Roosevelt presides at seventh White House New Year reception
President Roosevelt officiated for the seventh time at the New Year’s reception in Washington with Mrs. Roosevelt and Cabinet members present. A long, police‑guarded line formed for four hours as he greeted delegations from Congress, the judiciary, diplomats, veterans groups, and others before addressing the crowd with evident exuberance.
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Roosevelt
White House
Washington, D. C
Heodore Frosevelt
United States
Supreme Court
Congress
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Pennsylvania
Seventeenth Street
Leap Year Folklore and Historic Betrothal Law
A fragment notes leap year traditions linking courting chances for bachelors with a Scottish act from 1228 during Queen Margaret’s reign. It describes a law allowing a maiden to name a suitor and punishing refusal, later evolving into a calendar custom still observed in some nations.
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Batchelor
Cupid
Margaret
Echateach
Wwe
Ny All Nations
Underwood Tours Milwaukee to La Crosse Inspection Route
J. Underwood general manager of the Milwaukee system traveled by private car from Chicago to inspect the road on a tour to the coast crossing La Crosse this morning.
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J. Underwood
General
Milwaukee System
Passagh la Crosse
Chicago
New Year Welcomed with Royal Observances in La Crosse
La Crosse residents welcomed 1908 with church watch services and club events. Gunfire, rockets, and whistles filled midnight as people pledged new vows and celebrated the birth of the new year, with telegraph flashes from Washington signaling the transition.
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la Crosse
West Avenue Methodist Church
Christ Episcopal Church
National Observatory
Washington
William Shepherd Dies at 38 in La Crosse
William Shepherd an invalid of 513 Jackson Street died at 6 30 this morning after a long illness of motor paralysis. He was 38, born in La Crosse and unmarried. He leaves his mother and brother Frank. Funeral arrangements are handled by Mrs Theo Mannstedt and will be announced later.
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William Shepherd
Jackson Street
la Crosse
Frank
Theo. Mannstedt
Death of Miss Annie Wasmeier at 18 in Campbell Town
Miss Annie Wasmeier of St. Joseph's Ridge died yesterday at her home in the Town of Campbell after a brief illness with complications. She was 18 and survived by her mother and father. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. from St. Joseph's Cathedral with Rev. Father Sluyter officiating. burial will be in the Catholic cemetery.
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Annie Wasmeier
St. Joseph’s Ridge
Campbell
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Father Sluyter
New Year Fire Claims First Victim of 1908 in San Francisco
A New Year fire in a crowded Filbert street flat gutted the building this morning. One youth died and four people were injured as residents jumped from windows. losses pegged at 35000 dollars. In Illinois, Emma 18 days old Charles 4 years and Maud 8 died when an oil lamp exploded in Collinsville injuring their mother as the house burned.
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San Francisco
Filbert Street
ST. Louis
Emma
Charles
Maud
Elmer Duwinski
Collinsville
Ping
Man Falls From Scaffolding Fatal at Wisconsin Asylum
Louis Hert, 35, attendant at the county asylum in West Salem Wisconsin, died after falling from a scaffolding while adjusting ropes during hog butchering. He suffered a fractured skull and died at 9 AM, with little known about his origins aside from a Baltimore address. Authorities sent a telegram to New York area, no reply received by noon.
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West Salem
Wis
Louis Hert
Hert
New York
Baltimore
Man with shotgun abducts fiancé from uncle
In Carmin, Herbert Evans used a shotgun to stop his sweetheart Lena Daniels from being taken by her uncle C. L. Lyles. Evans confronted the uncle, forced surrender of Lena, and forcibly conducted the elopement attempt.
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Carmin
Herbert Evans
Lena Daniels
C. L. Lyles
Evans
Mrs Vaughn Seriously Ill With Pneumonia
Mrs. William Vaughn is critically ill with pneumonia at her home on 1709 Berlin Street.
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William Vaughn
Berlin Street
Weather forecast and record lows noted by observers
Generally fair tonight and tomorrow with cooler conditions. The Weather Observer E C Thompson reports the previous evening was the coolest so far this season and morning readings dropped to zero at eight. Initial readings showed two degrees but were later corrected to zero with thermometers across the city registering two to four below. A Galesville resident noted twelve below.
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E. C. Thompson
U.S
Ridgely Declares Acute Panic Past and 1908 Outlook
Comptroller of the Currency William B. Ridgely analyzes the year just closed and the 1908 outlook. He contends the 1907 panic has ended its acute phase and that banks are in better shape than after prior crises, contrasting 1907 with 1883 bank failures and noting few suspensions since Oct. 20.
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Washington, D. C
William B. Ridgely
Ridgely
Two Shot Incidents Mar New Year Festivities In St Louis
Two people were shot during New Years celebrations in St Louis. William Hartman, 9, was wounded in the jaw while watching from a window as gunfire erupted from a nearby building. Al Poullian fired twelve shots at midnight, striking John Cahill as crowds gathered for the event.
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ST. Louis
William Hartman
al. Poullian
John Cahill
Burns Festival Program Complete in Galesville
Burns Bonspiel and Festival assoc leader announces program in Galesville for January 24 honoring Burns 148th birthday. Highlights include bagpipe solos by Geo Sinclair, multiple toasts by local figures, songs by La Crosse and Minneapolis groups, recitations, dances, and a Cameron Men march with Prof Packman as accompanist.
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Minneapolis
W. S. Wadleigh
Carpenter's
T. T. MacAdams
Micsminnie B. May
la Crosse
Miss Mary
Master Sinclair
Burn
Scotland
S. W. Brown
West Salem
Mary Sinclair
Richard E.smith
Cameron Men
Geatest
D. G. Whyte
Banks O’ Town
Innie B. May
Our Wives and Lassies
R. S. Cowie
Whitehall
Blue Bells of Scotland” Orchestra
Minnepolis
Kathryn F. Cowie
Bonnie Banks
Loch Lomond
Minnie B. May
Burns
W. M. Atwood
Mus
Edinboro
Rey
MacKee
Prof. Packman
Important Events of 1907 in City
Chronological record from The Tribune recounts La Crosse news days from January 1 to February 16 1907. Items include city missions high schools jail attempts hospital meetings business moves fires fare grants mendings and notable arrests with several incidents and civic events highlighted.
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la Crosse
the Tribune
Kasson Illness Prompts Reflection on Tariff Statesman
John Kasson of Iowa, famed for tariff and reciprocity work, is seriously ill at his Washington home at 84. His career spans pre Civil War anti slavery, Lincoln era posts, multiple Congress terms, and envoy roles in Austria Hungary Germany and Samoa.
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The
la Crosse Tribune
Washington, D. C
Welliver
John
Kasson
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France
Senate
Massachusetts
Free Soil Party
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Paris
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Austria-Hungary
Germany
British Joint High Commission
Quebec
Kassoon
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