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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1906
Page
4
The La Crosse ice trust cuts prices to $2 per ton from $3, claiming reduced costs. The piece mocks alleged philanthropy, questions motives, and notes public suspicion of monopolistic gains. It also highlights charity events for orphans and remarks on wealth limits and politics.
Miss Iva Veronica Simonton, a Pittsburg native, reports from Fernan Vaz Congo that she has settled in a bamboo hut to study monkey chatter. She arrived Oct 1 after leaving Aug 1 and travels by canoe with a Sleeping Sickness mission missionary and locals.
The senate cleared its private pension calendar by passing more than 200 pension measures on Wednesday, advancing them through the chamber.
In Wallace Idaho on December 29 an eight hour law in Montana clashes with Idaho rules for a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad tunnel linking the two states. Montana workers work eight hours for 3.50 a day while Idaho workers toil ten hours for 3 a day. Officials fret over who absorbs time and pay if boundary crossing occurs. About 150 Montana laborers and surveying crews are at the site where a 30 foot open cut is being dug by steam shovel to be installed later.
A distinguished party including Americans and Britons met at the Savoy hotel in London on Wednesday to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the sailing of the first British colony for Jamestown.
A New York fashion note describes skirts with minimal trimming while bodices remain richly decorated. Green and brown tones dominate millinery with brown hats and ribbons, and Vail pins and pearl settings rise in popularity. Satin gowns, empire silhouettes, and ceintures highlight the season with conservative embroidery and decorative net accents.
A large pile of rubbish broke the fall of two men in a smoke filled area after stairs burned away. Capt. McGlachlin suffered a bruised hand and shock while Fischer escaped major injury as they stayed to finish the task.
Walter Bee Sprawl a traveling salesman for plug tobacco makers will join William Tisch Partridge Cigar Co on January 1 He will cover territory around La Crosse where he has been a prominent sales rep and well known to local dealers
In London on December 29 the birthday of William Ewart Gladstone passes largely unnoticed with only a few wreaths at the base of the Gladstone monument outside St. Clement Danes church. The piece notes this quiet tribute contrasts with bequested public displays for other statesmen like Lord Beaconsfield and attributes it to Gladstone’s less pictorial public persona.
At least sixteen people die when the Mississippi river steamboat W T Scovil explodes and wrecks near Vicksburg. Most victims are reported to be Black.
Notable birthday notes include Simon Grenheim slated for the United States Senate from Colorado succeeding Thomas Patterson. He is linked to the Guggenheim family, a seven brother mining dynasty dominating U S smelting and copper output. The piece also lists historical dates from 1843 to 1894, including Carmen Sylva born 1843 and the Ashtabula train wreck of 1876.
Rumors that J Edward Addicks plans to join a political group appear but Belvoir Newport home is set for public sale next Monday. Mortgage sale recently moved the palatial estate, sold to Bear Haven Realty of Philadelphia, while a savings bank bids to redeem.
A meeting for boys will be held at the Y I C A rooms Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock. All boys are invited to attend. A short talk from delegates from the Waukeshaconference and music will be the program. A meeting for men at 4 pm will be addressed by W. W. Hurd.
On December 29 1778 Savannah was captured by British forces. The entry notes the date among other historical events including the births of Andrew Jackson and William E. Gladstone and Commodore Bainbridge’s capture of the Java off San Salvador.
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