Bertha Lean Dies After Gasoline Fire At 419 Main Street
Bertha Lean an 18 year old La Crosse resident died from severe burns caused by an explosion of gasoline used to clean a bedstead in her apartment at 419 Main Street. She suffered for over four hours before death at La Crosse hospital. Funeral services will be held at her brother John Lean's home at 508 North Twelfth Street with Miller Bros. directing and Rev. Julius Gamm officiating.
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Bertha Lean
Main Street
la Crosse Hospital
Bertha
la Crosse
Red Wing
John
William
Frank
Joseph
Mary
Grace
Moore’s
South Fourth Street
North Twelfth Street
Miller Bros
Julius Gamm
Boy Kills Father Charged in Michigan Farm Murder
Emil Tilley is jailed in Benten Harbor Mich charged with murder of his father Ferdinand on a local farm. Emil says he killed him to protect the lives of his wife and himself. The piece notes a stray line about business foundations.
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Benten
Testimony on Postum Health Benefits in Education Leader Letter
A southern public schools superintendent recounts his mother’s heart trouble and weak stomach improving after switching from coffee to Postum. He notes his family’s wider relief and praises Postum’s health impact, inviting readers to learn from recurring letters in The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Wellville
Strange Woman Seen With Chinese Link to Sigel Case
A hotel housekeeper described a 30 to 35 year old woman with a suitcase who met two Chinese men and left with them after claiming to be a trained nurse on urgent business to Baltimore. A postal card from Miss K L Mann led investigators to East Orange New Jersey. Elsie Sigel case ties to Leon Ling and Chung Sin as authorities search across St Louis and other cities for leads.
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Mary O’brien
Baltimore
C Street
K. L. Mann
Main Street
East Orange
N. J
Boston
Elsie Sigel
Leon Ling
Yung Dan
Oxford Street
New York
Sigel
Schenectady
N. Y
Wm. H. Leon
West Galway
Chung Sin
Leon
Sin
Elsie
Washington
Josey
East St. Louis
Anti-Union Lockout Threat Faces La Crosse Transit
Car workers threaten to quit en masse to force a lockout after union pressures. Officials prepared bunk houses and staffed with strike breakers from Milwaukee, while a lengthy arbitration history details the committee’s June 18 conference with company presidents Edwards and directors, seeking reinstatement for Motormen Thrum and Sprout and an end to discriminatory practices against union members.
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Milwaukee
Tey
Power House
Edwards
Hixon
Cargill
Supt. Shaw
Masterson
Brunke
Daey
Wisconsin cut-over lands offer huge profit via clearing
Dan Wallace promotes a book claiming Wisconsin Round Lake country land can be highly profitable to clear using a stock trampling method. Prices as low as 5 to 20 dollars per acre with a short payback, and guidance on crops and clearing, with free copies via The American Co., Chippewa Falls. A second piece discusses open shop disputes, wage demands, arbitration, and union rights within La Crosse City Railway era employee conflicts.
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Dan Wallace
Round Lake Country
Wisconsin
Wallace
American Ee Co
Chippewa Falls
Amalgamated Association of Electric Employes of America
la Crosse Club
la Crosse
Chas. Masterson
Bruhnke
Thomas Daiey
la Crosse City Railway Company
B. EL
Edwards
la Crosse City
Chinatown Mission Closes as Police Probe Murder Mystery
Muriel Reed once known as Annette in reform Chinatown circles, and mission operators Beardman and Florence Todd, abandon work as investigations probe Elsie’s June 9 disappearance and murder. theories float about Washington transfer, missing outer garments, and rival Chu Gain’s wealth fueling jealousy. Police suspect a trunk concealment failed to fit the body, hinting at a staged disposal and flight with garments likely destroyed.
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Muriel Reed
Chinatown
Annette
Beardman
Florence Todd
Washington
Elsie
Chu
New York
Leon
Eighth Avenue
Mayor Sorensen Tries to Bridge Rift Between Company and Workers
Mayor Sorensen deplored an open breach between the company and its employees and said he has done everything to avert trouble. He acted as intermediary, carrying messages from the committee to the officials to ease the dispute.
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Sorensen
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Elliott - Loeffler
Bar Laseware
Beth Phenes
Peart
Fessler & Dahl
Oriental
Pacific Coast
Post Card Ciue
la Crosse and Onalaska
Thrun
Thrum
Sprout
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Emloyes
Jon
Daley
Messrs. Rae
International Secretary
State Board of Arbitration
B. E. Edwards
City Railway Company
M Sorensen
Grand Trunk Railway
Chicgo
Montreal
Niagara
Grand Trunk -Lehigh
Salem
Lillian Detlofson
Winona
Ling
LaCrosse
Wis
S.S.S.S
S.8.s
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Colorado
Union Pacific
W. G. Neimyer
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Rena
North Western Line
Toronto
Quebec
Niagara Falls
Atlantic City
Mountain, Lake and Seashore
New England
Atlantic Seaboard
Trip
Castoria Morintants
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