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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
7
Milwaukee readers note Red Cross Christmas seals as early harbingers of the season. Milwaukees schools and merchants promote seals to foster charity and Christmas cheer, with prizes from car dealers and state sponsors to boost gift sales and holiday spirit.
Mortgage totals in La Crosse show rural debt is higher per farm than urban, with 1939 figures indicating rural mortgages a larger share despite greater property valuations. City transfers reach $234,588 in value with thirteen transfers at $1 each. rural sales show 18 deals totaling $6,972 with several transfers missing full consideration.
Miss Edith Rymers of Brice Prairie spent the past week with Ed and family. Holtz of Madison is visiting brother Will Holtz. Pete Borger and Mrs. G. Rymers called at Pete’s Brice Prairie home. Tony Meyer and others visited from Saturday. Pete Quall is sick. Bronno Mulder and Alice made a business call in La Crosse.
In Ingt0n Iowa on Dec 15 Milicent a baby daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Riggles died after a shin injury from a pin seizure. the mother’s back was caused death. B F Carroll wife of Governor seeks lecturer role for National Organization and faces push for sex education in public schools.
Former president labels McNamaras as cutthroats and without sympathy, condemning their actions as a menace to labor and workers. He insists labor needs protection against such groups.
Theodore Roosevelt calls the McNamara brothers praved criminals and condemns sympathy for the confessed dynamiters. He equates their murders with Black Hand violence, warns of harm to honest labor, and argues unions must oppose crime and violence regardless of the cause.
Multiple notices detail sealed bids for jail repairs including concrete floor replacement and steel plate floors with three separate propositions due December 22, 1911, at 2 pm, plus a creditors claim deadline six months after December 6, 1911. Also calls for bids for a traction engine 16 to 20 HP with specs due December 21, 1911.
Washington reports director Durand of the census seeks reparations totaling five thousand dollars for damages to a girl named Alice Hugon injured in a census machine incident. Meanwhile, in Wisconsin thieves steal forty five skunk hides from a storehouse in Waukesha. In London, King George and Queen Mary flee a fire that gutted a royal investiture tent near the shamiana causing alarm.
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