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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
4
In the Frick report the Alexander Hyde leadership of Equitable Assurance sought bulk and prestige rather than prudent growth. They pursued the biggest insurance entity, moved by American ambition for bigness rather than a stable, profitable, strong society. The piece urges convention fund subscriptions and notes current city signs of material progress post the Electric deal era.
The text accuses Mr. Gelatt of secrecy and manipulation after the Leader and Press and Central Electric and the Light Trust consolidation. It notes Gelatt’s failure to publish a full report on the merchants' lighting plant lease and highlights public frustration with his actions.
Miss Helen Miller of St Louis, one of the Gibson girls with the Mundy Carnival, was found crying at the Grand Trunk tunnel station after claiming the company threw her from the train for demanding back pay over $50. The show manager dismissed her demand. a friend will assist her while she seeks new work.
Edward Moore of Danville Illinois seeks to buy 103 acres beside Paris to create building lots for housing to lease. He claims the Big Four railroad may consolidate shops at Mattoon Danville and Mount Carmel, with Paris as a junction for the St Louis Cairo divisions and ongoing reconstruction to form a Cairo to Chicago trunk line.
M Neli doff the Russian ambassador to Paris has been named a peace plenipotentiary. He is a veteran diplomat who once led Russia’s Near East policy from Constantinople. Reports say the sultan honored him with the Order of the Medjidiah and imply imperial approval of his diplomacy.
Very low rates to Buffalo New York via the Northwestern Line for tickets to be sold July 7 8 and 9 with favorable return limits on account of Grand Lodge B P O E. Choice of routes from Chicago. Apply to agents Chicago and Northwestern Ry.
Andrew Onderdonk a nationally known engineer and contractor is dead at his Oscawana home aged 56. The report notes his prominence across the country and marks his passing.
John Wesley married widow Mrs Vizelle who grew tired of his restless life and jealousy grew. She left him with many private papers and he wrote in his journal that he did not forsake or dismiss her and would not call her back.
Chicago reports Philadelphia 0 Chicago 3 and St Louis 9 Boston 3 while Cincinnati 6 New York 3 and Pittsburg 4 Brooklyn 2. American sees Philadelphia 7 Cleveland 3 and Weather in Boston New York Washington. Association results list Toledo 10 Milwaukee 5 and Kansas City 0 Louisville 7 in second game. Western shows Des Moines 8 Colorado Springs 4 and Sioux City 2 Denver 1 in twelve innings darkness at St Joseph Omaha 3.
A Kansas City man, now eighty, recalls early railroads with wood and iron rails and a famed optimist who predicted progress. He then predicts that in twenty years airships will carry passengers and freight worldwide, admitting he may not live to see them but confident the forecast will come true.
The piece honors a beloved figure whose passing quiets a household yet lifts many. It honors her life shaping millions with joyful messages and a voice likened to angels. Her husband, son, and sisters await her resurrection.
Workmen in Terre Haute Indiana are carving an underground chapel beneath the first floor of the chief building at St Marys of the Woods. The project, to be the largest and most costly underground chapel in America, will total at least 50000 with models for tiling altars and furnishings imported from the east.
The English admiralty plans a deep sea exploring voyage into the Indian Ocean. Among the crew will be Stanley Gardiner, renowned coral expert and scientist.
More than 60 000 acres in the Yellowstone valley west of Billings Mont are watered by irrigation ditches suited to alfalfa. Figures compare irrigated alfalfa with unirrigated hay showing yields per acre, days fed per steer, and sheep capacity. Contact Northern Pacific Ry for Series C302 and write to C W Mott St Paul Minn.
Reduced summer fares from La Crosse on Fridays and Saturdays at 7.45 for round trip with return by Tuesday, and 11.95 for round trip with return within thirty days. Lake Shetek offers fishing hunting and multiple nearby lakes with affordable hotel and livery options.
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