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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1915
Page
6
The notice promotes a credit plan enabling people with modest means to buy new clothes and shoes. It stresses that money should not hinder appearance and asserts there is no uncertainty about the proposition, which is described as wonderful.
Madison reports Assemblyman D P J Vincent of Kenosha may lose an eye from a playful brawl in the Wisconsin Assembly during a late night session. A marble wall corner and a statue shell caused the injury after Frederick the Fighting Parson accused Vincent of being the culprit. Doctors say the eyeball is broken but efforts aim to save it as resolutions of condolence are read in the chamber.
In Antigo Wisconsin Edward and Joseph Holly were sentenced to one year in Waupun prison each after stealing a 900 pound safe from the Krause and Kostka saloon a week earlier. They carried the safe five blocks before capture.
Fred Hartwell attorney for a La Crosse Rubber Mills employee travels to Washington to meet with AFL President Samuel Gompers and other officials about the local labor strike. He is expected home Sunday from the conference.
A state senate report condemns the Wisconsin Efficiency Bureau for publishing survey material to influence public opinion, names key organizers and financiers, and calls for separate investigation work from state institutions. It notes ties to university and normal school surveys and argues the bureau functions as a central information office.
We offer maps booklets and complete information on the Great North Woods lake country and resort fishing district of Wisconsin Northern Michigan and Minnesota. Inquire with Ticket Agents Chicago and North Western Railway phone 337 or Red 220 A F Kniebusch Agent.
Adolph Rhine, a construction crew member at the gas works, fractured his left leg below the knee when timbers broke while lowering a tank into a pit. He was taken to St. Francis Hospital and is under Dr. G. J. Egan’s care.
Berlin reports the first great battle for Lemberg is underway with two Austro German armies massing west of Grodek and along the Przemys railway. The Grodek lake defenses are bombarded while Mackenzen’s wings push the Russian right, as Slav forces retreat toward Tarnogrod and the Tanef river. The Austro Germans isolate Russian forces to the north south and southeast.
Charles Sinclair aged 19 son of Mr and Mrs Victor Sinclair former La Crosse residents died at a New Bedford hospital Wednesday night a brief message to Mrs M E Kelly 631 State street says He was well known here His father served in the local fire department Mrs A J Evenson and Miss Katherine Kelly cousins left for Chicago where funeral services will be held tomorrow The body will arrive in Chicago tonight
Atlas Lincoln known as Bobby Hooks the armless flower peddler was taken to West Salem insane asylum by Sheriff George J. Ritter after deteriorating mentally. Once a woodsman who lost both arms in an accident, he spent years selling flowers and became a local landmark before being confined following repeated episodes at the poor farm.
Assemblyman Karl Kurtenacker moves to reconsider a vote killing a bill. The plan would strike Pierce county provisions while keeping Buffalo county exchange for Barron’s Island with Minnesota. Buffalo county supporters favor the amended exchange. Pierce county opposition helped defeat the bill.
Washington reports England aims to beat the United States to it in replying to the American protest against the order in council. Britain plans to cite Redfield figures to argue trade losses are not the issue, focusing on freedom of the seas. The timing of London’s note remains unclear.
Poetic observation notes that compacted words resemble sunbeams and burn more intensely when squeezed. The piece reflects on language as light and the impact of concise expression.
City Attorney Higbee informs City Clerk Hoffman that a new cigarette license law requires all cigarette dealers to obtain a license by May 27. Dealers found selling without a license between May 27 and July 1 face a four year disqualification. From July 1 onward a one year license costs five dollars.
The Kirk soap campaign offers a free bar to every housewife in La Crosse who presents a grocer with a distributed coupon. The offer is detailed in the Kirk advertisement on page five of The Tribune.
Undersheriff John A. Weber and Registrar in Probate John Costley received a seventy-five pound pedigreed blood hound named Tom from Fargo North Dakota. The donor stated the dog was trained to get his man and the freight paid by Costley. Weber now has the dog and vows to use it against any future prominent criminal.
Police reported a circus day with all officers on duty and no incidents during the parade. An officer visited Mrs. F. Flock at 711 Division Street after she reported a tramp seeking money, but the man was not found.
Flooding along the Chicago Burlington & Quincy line left tracks submerged between Maiden Rock Stockholm and Bay City. Train 47 due 3 15 a m and 54 due 4 30 were delayed until track-walkers assessed conditions. No track damage reported.
Carl Ahrens celebrated his seventy third birthday yesterday by accepting election as president of the Concordia Society for the thirty sixth consecutive year. Election of officers followed with August Hoathmaker named vice president Frank Gautsch as secretary Emil Guenther as financial secretary and Henry Kinder as treasurer.
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