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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
4
A Burlington official said homeseekers rates from Chicago to the southwest and western points will rise next year while colonist rates stay near last year. The agreement came from a Chicago meeting of passenger heads with little chance of broader reductions.
E M Smith and family plan Milwaukee holiday visit. Roy Jernandez of Savanna Illinois visits relatives. Frances Fackler heads to Wabash Indiana. Cass Lake Minnesota trip for Roy Hauser. Alfred Rathbun moves within Hagar street. Wm brick family to Caledonia Minnesota. Becker family returns from western trip. Albert Rusche returns from Prairie du Chien. Mary Nelson home from Peshtigo Wisconsin for holidays. Mrs A Northcraft visits Victory Wisconsin. Milwaukee road train 55 late two and a half hours. Theodore Thorsen recovering from ear abscess operation. Fred Lampman on Milwaukee road vacation. Mrs Henry Brinkman and sons visit Superior Wisconsin. Dora Kemmel visits for Christmas. D Cunningham returns from St Paul. George Johnson convalescing after appendicitis. Rev Father Salmone back from New York visit.
Railroads report crowded trains as holiday travel climbs. Milwaukee road orders add an extra coach on every passenger train through Christmas to handle higher passenger volumes. Traveling men return home and many others move about for the holidays.
Madame's choice frames appearance with human hair goods. Switches 20 and 24 inches and puffs in various lengths priced to $3.50. Mrs L B Soell advertises at 513 Main St, second floor.
The Imperial team of the North Side Bowling league won two of three games last night against Peerless at the Combination al.
Samuel L. Hampton, a St. Louis attorney, faces execution in Mexico City for killing a Black man two years ago. The federal court rejected his appeal and only the Mexican Supreme Court can save him. The piece closes with a quip on will power in illness.
The notice promotes stamp books for Christmas cheer and humane effort. It lists sizes of 10 cents, 25 cents and $1.00 and invites customers to use receipted bills and send wishes to friends.
James Schoolcraft Rutherford cousin of Sherman arrives with his company to perform at the Bijou. A Chicago university graduate and former footballer, Rutherford is noted as a vaudeville and circus writer whose cross fire act explores uncommon life themes.
A reader from La Crosse Wisconsin urges exposing church leaders in the pastors union by weekly church investigations to counter Judge Peabody's critique of Mrs. Eddy. He argues fairness and Golden Rule ethics require scrutiny of orthodoxy and calls for public accountability.
In a letter to the editor J H Rae remarks on a Free Lecture by the group using the term Mercury Motives. The writer notes hat passing and thanks the editor for space.
Passenger rush causes railroads to struggle with enough trains and crews on Christmas Day, disrupting service and schedules across regions.
All physicians prescribe some ingredients in Hood's Sarsaparilla for blood, stomach, kidney, and liver troubles. The ad lists sarsaparilla, stillingia, yellow dock, gentian, wild cherry bark, mandrake, dandelion, juniper, and others. It claims the combination is unique and more powerful than any substitute.
Railroads including the Milwaukee road have issued orders to abandon all way freight trains on Christmas. The measure follows a long standing industry custom adopted by most railways as a holiday practice.
Theodore Thorsen a 13 year old son of Iver Thorsen of 1438 Calderon street underwent an operation at Lutheran hospital for an abscess formed in his ear following a cold. Doctors report the procedure delicate and part of the skull was temporarily removed. He is recovering.
A woman finishes a long letter with a concise three line postscript. She uses a proverb to express wishes and contrasts it with a modern impulse to ride in an automobile.
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