Child Seeks Placement for Street-Wandering Boy
West Salem deputy reports Roy Burington four year old boy deserted by mother after a recent divorce from a man named Burington. The case, presented to Judge Brindley by humane agent A J Phillips, seeks placement at the Sparta school for dependent children. The village council urged action to remove the child from the streets.
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Brindley Byumane
A. J. Phillips
West Salem
Sparta
Phillips
Burington
Roy Burington
Brindley
Deadlock Likely in Browne Jury
The Browne jury appears hopelessly deadlocked in Chicago as Judge McSurely waits for a verdict. Jurors wrangle violently with little sign of agreement and ONeil Browne shows signs of a nervous breakdown this afternoon. Browne declined to comment on Springfield indictments.
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Chicago
O'Neil Browne
McSurely
Browne
Springfield
Miss Leona Hussa Returns Home From European Journey
Miss Leona Hussa arrived home Thursday evening after six months traveling through Europe and Africa. She left Genoa on September 1 with Miss Miriam Marrison and visited Canada Germany Denmark Austria Italy Tunisia New York Chicago and other locales, returning from Genoa to the United States.
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Europe
Africa
Leona Hussa
Genoa
Italy
Miss Hussa
Miriam Marrison
Montreal
Canada
London
Hamburg
Drews
Kiel
Flensburg
Copenhagen
Berlin
Dresden
Prague
A. Hussa
Vienna
Hugo Schick
Tunis
Harrison
New York City
Chicago
Many to Attend River Convention
Interest grows for the annual Upper Mississippi River Improvement association meeting at St Paul on July 12 and 13. Delegates from towns along the river will discuss river and harbor funding, boat modernization, landing improvements, and freight handling to advance commercial navigation.
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Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
St. Paul
St. Louis
Friends of Waterway Navigation
Wisconsin Board Sets Health Focus For Textbook Physiology
The Wisconsin state board of health adopts a resolution requiring physiology texts to include chapters on contagious diseases and their dangers. The rule, authorized by the last legislative session, will take effect next school term as about sixty five current texts are reviewed for standardization and updates.
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Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Premature Sky Rocket Accident Injures Youth
A 13 year old, Gustav Witt, was badly burned on the hand by a misfired sky rocket at W. Johnson’s confectionery, 125 South Third street. The store employee, his brother in law, attempted to light a rocket from the stock and burned his hand before being treated by Dr. J. A. Rowles.
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Gustav Witt
W. Johnson
South Third Street
J. A. Rowles
Exciting Bandit Raid in East Continues on Page One
A fragment reports a bandit raid in the East with a man named Apson identified as the rider shot by Policeman Thompson. The three raiders are described as well known in the area who came to Lynn to carry out the deadly plan that killed two of them.
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Thompson
Apson
Lynn
Graduation Week Highlights At Local High School
The program featured the Boys Glee Club and orchestra performing two selections and a vocal address on The Value of a Smile. Diplomas were awarded by Prof. J. P. Bird as Principal Luening praised the legacy of the new high school and its faculty. The junior prom followed at the Masonic Temple with Andre's Orchestra delivering a strong set. The graduating class includes Aloysius Engelhardt, Arthur Gelat, Victor Jacobson, and many others listed.
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Italy
Boys’ Glee Club
Corolla
Faust
Howard Jones
Galveston
Union
Wisconsin
Lois Halik
Rollins
J. P. Bird
Luening
William Luening
Ricker Racker
Masonic Temple
Irving Tuteur
Mary Frances Evans
Frieda Loeffler
Viva Fox
Barbara Knothe
Mary Evans
Viola Forschler
Helen Marie Andersen
Anna Bue
Corolla Bangsberg
Ben R. Brindley
Earl W. Brandenburg
Lila B. Bigelow
Newell Barber
Ralph Partridge Bradish
Carol Wright Cotton
William Anderson Crosby
Florence E. Dodge
Elizabeth M. Drake
Harold M. Davis
Don C
Helen Keller
Elizabeth M. Kucera
Norman H. Kelley
Matilda Amelia Linse
Harry Leibold
Martha R. Merman
Elsie Miller
Veronica Murphy
Verena Gertrude Otten
Ethel Marguerite Olbeg
Rita A. Parks
Norma Evelyn Partridge
Carl A. Reichelt
Jennie Helen Rae
Lucien T. Reid
Rudolph Schlabach
Oscar Joseph Swenes
William Henry Stevenson
Fitch Shaw
Stella May Sheely
Cora J. Stokke
Maud Genevieve Spencer
Karl Theodore Schweizer
Arthur Schwalbe
Alma Seilstad
Edna Lillian Schroeder
Arthur George Tillman
Eugene O. Techmer
Ian Tiedeman
Helen Marietta Vance
Georgina Ellen Young
Ruey A. Yolton
George E. Youngberg
John Ward Young
Clara Tisdale
Court Sets Aside Jury Verdict in Knutson Case
Judge E C Higbee refused to disturb the jury’s $7900 verdict for Matilda Knutson against La Crosse Stone Co but granted judgment for the defendant. The death of her husband occurred in a quarry fall. court called it an ordinary risk. Appeal to the supreme court planned.
