New City Symphony Orchestra Launches Membership Drive
La Crosse in 1947-48 plans a 50 to 60 member orchestra with three concerts. Season tickets cost 240 and are available by box 615 La Crosse. Non playing memberships support business management and publicity, while patrons fund instruments and stands. Contributions are tax deductible.
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Bune
New City Symphony Orchestra
la Crosse
New Venture
Symphony
William J. Sauer
Nicotine Named After French Ambassador Jean Nicot
Jean Nicot, French ambassador to Portugal, sent tobacco seeds to Queen Catherine de Medici, and the term nicotine was coined in his honor.
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Jean Nicot
Portugal
Catherine de’ Medici
Outdoor Life and Ducks Unlimited Update for Mississippi River Area
Alfred W. Rice reports June bug hatch will reduce fishing activity until waters stabilize. The Mississippi River flood crest is noted and HR 2721 moves to Senate action to maintain nine foot channel levels. Ducks Unlimited Canada forecasts breeding ducks across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba with rising southern populations while warnings about hunting-season restrictions circulate. Trempealeau county fingerling trout numbers and distribution are outlined alongside yearling Browns allocations across local streams and creeks.
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Washington
Alexander J. Wiley
William Stevenson
House of Representatives
Mississippi River
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wallace White
Maine
Wiley
August Andresen
Red Wing
Minn
Ducks Unlimited
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Regina
North American
Whitehall
Trempeauleau County
Fred Gardner
Blair
Westfield
Johnson Creek
Strum
Lake Coulee
Trump Coulee
Trout Creek
Eleva
Lindsay Creek
Big Creek
Ne Creek
Chimney Rock
15 Year Old Found Dead In Dad s Store
A 15 year old Lake View student Henry Goodridge was found shot to death in his father Sidney Goodridge s delicatessen in Chicago. A .32 caliber revolver and a blood splattered note were found beside the body. Police note the youth had been missing from home since Thursday and had traveled to Minneapolis and River Falls Wisconsin since Friday.
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Chicago
Lake View
Minneapolis
Minna Lack River Falls
Wis
Army Assigns 32nd Division Captain to La Crosse Posting
Capt Emmett G. Quirk of the 32nd division has been assigned to the La Crosse area recruiting service effective June 17. Quirk, veteran of Saidor and Pacific campaigns, seeks veterans from Battery A 120th and other units to visit his recruiting office at 316 South Fourth Street. He served 32 months overseas during World War II and earned the Silver Star at Saidor. Quirk, married with two sons, is seeking housing in La Crosse and will work under Maj. Mason Black.
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la Crosse
120Th Field Artillery
Emmett G. Quirk
Pacific
U. S. Army
Chippewa Falls
32Nd Division
Quirk
126Th Field Artillery
120Th
Saidor
Capt. Quirk
Mike
Bobbie
Ft. Dix
N. J
Maj
Mason Black
Lion Escapes Circus Roams French Town Office
A circus escapee lion wandered into Epinal’s ration office drawing panicked crowds and fainting citizens. Gendarmes and firemen captured the animal, which did not obtain any ration coupons.
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Paris
Epinal
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Arctic Ice Cream Shop
Marx Appliance CO
Cass Street
Eighth
Corral
Calvin Knudson
South Eighth
Roger Bjorge
Tribune Proto
Audrey Alexander
South Ninth
Jill Torrance
Dennis Hollowitsch
Fifth Avenue South
Gretchen Ziel
Main
Robert Thompson
Ferry
Alfred W. Rice
Dresbach Dam
Onalaska
Lake Onalaska
Merlin Hull
Black River Falls
Sask
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wild Rose
Elk Creek
Hale
Bruce Valley
American Valley
Arcadia
North Branch
Beaver Creek
Ettrick
South Branch
Magnavox Belvedere
CASS
United States
Dad
Army
Radatz Chop House
North Third Street
Jim
Odo
Harry
Lacrosse Trust Company
Main Street
Adolph Kiefer
Newburg
Wisconsin
Schroeder
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