Lemonade and Games Highlight West Avenue Church Event
The Young People’s league of West Avenue Methodist hosted a Saturday gathering at Myrick park with a regular dinner and lemonade. Bartz’s class defeated the teachers in a baseball game amid an athletic program featuring races, contests, and shooting scores led by Mr. Bartz and several classes.
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West Avenue Methodist Church
Myrick Park
Young People’s League
West Avenue
Bartz
Anderson and
Verket
Fredrickson
Lockman
Anne Keizers
Clyde Nelson
Irene Tiel
Herbert Nelson
Watson
Vernon Romanowsky
Stanley Anderson
George Todd
Miss Wallace
Henrietta Janky
Jon Wells
Grace Williams
Mr. Bartz
Adolph Verker
Wayne Romanowsky
Amil Nelson
Miss Anderson
Mildred Durwachter
Mildred Teddies
Juanita Wells
Miss Otten
Frances Bartz
Mildred Lockman
Grace Raymond
Miss Romanowsky
Ruth Crook
Helen Durwaelter
Bernice Laphner
Beth Keizer
Lyle Barnes
Lyle Ridgeway
Glen Schroeder
Mr. Bentley
Verna
Nominating Committee Names Officers for Wisconsin Bankers
The Wisconsin Bankers association nominating committee at the Milwaukee convention presents the slate for the next year. Henry A. Moehlenpach is named president, Earle Pease as vice president, and J. A. Jamison as treasurer. Members on the committee include W. A. Blackburne F. Becker S. M. Smith J. A. Bayer and others from Madison Grand Rapids Janesville and La Crosse.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin State Bankers’ Association
Henry A. Moehlenpach
Clinton
Earle Pease
Grand Rapids
J. A. Jamison
Shultsburg
W. A. Blackburne
Bruce
Charles O'Neil
Madison
F. F. Becker
Kaukauna
Steamer Curacao Sinks Near Prince of Wales Island
The coast steamer Curacao from Seattle foundered off Warm Chuck on Prince of Wales Island after striking a sunken rock. All passengers were saved, with many reporting narrow escapes as the vessel sank to the sea floor.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Curacao
Seattle
Prince of Wales Island
Powers Unite to Prevent a War in the Balkans
London reports the great powers at the eleventh hour pressuring Servia Bulgaria Montenegro and Greece to accept arbitration by the czar and avert new Balkan hostilities. Austria-Hungary is alleged to have stoked ally tensions to block a Slav alliance.
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London
Balkans
Servia
Bulgaria
Montenegro
Greece
Foreign Office
Austria-Hungary
Mrs Ellen Florina Died After Short Illness
Mrs Ellen Florina of 907 Jackson Street died yesterday morning at 7 o clock after a brief illness. She passed while visiting her daughter Elsie who has long been ill in hospital. Survived by husband, a son and a daughter. Funeral at Holy Trinity Church tomorrow at ? o'clock with burial in Catholic Cemetery.
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Ellen Florina
Jackson Street
Elsie
Florina
Holy Trinity Church
Curlew Leaves for Brownsville to Propagate Dams
The Curlew a government fisheries steamer docked here for repairs and now bound for Brownsville to continue dam propagation work under Captain A H Cras ser. The Morning Star of Davenport proceeded to St Paul through the wagon bridge on its regular run.
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Brownsville
A. H. Crasser
Packet
Morning Star
Davenport
St. Paul
Judge Brindley Leads County Officials in Picnic Pitch
Judge Brindley serves as bench manager for the county officials in a picnic game against the supervisors nine at Dressen park on Wednesday. The officials, with younger players and stars like George Leland and Bert Jolivette in the lineup, aim to avenge last year's defeat despite the judge nursing a few barley horses. Sheriff John Webber follows as a key performer in the field and at the plate.
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Brindley
Dressen Park
Stais
George Leland
Register of Deeds
Bert Jolivette
John Webber
Leland
Jolivette
War Club
Garden on Bluff Draws La Crosse Folk
Hot Sundays push locals to Edelweiss garden in Ebner's coulee near Grandad bluff. Visitors flock to the shaded slope for cool air and scenic views overlooking wooded bluffs and songbirds. Evening gatherings at Edelweiss are common amid the summer heat.
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la Crosse
Ebner’s Coulee
Grandad Bluff
Coulee
Edelweiss
Woman charged with robbery in Chicago hold up
Mrs Irene Brunner wife of a taxicab garage owner was formally charged with robbery and to be arraigned this afternoon for allegedly holding up Mrs Elizabeth Foley owner of a dry goods store at 756 East Fortyeighth street at gunpoint and rifling the cash drawer. A newsboy gave police the car number leading to her arrest.
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Chicago
Irene Brunner
Elizabeth Foley
East Forty-eveneth Street
Singer Employes Picnic At Pettibone Park
Employes of the Singer Sewing machine company and their families held their annual picnic at Pettibone park yesterday. The 21 people in the party enjoyed dinner and supper in the park and spent the day playing games and fishing.
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Singer
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Pettibone Park
Senators Find Conditions In West Virginia Bad As Miners Painted
U S senators investigating West Virginia coal fields found conditions to match miners’ descriptions. The contrast shows opulent operators against the misery in miners’ homes. Senator Martine of New Jersey is pictured leaving a miner’s cabin in Cabin Creek Strike Zone after gathering firsthand information.
