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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1911
Page
4
Waukon IA residents report typhoid at Cedar Falls linked outbreak. Miss Minnie Opfer Miss Florence Orr return home while others note light school attendance. Local shops show holiday mood as social events and club notes fill the week.
Lafayette Ind Dec 13 With Dr Richard B Wetherill testimony the state argues John Poole the farmer who killed farm hand Joseph Kemper may be declared sane The case is near its end as the defense has only a few witnesses remaining.
In Madison Wisconsin on December 13 Mrs. John A. Johnson visited the governor’s office appealing for her husband who was sentenced to life for the murder of little Annie Lemberger. She says he is innocent and receives letters claiming his innocence every two weeks.
In Cleveland, Ohio, December 13, local heavyweight Al Williams was stopped in the third round by Oklahoma fighter Carl Morris, billed as the "white hope." Williams appeared awkward before Morris delivered the knockout ending the ten round bout.
County Superintendent B. F. Oltman conducted the annual inspection at the French Island lower school. He listened to recitations, asked questions, and delivered a talk titled The Value of an Education to all pupils gathered in Mrs De Sautelle's room.
U S detectives follow an alleged inside circle of the McNamara dynamiting conspiracy from a 1907 Detroit envelope. Records point to 13 cities seeking evidence and names of labor leaders, with union head Tvietmoe missing in San Francisco amid grand jury subpoenas.
In Waupun Wisconsin prisoners at the state prison ask to buy Red Cross Christmas seals. The act shows tuberculosis awareness crossing prison walls as inmates contribute time and money to the seal drive. A nurse and patient in the prison hospital are noted as active supporters and workers in the tuberculosis education effort.
A brief quip notes Dr. Wiley condemns whiskers as unsanitary while joking that the critic has never grown and harvested a good crop.
North La Crosse and surrounding areas show a flurry of visits as residents travel and host. Notables include William Knebes returning home from the north side and Frank Chafee relocating to La Moille for a new job.
The annual Franklin club mock trial, delayed for the fourth time this year, was indefinitely put over due to ongoing Police graft cases. Prosecution and judiciary are tied to graft investigations. Lieutenant Governor Morris, key witness, is out of the city. City Attorney Schubert leads the case. Paul W. Mehoney serves as judge. The trial is not expected before year’s start.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen held its annual election. Officers chosen for the coming year include Mary Keaveny as president, Mrs. William Schaeffer as vice president, Mrs. George E. Smith as secretary, Mrs. E. J. Brown as treasurer, Mrs. J. Larkin as conductor, Mrs. R. Knight as chaplain, Mrs. Borris Cross as warden, Mrs. J. Parmenter as outer guard, Mrs. Cora Levans as inner guard, and Dr. B E. Flynn as medical examiner.
Houston Texas December 13 December 27 will witness a major experiment in the Rio Grande valley. William B Newhall on whose farm the test will be tried plans to blast acres of Raymondville land with dynamite to five foot depth with charges set forty feet apart. The aim is to break the hard subsoil to increase storage capacity and improve drainage. Newhall notes dynamite use for soil work is not new but this location is unprecedented.
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