Copeland Sees Water Plan Echo in Commission Proposals
Col. F A Copeland recalls early water questions in La Crosse and says the raie commission recommendations match his plan to sink wells in the marsh near Myrick Park, place a pumping station there, and supply the city. He notes he funded experiments, but opposition blocked adoption. Ex-Alderman William Neumister proposed a bluff reservoir, a plan once advanced but defeated.
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Raie Commission
la Crosse
Col
F. A. Copeland
Col. Copeland
Myrick Park
Lake Park
William Neumeister
Mormon Leader Ordered to Testify in Sugar Trust Probe
Washington D C June 15 Joseph F Smith president of the Mormon church was ordered by the Hardwick Sugar trust investigating committee to appear and testify about the Utah Idaho Sugar company. Heike testified with poor memory about the American Sugar Refining company while claiming prices were unified and tariffs vital to beet industry. Palmer described a 1886 traffic agreement among railroads and said concessions flowed to all competitors in a rate cutting era.
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Washington, D. C
Joseph F. Smith
Mormon Church
Hardwick Sugar Trust
House
Utah- Idaho Sugar Company
Heike
The
Sugar Trust
American Sugar Refining Company
Palmer
Trust
Taquor Licenses Sought in La Crosse Wisconsin
The applicant, Rudolph F. Temp, requests a license to sell strong intoxicating liquors on premises at 1301 South Eighth Street La Crosse from July 1, 1911 to July 1, 1912. Bondsman listed as The Bankers' Surety Co. of Cleveland Ohio.
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City of
la Crosse
United States
E. S. Smith
South Eighth Street
Bankers’ Surety Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Rudolph F
Illinois G A R votes to let states decide on statues in hall
At the Illinois division annual encampment in Joliet on June 15 the Grand Army of the Republic refused to join a fight to bar Robert E. Lee’s statue from the national hall of fame. Virginia had urged the statue’s placement and veterans nationwide had voiced opposition. The Illinois veterans urged Congress to permit states to install statues as they see fit in the hall.
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Joliet
Iil
Illinois
Grand Army of the Republic
Congress
Robert E. Lee
National Hall of Fame
Virginia
Magon Describes Fundraising Struggles of Rebels
Ricardo Magon, leader of the Magonistas, testified in a Los Angeles hearing before a U S commissioner that his group faces severe money shortages. He denied El Paso reports that Americans were being offered large sums to join the rebellion in Lower California.
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Los Angeles
Cal
U. S
Mexico
Ricardo Magon
el Paso
Magonistas
Lower
Calfornia
Wisconsin Senate Passes Income Tax Bill With Referendum
The Wisconsin senate approved the income tax bill with a referendum provision after debate. Exemptions for singles rise to 1000 dollars and married couples to 1200, with offsets for real estate taxes and bank share taxes. The measure also included changes on stock and bond issues and appropriated 1.9 million dollars to penal and reform institutions.
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Madison, Wis
Senate
Assembly
Hasting
Kleczka
Tax Commission
Gaylord
Teasdale
Milwaukee
State Board of Public Affairs
State College of Agriculture
Bichler
Ladies Laxative Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Ad
An advert extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe gentle cleansing laxative for women. It claims quick relief from indigestion colds headaches and constipation and notes many families rely on it. Warns of imitators and cites 30 cent bottle price at retailers.
Demonstration of the Autophone at W. T. Irvine’s
Practical tests of the autophone, a pocket telephone aiding the hearing impaired, will be held at W. T. Irvine's jewelry store Saturday and Monday. The device lets users hear clearly and can enhance natural hearing after brief use, also reducing head noises common to deafness.
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W. T. Irvine Jewelry Store
W. T. Irvine
Assembly Debates Taxation Bills and Labor Reforms
The legislature moved several measures including industrial commission creation and repeal of the state labor department. Bills on hours for women, discrimination in pricing, and nonpartisan elections advanced or were fought, with taxation of railroad docks at terminals drawing strong opposition and a failed investigation substitute for the state fair.
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Assembly
Mahon
Industrial Commission
State Labor Department
Bodenstab
Stern
Hull
Senate
Owen
Bell Automobile
McGovern
Donald
L. L. Johnson
Wy Mahon
Agricultural Experiment Station
Express, Telegraph and Telephone
Merlin Hall
Assemblyman
Nye
Superior
Escaped Convict Battles Posse Near Vellaeo
Fred Melville a 19 year old escaped convict is besieged by a 150 man posse on a hilltop between Vellaeo and Benecia California. He has exchanged over 200 shots with authorities since 6 am and shows no sign of surrender. Sheriff Veale observed Melville attempting to flee at Glencoe and fired before Melville vanished among rocks. The siege aims to starve him out as two additional posses form.
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Vellaejo
Cal
Fred Melville
Here
Benecia
Melville
Preston
Veale
Glencoe
Huge Reservoir on Grand Dads Water Plan Expanded
The plan for a new water system in La Crosse proposes wells 8 to 10 inches wide, 100 to 120 feet deep, feeding a 2,000,000 gallon reserve. Costs run about 250000 with a one year construction window and site at Myrick Park near Seventeenth and Main streets.
