Former La Crosse Woman No More
Mrs. Mary C. Bruce, longtime Minneapolis teacher and former principal, died at her home 2125 Humboldt Ave S. Survived by her mother Mrs. Emily Wey and a 17 year old son. Bruce taught at Peabody Madison Jefferson Emerson Laurel Lake Harriet and Adams schools during a long career begun in Winona normal school. She passed away after attending a school event the previous night.
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Mary C. Bruce
Adams School
Minneapolis
Humboldt Avenue
Bruce
Winona Normal School
Peabody School
Madison School
Jefferson
Emerson School
Laurel School
Lake Harriet
Adams
Minneapolis Journal
Mary Cooper Bruce
la Crosse
Emily Wey
Church Nursery Proves Successful at St Pauls Universalist
The new church nursery at St Pauls Universalist Church opened yesterday and proved successful. Despite only a few children, parents could attend services without interruption as caregivers looked after the babies. Rev Longbrake, who initiated the idea in La Crosse, hopes to expand it and invite all parents to attend Sunday services with their infants.
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St. Paul’s Universalist Church
Mr. Longbrake
la Crosse
Hit Him If He Doesn't Fear You Case At Dance
John Fischbach from Middle Ridge hit Peter Arentz after Arentz said he wasn’t afraid of him. The incident occurred at a dance and led to a jury trial with Fischbach paying $54 for assault and battery and the trial costs.
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Anyolue
John Fischbach
Middle Ridge
Peter Arentz
Fischbach
John Arentz
Arentz
Start Drilling Wells Wednesday Near City
Ed Roesler awarded the contract to drill six test wells northeast of the city. He will move machinery to the site Wednesday, perform repairs, then begin drilling. Professor Slichter will visit after completion to take water and gravel samples for state railroad commission analysis.
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Ed Roesler
Slichter
Madison
State Railroad Commission
Mrs Hannah Smith of Dakota Dead
Mrs Hannah F Smith a longtime Dakota Minnesota resident died at home Saturday night after a long illness aged 76 Born in Maine March 31 1834 she lived in Dakota many years Her husband died years ago Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p m from the Methodist church in Dakota with Rev Baker of La Crescent officiating
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Hannah F. Smith
Dakota
Minn
Maine
Methodist Church
Mr. Baker
la Crescent
Census Inspector Visits La Crosse
James Barr of Washington DC and representative of the bureau of census department of commerce and labor is in La Crosse compiling city finances. He reports good conditions and finds La Crosse finances favorable compared with other cities. He plans to stay several days.
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James Barr
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Census
Department of Commerce and Labor
la Crosse
Coupon Ballot Patent Interest Questioned in County Deal
The article notes Mr Hulberg was approached weeks after the Resolution adopting the Coupon Ballot. He bought his interest in the Coupon Ballot Patents when no probable call on that interest existed, prompting scrutiny by the county board amid ongoing discussions of the ballot system.
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Hulberg
La Crosse County official denies conflict in Coupon Ballot case
Moncena Dunn testifies Oscar H Hulberg is the only county supervisor owning patent rights to the Coupon Ballot. Dunn swears no other La Crosse residents hold or expect to hold an interest, and states no board member was solicited to purchase or be gifted in related companies.
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Hulberg
Pine Street
la Crosse
Wis
Dunn
Moncena Dunn
Oscar H. Hulberg
la Crosse County
Traveling Man Abandons Wife and Infant in La Crosse
Warrant issued for Fred D. Zaiser on desertion and non support after he left wife and infant son at Hotel La Crosse. Reports place him wandering the country with a La Crosse girl. wife and baby depend on charity. Last heard in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Zaiser previously represented several shoe companies in the region.
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la Crosse
Fred D. Zaiser
la Crosse County
Zaiser
Cedar Rapids
Winona Shoe Co
Canadian Shoe Co
Chippewa Falls Shoe Co
Tribune Defends Coupon Ballot Support in 1910 Statement
The La Crosse Tribune explains its endorsement of the Coupon Ballot aligns with its history in favor of election reform. Publisher A. M. Brayton asserts the paper has no financial stake and that bosses no longer control ballots, urging adoption to secure the vote.
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Tribune
The
la Crosse
Wis
Peter Lehnen
A. M. Brayton
the Tribune
Dunn
F. H. Hartwell
Film Reviews Highlight Comedy Drama and Drill Spectacle
A playful note praises The Romance on the Lazy K as funny with a surprising climax. Belgium Military Cyclists is described as unusually impressive drill work. Phaedra is lauded as visually beautiful and hand colored, drawn from ancient Greece. Mountain Wife Adventures with Moonshiners promises non stop thrills from start to finish.
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Belgium
Phaedra
Pathe
Greece
White nominates chief justice amid bench tensions
Washington reports Associate Justice White has been chosen chief justice, a move stirring resentment among older justices. Taft, urged by Church figures, signaled aiming to keep the title if a future vacancy arises. White, 65 and in frail health, would retire within five years, with Taft potentially as a leading post-presidential candidate.
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Wall Street
Hughes
Taft
Arthur C. Denison
Commerce Court
Denison
Michigan
Carland
Ireland
White House
Justice White
White
Washington, D. C
United States
Wm. Howard Taft
Consul the Great Headlining at the Majestic This Week
Consul the Great, an acclaimed educated chimpanzee, headlines the Majestic in La Crosse this week. The show features a roller skating act, bicycle stunts, a disrobing routine, a pillow fight, plus moving pictures and other acts with Oscar Starr the strongman and Grace Belmont the singing comedian adding to the bill.
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Consul the Great
Majestic
Consul
Oscar Starr
Walters
Murray
Grace Belmont
la Crosse
Crippen Story Joke Sparks Wrestler Curley Tale
Jack Curley, manager for George Hackenschmidt, explains a Chicago prank that fueled a nationwide Crippen rumor. The Rus sian lion and his wife toured La Crosse and planned a Minneapolis match, then Duluth, Lincoln, Boston, Montreal, and Chicago, praising La Crosse as a fine city. The trip continues through the iron range and southward for winter.
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Mr. Curley
Mr. Hackenschmidt
Stoddard
Law Suit Over a Dress Suit Heard in Court
Herman Schultz, a city tailor, sues John Weihaupt for 50 dollars claiming payment for a dress suit ordered for a charity ball. The defendant ordered a nonstandard style, wore it at the event, then returned it and cancelled the order arguing improper construction. A jury including Alexander Rose and others presided in Justice C. W. Hunt's court.
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C. W. Hunt
Herman Schultz
John Weihaupt
Alexander Rose
J. H. Lightbody
Herman Noll
A.R. Nelson
C. B. Gesell
Notice of application to county court in La Crosse 1911
State of Wisconsin County Court La Crosse County Probate notice announces a special term on January 17 1911 at 10 o clock A M in the La Crosse Court House for Roscoe A Gould as executor of Dempster Gould to adjust settle and allow final accounts and residue of the estate. Dated December 12 1910. By order of the Court John Brindley County Judge.
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State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
la Crosse
Said
Roscoe A. Gould
Dempster Gould
City of
John Brindley
Oil Trust Must Pay Fine for Rebates Refusal to Review
The Standard Oil Company of New York will pay a $21,000 fine for accepting rebates on oil shipments from Olean New York to New England points. The Supreme Court refused to review the lower court ruling leaving the fine in place.
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OIL Trust
Washington
Standard Oil Company of
New York
Olean
N. Y
New England
Supreme Court of the United States
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Ruplin Baking CO
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Senate
Vandevanter
Lamar
Interstate Commerce Commission
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the Majestic
Ater
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Majestic Theatre
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