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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
4
Chinda requests a formal report from Washington on the seizure of the American yacht Columbia owned by J Harv Ladew in Nagasaki harbor. It is reported the Ladew party aimed for St Petersburg, suggesting they were not aboard when authorities took the yacht. The Nagasaki pro curator calls the arrest a formality with no political significance.
Ernst von Briesen of Milwaukee, born 1900, is the sole nominee for president of the Wisconsin Alumni Association as petitions close. Other officers include Mrs. Ida M. Hoyt Sewall as vice president and Charles H. Tenney as recording secretary. Louis P. Lochner likely to be re elected general secretary. A proposal to admit former students with one year’s attendance will be considered. Banquet speakers include Charles R. Van Hise Emmett A. Donnelly and Edwin K. Cassels. George A. Buckstaff will preside.
The nation marks the 136th anniversary of adopting the Stars and Stripes with the seventeenth annual Flag Day observance. Since 1777 the flag’s design evolved with state admissions, now featuring thirteen stripes and a blue field with stars symbolizing a growing union. The banner travels the globe as a symbol of liberty.
A Chicago News essay ponders why Europeans and others scratch heads in puzzlement and suggests scalp stimulation awakens the brain. It speculates Uncle Remus and his origins, asking if Aboriginal ancestors scratched heads when faced with perplexing problems.
The tale began in ancient Egypt with Rhodopis and an eagle stealing a slipper. French writer Charles Perrault popularized the story as Cinderella in the late seventeenth century, drawing on earlier versions and the Rhodopis tale.
Vienna employed an illuminated fountain projector to send a light beam toward clouds. Observers two to three miles apart tracked a luminous spot on cirrus clouds allowing height estimates up to 10 000 meters about 33 000 feet.
A ten year old in an east end family tells a blunt truth to his father about his mother’s beauty. The boy notes it would be nice if mom could say the same about dad. The exchange highlights a plainspoken, humorous moment.
A readable fragment notes a girl objects to a man kissing her, highlighting consent and personal boundaries in a social interaction. No further context is available from the text.
In Harrisonville Missouri on June 13 Mrs Ida Keller is held on murder charges after axe killings of husband Arthur Keller a railroad laborer and their seven year old daughter Margaret. She confessed after questioning saying her mind wandered since a head injury two years ago and officials deem her possibly insane.
London reports Lady Willoughby de Broke, vice president of the Divorce Law Reform Union, urging Parliament to extend grounds for absolute divorce beyond infidelity. Sir David Brymer Jones agrees to introduce a bill allowing remarriage for the innocent party after cruelty, desertion, insanity after five years, habitual drunkenness, and life imprisonment.
Chaseburg William Sieger Peter Peterson Magnus Peterson and Harry Aiken visited Coon Valley by Mr. Petersons speeder. Alfred Jacobson and wife visited Stoddard. Theodore Eggstad of Pelican Rapids visits. Julius Larson Clarence Johnson at Stoddard. Geneva Myrtle Hoyt Anna Bradles Mabel Finstad visited Stoddard. Local team beat Stoddard 23 to 11 at Stoddard grounds with Jacobsons pitching. Batteries Chaseburg Jacobson Graf Aiken Stoddard Hyslop Hass. Street work to crush one hundred cords of rock starts now. Luther Allen sold local restaurant to Art Mills of Viroqua. Mrs B Rannersberger visits Hoyt funeral. Local club held debate and entertainment in Gardners hall. Harry Aiken won the debate. Gardner family visited La Crosse. H W Schallert residence raised two feet. John Graf and wife and Mrs Peter Graf to La Crosse. Mrs H Martine shopped in La Crosse. Dr William Remer visits Fifield. Lars Ronigen residence painted. Mrs Joel Horne of Fairmont Minn visiting. Funeral of Mrs J W Hoyt held at Hoyt home with Rev Palechek officiating then interment at Viroqua. A Bigelow and wife of Rochester Minn attended Hoyt funeral.
Queen Wilhelmina and her four year old daughter Juliana traveled from Holland to a German watering place when the royal train, to ease the child’s sleep, was diverted to a siding for the night. The journey aimed to join Prince Henry.
An Atchison woman longed for a sewing machine and her husband gifted her a Wheeler and Wilson. The note reflects on cheerful resilience and cautions that false modesty can lead to improper living.
London June 13 reports say Bulgaria and Servia agreed to Russia as arbitrator a step seen as paving the way for peace in the Balkans The Bulgarian and Servian premiers reportedly reached a workable understanding on boundary disputes Meanwhile tidings from Constantinople indicate order is returning with no further disturbances expected after the assassination of Mahmud Sheyket Pasha grand vizier
Chicago June 13. In a deathbed statement Charly Kella said five men he drank with threw him from the Peerless hotel third story and left him to die. He struck a stone pile behind the hotel. Found early with a broken back and skull fractures. Three men are under arrest.
Madison officials receive invitations to attend a golden table commemorating the semi centennial of West Virginia statehood to be held in Wheeling on June 20.
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