This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
3
Citizens committee reports a total expense of 3192.00 for entertaining conventions in La Crosse including 12 events last year and two planned this year. A 3000.00 fund was raised with 14 percent to subscribers. net figures show 2748.38 spent on entertainment and related campaigns.
La Crosse city council, by a unanimous 20 to pass, raised the license fee for transient merchants from 5 to 25 dollars per day under suspension of the rules. The measure targets the New York Salvage company which opened a transient store on South Third street yesterday, reflecting broad citizen sentiment against such merchants.
Compiled weather bureau records for La Crosse report March conditions over 33 years. Includes mean temperature 31, extremes from 21 to 47, highest 78 on March 17 1894, lowest 23 on March 4 1873, average last killing frost May 2 and latest frost June 23 1886, precipitation 1.57 inches, 10 days with _ or more, max 4.23 inches in 1876, min 0.13 inches in 1883. Wind mainly north with 8.0 mph average. peak 44 mph west on March 3 1907. station La Crosse Wisconsin. issued Feb 28 1906 by Q R Oberholzer.
The funeral service for Miss Esther Lindquist was conducted this afternoon at the English Lutheran church. Interment followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Local notes report wolves near Mound Prairie and visits by C R Figwell of Norwalk and Lee J Jester of Grand Meadow. Movements include Dr Clemens moving to 115 McMillan with Dr Farrand and Arthur Post losing a finger at a La Crosse can plant. Prominent society events at Tri Nity Lutheran church and Keefe College classes announced.
The Luther League of the English Lutheran church elected officers for the year at its annual meeting last night and decided to stage the passion play in May. Mrs. H. E. Monroe of Washington will direct the production. Officers sworn in were President Oscar Roden, Vice President Mrs C. E. Ulm, Secretary Miss Elvira Gilbertson, Treasurer Miss Jennie Outmans.
At a meeting of about fifteen enthusiasts a baseball team was organized as La Crosse Independents. Marcus Lawler elected captain and R. Luth manager. Fifteen men will try out, then the captain will select the final lineup from the prior year group with minor changes.
A meeting of La Crosse district pastors is in Winona at First Scandinavian Lutheran Church. The program begins with Rev. H H Hazen sermon, includes Rev Helvard Roalkvamp lecture, English services by Rev T Hoverstad, and a Sunday address by Revs L Lund and O Gulbrandsen with closing speeches by visiting pastors M Gulbrandson R Anderson A Orle K Kirkeberg T Sweger and H E Rasmussen among others.
Mrs. F E Chandler aged 66 slipped on the ice in the yard at 821 Johnson Street and fractured a bone in her left wrist yesterday.
The county medical society adopted a resolution urging immediate steps to purify La Crosse water. It calls on the council to seek a pure supply at the earliest possible time and pledges members to work for a favorable vote in the April judicial election.
Grasto n Minn reports the death by suicide of Mace A Mason a former Galesville resident once prosperous in Superior real estate. He faced manslaughter charges after beating his wife while intoxicated and had been in a deteriorating mental state for months before his death last Friday.
The La Crosse Palm Garden debuts tomorrow March 1 with a lady pianist and singer guiding the program. A new program will rotate every two weeks, per H. Noll.
Madison Wis March 2 The new state normal school at Platteville will be built with white brick The executive committee of the board Messrs Lord Peacock and Schelber decided to award the contract for white sand lime brick to the Janesville Granite Brick and Stone Company Local readers learn the material choice and the contracting firm for the project
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.