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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
8
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin December 27 Joseph Deneger aged 19 fatally shot himself while hunting near Springbrook He rested on the gun muzzle it slipped and discharged the bullet struck him below the right ribs and exited the left shoulder blade No chance of recovery due to girse seating or injury described in report
A horse owned by J. E. Hawley of Stockbridge fell through ice while crossing Lake Winnebago from Stockbridge to Waverly. Hawley choked the animal to keep it afloat and in fifteen minutes hauled it onto sound ice. The horse carved a ten foot square hole, with the break occurring away from the off horse which stayed on firm ice.
Dan Cupid seals match between Miss Jessie Perry of Milwaukee and John A B Anderson of Plummer Minnesota after a mailed courtship aided by a detective agency and local publicity. Anderson plans to wed at his farm home once Miss Perry arrives and the couple exchange letters and photos before the December proposal.
In Kenosha Wisconsin on December 27 a dead infant of Morris and Mrs. Swartz was carried to Chicago wrapped in newspaper for Jewish burial. The body was refused entry in Waldheim cemetery until a permit was obtained. An inquest led to a burial permit being issued after the body was returned to Kenosha for the process.
Delavan Wisconsin December 27 Special The Christmas address delivered to the 225 deaf mutes attending the Wisconsin School for the Deaf by Supt. E W Walker and the unnamed speaker emphasized expanding the campus with new buildings and facilities for the students.
The Milwaukee Auditorium board plans to award a 500000 expo contract after previous plan defects. Citizens had raised 250000 by subscription two years ago. Delays and plan problems halted the project delaying completion beyond the 1908-09 winter.
The ad promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for all stomach troubles including dyspepsia indigestion and loss of appetite. It claims the tablets digest food directly and rest the stomach, promising quick relief and a sample by mail. Sold at drug stores for 50c per box.
Supt Walk er notes holiday gifts uplift for the institution. Plans include a new barn and an industrial building to host manual training and industrial departments with growth, plus a new girls’ building in early spring.
Ex-sheriff G P Gates of Watertown states a replica of the Jefferson woolen mills will be built at Riverview, the Chicago amusement resort, after inspecting the site with the park manager. The original mills used large water wheels and evoke a romantic era.
Madison reports Dr. Herbert E Belton as a UW graduate who found Zebulon N. Pike papers in Mexico while working for the Carnegie Institute. Oshkosh notes a Christmas cantata by an inmate orchestra at the northern hospital for the insane and a jail sentence for two youths who threw Japanese snuff at the opera.
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