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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1907
Page
5
A son was born to Mr and Mrs William Soaper Gazley of Chicago on Sunday June 9 Mrs Gazley is formerly Miss Virginia Miller The item notes the new arrival in local society news.
The Modern Samaritans council 8 and 1 will hold its regular meeting tomorrow June 12 at Lienlokken hall starting at 8 o clock.
A Beauty filled bridal shower for Miss Maud Pettingill hosted by Mrs John Bayer featured abundant flowers and foliage, a handkerchief exchange, and a basket of tied handkerchiefs as keepsakes. Attending guests included Mrs J L Pettingill and Mrs Eva Baker among many others.
The Swastika Rod and Gun club hosted a launch ride to Eagle Bluff last Sunday honoring Miss Celesta Rupp and Mr. Fred Bosshard on their birthdays. Participants included Misses Erna Braun Elsie Techmer Elsie Warninger Emma Zeisler Celesta Rupp and Mr. Fred Bosshard Harry Dimler Elmer Warninger Guse Jaekel and Will Kroner.
Samuel Nelson of Alma is spending the day with friends around the city.
The Bijou offers a strong bill headlined by Kelley and Calvert in a witty yet touching playlet. Acted by Kelley and Calvert with pathos, the lineup also features Alma Pryor, Alma Pryor on mandolins, George Yeoman the German Jester, the Byrons duo, and Herman Le Fleur singing Bonnie Jean. Salome pictures, a Met barred Strauss opera excerpt, close the program along with the comedy A Horse of Another Color.
Colonel Holway of the national guard has received replies from nine architects for drawing plans. Bids range from $50 to $150. Schick & Roth declined to bid, saying a creditable building could not be erected for $60,000. No plan for letting the work has been devised yet.
At a North Side lodge gathering of the Independent Order of Foresters last evening, Harry Evjen resigned as financial secretary and treasurer citing work conflicts with his business. George B. Marvin Jr. was elected to succeed him, a position he had held previously. No other business of note was discussed.
Wide. Ehglerg of Duluth has returned home after visiting friends in La Crosse. E. H. Bratberg of Holmen is the guest of friends in the city for a few days.
Mrs Martell of the North Side traveled to Cream City to identify a decapitated train victim. She believed the body could be her sister Agnes Funger but learned the deceased was Lydia Quast of Milwaukee. Relatives flocked to the morgue hoping for a match.
The Misses Rene and May Thillits visit their parents at 1201 Caledonia street after seminary in Dubuque. J W Bodett of Winona spent Sunday with family on the North Side while Doc Hiscox returns from Chicago and plans two weeks with his wife and children. Edward Dorsett of North La Crosse is in Savanna on business. Miss Charlotte Felstad returns home from Houston Minnesota where she taught. Fire station No 2 updates its hose cart into a ladder wagon with space for extension ladders. L E Lavaque and John Doherty leave for Menasha to attend the C O F convention as La Crosse delegates.
Sunday was meant as the opening night for Rev. Sanders revival at Tabernacle Baptist. The two night turnout surpassed expectations with large crowds. The meetings run nightly for two weeks focusing on general reform topics. Rev. Sanders will speak each night and invites residents, especially from the north side, to attend.
Rev J H Weaver president of Albert Lea college will deliver the annual baccalaureate sermon to La Crosse high school graduates Sunday evening June 16 at 7 30 at First Presbyterian church corner Sixth and King streets the class will attend in a body
A. M. Ake of Wood Indiana recalls years of severe lung hemorrhages and ineffective medical care before using Foley's Honey and Tar. The remedy stopped his cough, healed his lungs, and prevented serious cold complications. Refuse substitutes. O. T. Erhart.
La Crosse Knights of Columbus sent a third degree team to Milwaukee to initiate new members. Delegates listed include John F. Doherty and A H Schubert among others.
The finance and both committees of the common council meet this evening to consider increasing the Pettibone park public baths instructor pay from 40 dollars a month plus a share of receipts to 50 dollars. Other baths matters will be discussed.
Sheriff Nicholson of Austin in Mower county Minnesota searched the city for a witness in the Grand Meadow train wreck case where several young men derailed a train during a drunken spree. The witness could not be located.
Allen Line promotes new steamers Victorian Virginian tunisian corsican ionian with twin and triple screw turbines. Weekly departures from Montreal through St Lawrence River with saloon cabins and second cabin rates listed. Local notes include A F Sheets returning to Greenwood and A J Rhodes visiting Sparta friends.
Judge Fruit adjourned the case of Sam D. McMillan versus W. W. Cargill in the eftrecult court until the trustee returns from Viroqua. The suit seeks an exact accounting of estate funds held by the trustees. Cargill testified he is a trustee and that property was placed under a trust. he did not recall any surplus expected beyond debts. Attorneys: Bleekman and Bunge for the plaintiff. Woodward and Lees for the defense.
A new Baker district option bill regulates saloons in La Crosse as of July 1 1908. It limits licenses to one per 250 inhabitants and requires full US citizenship for licenses. Existing saloons remain. offenders face prison and license revocation. Residence-area saloons require council complaints to ban.
At Friday's council meeting Alderman G A Keller will present an ordinance to create a meat inspector office. Keller has drafted the measure for two weeks and it requires appointment of an inspector to examine all goods in local markets. The board of trade urged such an officer with a public market anticipated.
Indian place names like Muskoka Kawartha Temagami and Bright Water described as fitting for summer outings. Fares offered at special low round trips via the Grand Trunk Railway System with double track from Chicago to Montreal and Niagara Falls. Descriptive literature and timetables mailed free by Geo. W. Vaux A G P T A 1385 Adams Street Chicago.
Very low round trip fares available daily June 8th to 15th and June 22nd to July 5th to San Francisco and Los Angeles with a $2.00 NEA membership fee. Also to Portland Tacoma Seattle and North Pacific Coast points June 20th to July 12th and Spokane June 20th to July 12th. Liberal return limits and favorable stopover arrangements. Tickets from North-Western Line ticket agents.
Local items list visits by Frank Culver Eastman Irvine and others in La Crosse. Residents and visitors from West Salem Merrill Winona Green Bay Superior and Madison transact business attend events and call on friends. Remedies advertised for kidney and digestive health amid routine social notes.
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