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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1911
Page
6
The horn book, used from 1450 to the late 1700s, served as the elementary school’s standard text. A parchment page on a wooden slab carried letters and numbers, covered by horn to resist moisture, with a Bible and sampler stitched by girls, bearing names such as Mary Smith.
The London Globe recounts Alcyone and Ceyx whose deaths moved the gods to resurrect them as halcyons. They then decreed seven calm days from December 22 to 29 when seas stay still as seabirds nest, giving the period its name Halcyon days of tranquillity.
From a trip to Norwalk Wisconsin she was called recently by Mrs J M Callahan due to illness of her father.
Austin Minn Thursday morning in Austin Nelson, Joel Nelson, owner of 2036 Kane street, sues Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad for 25000 in connection with his right arm severed December 13 1910. He was on a box car ladder when a baggage truck on the station platform knocked him under the wheels. Nelson refused a 2000 settlement and will begin the case with attorney French and Sasse. he and his widowed mother Mrs Alma Nelson will travel to Austin for preliminaries.
The Billiken Athletic club will host a house party tomorrow evening in its club rooms on Mill street at the request of attending ladies. All are invited and a large crowd is expected to view the newly furnished rooms which today appear homelike. A light lunch will be served to guests.
A Westchester political figure recalls John Fiske and his son in the lumber business. The two men, both over six feet and heavyweights, weighed 362 and 365 pounds respectively. The firm sign changed from John Fiske & Son to John Fiske & Father after the weigh‑in.
A modern cigarette case combines gold and platinum in a very thin flat design. It carries only a single row of cigarettes and fits easily in a vest pocket. The new styles abandon curved shapes for flat, striped surfaces with platinum accents.
About 120 chickens were reportedly destroyed when a case of ten dozen eggs fell from a Hawley Commission wagon on the north side near Mill Street crossing. The eggs broke creating a yellow pool on the street with rumors that some eggs contained more than potential chickens.
Local notes report Mrs. J Yarrington recovering from appendicitis at La Crosse hospital. Numerous residents and visitors are listed including Cora Mekvold returning from South Dakota for a relative’s death, Frances Fackler resuming work, and various travels to Hot Springs Colorado, Rhinelander and Davenport. The Good Samaritans plan a meeting, Rev H B Leonard to preach in city, and young people of Charles Street Lutheran to host a gathering with a light lunch.
After a May wheat corner and securing the title wheat king, A. J. Lichtstein faces problems. He must unload millions of bushels at cash price to cover his investment, and he is under probe by the local board of trade seeking to curb market cornering.
Madison dispatch reports a bill to force the state land commissioners to buy a Fleming tract near the state fair park for 45000, about seven and a half acres, amid opposition from most agriculture board members and charges of a coordinated railroading and a major public theft. Senator John Thomas calls the plan one of the worst steals in years.
Disquiet in Ryhope England as a swarm of foreign ants infests 120 miners houses. The pests invade living rooms cupboards and food and were traced to Egyptian hay. Owners hire experts to exterminate. nests are dug out and colonies destroyed.
The bumble bee makes a strong push as opponents retreat from the boards, leaving the insect in control of the action.
Nine parts luck equal to hard work and common sense. John Hawley of Milwaukee visits friends on the north side. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey West leave this morning for the Twin Cities. Mrs. Harvey Hampton of Minneapolis visits relatives near Loomis and Wood streets.
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