Humane Society Appeal for Baby Aid in La Crosse
Charles H. Berry appeals La Crosse residents to donate stockings and essentials to aid a baby in need. He reports a sick woman and a family with no fire or food, asking the public to bring coal, food, and clothing. The Humane Agent warns of ongoing efforts and urges community support today.
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Berry
Humane Society
Béiter Tribune
Bou la Crosse
la Crosse
Charles H. Berry
Open Shop Seeks Help For War Relief Efforts
A short item notes a boy offered wisdom to Mrs. H Berry and the office staff at AN OPEN SHOP. Volunteers including Mr Berry and workers collect and distribute aid, with a partial list showing over fifty packages, clothing, beef, coal, and books as they organize a larger relief effort.
Saengerfest Association Donates Fifty Dollars To Charities
The Saengerfest Association directors decided during a morning meeting to distribute remaining treasury funds among 19 charitable institutions. President Wm. Doerflinger will oversee the distribution, with each charity receiving a tidy check to support their humanitarian needs. The total gifts amount to 50 dollars, drawn from the association’s balance.
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Saengerfest Association
Doerflinger
Offic Society
Humane Society Appeal for Charity in La Crosse
Hebberd urges La Crosse residents to donate to the Humane Society noting 100 cents of every dollar goes to the poor and detailing past expenditures of 335.42 for aid, medicine, burial, and supplies. Donations to T H Spence C H Berry and E S Hebberd are acknowledged in newspapers.
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la Crosse
Humane Society
Berry
T. H. Spence
C. H. Berry
Hebberd
Police seek Alma Kellner in Chicago kidnap case
Chicago police circulated a description of Alma Kellner the Louisville girl reported missing and believed kidnapped for ransom and urged officers to watch for her arrival or sightings across the city.
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Chicago
Alma Kellner
Uisville
Double murder attempt and suicide in Dexter apartments
Jealousy over a woman spurred an attempted double murder and a suicide today in the Dexter apartments of Philadelphia. Police reported the incident occurred this afternoon with one man wounded and another dead, while the third victim died by self-inflicted harm.
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Philadelphia
Dexter Apartments
Post Office Campaign Promotes Wisconsin Tuberculosis Stamps
La Crosse residents will find the Twentieth Century club volunteers selling anti tuberculosis stamps at the La Crosse post office from now through the holidays. Half the proceeds will stay in La Crosse county to aid local efforts including a hospital project under county sponsorship. The county board has formed a committee with the state association and club to pursue funding for a county hospital.
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the Twentieth Centurry Club
la Crosse
la Crosse County
State Association
Ladies of the Twentieth Century Club
Prosecute Parents With Tuberculosis
Chicago officials launch a crackdown to jail parents who expose children to tuberculosis. Harry E. Smoot of the Juvenile Protective Association swears warrants for nine fathers, aiming for penalties where children face risk. The first case involves Stanley Burns with five children and a family weakened by the father's noncompliance and the health board warnings.
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Chicago
Harry E. Smoot
Juvenile Protective Association
Stanley Burns
Women Accused of Death of Mrs Snead
Mrs. Caroline B. Martin and Mrs. Mary Snead in the Tombs await extradition to East Orange New Jersey to face charges in the death of Mrs. Ocey W. H. Snead. They say they will not contest extradition and claim the death was by Mrs. Snead’s own action.
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New York
Caroline B. Martin
Mary Snead
East Orange N. J
Ocey W. H. Snead
Salzer Auto Fire Extinguished with Minor Damage
At Fourth and La Crosse streets an automobile owned by Henry A. Salzer caught fire while being driven by his chauffeur. The driver shut off the fuel and used snow to extinguish the blaze before the fire department arrived. Damage described as slight.
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Fourth and
la Crosse
Henry A. Salzer
Leopold Dies as Belgium Mourns King in Final Repose
King Leopold died at 2 35 this morning from heart embolism. Funeral set for next Wednesday. Prince Albert to take oath next day. Protests flare over Baroness Vaughan marriage with mob at Laeken villa. Regency to govern pending Albert’s throne. Continued report on page 14.
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Brussels
Leopold
Albert
Vaughan
Lacken
Louise
Laeken
Belgium
Council of Ministers
Princess Velva Marie Von Dornberg Lived in Milwaukee
Milwaukee dated dispatch notes Princess Velva Marie Von Dornberg daughter of King Leo pold lived in Milwaukee for over a year until 1905 with her Venetian husband who was a physician. He worked at Rockwell Manufacturing. The couple kept to themselves, received letters from the king urging her to return to Belgium, and she spoke of seeking anonymity in America.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Velva Marie von Dornberg
Leopold
Rockwell Manufacturing Company
Alton
Belgium
America
Roll of Honor Subscriptions Reach 2300 So Far
The Roll of Honor lists donors including F A Copeland at 1000 Servis Tailoring Co 300 Dr C Bechmann 200 and others contributing to a $100,000 stock drive. Total subscribed to date $2,300 with $82,300 to go and a continued committee effort noted.
