North Side Housekeeper Wins Suiter for Miss Weber
John Spierawsky 60 admits three weeks of housekeeping with Barbara Weber 75 led him to decide on marriage. He and Weber met in America twenty years ago and filed for a marriage license yesterday. They plan to wed next Tuesday at the German Lutheran church on Rose and Avon streets. Spierawsky works for the city park commission and has been a widower since 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Spierawsky
Barbara Weber
Spierawsky
Miss Weber
City Park Commission
America
Germany
O'Neil Shoe
Charley Williamson
Galesville
Art Hanson
Holmen
Young People’s Society of the
Bethel Lutheran Church
J. H. Johnson
M. Harrington
Irene
Austin
Minn
M. Cunningham
Brownsille
J. Oldenberg
la Crescent
J. Donovan
Rose Street
William Thrune
Kane Street
Winona
Ethel Botz
Berlin Street
Minneapolis
Florence Joy
Seneca
Adeline Preutz
George Street
Orman Rewey
Charles Street
Colorado
Lottie Hiscox
Mill Street
West Salem
Don McCauley
Caledonia
Lillian Wedeking
Irma Post
Prairie du Chien
Will Davis
Pauline Brown
Cassville
Phillip Roggensack
Margaret Dyer
Madison
North Side
William Huard
E. W. Dyer
Wood Street
Henry Woll
Marinette
Rev. A. Lien
George A. Huard
F. H. Ehmer
Loomis
Milton Gear
Copeland Park
Wright Funkhouser
Kane
Archie Skemp
North Side Briefs Show Local Travel and Visits
North Side residents and visitors fill listings with trips and gatherings. Charley Williamson travels north on business. Art Hanson heads to Hagenback-Wallace circus. many locals host guests or return from trips.
Portage Electric Station Purchased in Portage Wisconsin
Portage Electric Light and Power company buys Portage substation from Southern Wisconsin Power for 40600 dollars. Machinery and equipment were installed by Wisconsin company for the benefit of the local firm under a lease of 2000 dollars annually. Purchase aims to settle repair and expense disputes and align local power sourcing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage
Wis
Vportage Electric Light and Power Company
Southern Wisconsin Power Company
Wisconsin Company
Princess Players at La Crosse Theater Open Next Week
Spotlight on the Princess Players as they present two tabloids and six vaudeville acts at the La Crosse theater. The lineup features dancer Clarence Walters, comedian Oscar O'Shea, vocalist Esther Evans, Bennie Gould with Scotch songs, and the duo Russell and Bergen. A Sunday matinee marks the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Players
la Crosse Theater
Clarence Walters
Oscar O'Shea
Esther Evans
Bennie Gould
Harry Lauder
Gould
Russell and
Bergen
Calls Upon Little Mary for Succor in German Prison
A British prisoner in Germany used a postcard parodying Barrie to inform his mother of dire hunger. He noted his meager state, claimed the state provides only enough to exist, and joked that Chief Bender runs amok as the Packers chase him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Barrie
Mary
Activity Shown in Dry Goods Market
Chicago June 1 The weekly trade review by the John V Farwell company reports expected price advances in many merchandise lines while noting the U S financial position is stronger than ever The wool dress goods market is higher and sold out with fall deliveries only Black taffeta silks and velvet ribbons are active There is strong demand for monogram embroidery on handkerchiefs Dealers are buying heavily in rugs floor coverings draperies and upholstery goods in anticipation of higher prices
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John V. Farwell Company
United States
Tabernacle Baptist Picnic Set for June 19 at Myrick Park
The Tabernacle Baptist Sunday school annual picnic will be held Saturday June 19 at Myrick Park. Picnickers meet at the Avon Street church at 9:30 a.m. Games and amusements of all kinds will be provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabernacle Baptist Sunday School
Myrick Park
Avon Street
Race Up Hudson Begins From New York Toward Albany
June 18 five motorboats start from New York in a race to Albany and return. Five more boats start this afternoon and five tomorrow with a second leg planned for completion in the total event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albany
Raup Wins Western Handicap in Tenth Annual Trap Shoot
William Raup of Portage Wisconsin won the western handicap final at the tenth annual trap shooting tournament in St Louis after a two day shoot off among 230 entrants. Raup topped a field that included George Grubb Wetmore Kan and T A Snell Staunton Illinois with decisive scores across rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raup
ST. Louis
William Raup
Portage
Wis
Interstate Association
George Grubb
Wetmore
Kan
T. A. Snell
Staunton
Grubb
Snell
Brown Free Agent
St Joseph pitcher Paul Brown, with the team for two years, was made a free agent today in St Joseph Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph, Mo
Paul Brown
St. Joe
Illiterate Man Makes His Dollar Mark
A local observation notes that many illiterate men manage to sign or mark their name with a dollar sign, highlighting literacy challenges in economic life and the practice of sign marking in absence of written names.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Growers of India Tea
North Side Briefs
Misses Pearl
Doris Dady
Wabasha
Burdelle Morrison
Caledonia Street
Autauqua
Portage Electric Station
Nebner
North Side Botiling Works
THE
Chief Bender
Packers
Poerling
South Fourth Street
Miss Peet
Masonic ‘Temple
Clark Jewel Cabinet
Broiler
Splasher
Range
Wisconsin-Minnesota Light and Power CO
Main St
J. N. Moncrieff
Mgr
Tabernacle Church
Hudson
International News Service
George McManus
Kim
la Crosse Gun Club
Brown
Baker - Niebuer CO
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