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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1912
Page
4
Herbert Coolidge of 1820 George Street heard noise at the store door Monday evening and frightened away burglars who had cut the screen and forced the outer door with a jimmy. Police investigated but did not locate suspects or clues.
North Side notes report social calls and travel of residents. Frank Misna returns from Cashton on a business trip while John Swanson of Houston visited La Crosse. Several locals travel to Chicago Dubuque St Paul and Westby for business or to visit relatives. Many residents recover from injuries or illness and church activities are announced.
J E O Brien sought leadership of a temperance march but received only one vote in re election as secretary of Bartenders union No 41. The union then passed a resolution to serve 200 beer cases at its annual grand ball.
A River division freight train of the C M St P railroad jumped tracks in the yards last evening as it approached Milwaukee city. Two cars were thrown from the rails, flanges broken, but no major damage or delay to other trains, and the wreck was cleared quickly.
La Crosse will be represented at the poultry show in West Salem which began yesterday and runs to Friday. George McDonald shipped Ho rons, William Nash exhibits Rhode Island Reds, and W Medzwitski entry White Plymouth Rocks.
Globe Arizona December 18 A posse of honor system convicts searches Gila Graham and Pinal counties for two fugitives who fled from a road camp in the Pina mountains Manuel Gutierrez a life term convict and a Papago in acts serving time for horse stealing the escapees.
Prairie du Chien residents and visitors are listed in a roundup of social events and errands. The Neighborhood Five Hundred club hosted a luncheon for Mrs. Pinkerton. Mrs. Harris plans a Catholic Ladies Sewing Society meeting. Ex Sheriff Stowell, J W Paris, W R Graves, and others conducted business in town or nearby.
Five men were seriously injured, two fatally, when a wall collapsed in the Gibson house fire ruins in Cincinnati Ohio. The wreckers, at work in the ruins after a $400000 blaze that swept half a city block, were struck when an iron fire escape tore from its anchorage and pulled a section of wall down.
The Tribune reports many foreign residents redeem six paper coupons for the New Modern English Illustrated Dictionary. The effort helps newcomers learn English amid a melting pot of cultures, aided by pictures charts and simple explanations. Clipping today's coupon is encouraged.
The Tailors' association cites measurements of 67 36 23 and 40 inches as the perfect female figure while others argue that a figure of one million dollars is a better standard.
A brief message suggests seeking out a person for information on obtaining Red Cross Christmas Seals, implying help from a local contact or volunteer.
Theresa Greineisen aged sixty five of 918 St Andrew street died at home after a three year illness from breast cancer. She resided in the city for thirty years and is survived by one son and two grandchildren. Funeral at St John's church Friday at nine and burial in Catholic cemetery.
A man, amid high feed costs, sighs that his cow’s condition is so poor he is half tempted to drive her onto a railroad track, reflecting the era’s rural hardship.
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