Carrying Invalid Proves Fatal to Henry Wohlhuter
Henry Wohlhuter a 61 year old La Crosse theater manager's brother died in Oakland California from injuries while carrying a prostrate woman to her third floor home after an ambulance ride. He volunteered to help when an assistant faltered and ligaments around the heart were torn from the strain.
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Henry Wohlhuter
John Wohlhuter
la Crosse Theater
Oakland
Cal
William Wohlhuter
Albert Lea
Minn
Wohlhuter
California
la Crosse
Romance Tales Hint at More in Police Court
A fragment from a police court report suggests that not all romances are confined to summer fiction numbers. The text hints at relationships crossing into legal proceedings and social consequences.
The Handy Man supplies romance at a dinner party
Connie Collins, the “handy man,” is pressed into service by Belle for a dinner with Miss Maywell. A staged fire turns real as smoke fills the house and Dorothy braves the smoke to rescue a photo that reveals her true feelings for Connie. Connie ends the night elated, certain he has found love.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Connie
P. S
Connie Collins
Belle
Phyllis Brandon
Dick Marshall
Phyl
Widow McGinness
Miss Maywell
Max Wells
Dorothy Maywell
Max
Dorothy
Garret-Ward
England to mobilize U S securities to aid balance of trade
Great Britain plans to mobilize American securities valued between 1.5 and 4 billion dollars during the war. The securities will be bought or borrowed and paid for with five year 5 percent exchequer bonds. They will serve as collateral for loans or be sold to meet Britain's U S liabilities.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Normal Parents and Teachers Meet Elects Officers
About seventy five attended the Parents and Teachers association meeting at the normal model school. Miss Ethel H Robson spoke on history in the Grades. Carrol Robb and Caroline Schweizer gave vocal and piano solos. Officers elected: President John E McConnell Vice President Mrs John Salter Secretary treasurer Miss Winifred I Williams.
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Parents’ and Teachers’ Association
Normal Model School
Ethel H. Robson
Carrol Robb
Caroline Schweizer
Dupont Doubles Guard at Barksdale Munition Plant
In Ashland Wisconsin on December 15 the Dupont company doubled patrols at its Barksdale munitions plant due to recent explosions and fires. Every employee carries a brass entry check, the eight foot wire fence is topped with barbs, forty guards patrol, a new lighting system is in use, and plans call for more buildings next spring. Nearly 1,000 workers are employed at the facility.
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Ashland
Wis
Dupont Company
Barksdale
United States
St. Louis Stock Exchange
Chicago Stock Exchange
John Burnham & Co
Counselman & Co
la Salle Street
Chicago
W. Adams Street
Curtis & Sanger
A. G. Edwards Sons
Women’s Social Success Spoiling Many Husbands’ Futures
A witty remark notes that a wife’s social success has derailed many men’s futures, implying the distractions and pressures of fashionable society impact marriages and personal prospects.
Cities lined up for Chautauquas next summer
Nearly twenty cities have agreed to hold Chautauquas during the summer of 1916, with Racine Madison La Crosse Tomah Grand Rapids Stevens Point Sheboygan Ripon Antigo Shawano Tomahawk Ladysmith Bloomer Rice Lake Bayfield Rhinelander Delavan Evansville slated to host. Two entertainments are scheduled each day over six days.
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Madison
Wis
University Extension Division
Racine
la Crosse
Tomah
Grand Rapids
Stevens Point
Sheboygan
Ripon
Antigo
Shawano
Tomahawk
Ladysmith
Bloomer
Rice Lake
Bayfield
Rhinelander
Delavan
Evans Ville
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la Crosse Liquor Co
Big
la Gresas Lines Co
Kentucky
Holden
Benson
Bourbon
Bond
Elkton
King Whiskey
Bendica
Samuel &Bco Os
P. O. Box
Dept. S
Pearl Street
Kjrean Prin
Rourton
DR. Watterson
South Fourth Street
the Tribune
Handy Man
BY Louise Oliver
Main Street
Boycott
Trick Kroshaug
West Salem
Guernsey Farm Milk
A. L. Stubbs
K. E. Stubbs
England
U. S
Pryor, Cate Es
Illinois
General Roofing Manufacturing Co
Missouri
George M. Brown
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