M Gilvray Road Case Heard In Circuit Court
Evidence and testimony in the McGilvray road and bridge dispute between Holland town petitioners and La Crosse county were presented before Judge E C Higbee. county costs and road status are disputed with town records and prior allocations at issue for whether the road is a county highway. Hearing recessed at noon and to resume tomorrow morning with George Bunge representing plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
McGilvray
Bard
George Bunge
Silver Recovered After 32 Years in City Robbery
Silverware stolen in a long-ago robbery has been found after 32 years and is now on display in a downtown shop. Police believe other items may still be buried nearby as residents dig around local mounds in hopes of recovering the rest.
Murdered violin professor after Knox concert in Galesburg
In Galesburg Illinois Professor A Lindoff violin teacher was killed at his home after returning from Knox Conservatory of Music commencement where he played first violin. His daughter Hazel woke to a revolver at her forehead and three shots were fired without the assailant found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Ill
A. Lindoff
Knox Conservatory of Music
Dunlap Buys Local News Stand In La Crosse
B J Dunlap of Chicago has bought the Campbell News Stand from Robert Campbell who has left for Winnipeg Canada to live with relatives. Dunlap previously ran a Chicago lithographing house and designed trade marks for La Crosse manufacturers including the elf mark used by Heileman Brewing. He recently left lithography after an accident and now expands the store with a larger line while remodeling. He purchased James Day’s former residence at Eighth and Pine streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Dunlap
Chicago
Campbell News
Robert Campbell
Campbell
Winnipeg
Canada
Mr. Dunlap
la Crosse
Elf
Heileman Brewing Company
Dunlap
James Day
Eighth and
Pine Streets
Revival Meeting on Market Square
The first of a two weeks series of gospel tent meetings will be held tonight on Market Square. Evangelist F L Holden will speak and Mrs Holden will sing. Superintendent P C Dewey of the City Mission, under whose auspices the meetings will be held, is arranging for a larger tent at the same place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Square
F. L. Holden
Holden
P. C. Dewey
City Mission
Polo Cup Thrills Draw Deep New York Crowd
International polo unfolds at Meadowbrook Westbury as England and America contest the Westchester challenge cup. Crowds fill hotels and clubs while a King George correspondent coordinates dispatches to Buckingham Palace for the British clash in a high profile season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Meadowbrook Club
Westbury
S. A
Meadowbrook
England
British Empire
L. Waterbury
J. M. Waterbury
H. P. Whitney
Devereaux Milburn
St. L. Cheape
Noel Edwards
E. L. Gritson
Vivian Lockett
George
Buckingham Palace
Newport
Hurlingham Club
Hurlingham
America
Supreme Court Upholds Publicity Law On Newspapers
The Supreme Court declared valid the new newspaper publicity law requiring publishers to disclose circulation and ownership and label certain ads. The Journal of Commerce and Lewis Publishing challenged it as an abridgment of press freedom, seeking injunctions. The law, rooted in the August 24 1912 post office bill, affects mailing privileges and compliance was held pending the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Journal of Commerce
Lewis Publishing Company
New York
Morning Telegraph
Hitchcock
Postmaster Morgan
Burleson
McReynolds
Graduation Program Listing Names
Program out lists graduates including bel M. Stanton Arthur Leander Strum Hazel Summers Armand J. Tuteur George Lord Van Auken Wm Walter Wagner Vernie Warning Russell Webb Amy Wheaton Alden Wheaton Albert Wiebrecht Forest Witcraft Harry Spence Young and Marie Zeisler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bel M. Stanton
Arthur Leander Strum
Hazel I. Summers
Armand J. Tuteur
George Lord van Auken
Wm. Walter Wagner
Vernie A. Warning
Russell Webb
Amy Alden Wheaton
Albert Wiebrecht
Forest Emerson Witcraft
Harry Spence Young
Marie Zeisler
Fair Elections Question Plagues Cook County State’s Attorney Race
Chicago debates whether Maclay Hoyne won fair election as Cook County state’s attorney after fraud allegations. A grand jury found Hoyne won by about five thousand votes, then judges Cooper and Kersten each convened new juries to probe irregularities and jurisdiction issues arise over which court should handle the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Maclay Hoyne
Cook County
Hoyne
Cooper
Kersten
Krause Named Alternate for West Point Vacancy
Emil Krause of 1512 Mississippi Street was appointed an alternate for the West Point vacancy by Congressman John J. Esch. A La Crosse high and normal school graduate, Krause will travel to Fort Sheridan in Chicago on July 1 to take the entrance examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Krause
Mississippi St
West Point
John J. Esch
Krause
la Crosse High
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Attachment Warrant Issued Against John C Schrank
La Crosse County justice warns John C Schrank of an attachment on his property to satisfy a 106.00 claim by J F Schrank. He must appear before Justice Wm A Powell by April 2, 1913 at 2 PM or risk judgment and sale of assets. Attorneys Morris and Hartwell represent the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
la Crosse County
City of
la Crosse
John C. Schrank
J. F. Schrank
Wm. A. Powell
Said County
Said City
Morris & Hartwell
Senate adopts Kenyon resolution on Frisco receivership
The senate voted late this afternoon to instruct the interstate commerce commission to conduct a thorough investigation into the recent receivership of the St. Louis and San Francisco Frisco system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Kenyon
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
San Francisco
Shade Trees In Labor Fields Speak To Profitable Work
A reflective warning that cultivated voices rarely translate to earnings, and few shade trees exist in the common worker's path toward profit. The piece contrasts artistry of speech with practical success in everyday labor.
