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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1908
Page
5
Miss Helma Thorson of La Crosse Can company narrowly escaped drowning Saturday when she slipped from a boom extending into the river. She plunged in but surfaced and clung to the boom until a friend pulled her to safety.
Charles Wieland a former theological student and Pekin Illinois minister is under arrest on counterfeiting charges. Secret service agents say he led a coniacking ring that produced $20 gold pieces, one of the country’s clever counterfeit efforts.
A proverb notes that a woman who speaks only one language compensates by talking enough for two, implying talkativeness fills gaps in communication.
Local ad promotes LE and W. T. Irvine as jewelry specialists offering diamonds, fine watches, and rich jewelry selections to shoppers seeking quality and style. Local outlet emphasizes craftsmanship and value.
A list of local residents and guests includes M Arthur Tessman departing to Rio Wis for a new job and Oliver Olson and Miss Myrtle Ruden visiting relatives nearby. Dr George Powell and Dr Will Powell join the medical staff while Rev J N Middelin prepares to move to Ottawa Ill. Others visit from Coon Valley Westby Minneapolis and Rushford with social calls and travels noted.
Ringling Bros Circus to perform in La Crosse on Tuesday July 21 with special train service on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. Train from Lanesboro departs 7 50 am with all stops, return from La Crosse 8 35 pm. Inquiries to local agents for fare and schedule. F R Hartwell ticket agent La Crosse Wis No 7347
The Batavian National Bank at La Crosse Wisconsin reports total assets of 3 339 094 93 with loans 1 960 467 98 and deposits 879 460 43 evaluated July 15 1908. Directors E E Bentley M Funk G Van Steenwyk attest the statement sworn July 18 1908 by cashier E M Wing before Notary Geo H Clark.
An elegant West Salem wedding unites Mae Antoinette Kenrick and Clarence Julian Johnson on July 15. The ceremony features a crepe ribbon bower, Lohengrin march, and a shower bouquet. Afterward guests and relatives celebrate with a five course dinner and a festive sendoff toward Milwaukee and Chicago, returning to La Crosse after September 1.
Saturday afternoon the Merry Go Rounds and guests gathered at Mrs F J Toland’s home for an outdoor picnic. A sudden shower forced the party to move to the veranda where about twenty five attendees enjoyed gossip and supper. Attendees include Mesdames Elmore Davis Toland Gatterdam Whyte Withes Saw yer Austin Hill Anderson Doerflinger Langenbach Hyslop Hasden Wheeler and Toland and Hewett Toland. IBSEN CLUB OUTING follows with E C Hig...
Irvine offers a wide assortment of neck chains and lockets from a Providence manufacturer. Prices range from 1.00 to 5.00 for various gold chains and lockets, with a low price promise at 429 Main St.
Last evening families of O. J. Oyen Homer Hart O. R. Skaar and Mrs C A Olberg gathered at Myrick park for a picnic and ate their supper together.
Mr G W Mount and wife of Chicago visit Mr and Mrs O C Stevens at 519 Pine Street. Mrs E C Higbee hosts her sister Miss Fassett of Portland Me. F B Smith returns from Lake Okibojie Iowa. A party sails up river in Munz and Thwing’s launch Security with supper. F H Hartwell and W W Kidder travel to Trempealeau for dinner on the Loiterer. Ray Hiscox and Willard Olson establish a camped houseboat above the railroad drawbridge on the Mississippi for summer.
Leonard No ble, honored for decorating the auditorium and Germania Hall, completes work on both venues and also lands the Elks theatre project. The building will glow with hunting and streamers for the Saengerfest this week while the Vandyke & Eaton company moves on to Keokuk for a three week summer engagement.
The receding Mississippi waters bring many catches for fishermen with bass, croppies, perch and pike reported. Bass are taken with bait but do not rise to a fly, and while they hunt along rocky banks after minnows the water remains too high for fly fishing to succeed.
Walter West and Alfred E Au wrote and published Prairie Belle a new western song. Thompson Music Company of Chicago published the composition. The piece is on sale locally and has already become a decided hit.
A quip notes that when a woman wishes for male birth her husband often replies Amen. The line comments on gender identity and marital response in a humorous tone. It reflects social stereotypes and humor from a past era.
Pete Larson and his wife of Norway Ridge were seriously injured this morning when a frightened team bolted near a Bangor freight train. Both were hurled from the wagon and left unconscious with head injuries and possible internal damage. doctors fear they may not survive.
B F Bryant reports that the Wisconsin Veterans' Home at Waupaca is being run satisfactorily. The inquiry was led by A C Smith, who previously raised concerns, with a special investigation committee inspecting the home and its management.
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