Desert Washington to Greet Teddy Roosevelt at Dock
Washington D C June 15 Local officials and government clerks plan to greet Col Theodore Roosevelt on his seven year return to New York. Notables including Herbert Ox Smith Lawrence O Murray Beekman Winthrop and Archibald Butt will attend carrying greeting letters. Many clerks seek leave for the voyage and congressmen are expected to join the welcoming party. President Taft will be in Villa Nova Pa delivering a commencement address.
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Washington
D. c
Col. Roosevelt
Herbert Ox Smith
Lawrence O. Murray
Beekman Winthrop
Navy
Meyer
Agriculture
Wilson
Roosevelt
Archibald Butt
Taft
Butt
Immigration
O'Keefe
Es P. Neill
New York
House
President Taft
Villa Nov
Vatican clarifies encyclical on German nation
In the Prussian diet a Vatican explanation declared that the encyclical was not aimed at the German people or Protestant reformers. It linked the document to the tercentennial of Cardinal Borromeo's canonization and denied any insult to Germany.
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Berlin
Vatican
Martin Luther
Cardinal Borromeo
Bob Ingersoll
Wingold
Work Kills Fewer People Than All Other Causes
A concise aphorism asserts work causes fewer deaths than nearly any other hazard aside from broken hearts.
Sig Ferrante's Big Band Arrives For La Crosse Chautauqua
La Crosse hosts a diverse Chautauqua lineup led by Sig Pasquale Ferrante and his Royal Italian Guards Band. The program features Kirksmith Orchestra Misses Lee and Lathrop Fullenwider Fox Orchestra and a Royal Hungarian Orchestra with H Ruthven MacDonald as baritone, promising a full musical day.
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la Crosse
Sig
Pasquale Ferrante
Royal Italian Guards
Ferrante
Kirksmith
America
Lee-Fallenwider-Lathrop
Lee
Lathrop
Sterns Conservatory
Berlin
Europe
Fullenwider
Fox Orchestra
Royal Hungarian
H. Ruthven MacDonald
Canada
Elijah
Bibbity Bob
Local notes and visits from VIROQUA WIS vicinity
A compendium of small town mentions including Viva Clark escaping burns while applying stove polish to a lit stove, Vera Officer clerking in Felix store, Maude Turning closing her Ferryville school, visits among Graves Andersons and several others, business transfers in Reade town and Sparta, and various folk from Viola, Sparta, Springville, and nearby locales, with travels to Ipswich and Canada.
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Viva Clark
De-Sota
Vera Officer
Felix
Maude Turning
Ferryville
Margaret Graves
Nettie Anderson
Soldiers Grove
R. H. Drake
Ada Graves
Sparta
Wilkinson & Wagner
Readetown
New Hampshire
Irvin Graham
Lamech Graham
Thomas Ommonson
Glendive
Springville
Wm. Frazier
H. L
Lillian
Elsie Thiel
Ipswich
S. D
Christ Larson
Canada
Immaculate Conception Church Hosts La Crosse Pair
On June 15 at six o'clock, Nicholas Sommer of La Crosse Wisconsin married Eleanor Lake of this city at Immaculate Conception church. Arthur Lake served as best man, Minnie Lake as bridesmaid. The bride wore champagne silk and carried cream roses. Officiant was Very Rev. G L Haxmeier. A morning wedding breakfast followed at the bride's mother's home. The couple will visit Milwaukee and nearby relatives before settling to housekeeping at the bride's home.
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Lansing
Immaculate Conception Church
Nicholas Sommer
la Crosse
Wis
Eleanor Lake
Arthur Lake
Minnie Lake
G. L. Haxmeier
Milwaukee
Turner’s
Skinner Brothers
Senator Cummins Named Chairman in Iowa Republican Push
Senator A B Cummins chosen as temporary chairman of the Iowa state Republican convention to be held in Des Moines August. His chief rival was Charles Grill of Davenport, newly nominated for congress from the second Iowa district. The insurgents control the committee seven to three.
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Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Charles Grill
Davenport
Congress
White Testifies on Bribe-Tying Letters in Brown Trial
Former Assemblyman White testified in the trial of Lee O Neill Brown charged with bribery. The witness identified letters and said money moved between Brown and associates as part of the alleged scheme in Chicago.
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Chicago
White
Lee O'Neill Brown
Brown
Candidates circulate papers for county offices
A number of candidates for county offices are circulating nomination papers. Up to now only Republican candidates have started circulating papers, none yet for the Democratic ticket. Papers must be filed 30 days before the primaries, by August.
Robert Ray Heads the Lit Club With New Officers
The Lit club held its final meeting of the year at the high school last night. Myron Locke was admitted and the next semester officers were elected: President Robert Ray, Vice President Herbert Moss, Secretary Ray Keeler, Treasurer Ed Stavrum.
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Lit
High Schol
Myron Locke
Robert Ray
Herbert Moss
Ray Keeler
Ed. Stavrum
Fire at Fond du Lac plant endangers auto top works
A hot iron fell from an anvil in a blacksmith shop starting a blaze in the Longdin Brugger company plant in Fond du Lac. The shed basement filled with fumes and Chief Doll and six firemen fainted before firefighters controlled the fire.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Longdin-Brugger Company
Chief Doll
Titus Regaining Strength After Illness Halted Campaign
Assistant Attorney General A. C. Titus, whose illness stopped his bid for the Republican nomination for attorney general, is slowly improving and plans to leave the house in a few days. He remains weak and asks that telephone calls be discouraged.
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Madison, Wis
A. C. Titus
Titus
Wisconsin Masons Convene 66th Annual Session in Milwaukee
The sixty sixth annual communication of the grand lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin is in session in Milwaukee with 650 delegates attending.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Grand Lodge
Free and Accepted Masons of
Wisconsin
Yale Mathematician Receives Gettysburg Presidency Offer
Dr W A Granville of Yale mathematics department has received a call to be president at Gettysburg Kentucky. He left today to inspect grounds and friends say he will accept. Dr and Mrs Granville came to Yale from Kansas.
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YALE
New Haven
Conn
W. A. Granville
Yale University
Gettysburg
Granville
Kansas
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