One Acre Farm Makes Big Profits in La Crosse
Mrs. H. McBride and her husband turned a single acre on Green Bay Street into a thriving truck garden. With an initial eleven hundred dollar loan from a physician, they rebuilt a tumble house, repaid the loan in five years, and built a prosperous system of intensive farming. The garden yields consistent net profits of at least three hundred dollars yearly, supports a family, and demonstrates how careful soil rotation and early crops can sustain urban farming.
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Hazel
Lester
Gettysburg Ceremony Honors Civil War Veterans
President Wilson visited Gettysburg to address Civil War veterans, uniting Northern and Southern alumni on the battlefield. Taft spoke at the cornerstone ceremony for the Gettysburg Peace Memorial as 60,000 veterans and 150,000 visitors looked on, with grand fireworks planned for Little Round Top.
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Emmetsburg
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Robert E. Lee
Virginia
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Gray
William Howard Taft
Caponi Loses Fight On Foul With Hicks In Winnipeg
Freddie Hicks of De Toit defeats Tony Caponi of Chicago in the seventh round when Caponi lands a low blow and is fouled. Referee awards the bout to Hicks. Both fighters are placed under bonds to keep peace, facing up to 1900 dollars in Winnipeg.
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Man
Freddie Hicks
de Toit
Tony Caponi
Chicago
Conference Advocates Police as Remedy Against White Slave Traffic
London confirms an international conference on eradicating the white slave traffic endorses record women police as the best remedy for this evil.
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London
Madison Without Governor Statewide Crisis Brief
A Madison dispatch reports Wisconsin faces a governorless state in case of emergency as Lieutenant Governor Morris, at home in La Crosse, is not invited to Madison by Governor McGovern and remains away to avoid seizing power. Morris was delivering an address in Trempealeau and could not be reached.
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Chicago Tribune
Wis
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Trempealeau
Scientists willed bodies to science for study
Paris on July 4 reports Dr Pinard and Dave Barrier, noted scientists, have left their bodies to science after death for experimental purposes.
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Pinard
Dave Barrier
Train Hold Up Near Sardis Targets Express Safe
Four bandits robbed Illinois Central Chicago New Orleans train No 1 at Sardis Mississippi at 1 am blowing the American Express safe and escaping with about 5000 dollars. A fireman who resisted was knocked senseless and crew threatened with drowning in the Tallahatchie river. Passengers were not harmed as shots were fired to scare them. Plodlhounds and posses pursue from Mississippi and Tennessee.
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American Express
Tallahatchie
Mississippi
Tennessee
Drug Store Dilutes Poisons. Man Survives Suicide Attempt
C L Lien of 727 Rose Street ordered clerks to dilute all poisons after a customer, Henry Hausner of 709 Charles Street, bought chloral hydrate and swallowed the bottle in a suicide bid at 3 30 p m yesterday. The clerk followed directions, a stomach pump removed most poison, and by evening his condition eased with further treatment. Hausner, a former Oshkosh reed and rattan shop owner, is sixty and has grown children.
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Henry Hausner
Charles Street
Peter White
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Lueck
Robert Flynn
Flynn
Oshkosh
Son’s body found in river near St. Paul depot
J Burns of Ellsworth Wisconsin sought his missing 18 year old son Raymond in St Paul. Coroner informs him the youth's body identified as Burns was floating near the freight depot weeks ago. Drowning considered accidental. body to be disinterred and shipped for burial in Ellsworth.
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Potter’s Field
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Deaf plan to prosecute beggars in Minnesota convention
Two hundred deaf men and women at a Minnesota state convention outline a plan to prosecute deaf beggars. Delegates say no genuine deaf beggars exist in Minnesota and that those using deafness to beg are swindlers. Self-respecting deaf people struggle to earn an honest living as they face alms offers before explaining their mission.
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Minn
Minnesota
Extend Lobby Law for Members Elect in Wisconsin
Madison July 4 special. The senate judiciary committee reports a substitute amendment to the general anti lobby bill. It extends the lobby law to members elect and bans paid lobbyists from influencing them outside official appearances. The change adds the words or members elect and targets campaigns between election and legislative convection.
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Wis
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Morris Not Great In Denver Draw With Jack Geyer
Carl Morris failed to impress Denver fans in a ten round draw with local giant Jack Geyer. Both boxers clung in clinches at the finish after a slow bout with no clear edge.
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Col
Carl Morris
Jack Geyer
Fourth of July Celebrations Sparked Patriotism in La Crosse
The Fourth of July brought thousands to enjoy a day of picnics and travel to Onalaska and Sparta. Visitors recalled Virginia's 1776 steps toward independence and John Adams eloquently helped push the move for a united colonies. The first banquet to mark independence occurred in Boston in 1780 with a long toast list honoring leaders, allies, and the cause of liberty.
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England
Col. Martin
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Washington
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Lincoln
Marquis Lafayette
Montgomery
Police Seek Driver After Fatal Denver Auto Crash
Police search for Dennis Parker a Denver and interurban company motorman after his car struck and killed Felix Divorce 40 last night injuring his daughter heavily. The crash occurred in Denver on July 4 as authorities investigate the incident.
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Col
Dennis Parker
Denver and Interurban Company
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Bud Anderson Favored In Anticipated Lightweight Clash
Afternoon weigh ins show Bud Anderson and Jose Rivers brimming with confidence. Anderson declares perfect shape and plans a quick knockout, while Rivers says he can outbox and outpace the champion and stop him early if he lands one decisive punch.
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Jose Rivers
Rivers Ritchie Clash Hints At Fierce World Lightweight Bout
Crowds gather in San Francisco for a anticipated twenty round world lightweight title fight between Jose Rivers and Willie Ritchie with both promising knockouts. Ritchie, favored at 10 to 8, seeks a large purse and bets up to $10 000 as plans for a post bout match in August with Harlem Tommy Murphy take shape. Bud Anderson also headlines in Los Angeles defending a 10 to 7 favorite tag against Leach Cross with Vernon arena expected to fill for a 3 30 start.
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Jimmy Coffroth
Jose Rivers
Willie Ritchie
Nelson
Ritchie
Rivers
California
Los Angeles
Bud Anderson
Leach Cross
New York
Medford
Tom McCarey
Vernon
Harlem
Tommy” Murphy
Fennimore Wins City Water Rate Increase Decision
The state railroad commission grants Fennimore authority to raise municipal water rates and imposes a new rate schedule. No free service. schools and public buildings billed via meters. The village pays 1500 annually for fire protection and street water, with prompt-payment discount.
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Madison
Wis
State Railroad Commission
Fennimore
Water and Light Department
Weather Forecast for La Crosse and Vicinity
Unsettled conditions with showers tonight or Saturday and little temperature change. Rainfall measured 1.39 inches this morning between 3 30 and 6 30 with 0 85 inch in the first half hour.
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Lead Cross
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