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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1915
Page
4
Seventeen year old Carrie Peterson wakes to gunfire in Englewood. She finds her father dead and runs to tell her mother, who lies at the door. Police say the father shot his wife after a quarrel over money, then killed himself.
Richmond Va June 2 Reports from the Battle Abbey committee at the Confederate reunion say interior decorations by French artist Charles Hoffhauer will be finished after the war. Hoffhauer, engaged by Thomas Ryan, is recalled from trenches to paint war scenes glorifying the French army. The Battle Abbey building, a marble structure, opened yesterday as a repository for Confederate papers and relics. Rain today dampens veterans mood. General Felix Robertson seeks next Confederate commander in chief against Bennett Young. The meet runs from nine in the morning to late afternoon with crack shots and registrations from Chicago to Red Wing. Winona plans several entrants.
Arrangements for the annual registration trap shooting tournament under the La Crosse Gun Club are complete. The meet will run Friday morning and afternoon with shooters expected to participate.
Joseph Podlaski Joseph Cyert and Clement Coeminski all of Winona were arrested Monday in connection with an apparently accidental shooting of J. C. Stephens a fireman from 2019 Wood Street East Winona. The rifle discharged while pointed at railroad tracks. Stephens was treated in Winona then La Crosse. The bullet is located by X ray but not removed.
A string of social notes records residents returning home or visiting relatives. Agnes Stirneman returns to 362 Caledonia from Galena. Louise Larson back in Winona at 1308 Caledonia. Lilah Anderson visits from Portland, Ore. at 732 Rose. Clara Henning and Mrs. Hampton visit from Minneapolis. Grace Argall with daughter Grace depart to San Francisco for a stay. others referenced include Mrs. Welch at 1049 Berlin and John Nygaard visiting Morristown, Ill. as well as extensive local travel and illness notes.
Public health spots urge use of Stearns Electric Paste to curb rats and mice in homes. A two ounce box costs twenty five cents and claims rapid results within one night with multilingual directions included.
David Graham Phillips is hailed as a leading American novelist of the era. His work The Story of Susan Lenox Her Fall and Rise is praised as his finest, a universal tale of a girl’s struggle and triumph. Hearst's Magazine will serialize the June installment amid high acclaim.
The piece argues the heroine is an illegitimate child and the tale exposes the social blight of illegitimacy. It states the mother’s guilt is not excused, the focus remains on the girl and her fate under a harsh society that assigns guilt to her.
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