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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
4
In La Crescent Minnesota on July 21 a tramp raided a chicken coop and two nearby homes. William Handorf chased the intruder who fled, leaving boxes of strawberries butter bread and a frying pan behind. Items belonged to Mrs Camp and Mrs E B Webster.
W S Blanchett aged 36, a Burlington engineer, died at 5 am after five days of pneumonia following illness on a St Paul run. Survived by widow, mother, and two sisters. funeral plans await locating his Denver mother with services possible Sunday. He was born in Detroit in 1872 and joined the railroad in 1895.
Severe floods from two cloudbursts and 12 hours of heavy rain damage northern Wisconsin. White River power plant washed out, 1000000 loss. dams at Mason and White River flood Odanah forcing hundreds to evacuate. livestock cattle hogs swept away. Indians moved from Odanah. bridges at Odanah endangered. deer driven from lowlands.
Mayor Lawler warned he will not sign salary warrants for W. H. Burns and F. W. Dames unless the council fires them. Dames and Burns must quit immediately, while Health Commissioner G. A. Renz retains support. The mayor accuses the rendering plant funding of the crisis and calls Renz’s honesty an issue.
Local residents list visitors and travel in Winona including Huffs, Rusches, and Gobles. Birthdays, illnesses, church activities, and garden party plans share the town’s daily social pulse. Transit delays, a new switch engine arrival, and sewer work disrupt Mill and Island streets as trains and passengers adapt.
Miss Winnie Elliott and Robert Smith of Elroy were quietly united in marriage at 6 o'clock yesterday evening at the bride’s parents home 830 St James Street. Rev G W Fogg officiated before about thirty friends as carnations and ferns decorated the rooms. A wedding dinner followed and the couple left for a honeymoon trip to Ettrick Wisconsin and Fort Madison Iowa. They will reside in Elroy.
The Wisconsin State Federation of Labor in annual session at Eau Claire urged President Taft to abolish duties on all raw materials and life necessities and to implement gradually higher income and inheritance taxes.
The American barn dance, a London novelty, has entered the country with society women performing S. R. Henrys Barn Dance. Six couples swing partners to a center then waltz back to form an angle as they exchange partners. The band plays the Virginia reel and hoe-down inspired strains.
A Milwaukee derailment near Winona at about 2 PM sent a switch engine off the tracks. The engine turned over but no injuries were reported as the crew escaped the cab before it went wild. a wrecking derrick later lifted the engine from the scene.
The crew was taken to the round house at Winona for inspection and returned last evening.
Circuit court adjourned by Judge Higbee as jury discharged. Batavian National Bank sues Modern Steam Laundry. court grants a permanent injunction prohibiting the laundry from emitting black smoke but allows burning Illinois coal or reasonable smoke.
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