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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
4
A small wreck on the Q at De Soto at 9 30 this morning tied up traffic for a time. Extra train No 1907 derailed a journal on one car and two or three others were affected. The wrecking crew left Grad Crossing for the scene and cleared the site quickly.
The Birthday club was entertained at Mrs. P. Pilger's home at 1823 Wood Street on Friday afternoon. Refreshments were served and a good time was reported by 11. Attendees included Mesdames O. Brown Bolstad Black Engebretson Botz Picha Anderson Lewis Gustad J Olson J Dugan O Brown and Mrs Ed Brown of Winona.
The Burlington steam shovel crew, already employed at Bay City, will begin operations tomorrow morning at the old sand pit on the east side of Indian Hill. They will remove about fifty carloads of sand and gravel, much of which will be used to construct piers for the new La Crosse river bridge.
All the old telephones are to be removed from the Burlington offices in La Crosse tomorrow. The only old telephone remaining will be at the south side ticket office.
Mr and Mrs P Pilger traveled to Winona to visit friends. Phillip Pilger and daughters Mable and Laura returned from a brief trip with relatives. Pilger went fox hunting and bagged two. William Giermann of Charles City Iowa visits with his daughters Mesdames Schulze Bristow and Goodale.
A New Year’s ball in the town hall drew exclusive turnout and lively chatter. Hiram’s clerk notes ninety one dress suits were rented for the event, illustrating its grand scale and fashionable crowd.
Holiday travelers on the North Side faced delays as trains were late causing missed connections and disrupted plans during the holiday period. Officials urged patience as schedules adjusted to the congestion and reported several cancellations.
Early morning passengers faced an hour delay as streetcar No. 42 ran late from 7 to 8 due to frost fog and slow tracks. Fireman Irving Bunn and family missed the Northwestern train and returned home disappointed after delays at Milwaukee Mill street crossing and loop detours.
The weather bureau reports the winter of 1907 has had no below zero temperatures. The lowest point was eight degrees above zero, a record mildness not seen in local data back to 1890. Only the 1890 December matched a day with no below zero reading before December 26.
The Wisconsin Normal School Regents announce bids for new campuses at Milwaukee and La Crosse will open Feb 18 with ads Jan 15. Each building costs 200000, uses reinforced concrete fireproof brick exterior, oak and red birch interior, 196 ft frontage, three stories, 45 rooms plus an 900 seat assembly hall.
Contractor Albert Gutzke secured the contract for Mr. Henry Nein’s new residence at Seventeenth and Main streets. The design follows the latest architectural styles and will add to the city area. Estimated cost upon completion is 5000 dollars. Schick and Roth prepared the plans.
The passage warns against robbing widows and orphans and paying ten per cent to the church, calling such money tainted in God's sight. It also urges farmers to take every precaution to shield sheep since they cannot defend themselves.
A pithy remark contrasts women with men claiming women are as changeable as men are monotonous. The line reflects gendered humor common in period journalism.
President Moll plans an early league meeting to decide on accepting offers from Rockford and Beloit to join the league while Bubser’s contract with Rockford remains unsettled. Oshkosh connection noted as Bubser formerly managed by that team.
Sievert Benson, aged over 70, was brought to La Crosse Lutheran hospital last evening from Spring Grove via the Southern Minnesota division. Doctors are keeping him at rest and have not diagnosed the case, which is thought to be serious.
Otto Schroeder of the Free Speech League of New York, who prosecuted Hingham H. Roberts to block his senate seat, urged President Steadwell of Northwestern Purity to push moral education. He argued education can advance virtue and foresees a future with fewer vice restrictions, while noting opposition to Anthony Comstock. He then noted plans to visit Madison, Wisconsin, and return home.
A long list of citizens and officials pledges quirky resolutions for the coming year. Names include Andy Gilbertson C. C. Looney James Thompson and Mayor Anderson with tasks ranging from public conduct and politics to improvements, entertainment, and local schemes.
A church visitor finds a writer at his desk on Sunday. The typewriter’s cheerful click breaks the holy quiet as the writer insists the pieces are merely jokes about religion. The Ledger notes the curious scene with amused disbelief.
A man dies in the Quartier Popin court described as a devoted husband who never left home in 43 years of married life due to paralysis. His widow recalls his constant attentiveness and lack of social outings.
Fragmentary humorous item from Town Topics reflecting a joke on religious liberty and a patient physician exchange about the tongue. The quip contrasts a doctor asking to see the tongue with a patient claiming no tongue can tell how sick he feels, ending with a playful definition of religious liberty as being allowed to sleep in church.
Chief Nathan Bradfield reports 149 alarms and 753000 dollars in property damage for 1907. Key blazes cited are La Crosse Cracker Company W R Roosevelt fire March 29 the Coren dry goods store fire June 30 and the Cargill fire December 16. Total loss 175561 dollars with 600285 dollars insured.
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