Ivy on Tavern Doors and War News Reflections
Notes recount ivy as Bacchus sign in old taverns and quote sayings about courage and fate. Includes Captain Herman Rupp praising Company B returning to La Crosse after a Milwaukee to La Crosse voyage and predicting further duty on the Mexican border. Soldiers seen as trained with experience from the expedition.
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Tverns
Bacchus
Herman Rupp
Tribune
Columbian
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Rupp
Mexico
Wilson nominates Winthrop Moore Daniels to I C C
President Wilson on Friday nominated Winthrop Moore Daniels of New Jersey to be a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Wilson
Winthrop Moore Daniels
New Jersey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Impossible Vegetable Trust Planned
A quip contrasts organizing a vegetable trust with a leak of information. The exchange plays on wordplay about a leek while hinting at secret plans.
Get Out Skates Kids The Rink Is Being Flooded
Park Commissioner Forrer urged residents to flood the Copeland park rink and nearby venues after the first of the year flood event. Workers began at Copeland park and plan to extend to West Avenue and Hood Street rinks as weather allows. Final skating readiness hinges on continued cold weather before Christmas. Caruso’s new mustasche is noted as not large enough to muffler.
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Forrer
Water Brigade
Copeland Park
West Avenue
Hood Street
Park Commission
Weather Areaa
la Crosse
Wheat tumbles further on latest news
Chicago December wheat fell as much as five points after a midday rally. December 1.42 1 2, May 1.55 2, July 1.32 1 4. Prices briefly recovered noon but closed lower. Germany’s armament talks spurred selling while corn and oats showed volatile swings and provisions rose.
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Chicago
Germany
Local Soldiers Reunite After Homecoming Train Arrival
Soldiers from Menomonie Eau Claire La Crosse and Milwaukee units return home after muster out at Fort Sheridan. The crowd greets them with cheers at the station despite cold, while officers dismissals and brief reunions unfold in armories.
Local Soldiers Turn Athletes on Texas Trip
Reporters found Lieut. R H Gray in the hospital armory describing a Texas trip that transformed La Crosse guardsmen. He said some gained up to thirty pounds and one man must buy new clothes. He insisted universal service is fair and the country must share the work, not just the guards. The second troop section was telephoned to Mayor Bentley to bring the rest of the troops to Sparta.
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Cne Co. M
Company M
Milwaukee Railroad
Company
Sanitary
la Crosse
Milwaukee Coast
Milwaukee
Company B
Hospital Corps
Cream City
Council
William Torrance
Charles J. Weigel
Sparta
William Berg
Governor's Guard
Tribune
Milwaukee Road
Torrance and
Weigel
William J. Torrance
Alderman Torrance
Weigel and Berg
Sanitary Corps
Torrance
Texas
Lieut
R. H. Gray
Sanitary Department
National Guard
Gray
Universal Service
My Athletes Best Of All State Units In U S
Colonel Ran A Richards praises the Third Wisconsin as the best militia regiment. He notes the unit leads in endurance discipline and camp records, and calls its soldiers my athletes. The Third is proud of its commander and claims superior physical prowess on the Mexican border.
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U.S
Wisconsin
United States
Ran A. Richards
Sparta
Fort Sheridan
Wisconsin National Guard
Wisconsin Brigade
Colone Ag
Richards
Murray Denounces Attack on Grocers Over City Market
J B Murray president of the Retail Grocers association says La Crosse grocers are not opposed to a proposed city market. He disputes a committee inspection claim and argues the plan could fail if taxpayers’ money is used.
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J. B Murray
Retail Grocers’ Association
la Crosse
Murray
Grocers’ Association
Fiji Islanders Compared To Europeans In Popular Science
Dr. A G Mayer argues in Popular Science Monthly that modern Fiji islanders are more orderly and literate than Massachusetts residents. He says Fiji people are safer than big city streets of civilized areas and that even the least savage traits appear in the most cultured among us.
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Fiji
Africa
Australia
New Guinea
Subaqueous Spider Report in British Ponds
A spider found in fresh water ponds and ditches in the British Isles has fishlike habits and breathes air like land spiders. It builds a sack under water, attaches it to reeds, and visits the surface to gather air, eating the air-filled sack once full to live until air runs out.
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British Isles
Farmers Fail to Stem Prices as 1916 Crop Yields Fall
Government crop reports show widespread shortfalls across wheat, corn, oats, potatoes, and apples. 1916 U.S. production totaled 639,866,000 bushels of wheat and 2,583,241,000 bushels of corn, far below 1915 levels and five year averages, signaling continued high living costs despite hopes for relief.
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Washington
United States
United States Bureau of Estimates
School Note on Citizenship and Math
A brief Columbus State Journal note states that arithmetic and grammar alone cannot make true citizenship, underscoring the need for broader civic education.
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Columbus State
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