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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
4
Helen Larson, 10, was struck in the head by a nine pound shot tossed by a boy on school grounds. She fell unconscious and a physician was summoned. The skull was not fractured, she remained unconscious for hours but rested easier the next morning.
The North Side briefs report Dan Moore relocating to 812 Hager Street in the former Loomis building for better facilities. Several residents are listed as ill or visiting, including Mrs. Beling, Mrs. Saltz, and Mrs. Sheely, with Pink and others traveling from Chicago and Arcadia for family matters. Community happenings include a social meeting for John Flynn post relief corps and a potential baseball game arrangement with De Soto, plus local residents visiting St Paul and Minneapolis.
In Madison the German Catholic Benevolent societies in state convention condemn Sunday labor by corporations and the treating custom in saloons while endorsing temperance and opposing prohibition. They call for enforcing Sunday labor laws, expanding youth societies, and educating for moral influence. John B. Heim of Madison elected president. new officers listed. next convention set for Beaver Dam in 1910. Attendance nears 2,000 with expectations of 3,000 at future gatherings.
Milwaukee June 10. A public meeting at Alhambra theatre backed by prominent speakers drew crowds to hear Arthur Brisbane of New York and E J Giddings of Oklahoma on prohibition. Brisbane argued against prohibition as infeasible while urging cleanup of dives. Giddings labeled Oklahoma’s prohibition a fraud and warned that victory requires women’s support and orderly saloons.
Herbert Coolidge of 2200 Wood Street had his remaining eye removed at St Francis Hospital by Dr Gunderson following a verdict against La Crosse City Railway Co over eye loss. He sought expert advice in Chicago before surgery as doctors could not restore sight. The injured eye was struck by a trolley cord on a local street car. He previously lost the other eye while employed at the pearl button factory.
State brief reports Supt W H Simmons of Badger Portland Cement Co says marl and clay in Door county yield satisfactory cement and a plant will likely be built at Sturgeon Bay. Also notes Bishop Weller preaching in Fond du Lac and confirming a class in Marinette OSHKOSH cyclone hits Town near Charles City IA killing one and injuring fourteen Joseph Blunt loses furniture and barn Superior Florence Finn wins state high school declamatory contest at Blaine High School with gold medal for the local representative.
The fifteenth annual Air Brake association session convened yesterday at the Ryan hotel in St. Paul, the first western city hosting the event. About 300 representatives attended from across the continent, with nearly 800 members. Governor Johnson and Mayor Lawler were represented by Frank A. Day who opened the program featuring talks on practice, brake line leakage, cylinder leakage tests, and break beam release springs among other topics.
The board of public works started laying a 12 inch water main on Charles street between Logan and Sill streets this morning, amid ongoing construction and street work. Local traffic may be affected as crews proceed.
Menomonie report: Dunn County Dairymen and Stockbreeders' Association moves to organize local contesting associations across the county to coordinate events and activities for members.
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