Legacy to Young 1916 Dear Old Year Poem
Eternity Hall reports a copy of Polonius Old Year's advice to his son Nyneveam Sixteen. Father Time offers a calm warning about a disorganized world and advises patience as war, peace missions, and political issues swirl. The message ends with a plea to do the best with enduring values.
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Eternity
Polonius
Laertes Nyneveam
United Press
Father Time
Panama Canal
South America
Colonel Goethals
Gatun Dam
Cupid
Europe
La Crosse Gun Club Season Opens With Sunday Shoot
Secretary Carl Sutor announced that the La Crosse Gun Club season will open Sunday morning with a shoot at the club range on the north side.
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LA Crosse
Carl Sutor
Births vs Marriages in St. Paul in 1915
In St. Paul Minnesota 1915 saw 5 057 births up from 4 976 the prior year while marriages totaled 3 082 down from 3 032. The year reflected a stock beat Cupid with more births and fewer marriages compared to 1914.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Cupid
St. Paul
Cabinet Trouble Rumors Renew Conscription Drafts
In London on December 31 rumors spread that three cabinet ministers would resign over conscription as the government drafted its conscription bill. The ministers named were Reginald McKenna Walter Runciman and Sir John Simon. Three draft bills were presented reflecting differing views, one favoring broad enrollment including married men if needed, others proposing only unmarried men.
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London
Reginald McKenna
Board of Trade
Walter Runciman
John Simon
Home Affairs
Asquith
Lewis V. Harcourt
India
Lloyd George
Fourth PhilharMonic Concert in February to Be Best Yet
The La Crosse Philharmonic Society will present its fourth concert in the first week of February. The program features Mendelssohn War March of the Priests Reisiger overture The Mill on the Cliff Schubert Unfinished Symphony Luigi Voice of Chimes and Gungl Die Hydropaten plus other recognized numbers. Rehearsals are Sundays at the W B U building under conductor F W Kawstron.
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la Crosse Philharmonic Society
Mendelssohn
Athalia
Reissiger
Schubert
Austria Submarine Note Shifts Tension Toward Settlement
Officials hailed Austria for pledging conduct under international law in submarine warfare and disavowing the torpedoing of noncombatants. The note, seen as stronger than Germany’s position, aims to secure reparation talks led by Secretary Lansing with Austrian officials and signals a smoother path toward resolving the Lusitania dispute.
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Humanity
Austria
United States
State Department
Germany
Bernstorff
Washington
Lansing
Zwiedenek
Ancona
Lusitania
Penfield
Secreary
Wilson
Burleson
Social season finale crowns Sparta dance at Hotel Sidney
Sparta Wisconsin hosts a New Year’s style dinner party and eight course banquet at Hotel Sidney. The Andre orchestra from La Crosse provided music with encores for Miss Louise Carlton of Chicago and Miss Esther Roberts at the piano. Nearly fifty couples attended as punch flowed and dancing continued into the morning. Local residents and visitors like Raymond Reinhard, Orrin Newton, Mrs. Clara Conklin and Miss Margaret Laing are noted among guests and vacationing friends.
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Sparta
Wis
Hotel Sidney
Wisconsin
Andre Orchestra
la Crosse
Louise Carlton
Chicago
Esther Roberts
Punch
Raymond Reinhard
Tomah
Newton
Orrin Newton
Lawrence
Clara Conklin
Minneapolis
Mattie Whatnaby
Viroqua
Allison Ford
Lloyd Parsons
Milwaukee
Margaret Laing
Commission Aids Roads by Ending Atlantic Port Free Time
The Interstate Commerce Commission supported railroads seeking to curb port congestion by not suspending new schedules that cut free time for shipments. Free time at Atlantic export points drops from thirty to fifteen days, effective January 1.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic
New Years Open House At Y M C A In La Crosse
The Young Men's Christian Association in La Crosse invites the public to its Seventh and Main home on New Year’s Day from 3 to 5 p m and 7 30 to 10 p m. Afternoon and evening programs include gymnastic displays, games, apparatus work, a volley ball match, a Ches ty Willard vs Jackie Johnson bout and a Nelson Clothing Co versus Onalaska high school basketball game. Visitors may enjoy hand ball billiards chess and checkers all day. On Sunday Rev W J Peacock discusses The Young Man and 1916 with a music program 3 30 to 4 15.
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la Crosse
Young Men's Christian Association
Chesty” Willard
Jackie” Johnsing
Electric Club
Nelson Clothing Co
Onalaska High School
Liquor Banished by Coloradans Enacts Prohibition
Denver observers report the state's prohibition amendment takes effect at midnight as John Barleycorn is laid to rest. In the prior month recruits purchased more than 3 million dollars in liquor at bargain prices, reflecting wartime preparedness and public enthusiasm for the change.
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Denver
Col
John Barleycorn
Colorado
Keele College Graduates Take Local Jobs
John Schmelzer accepts a post with La Crosse Steel Roofing and Corrugating Co Earl Jones becomes accountant at Kroner Hardware Co Gertrude Doyle joins Scott Rose Co in a new position
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John Schmelzer
The
la Crosse Steel Roofing and Corrugating Co
Earl Jones
Kroner Hardware Co
Gertrude Doyle
Scott-Rose Co
Robert Johnson Breaks Through Soft Ice on Market Street
Robert Johnson, 17, of Cameron and Second streets, fell through a soft ice area at Market Street foot yesterday afternoon. A crowd watched as Daniel Vornholt reached out with a stick and pulled him to safety from water about fifteen feet deep.
