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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
6
Advertises specials on Batavia and related brands including Pickles Mince Meat Blue Ribbon Raisins Buckwheat Flour Yellow Corn Meal Maple Syrup and Table Syrup. Offers bulk and per package pricing with quantities listed such as 25 for 2 16 oz. packages and 29¢ for a 10 pound bag.</analysis>
The feed covers global labor struggles from Rio de Janeiro port delays to stevedore strikes and wage gains. It notes Iowa mining safety measures, immigration study returns, UK railway unions push for eight hour days, and wage advances for carpenters since 1886. It mentions labor parties in Transvaal and Japan, convict labor protests, San Francisco worker surpluses, and upcoming plant investments in Hammond Indiana. It cites Oregon child labor limits, and Baltimore garment plant union activity with the United Garment Workers label.
A New York review of 1906 criminal filings lists fewer celebrated murders and more sensational divorce trials. Notable items include the Hartje divorce case, Thaw affair with Stanford White, Stensland bank fraud, Hapgood libel trial, and various trials across Louisville, Chicago, and New York with multiple embezzlement, conspiracy, and murder charges.
The report lists varied legal actions from November to December including arrests for stock fraud and securing securities, indictments of political bosses, embezzlement cases in the U S Treasury, a New York opera singer’s legal appeal, a murder verdict in New York State, and multiple high profile convictions in Mississippian, Arkansas and Nebraska cases. It reflects a broad sweep of crime and punishment across several states with dates and officials named.
About sixty to seventy colleges are expected to attend the Intercollegiate Athletics Association meeting at Murray Hill tonight. The agenda includes completing work deferred by a special committee, adopting uniform eligibility rules, defining amateur status, and enacting necessary legislation. Princeton Cornell and Annapolis are expected to join and support the effort to uphold collegiate sport standards.
Henry Elliott of Indianapolis failed to appear for his planned wedding to Miss Grace Moorman of Irvington. The wedding party gathered, the clergyman waited, and as hope faded Miss Moorman collapsed and became seriously ill. Friends fear Elliott has been kidnapped.
A concise note reminds readers to uphold a newspaper standard of confidentiality and discretion in handling sensitive information and sources.
The National Cigar Stands company opens in La Crosse with stands at O T Erhart E M Young and Hebberd Co. The firm unites 2000 American druggists to cut costs by direct factory to smoker sales, offering 3 for 25c cigars at lower prices and higher value across brands from imports to Havanas.
Columbia University’s basketball squad left on a week long Midwest tour. They scheduled six games: December 31 Detroit YMCA January 1 Evanston YMCA January 2 Ariel Athletic Club Manitowoc Wisconsin January 3 Appleton Business College Appleton Wisconsin January 4 University of Wisconsin Madison January 5 Chicago Central YMCA.
New Orleans La December 29 The Southern Pacific and Atlantic Steamship line will inaugurate a New Orleans Havana service tomorrow. Three new steamers Momus Antilles and Creole will operate on the New York Havana route with 150 first class passenger accommodations. The voyage distance is scheduled to two days.
The interstate commerce commission delayed the Harriman system inquiry into Union and Southern Pacific properties in New York because some participants could not attend. It is now set to resume next week with Mr Harriman and other officials expected to testify.
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