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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1911
Page
2
Prairie du Chien hosts the third annual Apollo Orchestra hall event Friday evening June 9 at the Grand Opera hall. The Apollo balls are noted for being among the prettiest and most enjoyable dancing parties in town.
In Council Bluffs Iowa voters in the Ninth district head to a light turnout special election to replace Judge Walter I Smith on the U S circuit court bench The contest centers on Taft Canada reciprocity with State Senator W A Cleveland the Democratic nominee backing reciprocity and Judge W R Green the Progressive Republican opposing It is the first election since Taft raised the pact issue and national parties flood the district with literature for their positions.
R C Richards declares support for a La Follette delegation at the national convention and promotes the Richards primary law. He links Taft’s appointment of J D Elliott as circuit judge to a breach of progressive party platform and hints at opposition to Elliott’s confirmation with Wisconsin backing.
A London surgeon recalls American doctors keeping patients busy with waiting room reading. He mocks an impatient patient who hears a rumor that Wright brothers can fly, and notes excess use of the word ladies for women versus gentlemen for men in American speech.
Representative Frank Nye of Minnesota plans to introduce a bill to appropriate funds for a presidential summer home at Lake Minnetonka. He reported the president would be glad to live anywhere in the United States chosen by Congress for a summer residence.
Frederick L Warner aged 72 a Randolph Wisconsin pioneer bank president Civil War veteran and former commander of E M Stevens Post G A R died suddenly of heart trouble He enlisted in 1861 in Stevens Point Wisconsin in the Seventh Wisconsin Infantry part of the Iron Brigade He moved to Randolph in 1876 and was a Mason Funeral set for Wednesday under Masonic auspices.
Appleton and nearby areas endured a fierce electrical storm with hail followed by a cloudburst. Streets flooded, Jones Park submerged, sewer systems overwhelmed, and several buildings including St. Joseph's hall and the Commercial hotel struck by lightning. The rain lasted twelve hours, the heaviest in years, raising fears of grain rot.
Mortimer McMilen, former sheriff, broke a 21 day fast in Eau Claire after consuming a raw egg. He had consumed only water air and two half cups of black coffee during the fast and says his health greatly benefited. He continued running his hotel and restaurant business while fasting.
In Grand Rapids Wisconsin during a severe electric storm Mrs Albert Feich was instantly killed by a lightning strike as her husband Mr Feich rose to close windows. An infant in the same room survived unharmed.
Milwaukee obituary notes Coffee Doellingen veteran German police reporter and prominent figure in the city press died after an appendicitis operation at Mt Sinai Hospital. He had fallen ill only a few days earlier.
A 17 year old, Frank Scarlata, waded into Pike River in Kenosha Wisconsin on a Saturday afternoon hoping to catch larger fish. He was swept by the current and drowned despite efforts to save him.
Charles B. Ehlman of St. Louis, confined in a county hospital after a beating, escaped by forcing out Dr. Samuel Weinburg. He barricaded in Samuel Cohen’s attic and threatened to die rather than be recaptured, as hospital attendants stormed the attic during a failed attempted dive from a window.
The death of Mrs. Thomas Evans in Wellston Ohio is attributed to stress from the trial in Columbus and the reaction to the acquittal of her son in law, Rep George Nye. She had been living with Nye and his daughter.
Galveston June 5 Bob famed performing sea lion in his tank committed death by own action due to toothache. Keepers report he turned on his back and drowned himself in the water.
Atlanta lawyer T. B. Felder says he is willing to fight a duel with Governor Cole Blease or to pay the expenses of a libel suit if Blease sues him. The dispute stems from a personal quarrel between the two.
Vandergrift Pa June 5 Leo Von Wilhelm sacrificed an $80,000 Prussia inheritance to marry his sweetheart but she wed another. He travels home to face disappointed parents while the peasant girl says she received no letters and believed his love waning.
Miss Bertha Mohr returns home after a successful primary room term in Dakota Minn. Mrs Geo Eldridge visits then returns to Oregon. Mr and Mrs Geo Winter and son Morris of Winona spend Tuesday in town. Mrs Frances Latshaw of Northfield visits friends and relatives. Mrs Garret Stienstra and son Lewis of Lake City visit Mrs Joe Seyfriet. Miss Lucile Helsaple stays with grandparents Wm Helsaple. Miss Maggie Nagle and Charlie Nagle of Pickwick visit Pearl Harris. A hall decoration day dinner proves well attended. Genevieve and Master Lockwood visit their father Christopherson of Wh toka.
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