La Crosse council probes pension for late patrolman Gates family
Last night the common council debated a police pension for the Gates family of Patrolman Perry Gates, killed in service before pensions began. The petition was referred to the police and fire committee as aldermen also discussed street improvements, trolley rights, and park access.
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Common Council
la Crosse- Winona Traction Company
Marvin
Police Pension Fund
Perry Gates
Committee On Police and Fire
Hanson and Pederson
Front
Ferry Strets
Jay
Front Street
Listman Milling Company
la Crosse Can Company
la Crosse Plow Company
Pine Street
Second
Third
Pettibone Park
Board of Public Works
Ninth
Tenth Streets
Main
King Streets
Clinton Street
Burlington
John Webber
Josten
Otto Loeffler
Board of Education
Fourteenth Ward
W. L. Josten
Leeffler
Orlando Holway
Edward Evans
John Streeter
North Side
John F. Russell
Hugo Schick
la Crosse Interstate Fair Association
Kroner
la Crosse City Railway Company
Roth
Schneeberger
Aldermen praise high school visit and dinner by Miss Binzel class
City aldermen touring the local high school described it as a credit to the city and were impressed by how smoothly affairs were run. They also praised the dinner prepared by Miss Cora Binzel's cooking class, noting the caliber of teaching and the school’s large, well-run operation. They had never before toured the building. The note adds that despite the steamship’s age, over 66,000 sailing vessels remain at sea.
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Cora Binzel
la Crosse
Board of Education
Elgin Men’s Special Watch at 9.75 Bargain
Irvine offers an Elgin Special for men a 12 size open face watch with nickel movement gold filled case and fine engraving selling for 9.75 versus regular 15. The watch carries a 5 year guarantee and a promise of accurate timekeeping from W. T. Irvine The Watch House of La Crosse.
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W. T. Irvine
Watch House of
la Crosse
Bank Notes Size Change Sparks Banking Opposition
Government proposal to shrink American bank notes faces strong resistance from banks nationwide due to impracticality of reissuing plates. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters touted for indigestion and general weakness, with a note offering a 1910 Alma bag from pharmacists.
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United States
Cruggist
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Blood Purifier
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as an unmatched blood purifier with over 20 ingredients. It warns substitutes are inferior and promote other preparations for higher dealer profits. The ad offers Hood's Garengorine in liquid form or as Sarsatabs chocolate tablets.
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P. S
Hood
Woman risks life for her pet bulldog rescue
In New York on December 11 Mme Caroline Richmond a Manhattan manicure parlor owner in a seven story Broadway building endangered her life and that of two firemen. Firefighters Keegan and Kerwin used a scaling ladder to reach her but she reentered the room crying for her dog and fainted from smoke. They eventually pulled her out.
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New York
Mme
Caroline Richmond
Upper Broadway
Hotel Windsor
Keegan
Kerwin
Longstanding feud erupts in finish fight at club
The fragment notes a clash at a club ending a years old baseball feud. It mentions Murphy leading a western syndicate behind a deal involving a Philadelphia club.
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Murphy
Philadelphia
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Main St
Irvine
Broadway
la Crosse Theater
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Charles W. Murphy
Chicago
Charles Webb Murphy
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Tional Baseball Club
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Amas
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