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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1905
Page
4
The city prepares for a busy convention season with Foresters and physicians arriving. Citizens are urged to greet delegates, fill the streets, and project a hospitable, progressive image as La Crosse aims to be the second city in the state. The Tribune welcomes the Foresters and pledges courtesy in its pages.
Town talks of Ramsey whether he can or will play behind Pink Hawley in La Crosse. Fans split on his ability with two deities in town, Pink Hawley and Ramsey, amid errors blamed on Ramsey and gossip predicting a showdown when the team returns.
The text suggests growing doubt between Hawley and Ramsey and signals an imminent inquiry prompted by popular opinion. It frames a transition as scrutiny increases over who is at fault.
Mr. Burns urges Progressive Association members to tour La Crosse factories and plants including Wisconsin Leaf Tobacco Advance Bedding Tisch Brothers and Stove Works to appreciate ongoing progress. He notes locals rarely visit their own expanding industries and advocates a city excursion. A rumor claims John Rachlemann suspects Milwaukee Skat club burned the Exposition building to hinder his touring car win.
Mrs. Brodie L. Duke, formerly Alice Webb, announces a two year plan to break the tobacco monopoly. She vows to fight the Dukes and their agents and to smash the trust after marrying Brodie L. Duke on December 19.
In Waukegan Illinois on June 6 a church dispute boiled over as Rev. E N Tucker and University of Chicago professor Traynen both sought to lead services. A split followed a heated business meeting with police present and Tucker barred from the church.
Mrs. George Sheldon Smillie, an artist from Kenosha, Wis., fell 200 feet from a mountain precipice near Central, Colorado, during a honeymoon trip with her New York painter husband. She survived but with severe bruises and cuts. The buckboard and two horses bolted at a narrow, cliffside bend, sending them over the edge. no witness saw the fall.
The C M and St P Railway announces low rate excursion tickets for the National Baptist Anniversary in St Louis from May 16 to 24, the Norwegian Celebration in Minneapolis on May 16 and 17, and the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fresno California from May 18 to 26. For sale dates, rates and limits, visit the ticket office.
Canton Missouri June 6 Daniel Hayes a diver is trapped under debris and tangled hose while clearing a pipe for Lima lake drainage to the Mississippi river. He remains under water nearly twenty four hours before helpers free him to surface unconscious with a leaking suit.
Edward Dye, formerly a Chicago musician, freed from the Northern Illinois Hospital at Elgin after twelve years there. His release followed the intervention of G B Brigham, once a piano company manager, who learned of Dye’s plight and secured the parole. Dye, once a Lyon Healy tuner, has taken a new job in Elgin and plans to avoid his old Chicago haunts.
Mr. C. A. Krebaum places a folding box souvenir featuring twenty four miniature photographs of city buildings churches streets and river scenes on sale at multiple local stores. Priced at two cents to mail unsealed the package includes twenty five photographs and targets conventions as well as local buyers.
The C M and St P Ry will offer excursion tickets to the Commercial Travelers meeting in Oshkosh on June 6 and 16. Round trip price is $6.30 with sale dates June 8 and June 6 and return validity until June 12 1905.
Chicago hog receipts reach 16 000 with 3 500 left over while market edges higher. Cattle around 4 500 with slow demand and sheep at 15 5000 with steady tone. Regional totals show Kansas City and Omaha markets, with hogs and cattle figures and flax futures in July and October trading ranges.
The June 1 stock transfer stamps for Spanish war era style taxes are issued in six values from two cents to two dollars. Brokers say the stamps look cheap and flimsy with seals of the state as the center design. Stamp colors vary by value and the article notes large brokerages may affix many stamps for large deliveries.
Northwestern Line offers reduced summer round trips from La Crosse to Lake Shetek at 7.45 dollars Fridays and Saturdays with return to Tuesday, and 11.95 dollars daily with 30 day return. Lake Shetek known for fishing and hunting with hotels and livery available. Nearby lakes include Current, Siegel, Fremont, Sarah, Bear, Long, Buffalo, Iron, Beauty, Willow, Isabella and Clear.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad issues new menus for its dining car service on fast eastern trains. The menu features dainties from the finest hotels and is exclusive to the B and O. The menus are handsomely printed.
Excur sion tickets via the Northwestern Line at one fare for round trip from May 31 to June 2 inclusive. Return limits favorable. Apply to agents Chicago & North Western Ry Bristol Tennessee.
The Tribune declares a steadfast commitment to justice across all coverage and community issues, emphasizing fairness, accountability, and advocacy for those seeking equal treatment and transparency.
The Wisconsin Telephone Co expands its organization by creating district manager positions across about fifteen districts to improve service. The system now numbers約 16 000 Milwaukee phones and 40 000 state phones, connecting about 280 000 Wisconsinites and enabling long distance calls from any home phone to any city or town in the nation.
A Northwestern Line service omits Sunday runs with trains from Salem at 6 00 a m to Alton 10 00 am and Sioux City 11 30 am. The southbound returns from Sioux City at 4 00 pm and Alton at 5 25 pm reach Salem at 9 20 pm. Trains run through at Alton without change, improving Northwestern Line connectivity between Salem and Sioux City.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway issues a concise history of the Northwest from tribal cession to modern times. The over a hundred page work covers the roads making the Northwestern Line and is well printed in strong paper covers, postpaid for ten cents. W. B. Knis kern, P. T. M., Chicago.
State of Wisconsin proceedings in La Crosse County Circuit Court. Plaintiff Joseph Tiburtus Conley sues defendant Nancy Allen Conley. Defendant must answer within twenty days after service or judgment will be entered. Attorney A C Wolfe, La Crosse Wisconsin on file with clerk.
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