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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1907
Page
6
An ad invites men with varicocele, blood poison, and allied troubles to the doctor’s office for a complete explanation of his curing method. He targets those dissatisfied with prior treatments and promises safe, quick, and permanent results with reasonable fees for a perfect cure.
Captain D W Wisherd says the two Acme Packet steamers J S and W W are booked for the full summer from La Crosse to Winona and St Paul with moonlight trips starting June first. The W W arrives June 8 for Methodist Church excursion to Winona, and the J S sails from Lansing Ia to La Crosse June 22 with further river trips. All dates filled through season end. captain expects best year yet.
Chicago and North Western officials at Kendall study damming a Glendale creek to build at least 1000 horsepower water power. A third rail between Kendall and Sparta would host an electric engine replacing steam pushers for heavy freight over steep grades.
Crowds of Walton followers sought out fishy spots around Round Lake and Target Lake but luck was limited. From 3 to 6 pm the bite was best with bass and croppies scarce and catfish few. About 500 people left La Crosse for fishing fields, boats rented briskly, minnows in demand, while Round Lake and nearby cottages were busy despite a generally poor season.
J Kumphoff and Engineer L Bechtel of Crowley Launch Co drifted two days in a breakdown open launch with three tons of dynamite near San Pueblo bay. Exposed to the elements without food they faced possible explosion until George L Cross of Cross Island rescued them and brought them to safety at a farm house north of Mare Island navy yard.
Denver proclaims a new champion mean man after a thief entices a four year old with a 25 cent sugar stick lure to steal a Teddy bear, collecting the $3 to $4 toys in a tawdry act of deception.
Onalaska Wisconsin reports a Memorial Day program at the cemetery with children cadets and veterans, plus local notices of parish events, socials, and community improvements. Mr. Martin Larson funeral held, and residents update on visits, travel, weather, and illness.
The West Salem school board has set the staff for the coming year led by Principal Mr Atwood and includes Miss Le Tourneux as first assistant and Miss Black as second assistant. Other assignments name Miss Smith Miss Hitchcock Miss Fairbanks Miss Blackstone Miss Molstad for music and drawing. Community notes report a thriving West Salem Cash Trading Company meeting, highway improvements planned for the Mindoro road, a winter entertainment program, higher prices for services, delays on the village pump project, a drunken scene at a village barn, a Presbyterian Aid sale raising about 150 dollars, Martin McEldowney returning from Columbus for a Presbytery meeting, A J Phillips improving after confinement, and talks by the West Salem Progressive association on street and alley sanitation.
A Thursday evening wreck in Elyria Ohio involving two electric streetcars left seven dead and one dying. The motorman of the second car was arrested this morning on manslaughter charges.
In Manitowoc Wisconsin a clash grows between the Wisconsin Telephone Company and about 100 subscribers over replacing Blake instruments with new telephones. The company promised lower rates if the independent firms would be denied a franchise, but after installing new phones rates rose from 2.50 to 3.50 monthly for a single metallic line. Subscribers cling to the old Blake set to keep the former rate as improvements are cited for the higher charge.
The church signals it won't embrace global renewal without engaging with existing secular society. Leaders argue meaningful change requires interaction with current cultural norms and institutions.
Falls from a ladder at Park Mills in Marinette on June 1 injure Prodom Me Cabanna. Doctors fear he will die as a skull is fractured and the incident is reported as serious.
Bibon once had about 600 residents but has dwindled to 75 as the Chicago Lumber and Coal company plans to shut its planing mill next month. Most remaining will move away with only the station agent certain to stay after a fire last year halted rebuilding.
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