Rushford Program Completed For La Crosse Celebration
Rushford Minnesota prepares for a two day June 12 and 13 festival drawing La Crosse manufacturers merchants and others. The program includes parades dances balloon ascensions band concerts and multiple athletic events with a round of speeches and welcomes by local officials.
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Rushford
la Crosse
Park
Harmony
Caledonia
Opera House
Rushford Band
Rev. Stanley
J. W. Magelssen
Spring Valley Band
S. R. van Sant
Collins
Ashford Band
Spiral Tower
Depot
Houston
Panama Canal
James A. Tawney
Flag Anniversary Promoted by Grand Army of the Republic
Circulars in La Crosse mark June 14 as the one hundredth anniversary of the flag of the United States. The note recalls the 1777 design credited to George Washington and urges patriotic observances in schools churches and homes led by state proclamations and press campaigns. Warren Lee Goss signs as National Patriotic Instructor of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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la Crosse
United States
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Lakes
Pacific Sea
Congress
George Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Warren Lee Goss
Portraits on stamps not coins reveal dead men only
The article notes that portraits grace postage stamps but not coins and emphasizes that all depicted figures are deceased. It argues the distinction reflects tradition and avoids honoring living individuals.
Gossiping Women Quip Provokes Light Exchange
In a brief exchange, Mrs Talkalot claims she does not repeat what she hears, while Stobbs notes she has two ears but only one tongue. The light banter turns on listening and speaking habits in a small community.
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Blobbs
Maccabees Class to Start Here with 100 Initiates
The Maccabees of the World hold their convention here next Tuesday with an initiation of a 100 member class. Forty hailed from Sparta, thirty from La Crosse, and the rest from other district cities. Mrs. Sarah Long coordinated arrangements for the event. Delegates total 125 and about 200 visitors are expected. The Knights of the Maccabees meet concurrently. Social Democrats plan campaigning, led by W. A. Jacobs of Milwaukee, visiting Whitewater Beloit Janesville Brodhead Monticello Monroe Darlington Platteville Montfort Prairie du Chien La Crosse Viroqua Boscobel Blue River Fennimore Bloomington and Madison on a July campaign.
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Ladies of the Maccabees of the World
Sparta
la Crosse
Sarah Long
Ladies’ Gust
Knights of the Maccabees
W. A. Jacobs
Milwaukee
Junell
Whitewater
Beloit
Janesvile
Brodhead
Monticello
Monroe
Darlington
Platteville
Montfort
Prairie du Chien
Viroqua
Boscobel
Blue River
Fennimore
Bloomington
Madison
Government Fleet Plans Water Diversion to Aid Navigation
The government fleet under Captain W. A. Thompson will raise the dam at the head of the west channel soon. This will shut off water there and divert flow into the regular river channel to improve navigation.
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East Channel
W. A. Thompson
West Channel
Regimental Gambling Scandal Hits Hanover Officers
Six officers from the military riding institute in Hanover have been sent back to their regiments. Several others are confined to their rooms under arrest. All officers at the renowned riding academy are barred from visiting the best known hotels.
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Hanover
Prussia
A loafer thinks hard work is unnecessary
A fragment notes a lazy worker claiming even simple tasks feel like hard labor. The tone hints at a critique of idleness and poor work ethic without broader context.
Eight-Year-Old Burned By Blank Revolver During Play
In Minot North Dakota on June 6 eight year old Leslie Duncan suffered severe facial burns when a group of children playing train robber with a small caliber revolver discharged blank cartridges. The blast burned his face and doctors fear possible loss of vision in his eyes.
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Minot
N. D
Leslie Duncan
Contempt Proceedings Ordered Against Gilbertson in Madison
Contempt proceedings were started before US Judge Sanborn in Madison against Louis Gilbertson a former La Crosse shoeman. After bankruptcy he was ordered to pay 7653 then 4063 on appeal and failed to satisfy the judgment prompting a June 13 appearance to show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt. Gilbertson is currently clerking in a Chicago shoe store and consulting his lawyers.
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United States
Sanborn
Madison
Louis Gilbertson
la Crosse
Gilbertson
Premis
Chicago
Young Woman Commits Suicide In Iowa Farm Home
Alta Hamilton twenty one daughter of William J Hamilton a Princeton farmer killed herself at Davenport Iowa by cutting her throat with a razor while suffering an attack of acute melancholy.
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Davenport
Iowa
Alta Hamilton
William J. Hamilton
Princeton
District Deputy Lee Heads to Fountain Minnesota
District Deputy H. A. Lee of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen travels to Fountain Minnesota to install a new home stead for the Yeoman order. A forty member class will take the work tonight at the installation ceremony.
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H. A. Lee
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Fountain, Minn
Yeoman Order
Despondent man kills self over rejected marriage
Edward Conn, 34, of Burlington Indiana, swallowed twenty grains of morphine after his wife refused to marry him. He died on the woman’s doorstep. The item also notes a testimonial letter praising Electric Bitters for liver and kidney troubles from George H. Parris of Cedar Grove, Maine. The ad claims the product cures stomach liver and kidney issues and sells for 50 cents.
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Burligton
Edward Conn
George H. Parris
Cedar Grove
O. T. Erhart
Bench Slips and Man Shot in Michigan Accident
Arthur Olsen of Cedar River is in serious condition after a bench he stood on to reach a gun on a wall peg slipped, the gun discharged, the bullet entering his left hip and passing through his body, shattering a silver watch in his pocket. The incident occurred last night in Menominee Michigan.
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Menomonie
Mich
Arthur Olsen
Cedar River
Olsen
Fatal streetcar accident in Minneapolis claims Jerry Evans
Jerry Evans an employee of Daniels Linseed Oil company was instantly killed about 6 45 am yesterday when his bicycle was struck by a street car at Twenty seventh and Washington avenues in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Jerry Evans
Daniels Linseed Oil Company
Twenty-seventh
Washington Avenues
Evans
Mysterious Disease Causes Two Deaths in Armour
Reports from Armour noted a queer disease spreading among residents with two fatalities. Sheriff Kaufmann died unconscious after onset, doctors labeling it cerebral hemorrhage. William Pfeifer died, John Baird is seriously ill, and H B Meade with Homer Knapp also show similar symptoms prompting possible county investigation led by Commissioner Mechtle.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Armour
Kaufmann
William Pfeifer
John Baird
H. B. Meade
Homer Knapp
Mechtle
Pfeifer
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J. B. Stetson
Pearl Street Show Window
Sontinental
Henry N. Boehm
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Tot
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Wigway
Henpeckke
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