Hillview Lot Sale Opens Thursday Night
The Hillview real estate sale begins Thursday at midnight with two hundred lots priced from 100 to 250 dollars. Lots sold on a one dollar down and one dollar per week plan, cash buyers get a 10 percent discount. Sale system uses white stakes and two placards for sale and sold to speed purchases. Ottumwa paper hails the rapid sale as a new record.
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Hillview
Messrs. Manning
Wellman
la Crosse
Manning and Wellman
Park Drive
Myrick Park
la Crosse Street
Granddad
Miller’s Bluffs
Schaghticoke
Platting Company
Ottumwa
Police arrest a man for nothing in tense HQ scene
Detective McGraw brings a suspect to police headquarters after a tip. Desk Sergeant Yolton jokes there is nothing doing as the man is placed in the sweat box briefly. The chief’s private apartments host the interrogation before the suspect is released.
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Detective McGraw
Yolton
Mister Yolton
Vine Street Paving Underway on Sixth to West
Messrs. Wooley and Hanson began brick paving on Sixth Street last Friday night and have laid cement curb on the east side. The La Crosse Stone Company started curbs on Vine Street this morning. Vine Street from Sixth to West Avenue will be paved and finished within a month.
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Messrs. Wooley & Hanson
Sixth Street
la Crosse Stone Company
Vine Street
Vine’ Street
Sixth
West Avenue
Sixteen saloonists pay their license in city
The second day for license payments has elapsed and sixteen saloon proprietors have paid a total of $500 to the city clerk. Renewal requires council action. The council will meet daily until July 6 to decide on all licenses, but no action was taken at last night’s meeting.
Funeral Friday for Joseph Blashesky at Holy Cross
The funeral of Joseph Blashesky who died last evening will be held Friday morning. Services begin at 9 o clock at the residence 408 North Fifteenth Street and continue at Holy Cross church at 9 30. Rev Sroka will conduct the services and interment will be at the Catholic cemetery.
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Joseph Blashesky
North Fifteenth Street
Holy Cross Church
Sroka
Delay Lake Season Opens On Great Lakes Until July First
Cleveland June 16 The opening of navigation on the Great Lakes will be postponed to July 1 after a meeting of independent vessel owners. Attended by representatives of the lake carriers association the decision aims to delay the season start.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Lake Carriers’ Association
Well-Informed Endorses Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna
A health product notice promotes a trusted family laxative. It stresses genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. as the only recommended source, with broad physician endorsement and world-wide acceptance.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Kaiser’s presence saves imperial yacht in near collision
Berlin June 16 A press notice reports the Kaiser's calm presence of mind prevented a serious accident aboard the Alexan dria en route from Genna regatta. A crossing skiff with girls and a man tried to cross the yacht bow prompting the emperor to shout Stop and Reverse engines. A sailor then leaped overboard and shoved off the yacht to avert disaster.
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Berlin
Kaisser
Alexandria
Genna
Four Die When Auto Takes Swim
Four persons drowned when a car carrying a pleasure party of six lost control on West Fifty seventh Street and plunged from an open pier into the North River. The dead are Adeline Berdon, 19, Mrs. Rose Coleman, 23, John Coleman, 27, and Virginia Knight, 8.
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New York
Fifty Seventh Street
North River
Adeline Berdon
Rose Coleman
John Coleman
Virginia Knight
Found Dead on Wine Cellar Stairs
Chicago June 16 a Cedar street butler Valentine Heiser in the home of C M Gottfreid was found dead at the foot of the stairs to the wine cellar. He had a fractured skull and a small incision in the back of the head. Police are unsure if murder or accidental fall caused the death.
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Chicago
Valentine Heiser
C. M. Gottfreid
Cedar Street
North Shore
Ringling's Man Leaves La Crosse City
N. J. Pellep agent for Ringling Brothers shows left La Crosse without definite show arrangements. License issues blocked negotiations and local businessmen will review the matter before Pellep returns later in the week.
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N. J. Pellep
Ringling Brothers
la Crosse
North Siders Fined Today for Disorderly Conduct
Messrs. Lee Brown and Edward Davis were arraigned in police court this morning on the charge of drunk and disorderly conduct and fined $10 and costs amounting to $12.50 each. Brown and Davis while in an intoxicated condition last evening caused a disturbance on a North Side street car and were arrested by the North Side police. The fine was paid.
