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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1905
Page
4
Lightning yesterday struck the large stable at H. H. Shufelt’s summer residence in Oconomowoc Wisconsin and burned it to the ground. Horses and carriages were removed safely. Loss estimated in the thousands.
A strike by all rag sorters at the Whiting paper mill in Neenah Wisconsin began yesterday morning after officials refused the girls demand of 2 cents an hour. The strikers range in age from 14 to 23 years.
Howard C. Williams of Calumet and Miss Carrie Henry a Twin Cities society leader wed at the bride’s Neenah home last night. A week earlier Beaver Wis post office and depot were robbed by 12 year old Beaver-Roman Delato who was later captured and led to the hidden loot.
Mayor Weaver hails a public victory over a powerful political machine as residents contribute a small city tax sum and larger consumer payments. The piece lauds intelligence and honesty behind the mayor and asserts government by the people remains possible, noting the newspaper’s role in publishing the news.
A special council committee appointed to investigate grade conditions on West avenue near the Burlington Railway tracks will meet Tuesday afternoon. The ordinance committee also schedules a meeting Monday evening at city hall.
Side politician C. R. Raymond the Hotel Boycott seer and Irish monologist Frank R. LaMare join a listing of acts including a black artist dancer and a Chinese soubrette in an excellent week long show.
LATE CITY NEWS reports a high class Bijou program tonight featuring amateur and vaudeville acts. Odin Olson, La Crosse figure, leads a lineup with several locals. the show is praised as first class and not to be missed, with many features promised for the northwest debut.
Market notes list various cheese products with prices and brands such as Brick Twins Swiss block Long horn and Limburger. Mentions Young American German hand cheese per box and American full cream cheese with fractions and unclear decimals in the OCR.
A fragment shows a long list of produce items with prices including cranberries lemons figs lettuce tomatoes radishes strawberries pineapples cabbage onions parsnips beets carrots turnips potatoes and dates plus cider oranges and bananas. Prices appear inconsistent due to OCR errors but indicate per item costs and box or bunch units.
A catalog style note lists full cream brick cheese at 11 cents, twins at 12 cents, limburger at 12 percent, Swiss at 14 percent, longhorn at 2 dollars, Young American at 0. Items include German hand cheese per box at 90 cents.
R C Wallace presents a list of grain and provisions including rye oats and wool products, with prices and items such as dried beef hams lard pork full cream cheese and cattle prices. Milling products from Listman Mill Co show patents straight bils and mill feeds with cash discounts.
Exchange State Bank North La Crosse. Capital urplus A gene . $25,000 3,000 ral banking business teanca UaUsSacucu. Officers J. E. Wheeler Pres Orlando Holway Vice Pres Joseph P. Goh res Cashier Robt. B. Lowry Ass't Cashiaor.
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