on highway officials duties and powers, unit price versus lump sum contracts, plant equipment, traffic census, dirt roads, repairs and renewals, and dust prevention, led by President Samuel Hill of the Washington State Good Roads association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
American Road Builders’ Association
First Regiment
Canada
Mexico
Samuel Hill
Washington State Good Roads Association
Burglars Break Into Home. Man Finds Missing Shirt Studs
A Detroit Free Press quip notes burglars ransacked a house while the resident was away. The intruders emptied every drawer, but the wife attributed the mess to the man searching for shirt studs, not a burglary.
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Detroit Free Press
Railway Man's Gentle News Letter Credited
A railway worker who was told to inform a widow of her husband’s death in a railway accident is credited with composing a letter. The letter begins Dear Madam I write to say that your husband is unavoidably detained and warns that an undertaker will call tomorrow with full particulars.
Local Social Roundup Includes Visits and Events
Miss Lillian Herman sails to Milwaukee and Chicago to visit relatives. Numerous visitors stay at local hotels from Aurora and Caledonia. Eight pound baby born to Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Beley. Baptist bazaar and chicken pie supper set for Thursday. Fr. D. Roberts from Reinbeck visits for a few days.
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Lillian Herman
South Fifth Street
Milwaukee
Chicago
B. A
L. R. Darnell
Aurora
Ill
T. M. Abbitts
Caledonia
Minn
O. B. Olson
Preston
la Crosse
Gateway City Trir. Co
William Jung
Twin Cities
Johnson
Soldiers Grove
Wis
Tanntoon Co
John Johnson
Waukon
Iowa
Drummond
State St. Edward
Evan Matson
Bennie
Adolph Elton
Harmony
J. Ruland
Mindoro
W.C. Graf
Bangor
Baptist Bazaar
C. Reverud
Spring Grove
Oscar Vossen
Rushford
Baptist Church
Haliks and Normal School
K. Volgard
Lanesboro
Fr. D. Roberts
Reinbeck
Market Square Hay and Corn Trades Highlight Day
Farmers from Pine Creek and surrounding areas brought corn hay potatoes oats and hogs to the market yesterday. Names appearing include Walt McArthur A McCaffrey G P Miller H Werner William Ashland Michael Clary William Beranek George Morris J Harris John Schmeckpepper R Neutelman A Herman Gus Cook and August Herman.
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Walt McArthur
Pine Creek
A. McCaffrey
G. P. Miller
Hokah Road
H. Werner
Brinkman Ridge
William Ashland
Minn
Michael Clary
William Beranek
Hokah Ridge
George Morris
Market Square
J. Harris
John Schmeckpepper
North Salem Road
R. Neutelman
Bostwick Valley
A. Herman
Smith's Coulee
Gus Cook
State Road Coulee
Herman
Goose Island
Summons and Garnishee Issued in La Crosse Court
In Justice Court La Crosse County Wisconsin a summons and garnishee are issued against R W Barrett to satisfy F A Grover debt of 20 80. If not appeared before Justice C L Baldwin in La Crosse by January 5 1914 at 9 am judgment will be rendered and property sold to pay the debt. Dated December 5 1915 Morris Hartwell plaintiffs attorneys.
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Justice Court
State of Wisconsin
la Crosse
City of
R. W. Barrett
F. A. Grover
C. L. Baldwin
Said County
Morris & Hartwell
Peace hatch her victories in peacemakers fight for credit
A fragment notes competing peacemakers arguing over credit for peace efforts. It mentions victories and a contest for recognition without detailing names or places. The tone mirrors a terse newspaper blurb on disputed achievements.
Society entertains for Miss Ella McGuffey of Elkhorn Wis
Miss Ella McGuffey of Elkhorn Wisconsin visits cousin Mrs. John McEllery. A small coffee and sewing bee was hosted by Mrs. McEllery yesterday. High guests attended.
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Ella McGuffey
Elkhorn Wis
John McEllery
McEllery
Bazaar and Apron Sale at 604 South Fifth Street
Bazaar and apron sale announced for Thursday at 10 a.m. at 604 South Fifth Street with doors opening for shoppers. Proceeds support local community programs.
