Fire destroys Tillman Brothers building at South Third
A fire at 111 South Third Street, Tillman Brothers Undertakers, began in sawdust and rags near the furnace at 7 17 AM causing $5 000 to $9 000 in damage. Four engines battled the blaze with two firemen narrowly escaping a fourteen foot fall. The rear of the building and roof were destroyed while nearby properties suffered little damage. Insurance on building and stock totals were $3 800.
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Tillman Brothers, Undertakers
South Third Street
Bulding
Bradfield
No. 4
Fessler & Dahl, Undertakers
Bijou Theater
Tillman Brothers
Tillman
Fred J. McGlawin
Central Fire Station
Frank Fischer
Elks Open Hand New Club In Luxurious Theater Building
Formal opening of the Elks new club on the second and third floors of a theater building will be held tonight with initiations, a banquet, and speeches. About one hundred Winona Elks arrive for the ceremony, with many guests from across the state and nearby cities expected.
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la Crosse Tate
Elks’ Club
Northwest
Tomig
The
Elks
Kruetz
Winona Elks
Elks and Elk
S. Gantert Company
Anderson Carpet Company
Louis Kenyon
Judge Hunt Back From Wisconsin Holiday Trip
Justice C. W. Hunt returned from Marshfield and Reedsburg Wisconsin where he visited his parents and sister during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice C. W. Hunt
Marshfield
Reedsburg
Wis
State Teachers Endorse Roosevelt Spelling Reform Plan
Minneapolis dispatch reports the State Teachers Association approved Roosevelt's simplified spelling order while opposing a push for additional action. A Mankato man, J. J. McConnell, was elected president as Iowa teachers likewise backed a simplified spelling stance in Milwaukee.
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Scripps-MeRaDispatch
Minneapolis
Roosevelt
J. J. McConnell
Mankato
Iowa
Milwaukee
Board Tests New Heating Plant At New High School
The board of public works and Thomas Smith contractors test the heating plant today in Chicago. A zero weather shortage prevents a full test. Fans run to measure air volume. another test may follow before job acceptance.
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Board of Public Works
Thomas & Smith, Contractors
Chicago
Ill
Farmington Farm Sold for 6000 to Henry Genske
Frank C. Young sold his Farmington farm to Henry Genske for six thousand dollars. The transfer is recorded with the usual deed notation in local property records.
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Frank C. Young
Town
Farmington
Henry Genske
Woman claims railroad manager John Finn was her husband
Worcester Mass December 29 Mrs Rose Finn of Fitchburg filed against the estate of John Finn Southern Pacific railroad manager who died in Los Angeles November 21. She contends Finn was her husband who deserted her and their children twenty years ago and that he married twice without a divorce.
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Worcester
Mass
Rose Finn
Fitchburg
John Finn
Southern Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles
Finn
Municipal Skating Rinks Planned Across La Crosse This Winter
The La Crosse common council, per the park committee, plans multiple city funded skating rinks managed by the board of public works. A causeway rink for North and South side skaters will be patrolled and kept clear, with a voting booth shelter. Powell field on West Avenue may also be flooded as a rink to aid southeastern children. final council decision set for the next meeting.
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Park Committee
Board of Public Works
Powell's Field
West Avenue
Jackson
Johnson Streets
Pioneer 15 Dead Mary Ann Wuench Dies at 76
Mary Ann Wuench wife of Frank Wuench Sr longtime resident of St Josephs ridge and La Crosse county died of dropsy aged 76 born Nieder Leibig Germany Survived by two daughters Mrs Wenzel Skert and Mrs Ernest Hess and four sons Lawrence Wenzel Joseph and Frank Funeral from St Josephs Ridge Catholic church with interment in the local cemetery
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Mary Ann Wuench
Frank Wuench
St. Joseph's Ridge
la Crosse County
Wuench
Nieder Leibig
Germany
Wenzel Skert
Fremont Street
Ernest Hess
Denton Street
Lawrence
St. Joseph’s Ridge
Wenzel
Redfield Street
Joseph
Frank
St. Joseph’s Ridge Catholic Church
Adolph Busch in Critical Condition at Crisis Hour
Scripps-McRae Dispatch reports Adolphus Busch in St. Louis is improving and is expected to pass the crisis today as doctors monitor his condition. The update comes from December 29.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
ST. Louis
Adolphus Busch
Robbers burn brick yard after attack in Dover
Robbers attacked bookkeeper Charles Goldthwaite of Fiske Brothers' brick yards in Dover New Hampshire. Believed to have killed him they set the plant ablaze causing about 300000 dollars in loss. Goldthwaite escaped.
