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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1908
Page
10
Cash deals at Engaas offer reduced prices and prompt delivery. Prominent items include sugar at 55 cents for 10 pounds with order, Northwest Soap, Fairy or Ivory soap bars, Rose Glycerine Soap, sealing wax, Old Dutch Cleanser, Corn Flakes or Post Toasties, seeded raisins, Snider’s pork and beans, sweet corn, and Parlor matches.
Henry Frodel a laborer of Twelfth avenue north near the West side Polish Catholic church was found dead at his home with a 38 caliber bullet through his heart and a revolver beside him. The coroner's verdict is death by own action, though authorities pursue a possible foul play lead. He came to the city from Marathon county a year ago and lived with his brother Frank. No motive is identified for the alleged rash act.
J A Mertz, returning home after Sunday morning, was attacked from behind near the First National bank by two men who beat him and left him in the grass. They fled on a passing freight car, pursued by police, but no trace of the assailants was found at Jewell or elsewhere.
The fragment reflects a quip about engagement rings and commitment. It uses archaic phrasing to contrast having a ring with not having one, implying mixed sentiment about sentimental tokens. The text appears as a playful, incomplete saying rather than a full report.
Aberdeen South Dakota July 28 The great primary cattle market at Evarts is abandoned as Milwaukee Railroad extends to the coast. Buildings are moved to new towns along the line and by early August tracks will be torn up leaving only memories of Evarts a former cattle market and trading post.
A baby born on a train three months ago in Bowdie South Dakota died on a train in St Paul Minnesota. The mother traveling to Rochester for tumor surgery on the baby’s head reported the child grew ill while in the depot yards and died within minutes. Deputy Coroner T J Maloney ruled natural causes. The mother had been returning from Aberdeen to Bowdle when the child was born. The body was taken to Rochester and the mother continued home with the infant.
Sioux Falls reports another harvest tragedy as Frank Monroe, once of Nebraska City, dies at his Sioux Falls home after overworking in a hay field. Typhoid fever and brain fever followed.
Round trip vacation tickets at figures slightly above one way fares to over a hundred resorts in Canada and New England will go on sale on various dates after June 1 1908. For full sale details write Geo W Vaux A G P T A Grand Trunk Railway System 135 Adams St Chicago.
Glenn Meeker fifteen vanished last Tuesday from a farm five miles north of Manchester Kingsbury county Sioux Falls South Dakota. He is described as tall for his age with light hair blue eyes five feet five inches 135 pounds and was wearing blue striped overalls jacket black shirt and light felt hat. The Meekers moved from Tama Iowa about a year ago.
A L Urick, president of the State Federation of Labor, attacks Justice Brewer of the U S Supreme Court for anti union attitude. He accuses the justice of dated views and failing to understand workers environment and needs.
Four southern maidens stranded when the Diamond Joe steamer left La Crosse after Saengerfest. They reached the levee just as the boat circled Pettibone island and could not flag the captain. Only one carried a pocketbook and they planned to take the Milwaukee depot train to Winona to catch the vessel later.
Edmund Enright of Wisconsin has arrived in Washington to serve as superintendent of Filipino students in the United States. His duty is to ensure colleges with Filipino pupils receive proper instruction and that the boys pursue football and avoid mischief. Enright, a Beloit College graduate, went to the Philippines in 1903 and rose from clerk to chief examiner before winning the current post on merit and service.
The Dakota Reds outscored Nadine Muffers 28 to 3 in a Sunday game. Notable catches came from OConnell Johnson Harvey and Manager Brown. Nadine scored all three runs in the sixth inning, their only tallies.
A cloudburst dumped over 5 inches of rain in minutes at Arlington Iowa. Grain flattened and washed from fields, roads blocked, bridges washed out, and stock losses reported. Joseph Bennett escaped injury when lightning struck near his wagon during the storm.
In Watertown South Dakota two saloonkeepers were fined 75 dollars each after being caught open past 11 oclock on a Friday night in municipal court. Judge Myers enforced the rule during Mayor Martins term.
Marshalltown Iowa July 28 Charles Steward a wealthy farmer near Moquoketa was instantly killed when a hay stack pole fell crushing his skull Fred Klemme who also stood on the stack was struck but escaped serious injury witnesses report the pole fell as the stack collapsed though the cause is under investigation
William Jennings Bryan was met in Des Moines by General Weaver the Populist candidate for president in 1892. The two conferred.
King Edward urged sustained international peace at the seventeenth annual peace conference in London. He expressed gratification that his efforts have earned generous appreciation from his people and others, and called rulers to aim for international good understanding and cordial friendship among nations. More than a hundred societies from sixteen countries attended.
Emil Thielke, head of the Milwaukee Liederkranz, was serenaded by long distance telephone from La Crosse to Milwaukee on Saturday. He was detained in Milwaukee to celebrate his silver wedding as friends staged the Saengerfest with a Bell Telephone boosting apparatus. Liederverband sang in the lobby using a megaphone to aid transmission and Thielke praised the music filling the space.
Natal Bany La July 28 Soldiers to be withdrawn this afternoon after the closing of Nick Tessor tis resort and a quiet pay day and Sunday. Sheriff Saal telephoned Governor Sanders requesting withdrawal, stating no further disturbances would occur.
Edward Peace, night engineer at the Bovey electric light plant on the Mesaba range, was killed when he touched live machinery while demonstrating it to visitors. A heavy voltage caused his death at the Duluth, Minnesota site on July 28.
Bucharest reports Horace Knowles the American minister may be recalled at Romania's request. He is said to be empowered to negotiate an extradition treaty that Washington would repudiate. The anti American sentiment runs bitter across the capital.
A provocative quote about praising a woman's baby stirs online discussion. Critics say it trivializes respect while proponents claim it tests conversational boldness. The remark highlights sensitivity around comments on motherhood and beauty.
A Milwaukee residence offers a welcoming room that serves as a source of pleasant entertainment for visitors, reflecting warm hospitality and a fond appreciation for social gatherings.
The short item lists visitors from Minnesota Nebraska and Wisconsin visiting Alma and surrounding towns. It notes excursion by the steamer La Crosse from Wabasha to Alma and forecasts a fall farm festival toward late September and early October with high expectations based on past success.
President Roosevelt cables James E. Sullivan in Oyster Bay to offer heartiest congratulations to the American Olympic team in London and to say he wishes he could shake hands with each man.
Chas Laabs of Ashippu escaped serious harm when a bull that had broken loose from its stall charged him in Hartford July 28. He fell while fleeing and suffered two fractured ribs, but managed to escape further injury.
Foley s Honey and Tar offers immediate relief to asthma sufferers in severe stages. If taken in time it will effect a cure. O T Erhart.
Thomas Emmerton of Chippewa county, president of the Wisconsin American Society of Equity, issues a series of farmer meetings. Potato growers meet at Grand Rapids on Aug. 18 and hay growers on Aug. 19 to discuss direct marketing. The national convention will be in Milwaukee on Oct. 6.
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