City News Ticker Highlights School Plate and Events
The normal school museum authorities placed a brass plate on the mineralogical cabinet explaining an inscription from 1914 by Lucius C. Calmon La Crosse. The junior class held a well attended County Fair party with decorations and dancing until midnight. Paving funds are not in the budget. repairs will use 10000 for street mending. Rose street sewer work awaits a water main. conference planned to coordinate water and sewer work. Rev George R Longbrake announces a Sunday lecture series with stereopticon views at Unity House chapel starting January 30.
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Normal School Historical Museum
Normal School
Lucius C. Colman
Lucius C. Calmon
la Crosse
Special
Rose Street
St. Paul
Logan Streets
Council
Water Committee
George R. Longbrake
Joan of Arc
Oliver Cromwell
Florence and Savonarola
John Huss
Martyn Luther
Oberammergau
Unity House
St. Paul's Universalist Church
Evansville children found with underwear sewn on
About fifty Evansville school children were found with their underwear sewn on for the winter season. Medical Inspector Dyer ordered parents to remove the garments and apply baths.
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Evansville
Ind
Dyer
Car Production in 1915 Surpasses Earlier Year
The year 1915 saw motor car output reach 793,527 units. In 1914 production totaled 665,826 pleasure cars and 27,600 motor trucks, highlighting a strong rise in overall automotive manufacture.
Man Returns Burrowed Umbrella Promptly
A man borrows a silk umbrella and promptly returns it, illustrating trust and quick repayment in a small community exchange.
Congress weighs new plan for distributing government publications
A U S government plan shifts from free allotments to a fixed annual credit of 1800 dollars for House members and 2200 dollars for Senators to select publications for constituents. The system aims to cut waste, reduce mass shipments, and replace uniform quotas with targeted transfers by cost estimates and annual accounting.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
Congress
Government Printing Office
House
Bureau of Fisheries
Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Capitol
Washington
Uncle Sam
Not in Three Years Offer for Yerba Santa Remedy
A letter from Chas Beyschlag of 503 Main Street touts Gray's Yerba Santa as a cure for coughs and colds. He vows a full half bottle trial with return of the other half if unsatisfied, asserting no returns in three years. He invites readers to try under these terms.
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Chas
Beyschlag
Main Street
The Casino Offers One Hundred Magazine Numbers Tonight
The notice announces a promotion honoring magazine numbers 11350 to 1450 inclusive at Strand or Casino.
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Jwe
Strand
Casino
Government Printing Reform Aims to Cut Waste and Load
The proposed bill would shift government publishing to a demand driven model, store plates for quick reprint, and limit depository libraries to receive only material they select. It argues current system wastes resources and storage while advocating centralized, efficient operation and better access.
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United States
New York
Washington
Senate
House
Local Personal Notes Sweep Through La Crosse Area
A crowded personals column reports B A Yeomen meetings and dances on Tuesday plus card parties. Several residents travel to Chicago for shows and visits, including Mr and Mrs D G MacMillan and Mrs R W Davis. Other items note births at St Ann’s hospital, hospital stays, visitors from Pasadena and Kankakee, and local hotel registrations.
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B. A. Yeomen
A. L. Meir
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Lorna Stathem
West Salem
Clara L. Stathem
Clara Eisenach
Kankakee
Ill
Lillian Williams
Artic Ice & Fuel Co
S. J. Bolton
Chicago
D. G. MacMillan
Louis Irvine
Pasadena
Cal
Irvine
John MacLaren
Main St
Peter Schmidt
South Tenth Street
St. Ann's Hospital
E. M. Wing
N. J. Birnbaum
St. Francis Hospital
Robert Hughes
P. m. Court House
Ruth Roberts
Adah Wiles
Avon Street
P. M. Gelatt
R. W. Davis
G. H. Cooper
Bangor
Arctic Ice & Fuel Co
Olie Nelson
Kane Street
Madison
Wis
Wright Funkhauser
Wood Street
Luening
Jake Hacket
North Freedom
John Weiss
Broadhead
David Swenson
Houston
City Transfer Co
William Kaiser
Dubuque
Cleo Medicus
Minor, S. D
J. Hall
South Fourth Street
Laxative Bromo Quinine Promoted Against The Grip
An early 20th century advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as preventing the grip with E. W. GROVE'S signature on the box. Price listed as 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Meat Confiscated From Steamer Stockholm
British authorities seized 142 tons of meat found on the steamship Stockholm sailing from New York to Scandinavian ports. The meat was not listed on the vessel manifest and will be confiscated.
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London
Stockholm
New York
Four Railway Chiefs Plan Massive Job Action
Planning greatest American strike four leaders of major railway unions plan an eight hour day with overtime pay raises. W S Stone heads the Locomotive Engineers, William G Lee leads the Trainmen, Austin B Garretson presides over the Conductors, and W S Carter leads the Firemen and Enginemen, representing about 400000 workers.
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W. S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engi
Brandeis Wins Strong Support for Supreme Court Seat
Fourteen hundred United Mine Workers delegates back Louis D. Brandeis as associate justice. In Washington the Senate signals a tight confirmation fight with presidential, sectional, and racial politics shaping the outcome. Senator Weeks and others oppose while La Follette backs Brandeis. hearings likely start next week.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America Today
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
America
Washington
Lamar
Senate
Wilson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Brandeis
Weeks
Rublee
Gallinger
Reed
Missouri
la Follette
Senator la Follette
Sherman
Illinois
Smith
Michigan
Borah
Idaho
Cummins
Iowa
Fnally
Withington Named Badger Coach for 1916 Season
Dr. Paul Withington of Boston former Harvard star was engaged by the board of regents as football coach of the University of Wisconsin for the 1916 season in Madison Wisconsin on January 29.
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Madison
Wis
Paul Withington
Boston
Harvard
Board of
Regents
Verona Granted Exit from New York with Two Guns
The Italian liner Verona will be allowed to leave New York carrying her two guns. Matrimonial bonds are not always a safe and profitable investment.
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Washington
Verona
New York
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