Charity Case Brings Sisters In Chicago Hospital $470000
Chicago report details a Mercy Hospital charity chain from a penniless patient helped by nuns to a $470000 donation legacy. Ferris Thompson funded a $5,000 annual grant and a $100,000 initial gift, with a $200,000 bequest added later, totaling $470,000 over years for the Sisters of Mercy.
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LA Crosse Tribune
Chicago Hospital
Chicago
Sisters of Mercy
Mercy Hospital
Charity
Ferris Thompson
Paris
Countess de Beau Repaire
Thompson
Mary Therese
A. Son
Wheat Surplus Forecast Prompts Export Push
Washington officials forecast a potential record 1947 winter wheat crop with stockpiles likely to exceed domestic needs. The Agriculture Department sees a price depressing surplus and may step up grain shipments to foreign nations in the coming months.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Trailer wreck on Copeland Avenue causes vehicle damage
A detached trailer smashed into a parked car on Copeland Avenue injuring no one. The trailer pulled by a southbound tractor caused $100 in damage to the rear vehicle. Names and addresses of drivers and other involved parties are listed with damages noted for each vehicle.
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Austin Crook
Crosse Street
John B. Heber
South Nin Street
Paul Conrad
South 10Th Street
Archie Kritchman
South 19Th Street
10Th
Cass Streets
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Kritchman
Queensland ranchers face drought costs and water access woes
Australian livestock raisers in Queensland grapple with drought and water shortages. Fees owed to the government for vanized iron pipe supplies reach millions of dollars as owners struggle to provide water to sheep and cattle in drought stricken areas, Melbourne reports.
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Australia
Queensland
Melbourne
Four-Pound Steak Valued at 3000 Heads to Gov Davis
In Kansas City a four pound steak valued at 3000 dollars is en route to Governor James Davis of Louisiana. Williams Meat Company president Edward Williams confirms the valuation and explains the steak was bought from T. O. Pride at the American Royal sale for 43026 dollars.
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Kansas City
James Davis
Louisiana
Railway Express Agency
Edward Williams
Williams Meat Company
Oklahoma City Ticket Misfit Continues Parking Saga
R S Dunlop a scoreman arrived at the police station with a seventh parking ticket on a cross country trip from New York to California. He blamed American traffic laws for driving on the right and parking on the street. Clerk E S Priest offered no sympathy and collected the $1 fine, then he returned with another ticket for parking on the wrong side before the oa station.
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Oklahoma City
R. S. Dunlop
New York
California
E. S. Priest
Dunlop
Bank Holdup Alarm Sparks Three Police Squads
Three Racine avenue police squads rushed to National Security bank after an alarm. They heard noises and suspected a gang until a watchman explained that 40 bank employees were at a Christmas party and one dancer tripped the alarm button.
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Chicago
Racine Avenue
National Security Bank
Fire Chief to be Interviewed by Santa at 10 A. M.
Fire Chief George Hanson will be interviewed by Santa Claus at 10 a.m. Friday on station WKB about fire safety precautions for the Christmas holidays.
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Santa Claus
WKB
Church School Presents Sunday Night Program at St John’s
The St John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church Sunday school will present a 7 30 p m show in the church sanctuary featuring recitations songs and two plays by students. The program includes numerous titled pieces and a large cast with roles for children from many departments and a candle lighting and offertory.
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St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Fancy Knutson
Leroy Byers
Joan Stark
Dennis Haller
Mark Seiler
Weather Summary for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa Regions
United States Weather Bureau forecast snow flurries tonight in Wisconsin with clearing by Saturday and mild temps. Minnesota will be partly cloudy then colder in the north and central areas Saturday. Iowa expects mostly cloudy skies with snow flurries in the east tonight and temperatures near freezing for open country shipments within 150 miles of La Crosse over a 36 hour period.
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Minnesota
Porpcast
la Crosse
River Forecast For Hastings To Guttenbere Iowa
The Hastings to Guttenbere Iowa river forecast shows little change in the siege throughout the district this weekend with a slight decrease in stream flow.
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Guttenbere
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Weather map notes warm central region amid scattered systems
A large high pressure area dominates east and west coasts while a trough from north central Canada trends south through the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico. A Canadian storm brings light snowfall to Nebraska as another center near the Mississippi mouth triggers light rain across eastern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, Louisiana and Alabama. Elsewhere clear skies prevail with warmer afternoon temps in the north central region.
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Pres
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Oklahoma
Louintone
Alahbema
Winona Livestock Market Notes and Prices Report
The Winona market operates 8 a m to 4 p m through Friday with Saturday half day closing at noon, cattle prices steady and hogs 60 cents higher led by top hogs at 20 75 and various weight brackets quoted. Calves lambs and sheep prices shown alongside Chicago livestock trends with steady calf and lamb markets and mixed cattle estimates.
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Chicago Livestock Ciicago
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Milwaukee Live Stock Prices Report Steady Market Mix
Milwaukee live stock buyers report mixed prices across hogs cattle and calves with 75 cent gains noted for hogs and cattle steady to high end prime offerings. Chicago produce prices show unsettled poultry and stable butter with varied canes and standards trading in narrow ranges.
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Poultry Prices and Hours at Swift Co La Crosse
Poultry price list effective December 19 1946 from Swift Co La Crosse shows Grade A and H large birds, heavy and light hens, leghorn variants, and roosters with prices per pound. Trading hours are 6 am to 5 pm daily except Sunday. The note states all poultry purchased on grade and free of feed and delivered to plant. Paraguay opens its first modern hospital for lepers.