Extradition Ordered in Lake Como Wife-Murder Case
Supreme Court rules Porter Charlton must be handed to Italy for trial in the 1910 Lake Como murder of Mary Scott Castle Charlton. He confessed to killing his wife with a heavy mallet after a quarrel at an Italian inn. The body was found in a lake trunk three days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Porter Charlton
Italy
Mary Scott Castle Charlton
Lake Como
Supreme Court
New Jersey
Charlton
Pareocen
Maltrasio
N. J
Mary Scott Casile Charlton
Young Charlton
Axeman Murders Two While They Sleep in Missouri Home
In Harrisonville Missouri a man entered the home of Arthur Keller a section hand and killed Keller with an axe while his seven year old daughter Mary was fatally wounded. The killer struck the sleeping Mrs Keller but she survived and alerted others. A posse pursues the slayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
Arthur Keller
Keller
Mary
West Virginia Mine Inquiry Opens in Charleston
A Senate subcommittee on education and labor began hearings in Charleston to investigate conditions in the West Virginia mine region. Chairman Swanson leads Senators Borah Shields Kenyon and Martine as the panel starts its inquiry in the state capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Capitol
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Swanson
Borah, Shields
Kenyon
Martine
Notice of probate hearing in La Crosse County
The Wisconsin County Court of La Crosse announces a special term to admit to probate the last will of John Larson Alseth, deceased, held at the Court House on June 24, 1913 at 10:00 A M. Math A Jos tad is the applicant. Dated May 29 1913 by County Judge John Brindley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
la Crosse
Math. A. Jostad
John Larson Alseth
Onalaska
John Brindley
Prizes on Exhibition for U C T Picnic at Myrick Park
A display of the prizes to be awarded at the U C T picnic events was placed in the Stringer and Steinmetz Cigar Store window today. The exhibit showcases prizes for the many competitions scheduled for Saturday at Myrick Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrick Park
Stringer and Steinmetz
Report of The Batavian National Bank June 4 1913
The Batavian National Bank of La Crosse Wisconsin files its condition report as of June 4 1913 showing resources total 3 918 308 16 with loans 2 165 518 89 and United States bonds to secure circulation 350 000 00 notes 350 000 00 and deposits 6 613 132 95 60 with capital 400 000 90 surplus 150 000 00 and profits undivided 62 286 91 The cashier John A Bayer attests to the truth of the statement and it is sworn before Notary Geo H Clark on June 9 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavian National Bank
la Crosse
Wisconsin
U.S
State of
County of la Crosse
Ss. I
John A. Bayer
Former Episcopal Pastor Weds Affinity After Elopement
Jere Knode Cooke former Hempstead Episcopal pastor and Miss Floretta Whaley wed in Stamford Conn by Justice Francis M. Tipper. They returned to New York with their two children and spoke of prayers answered as Mrs Cooke sought a decree in Hartford ending earlier marriage obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jere Knode Cooke
Hempstead
L. I. Episcopal Church
Floretta Whaley
Stamford
Cooke
Miranda Clarke Cooke
Geneva Club Auto Party Boosts YWCA Funds
Officers of the Geneva YWCA club praised the auto party last evening with over eighty young women enjoying a ride through the city and nearby countryside. Proceeds will strengthen Geneva club funds used to defray delegates to the YWCA conference at Lake Geneva on August 2. The club president is Mrs Alma Ruden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Club
la Crosse
Th Geneva Club
Y. W. C. A. Silk Mer
Lake Geneva
Alma Ruden
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M’gilvray Road
Charles Belmont Davis
Walace Morgan
Mr. Davie
Gotham
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Main Street
Frisco
the National Bank OF Lacrosse
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U.S. Postal
United States
Axeman
Charles
Xas
Total
Geo. H. Clark
G. van Steenwyk
B. C. Smith
E. M. Wing
Migg Floretta Whaley
Charles Sherman
Indianapolis
the Bobbs-Merrill CO
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