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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
9
In the Vanderbilt divorce case Mary Ruiz died after four weeks of concealment. Reports say she committed suicide in despair over alleged neglect by Alfred G. Vanderbilt. Ruiz, once a country girl, rose to London society, famed for beauty and a love of spectacle.
At a special meeting of the street improvement committee the plan to install curb and gutter on Mormon Coulee road from Mississippi to Green Bay streets was recommended for the next city council meeting. It proposes curb and gutter before paving and awaits council approval. The outcome hinges on the council vote, a topic long debated.
In Opeloousas Louisiana on June 25 Gilbert Wilson, a previously quiet Black man, kidnapped a 15 year old girl and killed Henry Brown who tried to intervene. Sophia Johns and Emma Jackson led a posse into the woods where Wilson hid, and he shot them both before killing himself.
Circuit Judge E C Higbee issues restraining order against J W Snow Jr receiver in John Haareas vs Stavos Attanasios to stop interference with property until circuit court hearing on June 26. Action began over a fifty dollar note. judgment unpaid led to supplementary proceedings appointing Snow as receiver.
The latest styles for summer include new shapes braids and finishes with prices from 50c to 3.00. Shoppers are urged to see the selection and update their looks for the season.
At 208 1-2 South Third Street the receiver took control as defendant failed to surrender. The defendant and constable were cited for contempt by Court Commissioner Raymond, who ordered them before him and dismissed the action after the business was turned over to the receiver. Attorneys A E Bleekman Jr for Hadreas and A C Wolfe for the defendant represented the parties.
James Dent chief clerk of the railway mail service died at St Luke hospital St Paul from blood poisoning after ivy touched a small cut on his finger. Doctors J T Christison and three others attributed the fatal infection to poison ivy from a walking stick he whittled from an oak branch during a country stroll.
Pittsburg June 25 Frankie Klause Pittsburg middleweight meets Hugo Kelly Chicago in a six round bout tonight. The winner earns a chance to meet Billy Papke. Promoter S. L. Gilfillan presides from Minneapolis home base.
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