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Matilda Knutson
la Crosse Stone Company
E. C. Higbee
Supreme Court
Higbee
Stanley Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation
la Crosse Steel Roofing
Milwaukee, Sparta Northwestern Railway Company
Ontario
Wilton
Gore the Blind Senator at La Crosse Chautauqua
Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, a renowned orator and national figure, will be a stellar attraction at the La Crosse Chautauqua. He fights back in Senate charges that a syndicate of lawyers offered a $3,000,000 bribe to influence his views.
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Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Washington
Gore
la Crosse
La Crosse School Chief Bids Farewell at Graduation
The La Crosse school superintendent bids farewell, praising staff dedication and urging fair scrutiny of his successor. Board president William Loening defends the new high school building, noting earlier criticism and the need for more space as the city grows.
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Tors
la Crosse
Board of Education
William Loening
Bird
la Crosse High School
la Crocie
Carnival Queen Votes Rise in Morning Standings
Readout of early carnival queen results lists candidates Mabel Canan 75, Minnie Whittenberg 90, Nellie Duncan 90, Hallie Lavaque 101, Dolly Kneebes 85, Lille Rick 80, Laura Larsen 60, Vera Bunce 15, Blanche Downey 24, Alma Lar 60n 20, and others.
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Mabel Canan
Helen Bamberger
Minnie Whittenberg
Pearl McCabe
Laura Larsen
Elsie Ott
Nellie Duncan
Bessie Close
Dolly Kneebes
Lila Anderson
Lille Rick
Mamie Stallsmith
Hallie Lavaque
Blanche Downey
Mollie Rusche
Vera Bunce
Mabel Anderson
Hilda Brown
Callie Robinson
Alma Lar- 60N
Plan to continue fair at West Salem grounds dropped
New owners offered the La Crosse County Agricultural Society five percent of gate receipts to run the county fair on the West Salem grounds. Members favored the idea but no one would take on the responsibility, so the plan was abandoned and the fair will be discontinued.
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West Salem
la Crosse County Agricultural Society
Wisconsin normal schools seek coal bids for multiple campuses
State Board of Normal School Regents announces bid deadline of July 9 1910 for supplying coal to La Crosse Milwaukee Oshkosh Platteville River Falls Stevens Point Superior and Whitewater campuses with varying tonnages and coal types including bituminous lump egg mine run nut pea and anthracite. Contracts awarded July 16 with options to supply additional coal to July 1 1911 if needed and required delivery through December 1 1916 with monthly payments and weight verification.
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Board
Madison
Youghiogheny
State Normal School
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Pocahontas
Milwaukee
Oshkosh
Platteville
River Falls
Stevens Point
Superior
Whitewater
Wis
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Bijou
Selig
Great Northwest
Japan
The
Comedy
Marquette
Marquette Cement Mfg. Co
la Salle
Marquette Bldg
L. M. Goddard
Whitebreast
Mae
Main Street
Odin J. Oyen
South Fourth St
Normal School
East Front
23Rd and King
18Th and
Adams
H. Niebuhr
Pearl Street
M. Young Druggist
South Fourth Street
State Board of Normal School Regents of Wisconsin
Capitol
James A. Trane
Violet Dulce
Majestic Theatre
Bulldiey
Fitter
Max Albert
le Cresse
S. Third ST
Madison, Wis
State Board OF Normal School
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