Consolidation of La Crosse Boards Affects Future Direction
Tomorrow night brings a major meeting in La Crosse to consolidate the board of trade with the Progressive association. Key talks focus on reorganization and uniting interests, with A A Bentley leading secretary prospects and L C Colman and Fred Easton named as presidential possibilities. Judge Ried is urged for railroad and transportation leadership. The event promises large attendance and high stakes for the city’s business community.
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la Crosse
la Crosse Board of Trade and Progressive Association
Board of Trade
Progressive Association
A. A. Bentley
Bentley
R. S. Reed
Frank Roth
R. Calvert
L. C. Colman
Fred Easton
Judge Ried
Railroad and Transportation Committee
Judiciary Committee
Progressive Assocation
Gund
Motescuert
John Gund Brewing Co
Wis
Ice Trust Said to Form in City Contracts
The Tribune confirms an exclusive story that a large ice combine has formed in the city. Dealers sign contracts with customers for the coming year, pushing ice prices to $2.50 to $3.00 per ton, up from about $1 last year. It now costs under 35 cents per ton to produce ice, while homes paid $6 to $8 for the season.
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The
Tribune
Grape Nuts Meal Sparks Recovery and Ice Price Outcry
A Michigan family credits Grape-Nuts with healing months of stomach trouble and nervous distress as the ice trade faces alleged extortion. The ad notes ice prices rising from 100 to 300 dollars and details a La Crosse case where a man paid under 100 dollars to store his own ice, while others pay inflated sums.
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Michigan
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
la Crosse
Tll
Tornado Toll in Meridian Miss Nine Killed
Nineteen people are reported dead and twenty four injured after a tornado hit Meridian Mississippi shortly after 6 p m Friday. The list includes rail workers cops and hotel staff with several Negro victims and multiple injuries across local firms and Georgetown residents.
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Meridian
Miss
W. Josephs
Tennessee
Mrs. Stewart
Georgetown
Ben Sharkman
T. H. Brown
Queen and Crescent Station
E., Wildean
Queen Crescent Railroad
M. Goodwin
Grandy Slone
J. H. Adams
Frisco
Grand Avenue Hotel
Collier Carr
Meridian Destructive Funnel Cloud Destroys Town
A funnel cloud southeast of Meridian struck at 6 30 p m wrecking the Marathon fertilizer plant and the Meridian Light and Railway company. Homes in Fewel's survey and most of Bucktown collapsed. Local relief raised 8000 dollars with 5000 from the Mississippi Legislature and a convict-laden special train deployed to clear debris.
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Meridian Fertilizer Factory
Fewel
Meridian Light and Railway Company
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
New Orleans and
Northeastern
Second Street
Mobile and Ohio
Tom Lyle
Push’s Planing Mill and Warehouse
Myer-Neville Hardware Company
H. Thornton Transfer Stable
Elmire’s
Bucktown
Meridian
Mississippi
Jackson
Vardaman
Banks County
Strang Motor May Supplant Trolley
Elyria March 5 The Strang motor car runs along railroad tracks toward San Francisco making good time and acting like an automobile The owner William B Strang says if the trip succeeds the car will replace locomotives on short freight and trolley lines
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Elyria
Strang
San Francisco
William B. Strang
False merger dispatch fuels local uproar in Milwaukee area
The Milwaukee Sunday Sentinel published a La Crosse dispatch distorting merger talks among La Crosse City Railway, La Crosse Gas and Electric, and Wisconsin Light and Power. Officials deny any sale by Wisconsin Light and Power and say B L Edwards has begun steps toward selling the railway. The report claims Chicago interests seek control with a $1,500,000 price and promises system extensions if approved.
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Sentinel
la Crosse Dispatch
Wisconsin Light & Power Co
Milwaukee Sentinel
la Crosse
Leader-Press
Ight Trust Organ
Wisconsin Light and Power Company
New Lighting
B. EE. Edwards
Street Railway Company
Edwards
the Sentinel
la Crosse, Wis
Chicago
Bronchoes Breeze Home After Sixty Mile Drive
Sheriff Haugen's team of bronchoes, driven by Undersheriff Scott, completed a eighty mile journey in eight hours then bolted toward a rail crossing. The horses calmed, returning to the jail after the dramatic sprint. Undersheriff Scott notes the animals are strong long distance travelers, good for 50 to 60 miles daily.
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Haugen
Scott
Brakeman Mark Davis Dies After Shooting Riots
Springfield reports brakeman Mark Davis died Saturday morning following his shooting by a Black man that triggered riots. Police and crowds gathered as officials investigated the incident and its aftermath in the city.
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Springfield
Mark Davis
Anarchists Nabbed at Czar's Doorstep
In St. Petersburg two anarchists armed with bombs were arrested at Tsarskoe Selo near the imperial palace where the czar is visiting. The arrest underscores heightened security around the czar during the march period.
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St, Petersburg
Imperial Palace
Tsarskoe Selo
Incendiary Fire Destroys Stanhope Business Section
Des Moines reports an incendiary fire in Stanhope consuming the business portion and post office. The loss is estimated at thirty thousand dollars.
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Des Moines
Stanhope
Chicago teacher attacks school fads in Americanism critique
Chicago principal Grace Weed denounces new education trends that emphasize crafts and household arts over literate culture. She argues English literacy and American literature should lead student thinking, not deluges of handwork or immigrant crafts, urging mental training for true Americanism.
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Chicago
Grace Weed
John RB. Brake
New Education
Chicago Political Equality League
Anna Morgan Studies
United States
Miss Weed
Hild
Tuskegee
Europe
Reading Ads to Save Big in the Market
A reader imagines buying everything in the best market and saving a large sum in a year. The note frames the idea as earning wages from time spent studying advertisements.
German War Topic Dominates London Discourse
London dispatch notes the looming conflict as the sole subject with Germany portrayed as seeking to preserve prestige and pre eminence after a perceived attempt to blunt its standing.
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London
Reading Ads Boost Your Money's Buying Power
Do not overlook advertising as a means to stretch your dollars. If a bank pays 2 percent interest but another offers 4 percent on savings, a higher return matters. The same logic applies to how ads can influence the buying power of your spending.
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John R. Smith
Southern Railway
Mr. Stewart
Cottondale
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Clark
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