Esch eyes La Crosse post office expansion and rail reforms
Representative John J. Esch returns to La Crosse from Washington for two weeks and plans to push bills funding a La Crosse post office addition worth 50 000 dollars and granting the Interstate Commerce Commission power to investigate train wrecks. He also seeks to compel interstate railroads to use the block system and to move 150 000 dollars for an artillery range to the Sparta site.
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John J. Esch
Washington
la Crosse
Congress
Mr. Escn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sparta Tract
Committee On Public Buildings and Grounds
Tawney
Winona
Minn
Appropriations Committee
Political prank hints at Fairbanks La Follette ticket
A Washington story claims Indiana political booster proposed Fairbanks and La Follette unite for president. The Wisconsin senator described as ultra radical and the Indiana backer discuss a joint ticket as a natural outcome, arguing they share similar aims.
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Washington
Charles Warren
Fairbanks
Robert Marion la Follette
Little Terror
Indiana
Wisconsin
la Follette
Frank Specht Marries Mae Flynn In Quiet Wisconsin Ceremony
Local stone cutter and La Crosse theatre stage department member Frank Specht surprised friends by quietly marrying Mae Flynn in Winona on Saturday. The couple, well known to Green Island club members, plan to celebrate with a return to Green Island after their honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Specht
la Crosse Theatre
Winona
Mae Flynn
Specht
Green Island
Old Lady Keeps Family Gentry Show In House
The Gentry dog and pony show, sold by M. W. Savage to the Gentry family, is now bought back by the two younger brothers J. W. and F. H. to please their mother who wished to keep the show in the family.
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Minneapolis
M. W. Savage
Gentry
H. B
W. W
Mr. Savage
J. W
F. H
Knox’s Popular Rival Faces Surging Opposition Across States
Washington dispatch reports Knox's supporters claim rivals for the Republican nomination like Hughes Taft Fairbanks Cortelyou and Cummins face state-level resistance. Wisconsin Indiana Illinois Minnesota and Iowa delegations are pivotal as La Follette and Allison camps maneuver. Knox aims to unify Pennsylvania delegation and counter Taft's Ohio and New York challenges.
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Knox
la Follette
Hughes
New York
Taft
Ohio
Foraker
Oraker
Fairbanks
Indiana
Uncle Joe
Illinois
Cannon
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Shaw
Iowa
Cummins
Allison
Cortelyou
Pennsylvania
South
Frank H. Hitchcock
Annual on sale pushed to tomorrow afternoon
Delays in Chicago shipments postpone the High School Annual sale. Books will now be available tomorrow afternoon rather than today, disrupting planned distribution.
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Chicago
Die Cast in Iowa Senate Battle Between Cummins and Allison
Des Moines reports a pivotal republican clash as Governor Cummins declares for the U.S. Senate to succeed Senator Allison. Allison, born 1829, will mark 35 years in the Senate next March, becoming its oldest member in tenure.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Albert Cummins
Leslie M. Shaw
United States Treasury
Cummins
Shaw
Allison
United States
William B. Allison
Congress
Senate
Washington
Iowa State House
Senator Allison
United States Senate
Open House Big Occasion at Y M C A New Year
Rapid preparations mark one of the best New Year celebrations at the Y M C A with a New Year’s Day program. A preevent supper for committees is set for tomorrow evening in the gym. Finals of the handball tournament will crown the day with awards in the evening. Erickson and Dana lead as favorites amid remaining matches. Basketball and indoor baseball games fill the schedule, and church societies handle refreshments.
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Erickson
Dana
Local Businessmen Pledge 500 For La Crosse High School Football Coach
A group of La Crosse businessmen pledged 500 to hire an efficient coach for next season. N M Tourtelotte Carl Jungbluth and Geo Byrne led a Saturday canvass securing donations from F P Hixon J M Hixon W W Cargill L C Colman Henry Gund G Heileman Brewing Carl F Michel E L Colman H L Colman E Evans H J Hirscheimer G W Burton Batavian National Bank State Bank of La Crosse George H Gordon John C Burns R B and P M Gelatt George M Heath J I Lamb J B Funke M F Kratchwill Candy company and G Van Steenwyk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
N. M. Tourtelotte
Carl Jungbluth
Geo. Byrne
F. P. Hixon
J. M. Hixon
W. W. Cargill
L. C. Colman
Henry Gund
Michael Hass of Ebner's Coulee Dies at 57
Michael Hass, longtime farmer of Ebner's Coulee, died this morning at 3 oclock after several weeks ill with typhoid pneumonia. He was 57 and survived by a wife and seven children. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 PM from his Ebner's Coulee residence with burial in the Catholic cemetery. Mrs Mannstedt in charge.
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Michael Hass
Epner’s Coulee
Hass
Ebner’s Coulee
Wisconsin Youths Examinations for Naval and Army Academies
Eight applicants from Wisconsin enter exams for Annapolis and West Point under Representative John J. Esch. One Porto Rican-born adopter, Placidio Ramos Vasquez Hommel, seeks a West Point slot through Major J. W. Hommell. Physicals judged fit. exams cover reading writing arithmetic geography history and more, concluding tomorrow.
