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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1907
Page
4
Forty workers at the Milwaukee garbage plant walked out demanding a 50 cent daily raise. After a council debate and talks with the health office, half returned within hours, leaving a makeshift crew to operate the plant while aldermen consider the request. The strikers include stokers, firemen, floormen and cranemen.
Misses Julia Matek and Hattie Goodsen of Manitowoc recount two hours adrift after the steamer Columbia wreck off the Pacific coast. Matek, Schroeder, and others faced injuries, seasickness, and nerve shock while awaiting rescue, with one companion still missing five days later.
Wiszowaty unfurled a large red flag over his home and claims allegiance to it. For months he sold tonics that made drinkers hilarious. Chairman Joyce launched an inquiry and Wiszowaty was fined $50 and costs for selling liquor without a license.
Under Dr. R C Hughes of Ripon college the state colleges including Beloit Lawrence Carroll and others join in a campaign to remove the label small college from newspapers arguing there is no formal division into small and large colleges and that the named schools belong to the college class rather than universities.
Prairie du Sac and Sauk City plan a homecoming week with Woodman day events and gatherings. Wisconsin towns along the Wisconsin River host Wednesday to Friday activities and Monday to Saturday events with visitors arriving from across the state.
Rev. Thomas Gales at the Baptist church called the circus a big fake and the performers dangerous people without character. He said attending a show where life is endangered and death results makes a spectator as guilty of murder as if wielding a knife. A circus is set to appear here tomorrow.
A widow and a considerate man shared a picnic. On the return trip he picked many wildflowers, and she paused at the cemetery to lay them on her husband’s grave.
In Waukesha county the first double barred affidavit of prejudice over field was filed in municipal court by J. E. Wildish for Holy Jumpers of the Metropolitan church association charged with a disorderly street meeting on June 26. The affidavit targets Judge C. E. Armin and Judge W. D. Agnew with Armin disqualified but Agnew’s role deemed surplusage.
In Colburn Wisconsin farmers organized to raid A M Wiszowaty’s home. They vow to haul down his red flag of anarchy and raise the stars and stripes. R C Joyce, town chairman, says Wiszowaty has long preached anarchy and residents intend to resent it. On the fourth of July Wiszowaty…
Following Fond du Lac, the Eau Claire salons shave passed a resolution requiring a photograph of every person placed on saloon blacklists to be posted in dram shops. The move aims to protect saloonkeepers from imposition.
Despite a backward season, Wisconsin summer resorts on Lake Michigan report 1907 will be the best in a decade. Shore resorts near the lake anticipate strong occupancy and solid business through the summer months.
Golfers from the Fox River valley gather in Appleton for the annual two day tournament beginning Friday and continuing until Saturday. Participants include teams from Fond du Lac Marinette Green Bay Sheboygan and Kaukauna with potential entrants from other cities.
State reports include A Melsness elected head of the Independent Scandinavian Workingmen's Association in independence Iowa and moving to Eau Claire for headquarters. Other items note bank incorporations in Norwalk and Belmont clerkship, a new Standard Core plant opening in Grand Rapids, and lumber firm acquisitions in Calumet.
Longtime catcher Charles Zimmer nicknamed Chief retires after a 26 year pro career. Born in 1860 in Marietta Ohio, he played for Ironton Portsmouth Detroit New York Rochester Cleveland Louisville Pittsburgh and Little Rock before turning to umpiring and managing. He may settle in Cleveland or Los Angeles.
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds perfectly and prevents consumption the so called white plague. It warns against unknown preparations and notes the genuine product comes in a yellow package by O. T. Erhart.
A reflective line notes that the child mirrors heaven’s light, suggesting innocence and purity in youth reveal a glimpse of the sublime. The statement emphasizes a spiritual kinship between childhood and heavenly ideals.
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