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F. A. Copeland
Servis Tailoring Co
C. Bechmann
H. J. Hanson
E. R. Mulford
Hoeschler Bros
EK. M. Young
Copenhagen Panel Drops Cook Defamer Claims
The Copenhagen committee rejected assertions by Captain Loose and Dunkle that they helped Dr. Cook assemble data for proofs of his polar dash. It ruled the papers irrelevant and declined to compare the figures alleged to have been prepared for Cook with the Brooklyn doctor's official observations.
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Copenhagen
Captain Loose
Dunkle
Cook
Workmen Seek 1 Million War Fund Against Open Shop
Union men across the United States are urged to contribute ten cents each to a one million dollar fund being raised to oppose the open shop policy of the United States Steel corporation.
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Cleveland
Ohio
United States
United States Steel Corporation
Weather forecast for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
The La Crosse area records a cold 16 degrees with wind and 20 inch snowfall. Forecasts call for fair conditions tonight and Saturday in Wisconsin with Lake Superior snow flurries and colder east and central parts. Minnesota expects a Saturday dry spell. Iowa shows fair tonight and Saturday with increasing cloudiness and possible flurries later.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Iowa
City Mission Seeks 400 Christmas Dinners Help
The City Mission of La Crosse asks the public to donate food and gifts to feed 400 children for Christmas. Supt Norton appeals for chickens turkeys hams bread butter pickles cookies cakes doughnuts and money to support the effort. Contacts are Fred Emery and H Norton for donations and coordination.
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Norton
la Crosse
Up and Down Broadway at La Crosse Theater Tonight
The benefit production Up and Down Broadway opens tonight in La Crosse with Donald MacDonald in his final local appearance. Organizers expect record attendance as critics praise the breezy musical and the show aims to eclipse a prior benefit deemed perfect.
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la Crosse
Donald MacDonald
la Crosse Theater
MacDonald
Loose May Confess Fraud On Dr Cook
In New York, December 17, B S Osbon, secretary of the Arctic club, says Capt A W Loose will confess that his claim to furnishing Dr Cook the records for proving polar discovery is a total fraud. Loose denies it but Osbon warns that if he does not sign, a conversation with witnesses will be published containing a confession of alleged fraud.
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New York
B. S. Osbon
Arctic Club
A. W. Loose
Dr. Cook
North Pole
Loose
Osbon
Witrmesses
Rescue Mission Expands To Aid Inmates And Women
Superintendent Norton unveils plans to create a women’s rescue retreat attached to the City Mission and to provide work for men by soliciting old newspapers and magazines. Two teens were rescued from an ill famous city resort with aid from field nurse Magdalena Schmal and Mrs. Theresa Med Donald. proceeds from bale shipments to Minneapolis will fund aid.
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Norton
Magdalena Schmal
Theresa Med Donald
West Avenue Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis
Return to Work After Poles Strike Resumes in Springfield
The Ludlow Poles strike returned to work as ordered by the state board of arbitration, but workers walked out again to refuse working with strike breakers. About 500 strikebreakers remain on site while Ludlow manufacturing associates refuse to discharge workers involved in the dispute.
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Springfield
Mass
Ludlow Poles
State Board of Arbitration
Ludlow Manufacturing Associates
Tribune Good Cheer Campaign Seeks Names for Stockings
La Crosse readers urged to help the Tribune Good Cheer drive supply Christmas stockings for needy children. Supt H Norton of City Mission and Humane Officer C H Berry assist the selection to avoid omissions. Citizens are asked to telephone or write names and exact addresses of eligible children so deliveries can occur on Christmas Eve night.
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the Tribune
la Crosse
Supt. H. Norton
City Mission
C. H. Berry
Associated
Chari
Tribune
Good Cheer Club
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Olive
Margaret Conrade
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Weer Evere Ogerfest Ass’m
Whitebreast Coal Co
Ox of Children’s Books
Associated Charities
Good Samaritans
Home of the Friendless
Catholic Benevolent Socy
Secretary of
Twentieth Century Club
Snead
Salzer
King Albert
King
House OF Ill Fame
Mission
Fred Emery
Colman Lumber Company
H. Norton
Peole
Supt
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