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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
6
A Cincinnati man, facing vagrancy charges, pleads to be sent to the county jail to recover from a protracted debauch. After delays and a brief detention, he is committed to thirty days in jail, with authorities noting possible delirium tremens. A separate Laymen League event features Dr. Case urging selfless service and church involvement to lift society.
In Sparta Wisconsin George Dryer a store clerk fixed a heating plant and left a valve open the water overflow and steam escaped he returned home and had to walk on hot coals to reach the valve suffering severe burns repairs continue to make rooms for the Citizens club new furnishing and plans include a dinner address by a former organizer a cattle test shows a Holstein cow yielding 633.3 pounds milk and 21.74 pounds butter fat in seven days revival meetings planned February unite Methodist and Congregational churches with evangelist Chas Barrett and soloist Ricard Bell
Tournament chatter runs high as four straight wins and rivalries spark talk in classes B C and D. Carl Michel and Hyde figure in dramatic clashes while Dr Egan faces Dr Dvorak amid a lively, anticipatory crowd.
Continued from Page One, Mr. Whittier succeeds Mr. Frederick as head of the Park Store department. La Crosse welcomes back an old friend who once helped publish the Republican & Leader and later led Olds, Worthman & King’s Park Store department. Whittier’s return is welcomed by many for his business acumen and robust personality.
The Sisson family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after a bereavement. Special appreciation goes to the ladies of the G A R and the Wm McKinley Post for support and flowers. Segee O. S. Sisson and Family.
Fred Heil Shoe Co offers a $25 check to the Inter-State fair fund, urging quick raise to a $2,500 goal for the 1908 La Crosse event. Directors seek merchant support, noting a successful fair benefits all local business and city promotion.
Speculation grows that anti Bryan faction hopes to replace William Jennings Bryan as Democratic leader with strategic Southern support. Debate centers on southern delegates allegiance and the risk for in office Democrats opposing Bryan. Some see firm support among Southerners, others doubt unified backing would hold under attack.
The regular monthly meeting of the Trades and Labor council will be held this evening at the labor hall on Third street. General routine of business will be taken up. FOR SALE invalid chair nearly new $15 inquire at this office. YOUNG MARRIED MAN desires work most any kind Address Y Tribune Office FOR RENT Cottage with barn 811 So 6th WANTED Competent cook 1141 Main street He is about as funny a man said the other day of an alleged humorist as a house on fire.
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