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Messrs
Lee Brown
Edward Davis
Brown
Davis
North Side
Racing Matinee Set At La Crosse Fair Grounds
A racing matinee is planned for July Fourth at the La Crosse Interstate Fair grounds with half mile horse heats and auto races. Prominent La Crosse horsemen organize the event inviting owners from Galesville and Lansing. prizes include harnesses and accessories. Auto and motorcycle clubs plan class races with excursions expected from represented cities.
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la Crosse Interstate Fair Grounds
la Crosse
Galesville
Lansing
Y M C A to Build New Fireproof 4 Story Building
At a joint Y M C A meeting the building committee accepted the report and let the contract to C W Noble and Baker and Neibuhr for a $75,000 project. The total cost will near $100,000 with site priced at $15,000 and architect fees plus sundries $6,000 to $8,000. Construction starts immediately for a four story fireproof structure with basement and gymnasium, classrooms, dormitory rooms, shower baths, and a large balcony capable of seating about 700.
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Y. M.C.A
C. W. Noble
Baker
Neibuhr
Noble
George Burton
E. E. Bentley
Alfred James
George Bradish
E. C. Boynton
Stoddard
Main Street
Seventh Street
Association
Parkinson and Dockendorf
H. H. Hussey
Lansing
Mich
Y. M. C. A. International Association
Pistol Shots Scare Away Italians at Sterling Construction
Nighttime gunfire near Stirling Construction workers' sheds drives many Italian laborers to Milwaukee depot. Detective McGrath escorts majority away. Monday crews thin, few Italians remain. Supt Crane denies trouble, work to continue as usual.
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Sterling Construction Company
McGrath
Milwaukee
Flood Damage at St. Louis Grows
The Mississippi river rises to 33 feet, expanding damage across St. Louis. Water breaches levees near buildings while Creve Coeur Lake and Columbia Bottoms flood fields. Missouri River at Kansas City shows signs of recession as dykes are erected to stem the flood.
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ST. Louis
Creve Coeur Lake
Columbia
Kansas City
Diamond Jo Captain seriously hurt on steamer prep
Captain C. J. McGee of the Diamond Jo line steamer Quincy suffered a fractured arm and two crushed fingers Saturday while preparing the vessel for its first trip of the season.
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C. J. McGee
Quincy
Final Saengerfest Program Plans Outline Meeting
The general committee of the Saengerfest will meet this afternoon to approve the final program. The secretary is drafting the lineup and expects completion within a few days.
Japan Moves to Try Publisher Bethell in Riots Trial
Seoul June 16 Japan is pressing to convict Ernest T Bethell English publisher of the Corea Daily News on charges of inciting riots and revolt among Coreans through his publications Bethell has been openly critical of Japanese administration in Korea.
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Seoul
Japan
Ernest T. Bethell
Corea Daily News
Bethell
Korea
Finds Work for 39 in a Week
State Free Employment bureau weekly report by Superintendent T A McMullen shows 39 people placed last week. Males include carpenters two, delivery one, laborers twenty, farm hands two, painters one, teamsters one. Females include dishwashers one, domestics three, laundry girls two, kitchen girls one, laundress one, saleswoman one, waitresses two, washerwoman one.
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T. A. McMullen
State Free Employment Bureau
One Woman Delegate at Republican Convention
June 16 in Chicago the Republican National Convention opened with Mrs Lucy A Rice Clark of Garland Utah among the delegates at large from Utah She is honored as the sole woman delegate at the convention her story likely to be told among suffragists for generations
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Chicago
Utah
Lucy A. Rice Clark
Garland
Codfish Gets Balled Up In Odd Ball Market Tale
A brief column notes a quirky scene where a codfish figure becomes central to a humorous misunderstanding. Local merchants discuss an odd mix up affecting a seaside market, with residents chuckling at the miscue and the unlikely centerpiece.
Bryan weighs convention planks and Nebraska VP pick
Lincoln Neb June 16 W J Bryan follows Chicago convention news and the Nebraska delegation decision to name Gov Sheldon for vice president He will not comment until the platform is adopted reflecting his cautious stance in the evolving political discourse.
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Lincoln, Neb
W. J. Bryan
Chicago
Nebraska
Gov
Sheldon
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