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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1915
Page
5
Chaseburg residents report Mrs C C Robertson visiting La Crosse Saturday. The Throne of Coon Valley conducted business here. Mrs Sorenson returns from La Crosse after a recent operation. A Hosmer visited La Crosse with relatives. Misses Minnie Engh Mabel Fastad Laura Geary and Myrtle were mentioned in social notes.
Norman Larson returned to Freeburg Minnesota after an extended absence. He spent Sunday in La Crosse with Maurice Geary Frank Ender and Julius Larson and Sam Johnson. Local visits include Grace Hanson and mother in La Crosse, Mary and Aggie Spika in Coon Valley, H W Schallert in Westby and La Crosse, Alma Koenig with Stoddard friends, Ray Clawson and daughter in La Crosse, Gus Wreble on La Crosse business, Lizzie Cunningham returning to La Crosse, George Carson and family with Stoddard relatives, Emma Grosskopf with Stoddard friends, Harry Aiken in Stoddard, Mildred and Dorothy Gardner in Stoddard.
The Supreme Court sustained the Wisconsin railroad commission order requiring streetcar tickets to be sold at thirteen for fifty cents in Milwaukee.
A brief wry remark notes how some poetry in low priced magazines provokes debate over whether it mirrors Shakespeare or Bacon. The quip suggests the question remains unsettled.
Several residents and visitors travel to La Crosse for business or summer stays including P E Martin from Austin and J G Perry from Winona. University of Wisconsin students Edwin Stavrum and Julius Marquardt return home for the break, while others plan visits and returns to cashton DeSoto and Cedar Rapids. The Norwegian Lutheran Ladies Aid to host a supper. Prof Kerr closes his studio for summer.
J. S. Hollywood, a painter, is held at central police station on charges he stole a watch and chain from Frank Hickey's coat. Hickey hung the coat on a saloon hook. the watch vanished and later appeared in a pawn shop. Police allege Hollywood pawned the items.
Sparks from the kitchen range at the Hotel La Crosse last evening started a fire that burned a hole several feet square in the floor. The flames were extinguished by fire department No. 1 with about $50 damage. This morning department No. 1 responded to D. Lowell home at Fifteenth and Market for smoke from waste paper burning, with no damage.
A special meeting of St Pauls Universalist church and parish is set for Wednesday evening at 7 45 in the church parlors. The Comus club entertained at Oehler's cave on Sunday with guests including Misses Liesenfeldt Limpert Collins Stines Gantsch Fisher Mrs Charles Stine and Messrs Lee Young Oscar Engans Arthur Sheldon Louis Hanson William Burke Candy Langsher Charles Sitin and Winnie Kiefer.
Mrs John Kampschroer of 719 South Fifth street entertained a dinner party Saturday evening for Mrs H J Ross of Chicago. Ten covers were laid.
Mr and Mrs John Holley hosted a small dinner last night in honor of Mrs Ostrander of Samokov.
Rev and Mrs C C Rowlison hosted a luncheon yesterday for the 1915 high school graduates. Guests included Ferol Delamater Katherine Taylor Mildred Levis Marie Esch Burton James Layton Oyen James McKivergin and Henry Worth. Red peonies carried the decor.
Thirty five Daughters of the American Revolution attended a Flag Day picnic at Miss Millie Marsh's Dres bach home. A delicious dinner was served on the lawn and after the meal the chapter presented Miss Marsh with a handsome flag.
German officials acknowledge Balkan tensions as decisive in European strategy. Greece returns Venizelos to power while Romania nears war, boosting armies to about 750,000. Berlin fears Balkan belligerency could pull Bulgaria into aiding the allies, prompting Berlin to press Turkey for Bulgaria’s support and territory cessions.
The Eagles state convention in La Crosse next week requires many rooms. Hotels are full, so the hotels committee asks private citizens to list spare rooms with J. F. Lapit z or C. A. Dittman. A list of private homes with accommodations exists but is insufficient.
Premier Asquith reported in the house of commons that British naval losses up to June 1 numbered 13 547.
In Newmarket England on June 15 Joel's Pommern won the famous derby replacing Epsom Downs Derby canceled due to war. Col. W. R. Walker's Let Fly finished second and Sir J Thornby's Rossendale was third as a large crowd attended despite objections to racing during wartime.
The Men's Society of the First Presbyterian Church meets this evening in the church lecture room. Rev. D. C. Jones will discuss the topic Had I My Life to Live Over Again. Program begins at 7 45 and all church men and friends are invited.
Six U S regulars passed La Crosse at eight this morning traveling from Camp Robinson near Sparta to Minneapolis to take quarters at Fort Snelling. The troops had spent two weeks at Camp Robinson practicing artillery.
The Famous Players film company adapts David Belasco’s May Blossom for a feature film. Originated with Daniel Frohman at Madison Square, the production stars Gertrude Robinson Russell Bassett Marshall Neilan Donald Crisp and Gertrude Norman. Bijou shows Thursday Friday Saturday.
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