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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1909
Page
9
Ethel Evans a crippled 16 year old in Mount Carmel Illinois watched a cow fall from a cliff into the Wabash river. The girl’s father fled after beating her with her crutch. A posse pursued him but he escaped. Surgeons planned to straighten her body after a family mystery revealed her kin in Chicago.
Brown county faces a serious teacher shortage as 16 rural schools lack instructors after November exams. Of 35 teachers who took the state examination, nearly half failed, leaving few qualified replacements and staffing concerns for county patrons and County Superintendent Jorgenson.
The 16 cases of flax straw grown in North Dakota and shipped Oct. 4 by Prof. H. Batchelor to Cogry Flax Spinning Mills in Doagh Antrim Ireland arrived. It aims to prove North Dakota flax can be made into linen and justify mills in the state for linen fabrics. Batchelor's study suggests North Dakota linen goods could compete globally.
The excerpt lists Education group questions from the 1909 year survey asking if individuals can read and write and whether they attended school since September 1, 1909. It also begins to mention ownership details connected to the inquiry.
United States Marshal H. A. Weil led an investigation that uncovered an east side Milwaukee plant where the near-butter coloring process was used. Following A. E. Graham's January arrest in Janesville, operators attempted to continue the scheme at this site.
The schedule asks if the home is owned or rented and if free or mortgaged, and if it is a farm or a house in a village or city. It carries a farm schedule number for identification and asks if the person is a Union or Confederate veteran, and if blind or deaf and dumb.
The plant exported 4000 pounds of colored oleo in twenty days across the state. Op erations implicated E Fitzhenery and Edward Klimis who faced charges after bail was posted. Klimis was re arrested for illegal manufacture but could not meet bail and remains jailed.
The Rev. Peter G Wuebben appeals to the supreme church court after a district court barred him from Zion Evangelical church for not answering sensational charges from last summer. If upheld, he cannot preach in any Evangelical association church.
Medford Wis Dec 20 John Johnson the alleged murderer of Mrs S C Shirley in Hannibal Tay lor county pleaded not guilty before Judge Parish at Ashland and was jailed awaiting trial in the January term. Johnson after arrest confessed to the sheriff he murdered Mrs Shirley.
In Plainfield Wisconsin on Saturday night Edward Rozell’s farmhouse burned while parents were downtown buying Christmas gifts. The fire killed Ruth 14 and her sister age 5 left alone at home. The parents returned to find both children dead and authorities suspect Ruth died trying to rescue her sister.
Chicago residents face a coal shortage as railroads struggle to move enough fuel. The city braces for tight supplies while broader concerns about access to commodities loom.
Arrangements announced for the Frohsinn Singing Society silver anniversary celebration at Germania hall on Wednesday, January 12. German American societies from nearby towns invited. Saengerbund officers also invited. Program includes Rev Andreas address, Kreutz orchestra, male and mixed choruses, solos by Miss Irma Candrian, O E Forseth, and Harry Ross. A ball follows. Committees named for arrangements, reception, music, refreshments, and decorations.
A shop promotes deep discounts on a range of writing desks and related furniture. Items include Ladies' Early English writing desks, oak and mahogany desks, combination book cases with desks, and Gent's oak writing desks priced from about 4.75 to 26.00 in a bulk sale listing.
Local advertisement for Nelsons Carpet and Furniture Store located at 206 208 Main Street. Promotes household furnishings and flooring goods with possible sale or inventory details. Limited readable text focusing on store name and address.
The high school team upset a faculty squad 47 to 18 in a brisk game. Alfred Mueller played for the faculty while Keeler Bradish Stadium Walker and Shaw led the high scorers, with Walker netting nine. Preliminaries featured the Whites over the Reds 20 to 7 with Helen Harrison and Maud Neprud starring.
Three small children of John Paromi perished in a Chicago fire when attempting to cook breakfast alone as parents butchered a cow nearby. The flames overtook them before help could reach them, leaving the grieving parents to discover the tragedy.
Will Clark, 23, is positively identified as the assailant who shot Motorman E. J. Goodey and wounded Conductor Michael P. O'Brien on a street car in East St Louis Saturday night. Detectives say Clark confessed and a search found $13 in small change on him.
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