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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1908
Page
6
A magazine writer urges civility on phone use noting people forget manners when not face to face. Wisconsin Telephone Company trains employees to avoid irritation and unnecessary chatter to keep communications polite and respectful for callers.
Regular services at St James Catholic church on the North side tomorrow. Father Murphy will hold mass at 7 o clock and a Prairie du Chien student will lead the rest of the day while Father Murphy goes to Viroqua.
The thirty fourth La Crosse High School graduation filled the theatre with a record crowd as graduates performed the program. Students spoke on forests and domestic science while Miss Myers and Miss Schofield addressed horticulture and New Zealand laws. Diplomas were distributed by President Loening as the Junior Prom followed at Germania hall with Kreutz’s orchestra.
A newspaper item notes summer jewelry as light and wearable with summer gowns. It highlights fresh factory supplies of enameled Zelt Buckles shirt waist sets and veil pins, inviting readers to come in and view them.
Albert Fuiling, an employee of the La Crosse Gas and Electric company, was seriously burned last night at the Second street power house when a water glass shattered on a boiler. The boiling water scalded his abdomen and upper legs. he was taken to his home on Sixth and State streets and lies resting today. His parents live on a farm near Alma, Wisconsin.
A special common council session is set for Monday evening to vote on saloon licenses amid pressure. Only 88 licenses issued with about twenty applications pending, and Alderman Marvin may push to curb north side licenses, signaling a heated dispute. The remark about a woman’s hair is noted as an aside.
The Interstate Commerce Commission faces a major push from Brightwood residents demanding through car service to downtown Washington. The Brightwood Car Company resists, warning of losses, while citizens threaten drastic action or bankruptcy to force change. The dispute tests federal handling of urban transit.
Austin dispatches report Mexican rebels hold Las Vacas and Jiminez as federal troops join the raiders. Leader Tomé Labra Dan cites a solid revolution base with hundreds of soldiers ready to join, while Col. Cervantes reportedly commands 800 cavalrymen.
San Francisco report says a federal grand jury indicted the Southern Pacific on 19 counts for alleged rebates to California Pine Box Lumber. indictments also cover shipments from Verdi Nevada. Since Franklin Lane's coast visit last fall rumors of railroad investigations persist with more indictments expected.
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