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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1909
Page
4
The German M. E. church at Clinton and Berlin streets will be moved forward and lowered two feet onto cement blocks. A rear addition with two rooms and sliding doors will be built. Charles Bucholtz awarded the contract.
Fire broke out on the Black River docks beside the government fishing station. Firemen from station No 2 battled the blaze and had it under control, but flames continued burning into the late afternoon.
A Tuesday garden party at Miss Lucinda Mourning’s home 1426 George Street featured supper at seven and an evening of games and music. Attending were Misses Edna Birnbaum Laura Warren Clara Larson Eileen Foster Irene Snyder Florence Dodge Anabel Herrington Dorothy Snycer Lucinda Mourning plus Messrs Frank Allen Fred Schweigert Clesson Wiles Harry Marshall Maurice Coughlin and Fred.
Mrs. Mourning and Mrs. W. Blanchett joined the chaperones for a neighborhood social event led by Rouse and Clement Felzer.
The Tabernacle Baptist choir will not meet tonight. Visitors include Mrs A Horner from Chicago and Miss Ethel Jackson from Le Mars for two week visits. Miss Amanda Sycow from Waukesha and Miss Ella Ruse from Brookfield stay with S L Burdick at 1016 Rose Street. Mrs T J Schomers leaves for Winona for a short visit. R F Staats brings in first red raspberries of the season. Charles Street Lutheran ladies host an annual ice cream social at church. Joe Stockmer departs for Dubuque. Joe O Neill of 502 Sumner accepted as bookkeeper for Segelke Kohlhaus Co.
At Mare Island Navy Yard near Angel Island an explosion in the Hulls boiler room scalded five crew members. B F King is dying while J R Carter F N Parrish F Crawford and J M Grover are seriously injured from the blast and steam exposure. King's condition is critical.
A garbled line compares a gir and a woma to patient behavior in relationships and appearance. The text reads as a general remark rather than a reported event or specific subject.
Caledonia street saloon licenses, including three in the 1400 block, are renewed by a council vote with a bare majority. Alderman Marvin challenges licenses near Island and Berlin streets. a mayoral committee will decide the legal majority. Nathan Jarvis granted a saloon license opposite the Cameron house on Vine Street after a council vote. La Crescent road bridges to be repaired with two carloads of planking purchased directly. Printing contracts awarded to Leader-Press and The Tri- newspaper for city notices and council proceedings.
John F. Russell was elected justice of the peace in the Twentieth ward after being nominated by the alderman of that ward. A resolution to draw $100 from the city treasury for G A R decoration day expenses was referred to the finance committee and the city attorney. The meeting adjourned until this evening.
Residents of a senatorial district await the impact of new game laws on deputies. Warden G L Kingsley of this city and Warden Holmes of Trempealeau are named as the two current deputies, with laws proposing a single deputy per district creating speculation over the winner.
In Chicago on Tuesday a jury acquitted Michael Pacellano of killing Frank Serano claiming unwritten law justified his act. Serano allegedly lured Pacellano’s sister, Mrs Josephine Freese, to New York to traffic her in white slavery. Freese alerted her brother, who went to New York, rescued her, and returned to Chicago. Serano reportedly promised to wed Freese’s sister after a divorce but refused to commit, leading Pacellano to shoot him. The jury debated unwritten law admissibility for about an hour before reaching a verdict.
Herman Ross, general organizer of the bakers and confectioners union of America, is in La Crosse calling on local bakers with the aim of forming a union shop. He will return from Minneapolis in a few days to push the organization, praising cleanliness but noting room for improvement in some bakeries.
A brief anecdote notes that many red headed boys are commonly called Red by their peers, a common nickname reflecting hair color and social tagging.
The Prairie du Chien executive board of the public library association met Tuesday. The annual meeting at council chambers next Friday will elect officers for the coming year. Several local residents and groups are noted in community events and visits.
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