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South Fifth St
Concert opens Baptist church lecture series with Lois Halik
The First Baptist church lecture series begins Thursday evening December 11 with pianist Lois Halik and violinist Glen Halik, assisted by Normal School Ladies' Quartet. The program includes works by Weber Tausig, A d Ambro sio, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Chopin and Brahms among others.
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First Baptist Church
Lois Halik
Glen Halik
Aufforderung Am Tanze
Weber-Tausig
A. d’Ambrosio
Nordische Sage
Carl Bohm
Brindisi Valse
D. Alard
Quartette
Stross
Mendelssohn
Backer
Trondahl
Les Sylvians
C. Chaminade
MacDowell
Will O’ the Wisp
Schubert Wilhelmj
Pierrot
A. Randegger
M and M Favor One Cent Postage
Milwaukee delegates at the Wisconsin Manufacturers' Association annual meeting endorse a one cent letter postage movement. They oppose a reference library and bill drafting bureau in Washington and back extending the bureau of domestic and foreign commerce to boost foreign trade. A committee will coordinate with the Wisconsin Federation of Labor to improve understanding of the apprentice law.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Manufacturers’ Association
Merchants and Manuufacturers’ Association
Washington
Madison
Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Commerce
Wisconsin Federation of Labor
Gas Company Charged Higher Rates Sparking Public Debate
A consumer voice at a public meeting laments overcharged gas bills while defending the company’s past service. The attorney for the gas firm defends its record with a patriotic quip, drawing on the line Honor the Light Brigade as a pun.
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Light Brigade
Bolivia’s Land Law Allows Purchase of Vast Tracts
The republic owns all vacant land and grants rights by purchase or lease under special rules. Land uses include farming and grazing, measured in hectares. The unit equals 2.47 acres and individuals may acquire up to 20 000 hectares at 14 cents per hectare.
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Bolivia
Republic
Giving Him a Hint. Young Author Dialogues in a Boarding House
A London Opinion quip notes a landlady who prides herself on hosting literary men. She boasts they never complain about cash in advance, saying they are used to it, as a humorous jab at expectations of authorship and payment.
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London
Dr Williams Pink Pills Purify and Build Up Life Stream
An old newspaper touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a safe blood tonic to increase red blood cells and boost energy. It promises protection against sickness and headaches and urges readers to buy a package today from any druggist and use as directed for improved health.
Louisiana’s superwoman Edna Watson earns wild title
Ponchatoula reports describe Edna Watson as the state’s “superwoman” after she disarmed a policeman who shot her brother and then struck him, beat five attacking men, sending two to a New Orleans hospital. She fainted after whipping six men.
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Ponchatoula
Edna Watson
Louisiana
New Orleans
Pankhurst and six arrested in London police court hearing
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst and five men and one woman were to be arraigned in a London police court today after a night meeting at Shoreditch town hall. She urged listeners to join her "people's army."
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New York
Cecil Spooner
Reginald Wright Kauffman
House of Bondage
London
Sylvia Pankhurst
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Redland
California
East Highland AA
John C. Burns
the Fashion Shop
Fk. A. Reiman
Elliott
Loeffler CO
Pearl Street
Dancing Academy
Vv. M. Co. A
Sparta
Viroqua
Galesville
Arcadia de Soto
Home Capital
Hoeschler Bros
Cass Street
K.P
Prof. Falls
Berkely
Thill-Manning & Whalen Co
State Street
L. C. Colman
la Crosse, Wis
Museum of
Miss Morgan
Anne Morgan
Woburn
Mass
Jack’ Geragherty
Julia French
Newport
Harrison
N. J
Alice Kelecey
Ommanney
Geneva
Henry Simon
Paris
Eulalie
Alfonso
Santa Chicago
Johnnie Gibbons
Santa Claus
A. Dennison
Louis Hansen
Frank Shaw
Montpelier
France
Bose
Montpelier University
Boston
Eagles’ Lodge
Patrick Burke
Terence Daly
Washington Street
Cleveland
Ohio
Herman O. Engels
Arnold Green
Los Angeles
Victor
Noelke
Main Street
Elgin
the Gift Store
Scriabini
Chopin-Sarasate
Brahms-Joachim
Patek,Philippe &Co
Switzerland
Kew Observatory
Geo. B. Rose
Gateway City Transfer Co
Vine Street
Miss Pankhurst
Elgin, Waltham
Hampden
Ingersoll
Hellfach
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