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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1911
Page
9
The Twenty Club closes the campaign for beautifying backyards through school effort in La Crosse. Cash prizes up to $20, $5, two at unspecified amounts, and eleven $1 awards will be given to children who improved their yards since last spring. The program shows notable success and city-wide participation.
Four men died and five were injured when a runaway Delaware and Hudson train rammed a shanty and the machine shop in the Carbondale yard early today. Fire consumed the debris and authorities fear two bodies may be lost. The disaster destroyed the machine shop four locomotives and 35 cars, with an estimated loss of $200,000.
A brief report notes Mite’s encounter when he goes to ink with less than five dollars, leading to a minor financial consequence. The event underscores small currency matters in local life.
Vandalia New Jersey city faces no police protection due to an inability to pay officers. Citizens await funding or recovery of the guardians of the peace as authorities seek a budget solution.
A note on Italian lottery practice states that the number 13 is never used in any draws. Official explanations cite superstition and tradition influencing game design and ticket selections.
Rumors say a third pardon bid for Harry Dunn, jailed since 1900 for the Lieber murder, may come as his health declines. Attorney Hartwell travels from La Crosse to New York, citing Dunn’s alibi doubt and repeated circumstantial case as grounds for clemency. Dunn’s railroad worker background and prominent family support frame the push for mercy.
A student of occult topics muses on the word psychic while a plain person comments on its spelling revealing a quirky exchange about belief and mystery. The brief dialogue fragment captures tension between curiosity and skepticism in a stray story vignette.
Week JUHASE exposes magic tricks by Steve Juhase and a dramatic Western themed play at the Majestic. Floyd Moore plays Tom Burns opposite Rosina Zaleska as Sally with a tense forty four caliber revolver climax. The Brownings, Mitchells, and Strickland provide high energy skating and comedy acts that delight the audience.
Washington dec 12 lost strayed or stolen One Mexican general named Reyes is the target of a state and war departments search. Reyes, once in San Antonio on a bail for arms smuggling into Mexico, reportedly heads toward Washington to meet with the revolutionary junta. Desperate diplomatic and army efforts fail to locate him.
Washington December 12. The rumor that Miss Helen Taft daughter of the president was engaged to J Cotton Smith son of Mrs Tafts pastor was denied at the White House today Smith also denied the report stating there was not a word of truth in it and he did not wish to be discourteous to Miss Taft
The attorney general filed suit to oust the Kansas Natural Gas Company, a $50,000,000 corporation, from the state and seeks $500,000 in penalties for alleged violations of the Kansas anti trust law.
John E. Pelton of Pasadena California and William Nevin an American living hero returned to Mexico City after a trek through Guerrero where bandits held them for ransom. They escaped by entertaining guards with a case of American whiskey.
Norway exports matches and paper to the United States the East Indies the United Kingdom and Germany. The trade highlights Norway's industrial reach and its commerce with major global regions.
The newspaper notes Miss Malaprop’s first automobile journey where she found the constant escalation confusing at first but quickly adapted to the new experience.
Milwaukee officials formed a special committee to study allowing dancing and other entertainments in public park pavilions. Commissioner Kowalski urged using idle winter pavilions, with Humboldt park as the first test site potentially hosting a dance.
At a meeting of the executive committee of the Men and Religion Forward movement it was decided to hold the state convention in Milwaukee February 25 to 29 inclusive. The event will represent all movement phases and attract more than 300 delegates from central and northern Wisconsin.
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin Herman G Hass a leading manufacturer and politician died yesterday from injuries after an accidental shotgun discharge while rabbit hunting. He leaped a fence and the gun went off tearing away the lower part of his head and penetrating his abdomen.
Joseph Kraemer, 21, four months married, was shot in the back as he left home for work in St. Louis. His wife and stepmother are detained by police awaiting investigation. authorities suspect Kraemer may be the shooter, but details remain unclear.
Prizes will go to twenty two pupils in La Crosse as the Christmas seal campaign starts this week. Teachers at eleven city schools will distribute stamps for sale, with top seller in each school winning about $2. Proceeds fund anti tuberculosis efforts.
Ten thousand miners in southern Colorado threaten to strike over intolerable conditions. The move faces opposition from Deputy State Labor Commissioner Edwin Brake and Colorado United Mine Workers leaders Frank Smith and John Lawson, who warn many would starve if the action proceeds.
A man perceived as sinful by some men can appear virtuous to certain women, reflecting divergent judgments based on gendered viewpoints.
The association for stamping out the disease reports merchants in the city offer prizes to bolster the Christmas drive. Several merchants express willingness to contribute to the annual sale, with prize details to be announced later this week.
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