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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1909
Page
4
Street carnival on the North Side opens tonight as organizers promise a bustling crowd. Vendors, rides, and live entertainment are set to draw families and visitors from surrounding neighborhoods.
Opened with tents and rides set up on the north side while a possible animal show delay looms as cars from Milwaukee arrive. Local residents Levi White and families return from trips, and Shriners in eight coaches travel through town on their way to Louisville with a forty piece band.
The C M and St P railway refused to unload carloads of animals until freight charges from Chicago were paid. Each item was weighed and rated, with Elma the world’s largest girl arriving at 19 years, weighing 731 pounds, in a baggage car. Other shows, including Dickey's Wild West, prepare to open this evening.
A 32 year old, 16 pound dwarf known as Prince Nichols tours the city during the North Side carnival. He claims Siberian origins, speaks German Russian and English, seeks a wife, and describes a lavish restaurant order as he presents himself in a Prince Albert suit with baby shoes.
Local residents visit relatives in Bangor and surrounding areas. Summer visitors include Miss Mollie Merlo and Mrs. C Shafer’s music pupils. Church events feature Baptist supper June 11 and Lutheran church corner stone lay Sunday June 13. Juniors present Uncle Rube at Concordia hall June 11 with senior reception planned.
The La Crosse Gun club skipped its usual morning shoot due to rain though a few members attended. Over the coming weeks members will contest trophies donated by Hunter's Arm Company and Dupont Company, with a cup prize as the highlight. Contestants may shoot anytime but must declare the effort is for prizes and shoot at 250 targets. The next tournament is set for Winona on July 14, expected to draw many local participants.
The big Mikado locomotive No 2511 arrived in La Crosse on Sunday and stayed on exterior tracks overnight due to its size. Engineers feared using the round house turntable. It was moved to Minneapolis this morning over the River division by Engineer Brooks to be used on western mountain grades.
Henschel the Rose street butcher was taken to St Francis hospital last Wednesday for head surgery. He had previously broken a blood vessel in his nose and another operation was planned to ease head troubles. He is expected to stay about two weeks and the condition is not serious.
The funeral of James Byrne who died after a second stroke was held at St James Church this morning. Rev Ambrose Murphy conducted the service and interment followed in the Catholic cemetery. The children George Milwaukee John Han over Edna Platteville were in the city.
The Maple Leafs and the Rovers split a Sunday double header at Summit baseball diamond. Final scores were Maple Leafs 4 to 1 in game one and Rovers 5 to 0 in game two. Battery details include Bolrud and Clow for the Leafs and Fridgen and Hiley for the Rovers.
The Neversweats beat the Robinson Colts 7 to 5 at Summit diamond with Abner and Ross as Neversweats players and Robinson on the Colts. The Sandpit Sluggers outscored Maple Leafs 18 to 2 and 4 to 2 in separate games, blamed mainly on Maple Leafs poor fielding. Holy Trinity school defeated St James school 12 to 11 at Gund's brewery diamond. Finn of St James sprained an ankle sliding home in the third and retired from the game.
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