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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
2
Local note profiles Edward Wilson a book man and impresario of a new Anglo-Saxon Society venture. He tours La Crosse selling literature and building a following among readers, with talks described as liberal education on editions bindings and publishing.
Mr Wilson tours Stoddard suite introducing a new plan where the society acts as broker for members buying books direct from publishers. It offers 25 percent savings, no middlemen profits, and special inquiries at no charge, with 1100 sets on display for informed libraries on La Cagese.
Prominent North Side residents urge keeping Freshman and Sophomore classes on the north side with a branch in Fifth Ward as La Crosse High School moves next year to the Sixteenth and Cass streets building. They cite long walks for younger students and suggest reduced fares or petitions to the council.
Over several days thin honeycombed ice on the North side of the river has caused numerous near misses for youths. No drownings yet near La Crosse but several narrowly escaped as two young people lost footing in the Black river channel near the lighting plant last evening.
Switchmen on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway lines won a 4 cent per hour wage raise after multiple negotiations. The raise took effect October 28 as engineers and brakemen anticipate future pay boosts while telegraphers, machinists, carsmiths, and firemen also benefited from a period of improving conditions at the road.
In their pay checks workers notice wage increases across all lines of labor as railroad companies raise the wages of employees.
David Evans of West La Crosse shot a fox approaching his chicken coop yesterday. The incident marks the first fox sighting in the area for many years and Evans has received many congratulations.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen met at Mrs. John Grimes home on Rose Street. An election of officers followed social time with Mary Devine chosen Mistress and Jennie Pittenger as Vice mistress among other posts including Ida Shackley as Past mistress and Lennie Grimes as Treasurer.
North Side residents receive news of electrical wiring by Electric Supply & Construction Co. and Santa gift arrivals at Figgie’s Dry Goods. Community events include Tabernacle Baptist women meeting at Mrs. Frost’s Perlin Street home and IOOF officers election at Fjelstad’s hall. Multiple local residents travel, work, or fall ill amid a cadence of small notices.
One of the year's top productions will visit La Crosse Theater tomorrow night. The performance features a splendid beauty and singing chorus with scenic effects said to surpass any previous show here.
Canadian hospitals and Catholic Sisters endorse Peruna as a systemic remedy for catarrh and related respiratory ailments. Letters from Sisters of the Good Shepherd and Hospital St. John praise its tonic effects, with examples of relief in elderly patients and persistent coughs. Directions appear on bottles and in Dr Hartman’s Is the Life. 1907
Fred M. Warner, soon to be governor of Michigan, is an Englishborn American whose public service spans 15 years at age 39. Colorado will have no women in its next legislature, as all female candidates were defeated. Minnesota's James A. Tawney, a potential Cannon successor, is a Pennsylvania-born former blacksmith turned lawyer. Henry A. Buechter becomes Colorado governor but will stay in a bungalow near the University of Denver as chancellor. Oklahoma discussions consider an Indian as the next U.S. senator with contenders Pleasant Porter and McCurtain. Minnesota’s last election saw a Prohibition candidate win only a single precinct by one vote. Alabama’s coming legislature features four sets of brothers and four unrelated Smiths in the House. Kansas’s First District cast only 59 votes for the populist candidate in the recent election.
In splendor and gorgeousness the Dolly Varden performance is anticipated to draw a full audience as ticket costs are lower than those in other cities. The article notes the favorable pricing and strong turnout expectations for the show.
In a discussion on wealth, the idea is noted that a man appears richer to the public immediately after his death than at any prior moment. The remark frames perceptions of estates and lingering value beyond life.
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