19 Dec 1913
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
1
A blurred clipping quotes ROABS GARELESS asserting a commission action. The readable text shows a chaotic headline style with garbled words and fragmented phrases, making the exact event unclear. The piece hints at a public or organizational dispute but lacks coherent facts.
Alderman Mahoney opposes the emergency pump proposal as council members spar over Pattie Werls. The board is set to duel with words as Now Swatemr weighs the measure.
An uncertain fragment notes a pace regarding a new pret MW ste Seartl with omissions or unclear details. Entities and specifics are not discernible from the readable text.
A string of six shootings in New York leaves two dead and four wounded. Among the victims, Joseph Schmidt shoots his fiancée Ann Maier then kills himself. Mary Ludwig is seriously wounded resisting an attack. Moses Vitteris is shot after a rejected suitor threat. another man is killed in a Manhattan grill room.
A violent melee in a city area resulted in two deaths and injuries. Police say the altercation occurred near the hospital. one man and another victim died, with witnesses and bystanders reporting a chaotic scene. The investigation continues with arrests possible. Detected names and full details are unclear from the fragmented text.
The defense rests as the jury clears Sing and the state fails to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in the murder of a Chinese husband. Witnesses describe noises, a lifeless body, and a nighttime escape by a woman linked to the Sing household amid unclear ties to Alice Davis.
Christmas on the river featured diners and a river excursion by La Crosse residents. The steamer Warsaw operated along the Dakota to Minnesota stretch, providing a festive outing as weather influenced plans. Local merchants await snow and optimistic forecasts as residents recall past excursions and the season’s traditions.
A group in La Crosse drafts plans to form a boxing club. Local businessmen and a casino proprietor back the effort. If incorporated, the club hopes to stage matches, potentially with Chicago fighters, under Wisconsin law and supervision.
Peter Schertz of Onalaska asks for damages from the county over a drainage dyke project, claiming 17 acres of his farm would be used for the dyke along Tait Way Creek. He seeks $100 per acre and argues the plan neglects his farm’s inclusion. The case will be heard by the county court in December with a court-appointed board of appraisers.
A lengthy Senate debate on the currency bill continues tonight with amendments and possible delays. The measure would establish eight to twelve regional Federal Reserve banks, govern them with nine directors, and set gold reserves and treasury deposits to back notes. National banks outside central reserve cities gain limited loan powers on farm land under set terms.
Col. Dec. 184 A new heavy snowstorm began in Denver, with the weather bureau reporting two inches on the ground by 9:00 AM and predicting continued snowfall throughout the day. Heavily wrapped residents face travel disruption as more snow accumulates.
A notice for singers from The Music Study center states that instead of the Noel tune a vice cymblist will sing While Shepherds Watched Their Weeks by Night to the old tune Christ by Handel. The instruction notes this tune appears in nearly all hymnals.
Yesterday's high 33 and low 22 with no precipitation. Forecast calls for unsettled weather tonight and Sunday with a chance of rain or snow. Colder Saturday with variable winds, northwest turn. Minnesota sees generally fair conditions with cooler winds. Weather text notes scattered flurries and a unsettled pattern with higher temperatures southeast tonight and much colder Saturday.
Washington reports the hospital ship Sulacete Vera departed Brooklyn on a mission tied to the Mexican crisis as Huerta’s forces threaten Mexico City. Federal firing amid reports of Villa’s advance, with U S troops killed near Prasidio Texas and Orozco’s death confirmed by dying words.
Madison Wis Dec 19 After a 1914 act all Wisconsin poultry shipments must be housed in cages with mesh tops one inch squares to prevent birds from poking heads through and to stop predatory foxes from decapitating or choking them. The law was passed at the urging of the Wisconsin Humane Society.
McCann family and detectives press on as Miss Jessie McCann remains missing after fifteen days. Father Robert McCann says she is not in Babylon and reports of a girl being held prisoner at a Babylon house proved false after police search. no trace of the missing woman remains.
Washington Dec 1 Hearings on anti trust legislation resumed before the house judiciary committee Representative Morgan of Oklahoma presented his bill to establish a federal corporation commission similar to the interstate commerce commission for regulating corporate activity and competition.
Relatives of Adolph Chelfer a former inmate of Kankakee State Hospital for the insane called for an investigation into his death after reports that his right jawbone was broken and he had two head wounds were found on the body.
Dec 19 Theo Stuert of Milwaukee was fatally injured in a logging camp ten miles west of here. He lived only a few hours. Authorities are trying to contact his relatives.
Miss Vivian Mayo hires a lawyer to sue for damages after landlord Cook allegedly insulted her in the bath room at the Majestic hotel. Cook denies the charge, claims the actress had no right to bathe there, and says he ordered her removal when tensions rose. Police aided the troupe as they found alternative quarters.
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