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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1915
Page
6
A vintage pest control ad touts Stearns Electric Paste as a fast, portable solution for roaches and water bugs. The two ounce box costs twenty five cents and includes directions in fifteen languages, promotes superiority over powders, and claims the paste remains in place away from food.
Reports from Calexico and San Diego on June 23 describe two tremors felt in the region with minimal reported injuries beyond a bricks fall in Calexico. The Southern Pacific sent a relief train while Washington observers noted two distinct shocks of similar strength, caused by shifting strata.
Mrs Myrtle Orth of Bruning Nebraska reports a severe facial eruption cleared after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with daily morning and evening applications. The advertisement promotes Cuticura products and provides a request for a Skin Book and postal address in Boston.
A multi–section parade with eagle uniforms and brass buttons highlighted the day. Turbaned Turkish style outfits contrasted with Racine and Grand Rapids groups while the Sidney steamer carried Eagles and visitors up the river as crowds lined Main Street.
La Crosse Eagles welcomed by cheering crowds as dozens of delegations arrive for the convention. Grand Rapids and Wausau units lead a morning parade, with Prairie du Chien Janesville Milwaukee Marshfield and others marching to Fifth Street headquarters amid band music and fanfare.
The official bulletin says our second army conquered Lemberg after a violent fight and that Galicia is loosened for the Russians. Berlin reports sixty thousand Russian troops and nine cannon captured since June 12 with panic among retreating troops.
Delegates adjourned early after judging a competitive exemplification of ritual during the morning, with state affairs not in session and the convention taking a holiday.
Late this afternoon the prize for the competitive exemplification of the ritual was awarded to Wausau's blue clad team. The competing teams were Janesville and Wausau.
Attendance was required for the morning meeting and degree work. Janceville and Wausau degree teams competed and were closely matched, with the outcome still undecided.
The big Eagles parade was filmed from Fifth and Main by W S LaCerte of Photographic Technic and will appear in movie weeklies nationwide. John Hofer 86 in Grand Rapids uniform marched with the Marshfield aerie while fans sang a self penned song. Eagles Ra cine members greeted the Racine band and disturbed state president's slumbers at the depot and hotel Deering.
The Milwaukee Series renowned degree team, among the nation’s best, performed in an exhibition separate from Janesville and Wausau. Officials ruled the display fair, noting the degree team’s high standard would skew competition. The judging committee included E. B. Naish, M. F. Conlan, John B. Schneller, William Lueck, and Adolph Schauder.
Vitus 23 committed death by own action at his Deerbrook home today. He was despondent over ill health and died from a self inflicted gunshot wound.
Attorney General Owen says Manitowoc town supervisors can order relocation and realignment of the Manitowoc and Northern Traction track. He notes such action would be sustained as a reasonable exercise of police power to regulate.
President appoints postmasters in five nearby towns including Leech New London Henry Knapstein Ripon C H Elsworth Sharon C J nilons Shell Lake M J Carey Walworth FE A Pederson Waukesha A 4 Dopp.
Madison court sentenced Lee Lightheart of Beloit to two years in Leavenworth for violating the Mann Act by inducing 17 year old Ruth Johnston of Beloit to travel to Illinois. Lightheart is married with two children.
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