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U. S
West Virginia
Martine
New Jersey
Senate Committee
Cabin Creek
President urges Congress on currency reforms and free enterprise
The president speaks to Congress on removing tariff restraints and building a robust, flexible currency and banking system. He argues for immediate action to empower free enterprise, expand credit channels, and place banking under government oversight to prevent private domination. He calls for urgent reform to avoid stagnation and to support nationwide economic growth.
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Congress
Boy shoots in Washington courtroom sparks chaos
In Washington on June 23 an 18 year old defendant Haymond Stuart drew a revolver in criminal court No 1 before Justice Stafford and fired three shots at random. He was disarmed and no injuries were reported.
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Washington
Haymond Stuart
Justice Stafford
Syracuse Wins at Poughkeepsie in Intercollegiate Race
Syracuse wins the varsity eight oared race at Poughkeepsie with a clocking of 19 minutes 28 seconds, edging Cornell and Washington. Columbia finishes fifth and Pennsylvania sixth as Syracuse seizes late in the stretch to take victory amid high rivalry between Cornell and Columbia.
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Syracuse
Cornell
Washington
Wisconsin
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Highlands
N. J
University
Poughkeepsie
Ithacans
New York
Officials Attend Barn Raising at Burns Coulee
County Treasurer William Garbers, County Clerk Jolivette, Register of Deeds Andrew Thompson and helper George Leland joined residents at the Lud Christopherson farm in Burns Coulee Bangor for a barn raising and accompanying picnic. The 36 by 80 foot barn was described as one of La Crosse county’s most modern structures.
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William Garbers
Jolivette
Register of Deeds
Andrew Thompson
George Leland
Lud Christopherson
Burns Coulee
Bangor
la Crosse County
Rain Worth Millions
Experts today valued the last two days of weather at tens of millions of dollars, saying steady rain saved the Indiana grain crop after a severe drought. Corn, hay, wheat, and oats were burning up before the downpour that changed the crop outlook.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Gun Club to Host Clay Target Tourney at La Crosse
Seventeen shooters contest at La Crosse Gun Club grounds on Sunday June 22 with high score 48 by Wager, Mitchell, Sr., and Lowe tied for second. The club announces a follow up tournament on July 13 with programs issued by J V Winter or C C Mitchell.
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la Crosse
J. Mitchell
Suiter
Tausche
Roberge
Mrs. Winter
P. Mitchell
la Crosse Gun Club
J. V. Winter
C. C. Mitchell
George Fisher Suffered Paralytic Stroke at Home
George Fisher aged 52 of 728 Avon Street is lying unconscious at his home after a stroke of paralysis received at 6:00 last night. He had been ill at home for months but was not in pain at the time. Physicians expect recovery but deem him permanently disabled.
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George Fisher
Avon Street
Fisher
Trust Company to Start Work July 1
La Crosse Trust Company will open in the former State Bank building on July 1. Officers include L. C. Colman as president F. G. Tiffany and F. P. Hixon as vice presidents G. Van Steenwyk as secretary with J. C. Burns B. C. Smith and G. Gunderson as directors.
Summits Win In Fifteen Frames
The Summits defeated the Clothiers in fifteen innings at League Park. Faubert pitched all nine for the Summits and Krause did so for the Clothiers. An error by Krause and a late rally gave Summits the win as Williams drove in Horn in the fifteenth.
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Summits
Clothiers
League Park
Faubert
Krause
Williams
Horn
Beranek
Kline
Meiner
Nick Bartl
Hunt
Balks
Johnson
Satek
Waterpower Debate Moves to Washington on State Rights
A Wisconsin committee travels to Washington to press waterpower policy while accusing progressives of delaying development. They highlight past defeats from 1909 to 1912, claim constitutional rulings support their stance, and oppose a 1910 amendment that would authorize state purchase by condemnation. They seek to block another submission of the amendment.
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Senate
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Michigan-Dunbar
Wisconsin Court
Assembly
Body not Dahlin found in Mississippi near St Paul
Mrs Dahlin says the body recovered from the Mississippi River at St Paul is not her husband John Dahlin former La Crosse brewery worker. Dahlin had disappeared after moving to St Paul with his wife who has returned to Fredericks Wis. Police have not located him.
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Mississippi River
St. Paul
John Dahlin
la Crosse
Employers Break Strike Agreement in Chicago Suburbs
Police reports say the building construction employers' association broke ranks by ignoring a lockout of 25,000 union workers last Thursday. Contractors allowed workers to return to work, and patrols near construction sites were withdrawn.
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Chicago
Building Construction Employers’ Association
Executive Committee
Ardolph L. Kline Named New York Vice Mayor
Colonel Ardolph L. Kline, longtime member of the board of aldermen, becomes vice mayor following the resignation of John Purroy Mitchel who has assumed the post of collector of customs. New York, with a population over 5 million, rises to a rank among great cities in wealth and scale.
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New York
William J. Gaynor
Ardolph L. Kline
Aldermen
John Purroy Mitchel
Kline
Europe
Roy
Elgin Butter Prices Edge Down in Market Report
Elgin IL June 23 butter quoted at 27 1 2 cents, 1 2 cent under last Monday's prevailing price. Local market report notes slight decline from prior week while demand remains steady.
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Elgin
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Fourth Street
Henry N. Boehm
Mgr
Gaynor
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