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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1909
Page
7
Classified brief advertises a six room flat at 120 North 10th Street for twelve dollars monthly, a brick store at Third and King Streets for twenty five dollars, plus insurance and financial services offerings including fire and tornado coverage bonds loans notarial work and more.
Wisconsin La Crosse County Court announces a special term on January 18, 1910 at 10 a.m. at the La Crosse Court House to hear Gustav W. Helke administrator's final account and for residue assignment of Emma Helke's estate. Dated December 16, 1909. Judge John Brindley.
A La Crosse post office clerk links mail handling to character noting that carefully wrapped packages reveal care and affection while loose ties imply slipshod habits. He reflects on gifts sent to loved ones “back east” and the season’s goodwill as he repairs a damaged bundle and ensures its safe delivery.
After exposure and at first signs of a cold take Foley's Honey and Tar the throat and lung remedy. It stops the cough relieves congestion and expels the cold from your system. Mildly laxative. Refuse substitutes. O T Erhart.
A brief exchange discusses whether lunch and luncheon are interchangeable. The speaker asserts lunch is masculine while luncheon is standard and suggests a gendered distinction, signaling a linguistic opinion piece or reader debate.
The page compiles quoted prices from multiple sources for fruits, vegetables, dairy, grains, and meats. Notable entries include lemons and oranges with per box or per ton figures, butter and eggs prices, and retail items like cabbage and potatoes with per unit quotes. The data reflects wholesale and retail markets cited from various companies.
The article confirms La Crosse enforces an ordinance requiring movers to obtain city permits and post bonds from 25 to 50 dollars for street blockades. It denies claims that streetcar and utility services were cut off for over ten minutes, blaming service firms for delays.
The passage highlights two notable figures among ambitious thinkers: one described as an uplifter advancing others, and another celebrated as the inventor of airplanes. It captures their reputations and the era’s fascination with progress and innovation.
The local postoffice reports one of the heaviest mails on record per Postmaster Tscharner. Twenty one extra helpers and an interior clerk were added to manage the workload as the 10:55 AM Milwaukee fast train No 55 arrived four hours late. Delays disrupted deliveries and carriers worked long hours to cope with the surge. A closing note mentions a boy preferring clipped hair over combing it.
Redfield street church announces Sunday school at 11:30. Christian Endeavor meets Wednesday at 7:30 p m at the Y M C A Seventh and Main. Abner G Gran is general secretary. Men’s meeting every Sunday at 3:30 p m.
The Good Fellows' Club announces arrival of a Brunswick Balke Collender combination table that can convert between pool and billiards and a new upright piano. The table is being set up in the club rooms today.
A fragment from Harper's Bazar humorously notes Miss Dr Cleverton’s diagnosis of paleness tied to a fashionable hat and waist. A New York Sun quip references Jonah and his records in a sea tale, with onlookers uninterested in pursuing the feat.
A messenger boy reports a near sighted man in 496 tripping over a broom and spilling water on himself. The hotel manager orders a towel and charges for one bath at the hotel.
A ham actor abruptly exits the stage and becomes the center of a playful sandwich mishap, drawing laughs as stagecraft gives way to a culinary misadventure.
Morning service at 10 30 with Pastor Faville preaching on The Christmas Babe. Evening vesper at 7 30 in the auditorium featuring a musical program and sermon on Christmas gifts. Bible school at noon with Christmas exercises by the school on Monday at 4 pm.
Rev A Lincoln Shute leads a Christmas program at First M E Church King and Eighth including a morning sermon Jesus Christ More than a Man and an evening God Man. Sunday school noon Epworth league 630 p m prayer Wed 730 p m watch night Fri 8 12 social 8 10 and Mission Band 10 11 preacher The World Behind Thee.
The First Baptist Church plans a Christmas service featuring special music and a Christmas sermon. The program includes Prelude Holy Night by Foulkes, anthems by McPhail and Thompson, readings, offertory Pastorale by Foulkes, sermon The First Christmas Service, and a closing Christmas March by Bateman with an evening service at 7:30.
Emmanuel Church of the Evangelical association located at Twelfth and Vine with Rev. Tmbrell as pastor. Sunday school begins at 9 15 a m.
The First Church of Christ Scientist on King Street between Fifth and Sixth hosts a Sunday service at 10 30 a m with the subject Christian Science. A reading room is open daily from 2 to 5 p m in the church.
Regular services led by Pastor F. W. Lemke at the Reformed Church on Fourth and Market streets with weekly worship and community gatherings.
Gerrhan Baptist Church at Seventh and Winnebago streets with E. Berger as pastor holds Sunday services at 10 45 am and 7 30 pm. Morning topic Christmas aba lee and evening The Joyful Message with special choir songs. Readings include Horeh welch himmlisch suessen Tome by J R Dunham and Der Friederrerst and Komm zu Ihm by Margaret and Leslie. Monday night the Sunday school presents a Christmas entertainment. Friends are welcome.
Vesper services at 4 pm Sunday at the Y W C A building led by Miss Robertson from the state normal school. The Normal Glee Club provides the music and a vesper tea follows at 5 pm.
The article notes a Sunday meeting for Peoples' Sunday School at Travelers Hall in the Linker building at the corner of Fourth and Main streets, Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Across the region La churches hold festive Christmas services with trees and programs. First Baptist on South Sixth Street hosts recitations and choruses with decor, inviting the public to join in the holiday joy.
No Lutheran Norwegian Lutheran church corner of Sixth and Division streets. Rev. H. G. Magelsson, pastor. Regular services.
German Methodist church at Seventh and Ferry lists J. L. Panzlau as pastor. Sunday school begins at 9 15 a m, sermon at 10 30 a m, with Epworth league at 6 45 p m in the evening.
Christ Church Episcopal at Ninth and Main lists Christmas Day Holy Communion at 8:00 a.m. and a 10:30 a.m. festive service with Handel’s And the Glory. The day after, 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion, 10:45 a.m. morning service with Te Deum and Jubilate, and 7:45 p.m. musical festival featuring Service Marks in D and various anthems and carols led by Miss Aiken and others.
German Lutheran church at Twelfth and Cameron avenue led by Rev J T Gamm holds regular Sunday services at 10 a m and Sunday school at 9 a m.
English Lutheran Church on West Avenue and Ferry Street led by Rev J J Clemens invites parishioners to attend Sunday school at 9 30 a m on the Fifth Sunday in Advent.
St Pauls Universalist Church at Eighth and Cass with Rev J S Lowe as pastor holds regular preaching at 10:30 a m Sunday school at 12 m and Y P C U meeting at 6 30 p m The morning sermon theme is With One Accord.
West Avenue M E Church on West Avenue near Jackson Street holds morning worship at 10 30 with a sermon titled Gloria in Excelsis. Sunday school at 11 45 Epworth League at 7 30 and evening worship at 7 30 with the subject Truth.
The First Presbyterian Church offers a morning service at 10 30 with subject The Incarnation and an evening service at 7 30 featuring The Prevailing Religious Ideas in the Time of Christ. Sunday school meets at noon, Junior Endeavor at 3 pm, Christian Endeavor at 6 30 pm, and the choir provides first class music.
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