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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
2
James Bryce, famed statesman and historian, declines a title and will become the first plain citizen to represent Great Britain in the United States as ambassador to Washington.
Actress Mildred Holland, soon to appear in Matthew Barry's A Paradise of Lies at the La Crosse theater, spent vacation in Italy researching local color and historical surroundings for her role as Lolta. She has made several prior trips to Italy and continental Europe.
Max Figman stars in The Man on the Box at Broadway theater with Miss Helen Holmes. The performance surpasses any seen this season and earns praise for Figman’s restraint and Holmes’ charming Bettie. The show moves smoothly, drawing a large audience, with a matinee today and another performance tonight.
Addison H. Dayton known as Shorty the former Mill street gatekeeper suffered a bad fall at the Alleff hotel while handling storm windows. The ladder tipped, sending him two stories to the frozen ground. Dr. F. C. Sutter attended him, reporting serious back injuries and bruising with likely extended layoff.
Telegrapher Roland Paul was surprised at his home at 1537 Charles Street on his birthday anniversary. The evening featured vocal and instrumental music, games, and refreshments, with guests including Misses Ida Boyer Mary Hart Alice Moore Mayme Nesler Sadie Paul and Messrs Louis Hart Martin Fuerback John Paul Alfred Nesler and Roland Paul.
North Side residents report wiring work by Electric Supply Construction Co. at 227 M Street. Frank Hanifl declares he will not pay his wife Sabina Hanifl’s bills as she has left his home. Miss May Gandolf visits the city from St. Louis for holidays. Attorney E C Thomas of Grand Forks, ND, is visiting.
A performing act titled The Man on the Box is scheduled to appear soon in La Crosse bringing a street show with juggling and acrobatics to local audiences.
In Appleton Wisconsin at 2 30 a m Mrs Adolph Stroepfel woke choking on smoke and with her husband rushed to rescue two children. Flames forced him to break a window and pull the children from their bed before the fire spread further.
The remains of Prof. Thomas Grindell formerly of Platteville Wisconsin and his party who left Douglas Arizona in June 1904 to explore Tiburon island in the gulf of California have been found in a Sonora desert where they perished likely from thirst. Identity was proved by letters addressed to Grindell. Grindell had served as principal of the Douglas schools.
John G. Johnson president of the J. G. Johnson Fuel company in Manitowoc Wisconsin survived a near fatal incident when a bath gas heater tube cap was knocked off allowing fumes to overwhelm him. He fell into the tub and his wife heard his rap for help then pulled him to safety and physicians revived him after five minutes.
Report states seven women will be arrested in connection with a bank forgery inquiry at Farmers and Drovers' Bank in Waynesburg Pennsylvania.
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