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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
5
W W Scott begins city census with enumerators from the board of education office. Over ten days all La Crosse houses will be canvassed to record every child aged four to twenty. Each enumerator will collect names and verify accuracy with district reviews. A $300 appropriation funds the census.
The La Crosse Y M C A plans its coming year s work at a board meeting to be held at the association building on Tuesday evening next week. The winters work will be outlined and the policy for the association s future activity will be discussed.
Wry cartoon caption features an earnest citizen soldier asking for military pointers and a clerk replying with the book title The Sinews of War as the suggested inspiration. The exchange hints at practical discipline and readiness for service.
A joking exchange features Joker asking about a bed story and a victim denying knowledge, ending with a playful line about the lie, as printed in the Tatler.
The Philadelphia Press records a ball event with a quip about time and a stated amount of ten dollars and costs. The item hints at a small legal or disciplinary consequence following the event.
Humane Officer Charles H. Berry urges a juvenile court in the city noting its advantage to communities. He recalls a 14 year old boy Joseph Connolly who stole a pistol and, after court action, was sent to training school with probation. A physician found the youth 50 percent below normal physically and sent him for hospital treatment.
A London Ladies' Field observation notes that people distrust friends of friends, especially after hearing much about their appeal, questioning the basis of their attraction and social connections.
A brief, playful exchange between a bride and groom centered on a bee sting. The groom sympathizes with his wife as she reels from the bite, quipping about the moment and their shared misfortune.
President Theodore Behrens of the Northwestern Saengerbund in La Crosse for saengerfest prep met Mayor Anderson and Alderman G A Keller about the city funded auditorium. He will tour eighty four Northwestern cities to report progress and ensure momentum for the auditorium in time for next summer event.
A flurry of visitors and hosts fill La Crosse as Mrs. Dora Fenling and children stay with relatives in Whitehall, Mrs. Chris Frederickson and Mrs. Anton Berg visit their mother, and many townsfolk including J. F. Cross take vacations or meet friends across Wisconsin.
The river rose to 7.8 feet yesterday and is expected to stay at that level for the next 36 hours. The piece notes a shift from being the man of the hour to needing to be right on the minute.
In St Louis a boy, 12 year old Julian Hafter, reveals he found his doll and wrote a note claiming the doll died by its own action on June 26 1907 then threw the doll into the water. He explains the note and death were for the doll and that they had been playing by the lake.
The Col. McKenzy government snag boat moved downriver last night. The Elsie brought three barges of brush from the south for dam repairs north of town. The Commercial Club of Bangor plans a street carnival in the near future.
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