Kiwanians To Take Over Street Kettles
Kiwanis members will take over Salvation Army Christmas kettles Friday night in downtown streets. Twenty volunteers, as in previous years, will assist with the Salvation Army’s holiday collection.
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Kiwanis Club
Deaths in Wisconsin and Minnesota Women and men named
Wenzel Schroeder aged 39 died Wednesday in Milwaukee of a heart attack. Rosary Friday at 7 p.m. in Bangor at Mrs. Schroeder s home and funeral Saturday at 10 a.m. at St Mary s Catholic Church Bangor. Robert M Bartholomew former operator of a Caledonia shoe repair and harness making shop died December 10 at his son s home in St Paul where he had lived since leaving Caledonia in July 1945.
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Wenzel Schroeder
Milwaukee
Caledonia
Minn
Robert M. Bartholomew
Ralph
St. Paul
Funeral services for longtime Viroqua resident Jacob Larmo
Funeral services for Jacob Larmo 76 lifelong Viroqua resident are planned Saturday afternoon. Final arrangements will be set after arrival of out of town relatives. Burial will be in the Viroqua cemetery.
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Jacob Larmo
Viroqua Cemetery
Annulment Granted in Circuit Court Ruling
Judge Robert S. Cowie granted an annulment to Elvin A. Olson on his counterclaim as Verena J. Olson withdrew her amended complaint. The couple, married May 16, 1941, had a prior marriage dissolved December 7, 1942, making the later ceremony legally invalid due to Olson's legal disability.
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Robert S. Cowie
Verena J. Olson
Hood Street
Elvin A. Olson
la Crosse
Olson
Verena Olson
Centenarian Malay claims a century of work in South Africa
A 107-year-old Malay in Klerksdorp, South Africa, asserts he has worked for 100 years without a vacation. Born in 1839 to a coffin-maker father, his parents were former slaves who gained emancipation in a prior era.
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Klerksdorp
South Africa
Real Estate Transfers and Military DUI Arrests Listed
Daily records show Anna Nesseth transferring property on Charles street to Clarence Frank and Agnes Koelbel with other deeds including Romeo and Florence Denger to Dane Creek and Mayme Zeiments et al to Arthur Wills and Wanda Heiser. Richard Rune to Joseph Loefried and Nellie D to an assumed buyer in Barre. Sparta Wisconsin notes Pvt William B R Dunn and Pvt Knapp Rodrigues from Camp McCoy arrested for drunken and disorderly conduct, fined 5 dollars and costs or 10 days in county jail.
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Anna Nesseth
Clarence Frank
Agnes Rose Koelbel
Charies Street
Livingston
North Streeia
Romeo
Florence Denger
Dane Creek
Rublee
Liberty Streets
Mayme Zeiments
Arthur Wii
Wanda Heiser
St. Cloud Street
Copeland Avenue
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Nellie D. Rune
Joseph Xx
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Barre
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San Ysidro to Los Angeles Ride Offers Seats
Classified ad fragment describes leaving for Mexico City on Saturday taking 1 to 3 passengers with return Jan 6 and contact phone numbers 877 and 682 J. Also lists advertising art engraving services and various home repair ads in a mid century newspaper classified section.
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Los Angeles
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Tribune
Notice of Final Settlement Hearing in La Crosse County
Notice is given that on Tuesday January 14 1947 at 10 a.m. in the County Court Room La Crosse Wisconsin the administrator with will annexed Myron Swennes will present the final account for Olaf Swennes deceased and seek approval of debts paid and the allocation of estate assets and to determine any inheritance tax.
Inheritance Tax Hearing Set in La Crosse County
In the matter of the estate of John P Wehrer deceased the La Crosse County Court will hear on January 7 1947 at 10 AM the application of La Crosse Trust Company as executor for final account examination and allowance and for the adjudication of the inheritance tax if any with claims in good faith and distribution of the residue to lawful heirs. Dated December 11 1946 Judge ft V AMLATROM RUEDIGER JOANIS attorneys.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse County
John P. Wehrer
la Crosse
la Crosse Trust Company
John F. Wehrer
City of
Ft. V. Amlatrom
Ruediger & Joanis
Notice in Wisconsin circuit court action Ferguson v Ferguson
The State of Wisconsin summons William Ferguson in La Crosse County for twenty days to answer the complaint in the divorce style action filed by Huelah Ferguson. Attorney Withrow, La Crosse, Wisconsin, represents the plaintiff.
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La Crescent Church Schedules Yearend and New Year Services
The La Crescent Presbyterian Church announces Sunday school and Bible classes at 10 a.m. with worship at 11 a.m. on Sundays. A Tuesday 7:30 p.m. program is planned. Yearend services are Dec 29 and New Year Communion is Jan 5 at 11 a.m.
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la Crescent Presbyterian Church
John Kroonemeyer
India delays vote on Nehru republic declaration
In New Delhi members of the constituent assembly agreed to defer the vote on Jawaharlal Nehru's resolution declaring India sovereign and independent until January. Congressional circles turn to interpreting the British cabinet mission’s proposal for eventual independence via a federal court.
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New Delhi
India
Constituent Assembly
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress Party
Westward Movement: Kentucky First State West of Appalachians
Kentucky is identified as the first state to be organized west of the Appalachian mountains. The note highlights its historical significance in the westward expansion of the United States.
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Kentucky
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