25 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1912
Page
1
Madison statistics show that one in ten persons receive instruction from university programs. The report highlights university outreach and impact on local residents.
A Wisconsin alumni committee led by George A. Buckstaff presents statistics showing one in ten state residents directly received university inf luence. They compare the UW to a public service corporation, detailing widespread outreach from Madison and branch centers, and note profits in education and agricultural advances benefiting farmers and the state.
A West Salem farmers course will address numerous topics directly affecting La Crosse area farming. Organizers aim to provide practical guidance for local growers with sessions on crop management, soil health, and market outlook.
La Crosse county hosts an extended January 2 3 4 1913 farmers course at West Salem with UW agriculture staff. Attendance urged for sessions on dairy, silos, drains, crops, and birds, plus a separate women and youth program featuring cooking sewing judging and demonstrations. Prizes announced January 4 for boys corn and girls sewing and cooking exhibits.
City factor Henning faced trouble while digging near the beach and set up pumps to dry the Pacific Ocean. Auditor Boyle investigated and dismissed Henning after the attempt, with expenses mounting as pumps ran.
In Louis Missouri on December 25 Miss Berta Bender is required to master the German language and recite lines including Befei Deine Wege and Glocke to receive a $200 bequest from her great aunt.
President Taft tours the Panama Canal complex during Christmas Day visit, inspecting the major American enterprise in Central America. The trip underscores U S involvement in regional engineering and commerce projects.
President Taft toured the Pacific entrance of the canal on Christmas Day and found pleasure in the progress. Tonight he and his party will dine with H Percival Dodge and attend a ball hosted by Belisario Porras, after a postponed Christmas Eve event. The Taft entourage includes Mrs Taft Jr and other officials. special trains carried officers and the Arkansas crew from Colon to Panama and two thousand sailors aboard.
Convicted killer of millionaire Rice spends Christmas Day with his aged mother and daughter, a pardon allowing a rare family reunion during the holiday season. The event highlights mercy measures affecting a high-profile case and local responses.
At Mrs. John T. Milliken’s home in St. Louis Christmas happiness returns for Albert T. Patrick after governor’s pardon frees him from Sing Sing. His mother Mrs Edward T. Patrick and daughter Miss Lillian Patrick join him, first Christmas together since his 12-year conviction for the Rice murder. The reunion is quiet and private, with servants declining reporters. Edward Patrick expresses vindication.
Governor Wilson spent Christmas at Princeton and declined to discuss specifics of his informal Trenton talk with Speaker Champ Clark. He said topics included cabinet possibilities and the party legislative program. He emphasized Bryan's name was not discussed and Clark supported progressive legislation goals.
Digging through a two foot thick stone wall Ned Hampson and Charles Jones slipped away from Fond du Lac Wisconsin jail without alerting guards or inmates. As night fell, posses hunted for the two fugitives with Hampson awaiting parole next Saturday and Jones jailed on burglary charges.
U S Marshal Lyman T Hoy faces a Christmas workload under Judge Landis order to oversee 450000 oranges seized as allegedly inferior. The fruit, grown near Lindsay California, shipped east, allegedly degraded by sweating to hide defects in violation of the pure food law. The marshal may sell the stock.
A Fruit Liner carries passengers through a night storm with dawn breaking to reveal survivors and aid arriving. Rescue crews deliver succor as the weather eases. The tale highlights courageous crews and grateful travelers amid the holiday voyage.
Christmas morning found the United Fruit liner Turialba stranded on Egg Harbor shoals near Atlantic City. The revenue cutter Seneca and two Merritt-Chapman wrecking tugs stood by as passengers were transferred to the Seneca. The ship remains stuck bow first in soft sand. cargo may need lightening before refloating.
A Boston gathering revealed that the materials for the Little Brown Church in the Vale were hauled from McGregor Iowa to Mitchell county Iowa in 1859. Pioneers built the church with cedar timber and plank hauled over rough roads, aiding Bradford Academy and local growth before Bradford faded with the railroad. Dr W S Pitts helped spread the famed tune at early meetings of the Men and Religion Forward Movement.
Mexican rebels burned the town of Guatimape sixty miles north of Durango, destroyed a fifty mile railroad bridge, and vanished. Federals and state department advices say they pursued the rebels into the mountains.
Edward Phillips of 930 Oakley avenue and night watchman Samuel Dody clashed on rounds after a Christmas greeting. Dody fired, hitting Phillips who will die. Dody is under arrest for the shooting.
A Illinois aeroplane factory at Coal City burned to the ground destroying seven planes. The fire caused an estimated loss of $20,000.
Incendiaries are believed to have started a blaze that razed St. Andrew Episcopal Church in Chicago early today, causing an estimated loss of 50000 dollars.
In Portland Oregon a pullet produced two extraordinarily long eggs measuring nearly seven inches in length and over six inches in girth. The rare poultry feat occurred on Christmas Day drawing attention to the farm and the hens in the region.
The American Red Cross sent a Christmas gift of $2000 in five hundred dollar sums to Turkey Serbia Bulgaria and the relief committee at Salonika to aid humanitarian relief.
Numerous churches and Sunday schools in the city plan Christmas services and programs next week. Catholic masses were held, while St Pauls Norwegian Lutheran, Congregational, Presbyterian, German Methodist and West Avenue Methodist churches feature concerts, programs and charity gifts for the poor, with City Mission plans at 325 Jay Street and a Santa Claus visit for the Home of the Friendless.
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