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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
3
The Melrose Chronicle urges the Wisconsin legislature to restore coroner authority in counties like La Crosse. It argues district attorneys hold too much power over investigations of mysterious deaths, risking lax scrutiny and reduced transparency in death reporting.
Merchants in La Crosse report record holiday sales for 1906 far surpassing previous years. Store owners including Doerflinger, Poehling, Coren, Boehm, Newburg, Stavrum, Hulberg, Rose, and Irvine credit strong consumer demand, early shopping, and favorable weather for a season that exceeded all prior histories in their businesses.
The roads and bridges committee inspected the proposed highway between the North Side and Onalaska yesterday. A report will be presented at the county board meeting tomorrow. Advertise your wants.
City notices list residents and relatives visiting for Christmas including Mr. and Mrs. C Louis G Lautz, Alf A Anderson, Dr E G Appleton opening Bangor office, and Miss Abbie Maddocks recovering from illness. Mentions of theater events, holiday promotions, and local businesses like Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea and Bijou theater manager change.
Mrs Henry Witte aged 24 was killed on the way home from church in Algoma Wisconsin when her horse bolted on Second Street Bridge. Her foot became caught in the wheel and she was thrown, breaking her neck.
Deputy Game Warden George Kingsley launches a crusade against illegal ice fishers in the southern city area. The crackdown targets fishing through the ice without permits, with Deputy Warden Early of Tomah assisting in the effort.
The Wisconsin Y M C A announces the sixth annual gymnastic and athletic tournament during the state convention in this city. Events include basketball for the state championship, side horse, parallel bars, running events, and a one mile relay. Intercollegiate scoring used. oak shields for top teams. Patock trophy to the highest scoring team for one year.
La Crosse residents saw dogs running freely without muzzles after Chief of Police Byrne rescinded a muzzles order. The prior rule, issued Oct 25 for sixty days, required muzzles for all dogs at large and led to several dogs being killed for noncompliance.
The La Crosse Choral club meets at La Crosse High School auditorium for final rehearsal before the concert. Prof. Wiley will sing a bass aria. Handel's Messiah praised as a world masterwork with recent performances by Chicago Apollo Club St Paul and Minneapolis choirs boosting anticipation for the January 4 La Crosse theater show.
A speaker who says I feel it in my bones may be describing rheumatic pain rather than a supernatural premonition. The line appears in a casual remark reflecting bodily aches and a common expression.
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on December 26 a 12 year old boy named George Schwartz fell into a well thirty feet deep and hung in a bucket for two hours. His father pulled him up after the rope attracted his attention. He is badly injured and it is unclear if he will survive.
William Ott remains in front as results show Ott defeating Copeland 110 to 88. Tourtellotte beat Craft 55 to 50. Torrance topped Lipp 90 to 78. Wing defeated Craft 65 to 47.
Hogs receipts 19000. Market up about 10 cents. mixed and butcher grades 6.17 to 6.45. light 6.15 to 6.40. heavy 6.00 to 6.45. rough 6.00 to 6.15. Cattle receipts 18000 with a strong tone. Sheep receipts 18000 steady to a few cents higher.
New York stocks slumped on December 26 with thousands of shares dumped as traders feared continued liquidation before relief from money stringency. The holiday mood vanished as margins collapsed. Great Northern and Northern Pacific led declines while Standard Oil was accused of market pressure.
A cook known as invisible blue is mentioned with curiosity about whether the color matches policemen uniforms. The remark raises questions about the hue associated with law enforcement attire.
Christmas services were held in La Crosse churches yesterday with sermons focusing on the season. At First Baptist an oriental cantata Santa Claus in Japan entertained a large audience with a child cast. English Lutheran Church hosted an elaborate program of songs and recitations by young church and Sunday school members, gifts given at the end.
Sheriff Hlougen sold Dresden Park at foreclosure sale on Monday, following a suit by Gertrude Koch. buyer W. J. Hickish paid $650, though many estimate the property's value closer to $2,000.
Athletes from public schools prep schools colleges and other groups gather in Springfield for the American Physical Education association annual convention. The opening tonight features Prof John M Tyler welcome and Dr Luther H Gulick address. Business sessions follow at the Springfield training school with Saturday tours of Smith Mount Holyoke Amherst and the YMCA training school.
Several hundred college men from across the United States gather in Birmingham for the biennial Alpha Tau Omega congress. Governor Jelks delivers opening remarks at city hall as founders Judge Erskine Ross and Dr. Otis A. Glazebrook attend. The meeting runs through the week with business sessions and local alumni entertainments.
London date note marks Lord Leicester entering his eighty fifth year and hailed as Father of the House for his long service. At ninety five plus other peers, his age places him youngest among leaders Gwyder and Field. He served as coronation page for Queen Victoria and has nineteen children from two marriages with fifty years between eldest and youngest.
Local horsemen seek to convert West Avenue between Market Street and the river into a speedway. Owners of speed horses have obtained permission to race daily from 2 to 4 PM, replacing the former use of King Street.
Wayne McAdoo of Waterloo Iowa dies at the doorstep of his parents' home in Mason City Iowa. He collapsed with paralysis while reaching to open the door during a Christmas family gathering. The reunion had just brought the family together.
Dec 26 report says Col Obrou Cheff, commander of an infantry regiment, was shot and killed on his estate near here by an unknown assailant. The incident occurred as authorities investigate motives and identify the gunman.
Sioux Falls hosts delegates and visitors for the twenty fourth annual convention of the South Dakota Educational Association. Leaders from the state university Yankton college and Northern Normal and Industrial school attend along with city school superintendents. The opening session in the opera house features an invocation by Dr. Frank Fox and a welcome by Mayor Pillsbury. Charles H. Luggs of Parkston will give the president’s address.
At Woodman hall the Fraternal Reserve association elected officers for the coming year. President C L Weis and vice president Mrs F O Chamberlain led the roster alongside secretary W W West treasurer F O Chamberlain and other appointees including Miss Emma Moeser as sergeant and Mrs J L Eddy as doorkeeper. Installing officer Hugh McFar lane and adviser J E Gerwitz also named.
Robert Elliott, a New Jersey truck driver, refused skull surgery after a fracture near Roosevelt hospital. He walked out to his employer and worked all day despite the injury, then collapsed at night and was admitted to St Francis hospital. Doctors report he remains between life and death as surgery is declined.
Special Tribune Dispatch from Montgomery Alabama reports the seventeenth annual meeting of the Southern Educational Association opening tomorrow. Teachers from across the south will discuss training in grammar schools high schools and colleges over a three day session led by President John W Abercrombie of the University of Alabama. The gathering spans Texas Virginia Arkansas Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Kentucky Maryland Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee and West Virginia and is described as the largest and most representative yet held.
A reader emphasizes the importance of store ads for budgeting and finding bargains. The piece reflects on how ads guide spending decisions and suggests using periodicals as a tool to locate presents and groceries.
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