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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1908
Page
5
Swiss pianist Rudolph Ganz headlines at La Crosse for an evening recital. The Chicago Inter Ocean lauds his recent Chicago recital noting refined tone color and intimate phrasing as he balances orchestral breadth with chamber-like subtlety.
A Blount Springs, Alabama resident chronicling indigestion finds relief from through walking and Grape Nuts. She reports months on raw eggs and stomach troubles eased after three weeks of the food with exercise, noting a 10 pound gain and improved morning walks. She mentions others improved, and ends with the slogan There’s a Reason and a prompt to read The Road to Wellville in packages.
Tonight a mask ball on the roller rink at South Fifth Street draws a large crowd. Music will be provided and skating runs from 7 39 to 9 30 with masks removed, then continuing until 11. A pair of nickel plated aluminum skates will be awarded to the best masked couple.
Revival services at the M E church grow in attendance under Rev Mr Berger with sermons in German. His recent message focused on Create in me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me from Psalm 51 verse 10. The Minneapolis pastor’s German sermons are a rare treat for listeners.
The Electrical Supply and Construction company of La Crosse has been awarded the largest inside wiring contract to date for the Michel brewery. W. D. Burford plans an underground conduit system from Schlitz brewery to the Majestic theatre as part of the Milwaukee project.
Members of the La Crosse Motorboat club agree to a plan to form an Upper Mississippi River Motorboat Club association but will not send delegates to the Muscatine Iowa meeting next Tuesday. The club favors Muscatine as headquarters only if benefits justify the cost and may affiliate with the national group later.
Charlies Yates once of this city and now with the North American Telegraph company fell from a 30 foot pole while working in Aurora Illinois. He landed on his heels after a somersault and suffered serious injuries before being taken home to Dubuque.
La Crosse may lose tall first baseman Harry Tracy who finished the season with the team. Duluth has asked for his contract for next year and the matter will be decided at a meeting before the national commission. Secretary Farrell has wired for a rehearing and a decision will be rendered.
A Russian nobleman promotes a colony of giants built on mental moral and physical traits. After years of effort his settlers’ grandchildren display strong inherited characteristics, a plan he claims rivals royal lineage tests in ten generations.
The Ladies of the Governors Guard express thanks to all who supported their team in the Park Store Voting Contest, securing third place honors.
Round trip tickets over La Crosse and Onalaska Street Railway lines including coupons valid on La Crosse City Railway lines are on sale at Hebberd's Drug Store corner of 4th and Main Streets Pierce's Grocery in Onalaska and by motor men on the Onalaska line at 25 cents for a round trip.
One horse eight years old with three years in service will be sold in front of No 1 fire station on State street Saturday January 18 at 2 o clock p m by the Board of Public Works.
Mrs. Frank E. Davis and Mrs. W. L. Smith host an informal afternoon of cards at Mrs. Davis home on North Eighth. The event honors Mrs. Wilcox visiting from Montana with five hundred games set for four tables.
Mrs Paul T Schultze of 1622 Madison Street came home yesterday after a three weeks visit with her parents Rev and Mrs Rolfing in Charles City Iowa. Miss Ruby Gordon is confined to her home with grippe.
Tonight the La Crosse theater presents Swiss pianist Rudolph Ganz in a highly anticipated concert as the second in a series organized locally after Max Bendix. Soprano Sybil Sammis closes the trio with a future February or March appearance.
Mr and Mrs E J Evans of 126 South Eleventh street entertained twenty eight guests at a dinner last evening and will host a second dinner for the same number of guests tonight.
Mrs. W. R. Renken hosts an informal coffee at 522 Cass Street this afternoon for fifteen guests in honor of Mrs. Hough.
A Mexican charged with stealing a pistol proves it was his own possession. At noon the jury, eager to adjourn for a 3 o'clock meal, rushes to verdict. The foreman and jurors press for a quick decision, then declare not guilty and depart for lunch.
A Philadelphia Inquirer joke about engraving on a ring. A man asks to inscribe "George, to his dearest Alice" but the jeweler warns Alice might change her mind. The jeweler suggests a safer inscription "George to his first and only love" to reuse the ring multiple times.
Mrs De Smythe-Tommy offers plum jam with a plan for bread. Tommy reveals he can reach through the window to open the pantry door from inside, prompting the remark that father will be told once he returns home. The exchange appears in The Catholic Mirror.
La Crosse area notices record visits and movements of many locals and out of town guests. George Fischer of Sparta travels en route to California for health care with Dr. Will Powell. C. C. Looney attends his step-father Wood's funeral in Mason City and arranges interment in Oak Grove. Many social events, trips, and shop visits populate the column, with gatherings at Roller Rink and Coven hall. Local businesses promote Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
A comic memory recalls a barber rivaling surgeons for status. The tale notes a barber’s disdainful air and a historical scrap where surgeons prevailed. It describes a barber pole colored red white and blue symbolizing blood, healing, and honor.
Ex cavation from the Panama Canal last month reached 1 838 468 cubic yards, enough to cover ten city blocks to a depth of 40 feet. Under Col Goethals the work advances at a phenomenal pace, moving material roughly every 50 days equal to the pyramid steps. The Culebra cut forms a wide, terraced valley as the massive effort reshapes the watershed between oceans.
Mrs Lena Meyers of Bangor is in Chicago for a few days on a business trip. She is visiting with Mrs John Solberg of Shelby.
Major George T. Bartlett of the Coast Artillery Corps reports John Rudenger deserted the U S army at Ft. Flagler Washington on November 10. He advised officers to alert Mrs Celia Schneider of La Crosse in case of emergency. The notice notes a civilian may arrest a deserter under a new law.
The funeral of John C. Morrison was held at 2:30 PM today at the Caledonia Street M E Church with Rev A L Woods officiating. Interment followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Clerk R W Clifford learns of Rudolph Wunsch death at his Elkton South Dakota home after long illness. Wunsch, 55, a grain buyer for Van Dusen and Co., leaves widow and two daughters. sister Mrs R W Gifford travels to Elkton for funeral. Survivors in Switzerland aside from family.
A party led by William Torrance W E Bennett Orie J Sorensen and Joseph Miller departed this morning to Hatfield to inspect the Hatfield dam and the progress of the Black River Falls La Crosse line. They will be guests of W E Wood while there.
The funeral for B M Reynolds will be held Thursday at 11 in the home of H C Stevens 136 South Ninth Street. Interment will be private.
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