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Scripps-McRae
Dover
N. H
Charles Goldthwaite
Fiske Brothers
Goldthwaite
Murder witness in penitentiary murder case returns to Waupun
William Kosbab of 323 South Twenty second street, a defense witness in the Kehr murder trial, will serve a third term in the penitentiary after a one year sentence for abandoning his family. He has five children under ten and wife who supported them. Kosbab had been employed in St. Cloud since last July after disappearing after Christmas. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced by Judge Brindley this morning. Previously he served time at Waupun for presenting a forged check in 1900 and for deserting his family in 1902.
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William Kosbab
South Twenty-second Street
Kehr
Waupun
Brindley
Kosbab
St. Cloud
Minn
Sol Burdick
Kosbach
Joseph Roth
Machinist Charles High jailed for vagrancy
Charles High a machinist who could earn four dollars a day was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail after pleading guilty to vagrancy before Judge Brindley.
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Charles High
Brindley
Passenger Ferry Patterson Sinks in North River Collision
The Erie Railroad ferry Patterson with fifty passengers aboard collided with a freight lighter in the North river this morning and sank. All aboard were rescued. Eighteen teams drowned in the heavy fog.
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Scripps-McRae
New York
Patterson
Erie Railroad Company
North River
Steamer Hamilton Runs Aground Off Sewell's Point
The steamer Hamilton carrying passengers and freight ran aground in fog off Sewell's Point five miles below Norfolk. The ship is rocking and at least this much is known as of report time.
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Scripps-McRae
Norfolk
Hamilton
Sewell’s Point
Retiring Ambassador Sails for Final Duty
Durand the retiring British ambassador and family sailed today from New York as their farewell voyage ends a long career at the British embassy in Washington and London.
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Scripps-MacRae
New York
Durand
Two Cardinals Die Today in Rome
On December 29 two cardinals Cavagois and Tripepi died in Rome from paralysis.
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Rome
Cavagois
Tripepi
Chicago Livestock Market and Minneapolis Grain Prices
Hogs receipts 15 000. market strong up 5 cents. Light hogs 6 15 to 6 27. heavy 6 05 to 6 45. mixed 6 20 to 6 45. Cattle receipts 3 000, steady. Sheep receipts 2 000, steady. Minneapolis cash grain: Wheat No 1 hard 78 to 79 c. No 1 Northern 77 34 to 78 c. No 2 Northern 75 to 75 34 c. No 3 Northern 72 34 to 73 c. Corn No 3 yellow 36 to 36 34 c. Oats No 3 white 32 54 to 32 9 c. No 3 30 to 31 c. Barley 41 to 49 c. Rye 57 to 59 c.
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Wis. Grain & Stock Co
Minneapolis
Peterson arraigned on charge of stealing lap robe
Ben Peterson appeared before Judge Brindley this afternoon charged with stealing a lap robe valued at $20 from James Lynch. He pleaded not guilty and waived the preliminary hearing.
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Ben Peterson
Brindley
James Lynch
Peterson
Weekend Weather Outlook with Snow and Cold Snap
Threatening forecast calls for probable snow tonight and Sunday. Temperatures range from a cold 22 to a mild 40 with winds around 4 miles per hour.
Raymond Merrill Dies of Heart Failure Under Rose Street Viaduct
Raymond Merrill 74, a veteran railroad machinist, collapsed and died of heart failure while walking toward his home along Milwaukee tracks near Rose Street. Born in Maine, he worked in Dunkirke Buffalo and Boston before moving to Wisconsin. Survived by widow and several children, funeral plans to be announced.
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Milwaukee Tracks
Rayond Merrill
Rose Street
Mr. Merrill
Maine
Dunkirke
Buffalo
Boston
Wisconsin
Tunnel City
Watertown
la Crosse
Tracey
Edward R
la Crose
Mortimer
Milwaukee
Florence Leech
Pearl River
N. Y
Harry B. Holway
Spokane
Wash
E. R. Merrill
New Rochelle
L. L
L. A. Johns
New York City
J J Hill Empire Builder Retires
J J Hill denies retirement rumors and states he will retire from active business July 1 1907. The Great Northern president James J Hill plans succession to his eldest son Louis W Hill who currently serves as first vice president and will lead the empire builder of the northwest.
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ST. Paul, Minn
J. J. Hill
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Hill
Louis W. Hill
The
Great Northern
Empire Builder of
Northwest
Farm Hand Steady Work Offered at 116 North Third
Advertisements mention a steady farm hand employment offer as an inducement for a married man. The notice lists 116 North Third Street as the contact or location related to the job opportunity.
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North Third Street
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Tillman Bros
Elks Open Handsome New Club
Judge Hunt
No States
Badgers
Pioneer
Chicago Livestock Market
Raymond Merrill
North Side
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