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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1911
Page
2
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin an all night rain and thaw flooded basements and parts of the business district. Police and firemen rescued residents trapped as the east and west branches of the Fond du Lac river surged through the city.
A bill by Cantril of Kentucky to require the census bureau to publish a tobacco crop report every six months was approved by the House. The measure aims to reveal crop conditions and prevent market cornering.
Marquette Mich Dec 11 A timber cruiser H E Kellen returned from the Michipico district reports Canadians believe Americans are starving because Canada rejected the reciprocity agreement. He says Canadians still rejoice over the defeat of the agreement, arguing it would have ruined Canadians.
Seven Racine German societies led by the Deutscher club unite to fund a $50,000 Germania hall on Park avenue. The site is secured and construction is planned to begin in spring.
The Ladies' Aid of the Caledonia Street Methodist church will host its annual chicken pie supper and bazaar in Gohres' hall at Clinton and Caledonia streets on Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Peoria Illinois December 11 J E Strope mayor of Deer Creek and Otha Bachstein Strope indicted on a statutory charge after an appellate ruling that remarriage within one year after a divorce is illegal even if the marriage occurred in another state. Strope's first wife obtained a divorce and he and Miss Bachstein wed in St Joseph Missouri.
Cross wounded and burned at Sanyan as imperial troops massacre civilians and attack Red Cross, while Li Yuang appeals to Yuan Shi Kai for humane warfare. Chang Shun falls to rebel advance. Hankow rail line looted. foreigners warned. U S minister to Pekin probes missionary killings.
Viroqua and nearby towns report visitors from La Crosse for opera training and social visits at Cashton Readstown and Viola. Obituaries note deaths of Orin Hutchens in Sioux Falls Mrs Clyde Cox and Henry Stanek. New births on Nuzum farm and a bought corn shredder. Y M C A workers meeting in La Crosse referenced.
Houser tells the president his approval would ensure adoption by the national committee. The plan centers on primaries and party strategy before the convention.
Walter L. Houser urges President Taft to approve nationwide presidential primaries as the Republican National Committee meets. He cites state progress toward primaries and warns that a convention ignoring rank and file sentiment cannot unite the party for 1912.
King George welcomed another delegation of native princes in Delhi today. They presented magnificent gifts while the king conferred sword scarf pins and cigarette cases crested with the imperial coat of arms and monogram.
Chicago police pursue three thieves who stole 25 dollars from a cafe early today. A waiting taxi sped them away as the cafe’s woman cook chased them wielding a large butcher knife. one culprit was described as a fashionably dressed woman.
Thomas A. Edison proclaims he will make a complete concrete home affordable for couples. He promises a bedroom for five dollars and furniture for two hundred dollars to rival palatial residences, aiming to remove expense as a marriage obstacle.
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