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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1906
Page
6
Game Warden George L. Kingsley conducted an auction at the Black River Bridge unloading confiscated fishing gear. A flat scow carried lines nets and other unauthorised equipment seized from fishermen who operated without licenses.
Undersheriff William J. Scott reports from Waupun that John Mack, alias John Stevenson, convicted of brass burglary, has been delivered for a one year sentence. Mack previously faced a year and a half in Columbia county and another year in Jefferson county under different names. He claimed to have been a respectable Milwaukee worker for eighteen years.
George Mueller pleaded guilty in Judge Brindley's court this afternoon to the charge of dynamiting fish. He was fined 50 dollars with costs totaling 54 dollars.
Tokyo reports General Oku is appointed chief of the general staff to succeed the late Kodama who died recently.
A Windsor summer harness meet closes with fast times and controversy. Geers wins the 2:10 heat with Gold Dust Maid, while the President narrowly beats that horse, and later loses to Geers in another heat. Fines are issued to drivers for laying up or not attempting to win heats. Kalamazoo and Cleveland next for the horses.
Theresa Knobloch transfers property in Shelby to Joseph Knobloch for 1100 dollars. The deed reflects a change in ownership between private individuals in Shelby.
The Acorns beat the Baker's Snugs 5 to 3 yesterday afternoon at the Sixteenth and Fare Well street grounds.
An unsuccessful effort occurred today to dynamite a train carrying Russian Grand Duke Vladimir through Belgium.
Judge Fruit announces August 1 as the date to issue full citizenship papers again under the old law with a two dollar fee for aliens.
Ex mayor Belcher returns to Paterson New Jersey and surrenders to the jailer after absconding for more than a year with 200000 dollars of funds from friends and firms. Detectives had failed to locate him during the fugitive period.
Special Tribune Dispatch reports Senator McGillivray quits the Republican gubernatorial nomination race and says he will support James Davidson. The announcement comes from Black River Falls Wisconsin dated July 30.
County Clerk Charles Rawlinson is away from the city. Dr and Mrs Gunderson travel west through Yellowstone Park. Mrs John Costley, registrar in probate, returns from nine weeks on the Pacific coast with daughters. Dr C H Farrand returns from Galesville. Miss Meta Beyers and Miss Gertrude Moves go to St Paul for vacation. Mrs Mary Forschler leaves Park store for Minneapolis for two weeks. T K Noetzel Rambler agent returns from a three week tour of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Dan Crane was fined 3 dollars and costs totaling 5.50 in the police court this morning for being drunk.
Readers learn to improve worn oilcloth by varnishing with glue. Wash and dry, then rub with flannel dipped in glue water at night. Use a dry day so glue dries hard by morning and oilcloth appears new. Prepare glue water by dissolving glue in water on stove beforehand.
A local newspaper signals a push for constructive reporting, aiming to highlight community progress and successful initiatives. The note emphasizes balanced coverage and steady improvements across city projects, education, and public services.
Fashion notes describe new bathing suits cut in one piece with waist plaits and ruched hips, bandanna headdresses concealing rubber caps, and satin satin faced silk shirt waists with coin dot details. Colorful accessories include pink empire girdles and bright hats with matched parasols.
Rumor from Paris predicts large long earrings will be worn with collars and gowns lacking standing bands. Summer styles feature bare throats, plain collars, and delicate fichus, while pearls and gold chains accessorize day and evening outfits. Emprie gowns show pink radium silk, wide silk sashes, and lace frills with high puffed sleeves and Mull chemisette.
Jack Niblo is suspected of shortages at a bank until Nettie Cable uncovers a scheme with steel filings on cash and a magnet. Benson, the cousin of the foundry treasurer, used afternoon deposits to steal money. Nettie and Niblo trap him, recovering the cash and securing Niblo’s promotion and upcoming marriage.
The text notes married and industrious people live longer than singles and gluttons, with tall persons outliving short ones. Women live longer before fifty but not after, and births/deaths rise at night. It cites 3000 languages and 1000 confessions, averages 33 years, and that a quarter die before seventeen. Only one in a thousand reaches 100, and few reach 65.
The cod is described as the most useful fish in the world providing food in fresh or salted form and offering many byproducts such as isinglass from the swim bladder and cod liver oil for medicine. It notes its prolific breeding, wide distribution, and diverse uses from feeding livestock to fuel in remote icy regions.
In a light exchange Mrs Glanders downplays Mrs Teaspot’s scandal, noting the matter is not as dreadful as feared and speaking with curious restraint. The scene hints at social gossip within a close circle.
A firm head asks about experience in collecting. The applicant replies he once served as a country minister named Shadad.
The passage questions superstition about opals and whether missing a chance to obtain one is unlucky. It contrasts a practical view with a belief in luck surrounding opals.
The dialogue notes a remark about age with May claiming "thirty" and Ethel confirming a past age, suggesting a reminiscence about aging and a past life.
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