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Bradish
Rate Commission
Sorensen
Slichter
Pettbone Park
Myrick Park
Park
Fair
Morning Star Makes First Regular Run of Season
The steamer Morning Star of the White Collar line stopped here on its first regular trip of the season. It will operate between St. Paul and Davenport this summer, completing the full round trip in one week.
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Morning Star
White Collar Line
St. Paul
Davenport
Stokes Leaves Hospital After Shooting Incident
W E D Stokes the millionaire shot by Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad left the hospital for Long Beach today. Doctors say he may be able to appear against the defendants when they are arraigned tomorrow.
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New York
W. E. D. Stokes
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
Long Beach
Normal third in number of grades and one finish
The item notes a normal third in sequence of grades and records a single finish or result. It reflects a concise, neutral report likely from a standings or scoring brief. Named entities are not clearly provided in the readable text.
Large normal school class to receive diplomas next week
One of the state’s largest normal school graduations will occur as 101 students complete studies at the local normal. The class includes many names from Alma to Margaret Terry and spans graduates from the regular program and the country school teaching course.
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la Crosse
Milwaukee
Oshkosh
Alma Anderson
Myrtle Bangsberg
Clara Berg
Ruth Bradford
Lulu Bucklin
Jessie E. Caldwell
Eliza Carpenter
Elizabeth Carter
Laura Chase
Lulu P. Cooke
Stella Cranston
Alice Crowley
Nina Dano
Joanna Donovan
Elizabeth Eikjarud
Myrnie
Florence Merrill
Marion Moss
Celia Massey
Elsie Neumeister
Chester Newton
Alma Odell
Della Olson
Amund Olson
Ethel Oltman
Norma Pelunek
Edith Pryor
Ava L. Rathbun
Norma Reichelt
Hetty Rusk
Jessie Rutledge
Lillian G. Showers
Margaret Simmerling
Laura Stolander
Olga Steig
Mary Taylor
Nell Terry
Lillian Thompson
Nettie Torrance
Stella Trane
Cynthia Varney
Lillian Waters
Gertrude Wiebrecht
Jessie L. Wright
Georgina Young
Daisy Rice
Florence Darling
Maud Myhre
Susie Ness
Theresia Schubert
Nellie Simpson
Ira M. White
Georgia E. Hill
Josephine Mahoney
Rolla J. Mick- Mahon
Mary H. Pflueger
Geo. E. Sanford
Margaret Terry
Ella M. Crowley
Lillian Daulton
Margarete Forbes
Clara Hauge
Helen Anderson
Effie Jensen
Verna Jewell
Anna Mulder
Mary Mulder
Emma Olson
Laura Ruden
Grace Travis
Alamo Battle Featured in Melies Mexican War Film
The G Melies Co presents a motion picture recounting Santa Anna's attack on the Alamo with General Sam Houston, Col. Bowie, and Davy Crockett, shot around the real Alamo in San Antonio. Cadets from the Peacock military school assist. showings today only at the Bijou.
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Santa Anna
Alamo
G. Melies Co
Sam Houston
Col. Bowie
Davy Crocker
General Santa Anna
Melies
Peacok Military School
San Antonio
Texas
Southwest
Bijou
Archbold Receives Doctor of Humanities at Syracuse
Syracuse N Y June 15 John D Archbold first vice president of Standard Oil received the degree of Doctor of Humanities in Syracuse University honorary ceremonies Chancellor Day noted his long support for the university and Archbolds substantial gifts to the institution.
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Syracuse
N. Y
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Syracuse University
Day
Archbold
Irvine 18k Wedding Rings Sold On Honest Foundati
A young man visited Irvine 18k Jeweler to buy two wedding rings stating his parents Mr Irvine bought their rings there twenty four years ago. The shop touts reliability and notes rings are stamped with karat marks dates and initials engraved free and invites customers to compare its large stock.
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Irvine
W. T. Irvine
Madison man argues parcels post would raise revenue
Herbert Quick of Madison Wisconsin told the house post office committee that a parcels post system like the Sulzer bill would eventually increase government revenues by 35 million dollars. A E Green Walt of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor also spoke in favor of the Sulzer bill.
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Washington, D. C
Sulzer
House Post Office Committee
Herbert Quick
Madison, Wis
A. E. Greenwalt
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Bloodless Surgeons Offer Free Medical Consultation
Northwestern United physicians advertise free consultations and examinations for a wide range of diseases with no charge beyond medicines. They claim miraculous cures, suggest urine analysis, and tout a hypodermic germ destroying fluid that treats cancer and other growths. They require married women to bring husbands and minors with parents, hours 9 A M to 6 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern United
America
Body Identified as Captain Putnam Found in Marble Yard
The man found dead yesterday resting against a tombstone in Price's marble yard Upper Darby is identified as Captain A B Putnam 63 of Indianapolis Ind He committed suicide by firing a bullet through his heart investigators said
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Chester
Price
Marble Yard
Upper Darby
A. B Putnam
Indianapolis
Ind
Putnam
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