City News Keep Off the Grass at Park and Theatre
Local authorities warn violators of park rules after crowds gather at the art house and court house park. Sheriff vows increased patrols while city noise rises during evening shows at Rew airdome on North Third. Meanwhile a Hudson sergeant tours La Crosse with a rifle unit. Roy Bonner recounts a prank that left him dragging an anchor in Black River as friends tricked him into a boat ride.
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Art House Park
Rew Airdome
North Third
Court House Park
L. Bailey
Hudson
Wis
la Crosse
Charles H. Rawlin
Roy Bonner
Annex
Black River
Bonner
Society Notes Miss Flanagan Leaves for Home
Miss Margaret Flanagan, guest of Mr and Mrs An Yanzer of 20 Rose Street, departed for her home. The note indicates travel plans after an extended visit.
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Margaret Flanagan
An—" Yanzer
Rose Street
Honov
Seventh Street Birthday Club Honors Mrs Gleason
Last Friday afternoon the Seventh Street Birthday club surprised Mrs Edgar Gleason at the home of her daughter Mrs W S Frame on North Seventh street. The warm day did not dampen spirits as the hostess received congratulations on turning sixty six. Attendees included Mesdames Fred Miller Frank Viets Jessie Leissring T A Lidell Asplin Frese B F Holmes W S Frame and Miss Nina Frame.
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Seventh ST
Seventh Street
Edgar Gleason
W. 8S. Frame
North Seventh Street
Fred Miller
Frank Viets
Jessie Leissring
T. A. Lidell
Asplin
Frese
Tea parties mark weekend social gatherings
Miss Julia Congreve hosted six friends for a Saturday tea on the lawn with lantern lighting later in the evening. Miss Gertrude Hogan gave a Sunday afternoon tea for Miss Margaret Seaman of Milwaukee, entertaining twelve young folks.
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Julia Congreve
Gertrude Hogan
Margaret Seaman
Milwaukee
Mrs Molineaux Tries Grand Opera in Paris
New York July 5 Mrs Wallace D Scott plans study in Paris to pursue grand opera. Former wife Blanche Chesborough married Roland B Molineaux for six months before his arrest for sending poisoned powder to Harry Cornish. The trial drew international attention. Scott later divorced, then married her attorney Wallace D Scott. The couple now resides in New York and he supports her stage ambitions.
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New York
Wallace D. Scott
Paris
Scott
Roland B. Molineaux
Harry Cornish
Adams
Cornish
Molineaux
New Pop Dance Tonight at Linker's Hall in La Crosse
Local notices list visitors and residents including John Herkens of Chicago visiting his brother George Herkens, plus multiple social updates. The piece notes weddings, travel plans, business visits, and upcoming excursions, reflecting a lively personal page in La Crosse society news.
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Linker’s Hall
John Herkens
Chicago
la Crosse
George Herkens
Herkens Trunk Works
J. F. Lapitz
Wedded from New York
Richard S. Gray, a Milwaukee Road River division engineer, has returned to this city with his bride Harriet F E Van Nostrand formerly of this city. They were married at the bride's parents home in Gloversville on June 21 and will begin housekeeping on the north side.
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Richard S. Gray
North Side
Milwaukee Road
Gloversville
N. Y
Harriet FE. van Nostrand
Mr. Gray
van Nostrand
Mrs. Iver Johnson Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Iver Johnson of 417 North Fifteenth Street died Saturday at home after a six month illness with a complication of diseases. She was survived by her husband and six grown children. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Iver Johnson
North F'fteenth Street
Race Riot Follows Murder for Love in Orleans Parish
In Bosier parish Louisiana Italians flee after the killing of Wimber Boney Jr a young planter. The murder is linked to the relatives and suitor of a local Italian girl who planned marriage Monday if Boney had lived. Italians leave the parish on every train as tension unfolds.
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Orleans
Bossier Parish
Wimber Boney, Jr
Boney
Kenosha Police Chief Shot and Wounded In City
Kenosha Wisconsin July 5 Chief Owen OHare of the police department was shot and wounded by a man captured after a confrontation at the City restaurant He remained conscious and dictated a description of his assailant The shooter was seized by a mob and dragged to a barn where a torture was used police hunt 366 armed men scouring the countryside for the suspect from Evanston Illinois.
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Kenosha
Wis
Owen O'Hare
Evanston
Ill
Kenosha Hospital
Mungen
O'Hare
Department
Frank Hannan
Justice of the Peace
Irate Citizens Mob Alleged Thief in Cataract
In Sparta Wisconsin on July 5 a mob stripped a stranger, hanged him by the neck with a rope to force a confession of stealing a gold watch and $85, then ducked him in the river. The accused was among Cataract’s best known residents.
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Sparta
Wis
Iron Prong Impales Boy After Runaway Wagon
Elwood Wright aged 15, son of Herman Wright, died in Waukesha Wisconsin after a lumber wagon runaway. A bit in a bridle broke, the team bolted, striking a hickory tree near Elm Glen farm. The fiddle prong of a heavy grapple hayfork pierced his body, killing him within moments.
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Waukesha
Wis
Elwood Wright
Herman Wright
Wright
William Lawry
Elm Glen Farm
July Fourth Accidents Reported in Neenah Area
In Neenah Wisconsin on July 5 Roy Redland lost an eye when a toy pistol fired as he looked into the barrel. Harry Smitzer’s hand was injured by a revolver shell while he attempted repairs. A house fire started by a tossed firecracker damaged a residence. At Larson Jacob Rusch lost his nose when relighting a misfired cannon. Farmer John Rantz was thrown from a wagon and broke ribs when his horse bolted after torpedoes were tossed underneath.
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Neenah
Wis
Roy Redland
Harry Smitzer
Larson
Jacob Rusch
John Rantz
De Soto residents travel to county seat for lawsuit testimony
A group of De Soto citizens went to the county seat Monday as witnesses in the Sargent suit. Nellie French left Saturday for Roberts Illinois to resume work at the Herald office. George Owen journeyed to Coon Valley Saturday to play Sunday with the Coon Valley team and Toland Business School of La Crosse. More local discussions follow.
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de Soto
Sargent
Nellie French
Roberts
Ill
the Herald
George Owen
Coon Valley
Toland Business School
la Crosse
Exposition Trip Changes and Wool Purchases Reported
The article notes Mr and Mrs Sponhomer heading to Seattle for the exposition and planning to spend the Fourth in Galena Illinois. It mentions a launch trip to Lansing Iowa by local young people and that stock buyer David Collins has received over two carloads of wool from nearby farmers in the last two days.
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Seattle
Wash
Sponhomer
Wil
Galena
Lansing
Iowa
David Collins
Farmer Barbier Accused in Fatal Plow-Field Attack
In Pueblo Mex on July 5 Salvador Barbier, a farmer, fired a public safety pistol at two women and then struck them after they crossed a freshly plowed field. A man named Andre Sureaz intervened and was also struck as he approached. all victims are feared dead.
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Pueblo
Mex
Andre Sureaz
Salvador Barbier
Barbier
Thirty Die In Cave-In At Newport Dock Wall
Rescuers worked through the night at the Alexandra dock wall collapse near Newport Wales. Four men were found dead initially and fourteen injured, many of whom later died. More corpses were recovered in the morning, bringing total deaths to about thirty.
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Newport
Wales
Alexandra Dock
The Black Hand Warning Card Reported in America
Italian immigrant communities are threatened by extortion from the Black Hand. A translated postal card warns victims to send money or face death, claiming police protection is lacking and signaling fear among likely targets.
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