02 Jul 1912
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1912
Page
1
Minny League distress may force team to quit. manager Bond plans semi pro play with nearby cities as independents.
Wisconsin figure Dr Robert T Allen alias Robert A Earl faces a new divorce suit filed by Della French Allen alias Rosena Mathey Earl. She cites a 1908 Independence Missouri marriage and a one year old child, plus alleged marriage to Berdina Pufahl and threats to her life. He is jailed awaiting a seduction trial and already faced Berdina Pufahl’s earlier divorce suit.
In Boston on July 2, Harriet Quimby, first US woman aviation license holder and first woman to fly solo across the English Channel, is killed in a crash when her Bleriot turns over and ejects her and her unnamed passenger W. A. P. Mil.
In Dorchester bay Miss Harriet Quimby and Millard perish after their Bleriot monoplane plunges from 1000 feet amid gusty winds during a harbor flight. Miss Blanche Scott, watching nearby, later lands safely as mourners prepare funeral for Quimby and Millard.
Immediately after the result was announced Senator Stone moved to make the nomination unanimous and the motion carried.
Financial failure of Eau Claire club sparks La Crosse out of regular Minny League play. Outcasts may play an independent semi pro schedule as Mankato or Red Wing consider taking over the Eau Claire franchise..Disruption follows salaries owed and pay crisis.
A report suggests a proposed method to reduce altitude by compressing gas may have caused an experimental setup to fail. Experts caution the concept involves safety risks and requires rigorous verification before any application.
The funeral for Thomas Hermann is delayed from tomorrow and will be held Sunday or Monday afternoon to enable his daughter Florence to attend. Miss Hermann left Norway June 26 and is due in New York Friday. railroad connections may bring her to La Crosse Saturday evening before the service.
William Hawkins twelve years old rode his bicycle when struck by C N Hawley's car near Sixth and Main streets this morning. He escaped injury though the bicycle suffered considerable damage.
At Baltimore on July 12 Woodrow Wilson secured the Democratic nomination after a days long balloting culminating with Alabama Senator Bankhead withdrawing Underwood. Missouri retained Clark while Illinois broke for Wilson under unit rule.
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