Tribune Wants Teddy Bear Says
A newspaper item notes a desire for a teddy bear framed as a call for a servant or a job. The piece presents a quirky inquiry without clear context or names.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
11
A newspaper item notes a desire for a teddy bear framed as a call for a servant or a job. The piece presents a quirky inquiry without clear context or names.
Classified items show employment offers from barber training to teamsters and farm help. Listings include male applicants for trades, newspaper solicitors, drivers, laborers, sewing machine operators, and household staff, with several street addresses and company names such as Mitchel brewery and North Side Laundry. Additional notices seek real estate rentals, sales, and service needs across La Crosse and nearby towns.
La Crosse Elks return from Waukesha Grand Lodge events with tales of muddy parade lines, Larry Scherhardt winning a prize for banner control, Dr. Gotterdam's address, and a beach day with yacht ride and Bethesda springs visit. Sheriff hoses down unruly revelers as they were briefly jailed.
Mary Wong Leong, daughter of a wealthy Chinese Hawaii rice planter, has entered religious life as a nun. Her brother is a student at a St. Louis medical college.
Farmers report better crop prospects in La Crosse County as temperatures cool. Grain and flour prices slip with the drop, milk output rises in creameries, and fruit blossoms indicate a bountiful year. Local markets show declines in butter, eggs, and vegetables amid favorable growing conditions.
Wheat declines about one cent amid heavy receipts and rains, with oats dropping faster and corn holding. The Modern Miller report signals mixed regional gains and losses across Ohio Indiana Illinois Kentucky Michigan Missouri Kansas and Nebraska. Minneapolis and Chicago quotes show futures slipping while cash grain shows softer hogs cattle and sheep market.
La Crosse plans an Anti-Saloon League branch to enforce liquor laws statewide. District Superintendent C R Seder of Eau Claire supported the move after visiting La Crosse and reporting need. A salaried official will head the local agency with an office to be opened.
Harry Bulger captains the production as bo'sun in Clare Kummer's first work at the Academy of Music Baltimore. The show features songs Reincarnation and There's a Lot of Things That Noah Never Knew delighting the audience with Sallie Fisher Maida Snyder among the cast.
The review notes Noahs Ark with Hattie Arnold and others in Mount Ararat and praises Ethel Barrymore in His Excellency the Governor at the Empire theatre. It highlights Barrymore, William Norris, and John Barrymore critiques, and quotes Raymond Hitchcock on acting likened to shoe selling. Robert Butler.
Arthur Gautsch, shot in the knee by an accidental pistol discharge days ago, is recovering nicely. Dr. McArthur reports the bullet is in the knee joint and will be removed when the patient is ready. The knee shows inflammation and pain but no serious developments are feared.
Seven Brown County commissioners will visit La Crosse on Monday June 10 to inspect the new courthouse and county jail. County Clerk Charles H awlinson received Hall letter requesting a building committee member accompany the party. The group arrives Monday morning and will inspect both buildings after lunch.
Almaden trainer Charlie De Ryder believes Alma den, the stable’s Occident stake winner, will make a great trotter and dominate upcoming trials in California.
Eddie McGrath will likely train Long John at 2 12 4, and Lilly Stranger at 2 15 4, for Tom Sharkey’s stable this season.
Alfred Poor, secretary of the Poor family association and a well known New England physician, died at the Bertram home for aged men after a long illness. He once quipped that his sign A Poor M D. ruined his career.
H E Worswick and R W Williams formerly tied to La Crosse Engraving bought stock at the assignes sale and opened the plant as National Engraving Company this morning. They plan improvements and expect a larger workforce than before.
Congressman Burton arranged with the president for the inland waterways commission to meet the executive at Keokuk Iowa October 2 to begin the river trip. They will stop at Cairo Saint Louis and Memphis on the voyage down the river.
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