Income Tax in La Crosse County Reveals Top Earners
La Crosse County will collect 20532.92 in state income tax from individuals, with ten taxpayers above exemption thresholds of 15,000 totaling 13452.22. The report lists 1336 locals paying tax, including 116 bookkeepers and 62 professors, across various professions, and notes 90 percent of tax stays local. The 50552.92 total excludes corporate tax.
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Madison
Wis
la Crosse County
la Crosse Crosse County
Cold finds body in snowdrift at Milwaukee lumber yard
A rag picker found shoes protruding from a snowdrift in a west side lumber yard revealing an elderly man buried in snow. He died half an hour later from starvation and exposure as police seek to identify him.
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Milwaukee
Wis
West Side
Knives Forks and Spoons Offerings With Long Warranties
A local advertisement promotes combination sets of 6 knives 6 forks and various spoon patterns including Colonial and engraved designs priced from 2.45 to 4.55. Dessert spoons 1.40 to 1.75 berry spoons 1.10 to 1.45. Goods are warranted for 25 years of service.
Wedding Day Ends As Bride Goes To Asylum
Miss Van De Wall of Cedar Grove Wisconsin was to marry Ernest Shears in Bridgewater South Dakota. On Friday she fell ill and was declared insane after a hospital exam. She left by train for Oshkosh to enter the state hospital for the insane. the wedding scheduled for today was called off.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Dee
van de Wall
Cedar Grove
Oshkosh
State Hospital For
van DeWall
Bridgewater
S. D
Ernest Shears
Contagion Question Raised After Fourth Case
Bernhard Meyer a West Greenbush farmer in Sheboygan Wisconsin asserts appendicitis is contagious after his family records a fourth operation for the disease in two months. He backs his claim with recent family medical history and seeks medical opinion.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Bernhard Meyer
West Greenbush
Cook's Tour Europe Visit Noted For Books On History
A traveler who has journeyed to Europe on a Cook's tour and owns a collection of historical books is mentioned as a person of interest. The note highlights his travels and scholarly interests in history.
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Europe
John Kelly Had Plenty of Money Cops Are Wrong
Mrs. L. Giroux of 296 Rose Street Lansing a sister of John Kelley protests a Tribune story about his La Crosse arrest. She says Kelley Iowa farmer held several thousand dollars in certificates of deposit and was released without charges after police had the checks. she urges the paper to print the truth.
Fire destroys Baptist church in Plainfield Illinois
A Baptist church in Plainfield Illinois was destroyed by an early morning fire causing about 15000 dollars in losses reported today in Joliet. No injuries were mentioned and the cause was not yet determined.
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Joliet, Ill
Baptist
Plainfield
Ill
Bishop Burles Old Pauper Woman Buried with Honors
Jane Irvine once roamed Chicago West Side for scraps and clothing and was buried with honors at the state hospital for the insane. Dean Walter Taylor Sumner, soon to be Oregon bishop, read the burial mass as Bishop Charles P. Anderson participated. A will left $1,150 to Bishop Anderson and requested burial in the cathedral.
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Chicago
Jane Irvine
Walter Taylor Sumner
Oregon
Charles P. Anderson
Jane
State Hospital For
Anderson
Normal Museum Grows Steadily at La Crosse School
The La Crosse Normal school's historical museum expands with daily additions. Mayor Sorensen donates a 1879 five dollar pill from Chicago, and Prof. Sherwood provides an old Lincoln print from 1859. New firearms, coins, and books join the collection as the west hall displays twenty two firearms and a coin room in 212.
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la Crosse Normal School
Sorensen
National Lithographic Institution of Chicago
Sherwood
Lincoln
Cincinnati
Charles Dow
Caldwell
W. L. Yates
William Guenzer
Marian Neprud
European Demand Boosts Wheat Cost
Chicago reports a sharp advance in wheat prices as European nations increase grain purchases from the United States. Rumors claim James A. Patten has been a heavy buyer while brokers say export demand could exhaust surplus before next year’s harvest. December wheat closes at 1.2568, May at 1.2878, July at 1.2038. Cash wheat trades from 1.25 to 1.27.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
James A. Patten
Grain King
London Exchange To Open In New Year Under Tight Rules
A report from New York states stock exchange circles expect London to reopen on January 4 under strict regulations, signaling a cautious resumption of trading after disruption.
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London Exchange
New York
Stock Exchange
Woman seeks divorce over husband’s height limits
A Jersey woman requests divorce citing her husband’s lack of height while noting seasonal trends in men’s height. President Wilson awaits a stable Mexican government, suggesting a more modish garage government could fit the era.
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Jersey
Wilson
Mexico
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