Funeral of Captain F W Foster Ends Sparta Police Guard
Captain F W Foster long time Wisconsin National Guard officer buried in Sparta after a military ceremony led by the Sparta Concert band. Officers from multiple regiments attended. Foster had served 25 years, born 1862 in Sparta, worked as a photographer, died after a period of ill health.
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Sparta
Wis
F. W. Foster
Foster
Wisconsin National
Oak Street
Rev. Hogan
Sparta Concert
Water
Main Street
Mount Hope Cemetery
Cress
Co. L
Knights of Pythias
Rev
Hogan
Mr. Foster
Chaplan George Longbrake
D. D
la Crosse
Herman A. Rupp
Philip Wendling
Charles E. Butters
Viroqua
C. G. Brown
Iroqua
John Turner
Mauston
F. FE. Burback
Portage
Marshall Cousins
Eau Claire
R. A. Richards
P. C. Atkinson
McArthur
Regidental
William H. Becker
War Office Dispatches From Fronts Across Europe
War Office reports heavy losses for Anglo French troops at the Dardanelles in a bombardment by Turkish batteries. In Petrograd the front spans 190 miles with Slav armies driving back Germans and taking hundreds of prisoners. In Rome Alpinists seize a mountain peak and capture 350 prisoners as battle around Goritz escalates. Paris notes gains in the Vosges with French forces advancing toward Colmar and securing heights along the Focht river valley.
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Constantinople
Dardanelles
War Office
Aii Burnu
Sedd-tl-Bahr
Petrograd
Baltic
Poland
Kovno
Popeliany
Venta
Rome
Montenero
Cadorna
Goritz
Isonzo
Paris
Vosges
Focht River
Metzeral
Steina- Druck
Colmar
Alsace
Focht
Lauch
Diamonds to face Chaseburg in postponed Sunday game
La Crosse Diamonds travel to Chaseburg for a local grounds clash postponed from June 6. Lehnen or Jacobson will pitch for Chaseburg as both teams are evenly matched and a good contest is anticipated. Local notes report residents returning from La Crosse visits and other community happenings.
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Chaseburg
Wis
la Crosse Diamonds
Lehbnke
Jacobson
Chester Galstad
la Crosse
C. Robertson
Evelyn Oehler
Hole
CL. Finstad
Onalaska
Norman Lareen
Freebure
Minn
Edna Palecheck
S.A. Mills
Viroqua
Selmer Olson
Westby
O. Carlson
Louis Oehler
O. N. T. Club
Emma Grosskopf
Solon Leaves Minnesota Back To Summer at Solon Spring
Lorin Solon battering ram full back of the Minnesota football squad, a Wisconsin product, departed yesterday to spend the summer at his estate in Solon Spring, Wisconsin.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Lorin Solon
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Solon Spring
Wis
Sweet-toothed car thieves nabbed by police
William Priest of Grand Rapids Michigan and Jerome Amberg of Cincinnati Ohio were arrested for robbing a Milwaukee Road freight car in the yards. Police found six cracker jack packages and tins of smoking mix on them. they admitted breaking into the candy but denied stealing the tobacco, accusing others on the road and refusing to name them.
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William Priest
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jerome Amberg
Cincinnati
Milwaukee Road
No. 2
Morality Rules at Hagenbeck Wallace Circus Aimed Public
Carl Hagenbeck Wallace Circus enforces strict conduct with about 1000 staff. Rules proscribe intoxication and profane language, require church attendance, and ban improper conversations for women. Management seeks polite, hardworking employees and immediate dismissal for violations during La Crosse visit June 18.
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la Crosse
John Strand Granted Ten-Year Burglary Sentence
John Strand of La Crosse, a monument company salesman, was jailed for burglary locally and learned he had already received a ten year term in Rockford on a similar charge. He downplays the charges saying he never robbed a house and jokes about adopting another alias when released.
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John Strand
Rockford
la Crosse
Tombstone
Children take part in Homer day program at M E church
Homer Minn June 17 Sunday school gave a children day program in the M E church with good attendance and visitors from Winona. Mr and Mrs L Kitzman are visiting Fairport Iowa with Mr and Mrs A F Shira. Many Homer residents attended Winona to view the sunken excursion steamer Frontenac. Marc Taintor left Homer Saturday.
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Homer, Minn
M. E. Church
Winona
Evening Plans For Ames Leader At State College
FF. L. Tainter joined a Sunday excursion to Wabasha aboard the steamer G. W. Hill. Mrs. N. Cross of Winona visits the C. R. Redfield home for a few days this week.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
FF. L. Tainter
Wabasha
G. W. Hill
N. Cross
Winona
C. R. Redfield
German origin of the waltz and its introduction to England
The waltz is a German national dance. It was introduced to England by a German baron about a century ago.
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England
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