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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1914
Page
4
Traffic on the north side street car line was held up for nearly a half hour last night when a rear spring of a heavily loaded extra car broke while crossing the Burlington tracks at the La Crosse river bridge during the rush hour. No one was hurt in the accident.
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin city council votes to pave five blocks of Bluff street from the Burlington line to the slough bridge with weather permitting. G W Kirchoffer of Madison to draft sewer plans to start in spring. bids soon. Masonic lodge to host Eastern Star and Royal Arch in joint banquet and installation. Quarterly church meetings and society events noted. several residents mentioned visiting or visiting elsewhere.
A reflection on balancing personal ambition with public duty. Sir Edward Grey argues ambition should not be sole motive. A man should cultivate inner motives to avoid dependency on praise and to sustain collective effort.
The German cruiser Cormo, out of coal, provisions and water, must intern in Guam ports or depart by ten a.m. today Guam time, as announced by Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
Barney Oldfield and Bob Burman, the two top dirt track drivers, will race fifty miles in Los Angeles on December 20 to decide the world's circular dirt track champion. The rivals have clashed for nearly a decade but have never before met on a circular dirt course.
Ab Adkin admits his garden paid poorly yet he consoles himself that fishing kept him engaged. He notes fishing offered more satisfaction than crops, signaling a simple, reflective take on livelihood and leisure.
Warmth fails as Milwaukee yards report trains frozen. Switch engines and the big K locomotive help move second 63 out of the yards to Minneapolis. Sixty five cars are stuck. cold prompts added Lacrosse and River divisions while Burlington rules delay cuts. Milwaukee road follows fixed temp threshold.
O'Neil Shoe Store advertises ladies shoes for $1. Several residents return home from Makoti North Dakota with companions Odin Moen of Spring Grove Minnesota. Local visits note Bina Keaveney from Kewanee Illinois, Ruth Brodt with M. J. Brodt in Kane Street, and others returning from Milwaukee Milwaukee and Sparta. Community meetings include Christian Endeavor at North Presbyterian and Good Samaritans by Loomis Street.
The funeral for John J. Caulum, aged North Side resident, who died Saturday from injuries in a fall at La Crosse Plow Company, was held at 2 p.m. from the home of son in law Cellan Swennes, 1425 Berlin Street. Rev. E. O. Vik officiated. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery with pallbearers Hans Mickelstad Klaus Opsahl Erick Stendahl Oscar Olson Andrew Gilbertson and Ole Graf.
The Burlingtons Train No 52 the Oriental Limited was delayed an hour and a half when the locomotive cast a tire at Pepin. The engine from the way freight was taken and the train brought to La Crosse for repairs.
Funeral services for S A Dunn 65 conductor on the Milwaukee Superior division were held yesterday at 2 PM at the Elks club Milwaukee with burial in Forest Home Cemetery.
The article describes zone therapy as a dental science where a blow to the jaw can anesthetize the tooth zone. It notes a case where a boxer was left fast asleep while the referee counted ten.
Two Illinois state penitentiary inmates who risked their lives to rescue a picture of Maude Ballington from a chapel fire refused a reward. Warden Allen called the act remarkable and said the men were lined up after the flames were out, preserving their modesty.
Quote signals a plan to promote two individuals from the ranks with a pledge of reward, though no response or action follows in the text. The terse remark hints at internal moves or rewards within a group.
Chicago welfare department plans five booze free municipal dances with cabaret acts and vaudeville numbers on New Year’s Eve to steer revelers away from cork popping celebrations in Loop restaurants.
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