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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1908
Page
5
Mrs. Arneson, bedridden by illness, woke to see a dressed intruder peering into her room at 4:30 AM. She told no one, thinking it her husband, until morning when 75 cents were missing from Mr. Arneson’s trouser pockets.
Miss Carrie Seyferth wed Milwaukee millionaire Hans Rissenkoenig in a quiet ceremony as Anna Hickisch leaves for Europe to join rehearsals for a new production. Estelle Solon stays in La Crosse to rest and teach, while the Symphony orchestra heads to Milwaukee for engagements.
Police report describes how a burglar entered a residence by lifting a screen door hook from an unhooked back door. The screen doors were closed while inner doors remained open due to warm night air. A small hole in the back door screen allowed the intruder to reach inside and lift the hook.
Miss Alma Olson departed yesterday for Tomah to visit relatives and friends for a week. Others noted include Mr and Mrs Baem and daughters Marcelene and Sidone leaving for Minneapolis after visiting in the city. Additional items recount local guests and visitors including Dr. George Powell and Miss Dorothy Kart from Milwaukee.
Washington July 29 Rev Z H Copp warned at Bethany Church that motive of self presentation will force state to rigidly regulate marriage. He urged examinations for fitness, including physical, mental, and domestic knowledge, and proposed supervision of homes with penalties for offenses by parents and children under 12. He denounced marriage for convenience, money, or titles and likened title marriages to slave trade.
In Racine Wisconsin on July 29 Anton Mezze a young Italian faced arraignment as witnesses two girls aged 6 and 7 testified he took them to a barn tied a rope to a post threatened to hang them and buried one under hay while the other was threatened. The father entered the barn and Mezze fled. he was held for trial in 500 dollars bond.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Lillian Kroner hosted a five hundred party with Mme Anna Hickisch-Howland as guest of honor. Prizes went to Mrs. John Bayer and Mrs. Alfred Langenbach who donated hers to the honoree. Numerous social figures and out of town guests attended, including Mrs. Fullerton of Joplin and Miss Theokla Pieck of West Bend.
Miss Bertha Hickisch hosted a Monday launch party for her sister Mrs Anna Hickisch Howland and Miss Pick. Thirty guests attended the event at Dres sen's Grove.
The First Methodist church youth group held a picnic at Myrick park yesterday afternoon and evening. About fifty young people joined the outing, ate supper on the grass, and played a ball game after the meal.
Miss Ella Leonard of Milwaukee returns home after a few weeks with friends. Mme. Anna Hickisch Howland sails tonight for New York to catch the Campania bound for London. Born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ogden a son. Miss Amy Moss of Milwaukee visits her brother Mr. W. G. Moss.
Former Representative Richard Warner of Tennessee travels to Washington to press a plan to curb coal waste and halt coal exports. He warns the Appalachian coal region will be exhausted by century's end and urges mining regulation and efficiency to preserve fuel for domestic needs.
In Chicago today Rev. Paul Peter Rhode was consecrated auxiliary bishop of the Catholic diocese. Archbishop Quigley presided with Bishops Koudelka Muldoon and others. Polish parishioners filled Holy Name Cathedral as schools and churches were decorated for the ceremony. A banquet followed.
Margaret Lied of Ferryville is spending the week in the city visiting friends and relatives.
St Paul Minnesota June 23 seating 9400 plus capacity makes it one of the nation s largest venues for noon concerts and mammoth conventions. The hall can be reconfigured in 15 minutes from a 3200 seat theater to a vast arena. In Taft era it hosted dinners with 2000 at tables on a mammoth stage while 8000 could be seated elsewhere.
The 1907 Mississippi river tonnage between St. Anthony Falls and the Missouri mouth rose 3 percent from 1906 to 3,919,440 tons with ton miles at 532,899,222 and freight value of 29,563,669 dollars. Lumber remained the key industry, employing raft boats and mills from Minneapolis to Keokuk, with pine and hemlock outputs and a fleet of 210 vessels.
Frank Satek nearly drowned at the city bath when he wandered beyond the buoy. Prof. Joersche leapt into the water, rescued him just as he went under a second time, and Satek recovered to dress and return home.
A playful exchange on ennui among Blobbs ponders whether weariness is contagious. The teased remark notes how boredom can spread as people become tired.
A citizens committee in 1905 drives a massive public building project. Phil W. Herzog leads from pledge to plan, securing 46 400 dollars at first, then 150 000 and 200 000 dollars as the drive accelerates. The structure, seating 10 500, begins on a promising site with swift contracts and broad public backing.
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