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United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
West Point Academy
John J. Esch
Louis A. W. Struck
Onalaska
Wis
Fred C. Sprain
West Salem
Martin C. Wood
Whitehall
West Point
Philipp S. Thurber
la Crosse
Hugo M. Schaldach
Carl G. Gilliland
Leon
Calvin Schwenker
Placidio Ramos Vasquez Hommel
Neillsvile
Placidio Romas Vasquez Hommel
J. W. Hommell
Neillsville
Young Hommel
United States
Major Hommel
Porto Rico
United States Solier
Federal
Man Receives What He Deserves, Sorrow Felt
A local sentiment expresses blame and pity for a man believed to have received his deserved fate, reflecting on consequences and community judgment without graphic detail.
Weeping Husband Bound Over In Abandonment Case
Lena Wilkinson swore out a charge of abandonment against her husband Joseph Wilkinson after a marriage in June 1906. He was bound over to circuit court under bonds of 509 dollars as he faced arraignment before Judge Brindley.
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Lena Wilkinson
Brindley
Wilkinson
Cameron L. Baldwin
Recruiting Officer Moves to Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls
Sergeobert Shaw, head of the U S Semy recruiting office, is transferred from Eau Claire to Van Claire and Chippewa Falls Wisconsin to run the offices. Private Allen from Minneapolis recruiting office will succeed him. An Eau Claire office already exists and another will open in Chippewa Falls immediately.
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Sergeobert Shaw
United States
Hotel Grand
van Claire
Wis
Chippewa Falls
Sergeant Shaw
Allen
Minneapolis
Eau Claire
Supreme Court Denies Review for Greene and Gaynor
The Supreme Court denied a review of the lower court ruling for Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor. The Savannah trial lasted three months with fines totaling 575 and 749.90 dollars, equal to their embezzled amounts, and each received a four year sentence in the federal penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Benj. D. Greene
John F. Gaynor
Savannah
Corpses Found In Attitude Of Prayer At Jacob Creek
Six bodies were recovered by 5 AM and seven more began at 1 AM, totaling 46. Several were found in the attitude of prayer. Rescuers expect to reach many more this afternoon as they move toward the headings beyond the swamp where the workers operated.
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Jacob Creek
Notion of Shah’s Promises Questioned in Tehran
The National assembly accepted the Shah’s surrender to the constitutionalists with reluctance. Observers believed he will try to strengthen himself to repudiate his promises, hoping to preserve power despite the surrender.
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Teheran
Persia
National Assembly
Small fire at Frank Mader home causes no damage
Department No. 5 answered a noontime fire alarm at the home of Frank Mader at Thirteenth and Park avenue. No damage occurred and house is undamaged.
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Department No. 5
Frank Mader
Thirteenth and
Park Avenue
Kaiser's Sister Named in Harden Trial Hearings
Berlin December 23. The Kaiser's sister Princess Charlotte of Saxe Meiningen was cited as the source for Editor Haden’s information leading to accusations against Moltke. Counsel Kleinholtz asked for her summons as a defense witness. Court adjourned while judges consider the action.
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Berlin
Charlotte of
Saxe Meiningen
Harden
Kleinholtz
Moltke
Star Knitting Co Incorporates in Wisconsin
Star Knitting company of La Crosse filed incorporation papers in Madison Wisconsin today. Capital is 25000 dollars. Incorporators are Robert Calvert J C Farnam and A S Farnam. The firm plans no plant enlargement now but may later. The La Crosse factory will serve as a shipping center for the northwest.
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Madison, Wis
Pec
Star Knitting Company of
la Crosse
Robert Calvert
J.C. Farnam
A. S. Farnam
Keep Pot Boiling for Mission Dinner
Supt A M Ivey of the city mission adopts the Salvation Army kettle plan for a Christmas day dinner for the poor. Kettles on Fourth and Main and Fourth and Pearl bear "Keep the Pot Boiling" to defray dinner costs and collect donations of old clothes and toys for a Christmas tree event.
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A. M. Ivey
City Mission
Salvation Army
Pearl Streets
Rail roads plead guilty in cattle car case rulings
Chicago December 23 The Rock Island railway changed its plea from not guilty to guilty in 32 cases for transporting cattle in closed cars longer than 258 hours without feed rest or water. Santa Fe Northwestern Great Western St Paul and Illinois Central expected to follow with remaining cases. Fines ranged 190 to 500 dollars each and roads will seek mitigating circumstances.
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Chicago
Rock Island Railway
Santa Fe
Northwestern
Great Western
St. Paul
Illinois Central
Weather forecast across states with cold and warm extremes
Yesterday's readings showed Winnipeg at 10 above and Los Angeles at 72 as the nation's extremes. Today's outlook notes Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa turning partly to mainly cloudy with a chance of snow flurries and colder air, while a storm system in the Ohio Valley brings heavy rains and winds.
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Winnipeg
Los Angeles
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
New York
Pacific Slope
Tuesay
Montgomery
Jacksonville
Washington
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MR. Tawney
Lafollette Knox
SEN
Ator
Badger
Didates
Bureau of
The
la Crosse Tribune
J. C. Welliver
Igwawi
Allison and
Fight Out
WM. B. Allison
Gaynor
Greene
Shah
Kaiser
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