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Market Street
Robert Johnson
Cameron
Second Streets
Daniel Vornholt
Edward Vornholt
German Reformed Church
Johnson
Open Forum Discusses Church Debates Next Sunday
The Universalist church in the parish parlor at Cass and Eighth streets will host an Open Forum on Sunday January 2. The topic asks if the church is in decline due to untruth to its traditions and invites public rebuttal to clergy remarks in print and pulpit.
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Universalist Church
Cass
Eighth Streets
Baby Weisman Is Very Much Obliged
In Winona Minnesota on December 24 1915 Mrs Weisman and Jos L Weisman thank friends for support during the Shower of Gold campaign for their son Charles one of the contestants with cordial regards from La Crosse Tribune publishers and others.
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Winona, Minn
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Wis
Charles
Victim of Foul Play on Steamer LodinS Jail
Benjamin Reid of Trempealeau disappeared from the government steamer Alert after cashing his pay. He was found later arrested for wire abandonment and awaits trial at Whitehall Wisconsin. Reid worked for Captain W A Thompson river engineer. His clothes were found in disarray on deck and foul play was suspected. Reid's wife and infant child face county relief.
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Benjamin Reid
Trempealeau
Alert
George J. Ritter
Whitehall
Wis
Reid
W. A. Thompson
Trempealeau County
Farmer Lars Borge in Critical Condition After Suspected Assault
Police found Lars Borge of Flasher North Dakota unconscious behind the Wisconsin Minnesota Light and Power plant with a long scalp wound. Dr. R E Flynn treated him at St Francis hospital nine stitches were taken. Authorities investigate whether the injury was from a fall or an assault.
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Lars Borge
Flasher
N. D
St. Francis Hospital
Wisconsin-Minnesota Light and Power Company
Second
Jay Streets
R. E. Flynn
Flynn
Borge
Kirchwey Named Sing Sing Warden After Osborne Ousted
George W. Kirchwey was appointed warden of Sing Sing prison by the Superintendent of Prisons Riley. He succeeds Thomas Mott Osborne and will pursue the former head’s prison reform policy, backed by support from Columbia Law School Dean Kirchwey.
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Albany
N. Y
George W. Kirchwey
Sing Sing Prison
Thomas Mott Osborne
Riley
Kirchwey
Sing Sing
Columbia Law School
National Welfare League
Germany Denies Peace Talk as Zurich Terms Report Emerges
Berlin officials deny any German maneuvering for peace after a Zurich newspaper published terms. Biron Mumm Von Schwarzenstein, a foreign office adviser, rejected the peace-angle reports in a formal denial.
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Carl W. Ackerman
United Press
Berlin
Sayville
L. C
Foreign Office Today
Zurich
Biron Mumm von Schwarzenstein
Foreign Office
Germany
Des Moines Sober Day as Saloons End Under Mulct Law
Iowa doors close on New Year Eve as 450 saloons in 125 towns rush to clear stock and go dry at 9 pm following repeal of the mulct law. No disorder reported as buyers stock up by case and keg.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Boschert Returns From Florida Citrus Country
Joseph Boschert assistant cashier of the National Bank of La Crosse returned yesterday from a visit at his son Gregory’s home in Star Lake Poke county Florida. While La Crosse faced grip and cold weather the banker enjoyed summer warmth and oranges in the high citrus country.
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Joseph Boschert
National Bank of
Culver Case Continued In County Court
The preliminary hearing for Charles Culver of Cashton was continued at the request of Attorney Graves until 2 o'clock Monday afternoon.
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Charles Culver
Cashton
Graves
Home Harmony Tested by Equal Roles in Marriage
A sentiment on gender roles in domestic life argues a man is content with an equal wife, while some women seek superiority. It warns the desire for dominance as ruinous to the home and stresses that the final authority should not disrupt harmony.
Eagles Cabaret Watch Party and Dance Tonight
La Crosse Eagles host a cabaret watch party and dance at the club rooms on Fifth street starting at 8 p m and running to 2 a m New Year’s morning. A musical program begins at 8 p m with dancing from 11 p m to 2 a m and lunch is served.
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la Crosse Eagles
Fifth Street
Body of Minnesota Governor Hammond on way home
The body of Governor Winfield Scott Hammond of Minnesota, who died at Clinton Louisiana, is speeding toward St Paul. A Masons delegation accompanies the body to Vicksburg with Governor Hall of Louisiana and his staff joining at Wilson to Memphis. Funeral arrangements expected in Chicago.
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New Orleans
Winfield Scott Hammond
Minnesota
Clinton
St. Paul
Vicksburg
Hall
Louisiana
Wilson
Memphis
Chicago
La Crosse Theater Prepares Three Day Vaudeville Bill
Tonight Rosenstein and Burford present a varied vaudeville program at the La Crosse theater for a three day run. The lineup features Storm and Manton in His Alibi, Miller and Rainey as That Novelty Talking and Singing Pair, Adair and Adair with a big time bar act, Monde and Selle with songs and dances, Willie Hale and Brother juggling, and motion pictures of the Astor cup auto race.
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la Crosse Theater
Rosenstein and Burford
Storm
Manston
Miller
Rainey
West
Adair
Monde
Selle
Willie Hale
Brother
New Term Begins January 4 1916 Enroll Now
Our graduates have entered top city business offices as stenographers typists bookkeepers billing clerks adding machine operators and private secretaries at excellent salaries. Enroll now for the new term starting January 4 1916. For details call write or phone.
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Ers
Advan
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Commission Aids Roads
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Shorty
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Baby Weisman
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Christ Church
Father Johnson
Christ Church Choir
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Eagles
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Taries
Keefe Business College
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