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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1908
Page
4
In a London Tit-Bits tale a stage manager notes he needs six cigars nightly for his role, prompting the property-man to quip about cost. The discussion reveals the sting of theatre budgeting as the man balks at the expense of penny cigars.
A storm washed out a bridge south of here near Fountain City delaying trains. Train 55 could not run and Burlington tracks were affected toward Minneapolis. a local service replaced the regular northbound run. Repairs finished to allow trains to resume, but Burlington was an hour late this morning.
The Q Gun Club travels to Winona to compete with the Winona Gun Club at the Winona shooting park in a 13 event meet with 15 shots each. The handicap event offers a 70 dollar Krupp pigeon gun to the winner, a Stevens repeater to second, and Lefever gun cleaners to the next six.
The State Democratic Party calls a convention in Milwaukee on July 22 to determine the basis of representation for delegate selection. Party leaders urge participation as rules and eligibility are outlined for county and district delegates.
North Side notes include visits and travels of residents such as Mrs. Berger and Miss Roe with stops in Bonners Ferry and Caledonia while a key Democratic convention notice from H. H. Manson outlines a Milwaukee gathering July 22 1908 with county delegate apportionment based on 260 votes per delegate.
A playful reflection on the familiar saying There is nothing new under the sun noting that each day brings new events ideas and inventions that challenge the maxim. The提醒 contrasts tradition with ongoing novelty in culture and life.
In M'Gregor Iowa at night flood damages linger with lumber piles melting and streets filled with wreckage. Buildings undermine as water reaches three to four feet in homes and hundreds of others report losses totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars to shops hotels saloons and households. Bergman Bros L P Bickel Giere J B Coffman Buck and Shaub C A Pearsall Q A Sloan J H Hellberg E F Kurz sack C F Spaulding I O O F F J Sullivan A Horning Herman Kussock E Wood D G Benjamin A Clemens & Co J Peterson Peterson and Schultz livery suffer heavy losses.
Mrs Belle R Curran died at 4 30 pm after a four year illness. A North side resident for 37 years she was among La Crosse’s early settlers born in St Louis in 1854 she came here at age nine. She married James Curran who died in 1877. Funeral 2 30 pm tomorrow from the residence 811 Rose Street with Rev Winters officiating Oak Grove cemetery interment under William Dwyer in charge.
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