City News Highlights and Local Events
Western passenger agent H C Bailey met with L I Wood and Agent Shaun at Burlington. Daniel H Chason and Isabelle Davis wed in a ceremony conducted by John A Daniels. Tom Dick brought a seven foot eagle recorded as a city first. Shoplifter Knock sentenced to four years in the state penitentiary. Funeral for John Johnson held at 2 pm at Oak Grove Cemetery with Rev Magelssen officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Bailey
Lle and Nashville Railroad
I. L. Wood
Shaun
Burlinton
Daniel H. Chason
Isabelle Davis
John A. Daniels
Tom Dick
Birds of Prey
Dick Farm
Oak Grove Cemetery
Fesser & Dahl
Grape-Nuts Ad Claims Daily Brain Health Benefits
An advertisement touts Grape-Nuts and Tape-Nuts as nourishing cereals from wheat and barley. It asserts their potash content aids rebuilding nerve cells and strengthens daily living, claiming they are a powerful aid in overcoming weakness and boosting brains with a stated slogan There’s a Reason.
Greek Sweethearts Culminate Romance in City Marriage
After a six month courtship by correspondence, Nellie Hadreas of this city and Peter Maroonsis of Minneapolis wed yesterday at 6 pm in a friend’s business establishment on North Fourth Street. Both were born in Sparta Greece and were sweethearts as children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Hadreas
Peter Maroonsis
Minneapols
North Fourth Street
Greece
Sparta
America
Minneapolis
George Hadreas
Hadreas
Unlikely Pair Defies Odds in Odd Golden Era Tale
A humorous verse pairings Geraldine the athletic maiden with a very thin suitor highlight romance crossing class and race in a comic Harper's Weekly cartoon piece. The poem contrasts wealth and vigor with lean fragility and ends noting the unlikely union as probing nature and science.
Personal Notices From La Crosse Readers
Local column lists numerous visitors and residents in La Crosse. Names include William Austin of Sterling Alaska visiting Mrs J F Lehiman, Miss Gussie Lennon in Milwaukee, J G McLain in La Crosse for a short time, and many others from Madison Winona Bay City Rushford Lansing and more. Frequent mentions of meetings and social calls. Frontier lodge F and A M 45 to hold meeting this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfund
William Austin
Sterling
Alaska
J. F. Lehiman
Pine Street
S. L. Bowlby
Rock Island
Gussie Lennon
Milwaukee
Gateway City
Joe Burke
Winona
la Crosse
J. G. McLain
McGregor
E. S. Case
Madison
O. Taglund
Rushford
L. A. Kine
Lansing
J. Mullen
George Powell
F. J. Fragin
Bay City
M. Ryan
Caledonia
J. A. Colling
Grand Forks
Earl Fif
Waukesha
Emma Thompson
Canada
H. E. Genrichs
Cashton
G. H. Roberts
la Farge
James K. Arnott
Travelers’ Insurance Company
E. Pingree
J. P. Devenie
Pipestone
Minn
Jas Shedder
Sparta
Frontier Lodge No. 45
E. W. Dittes
E. G. Lockhard
Eau Claire
Ragtime Party Honors St James Coffee Workers
Mrs T Allen hosted a ragtime party for the St James coffee workers with about two hundred guests at Congregational church parlors. Guests included Mesdames Miller Orwell Hayes Marcon Ott Philips Desmond Moore Finn Smith Smith Hickey Larkin among others. Desmond named judge and prizes awarded to J Smith J Miller and G Philips. A dainty supper followed at eleven with costumes and a very pleasant time reported. Hostesses listed: L B Raymond J E McConnell Bunge Batchelder Walker Bliss Frank Funke A A Jorris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Allen
St. James
John J. Miller
J. Orwell
J. Hayes
O. Marcon
J. Ott
G. Philips
Desmond
Moore
Finn
G. Smith
J. Smith
C. Hickey
B. Larkin
J. Miller
Congregational
Mesdames L. B. Raymond
J. E. McConnell
Bunge, Batchelder
Walker
Bliss
Frank Funke
A. A. Jorris
Winona Man Joins Colman Lumber Co in La Crosse
Stanford Taylor of Winona leaves Winona Lumber after years as bookkeeper cashier and head office man to join L C Coleman Lumber in La Crosse. He will help manage yards across Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and South Dakota with headquarters at La Crosse. His family will stay in Winona through the school year before joining him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford Taylor
Winona
L. C. Coleman Lumber Company
Winona Lumber Company
Winona Herald
Taylor
la Crosse
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Stoddard Hotel to Adopt European Plan After March
After March 11 the Stoddard hotel will inaugurate a European plan for guests. Plans are under way to change the rooms and offer choice between American and European systems. The European plan lets guests pay only for what they want and engage rooms without meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoddard
Felt Case Fatal Went Home To Die
Lewis Erickson of Merrillan Wisconsin died at his home Monday after being home but six hours. He had a cancerous growth and had his leg amputated at La Crosse hospital. He requested to go home and his father was summoned. Funeral held Wednesday. Local hospitals have had a large number of patients from surrounding cities and nurses have been kept working tirelessly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Erickson
Merrillan
Wis
la Crosse Hospital
La Crosse School Doors Declared Safe
Superintendent John P. Bird reports all La Crosse city schools examined to date have outward swinging doors and are deemed safe. any door found unsafe will be changed immediately after further inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingwood
Ohio
John P. Bird
Mary Hafner is Laid to Rest
Mrs. Mary Hafner was laid to rest this morning with services at the Catholic cathedral at nine conducted by Father Sluyter. Interment followed at the Catholic cemetery.
Doerflinger ALS’N Enjoys Evening Program
Members of the William Doerflinger Employers Mutual Benefit Association attended a musical and literary program at the Park store last evening. About 150 were present. The program included a zither solo by Mr Doerflinger and a talk by John C Toeller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Doerflinger
Large pipe organ installed at St Marys Church
A large new pipe organ is being installed at St Marys Church at Seventh and Cameron avenues. The Estey Organ Company of Battleboro Vermont made the instrument, costing about 3000 dollars after installation. Funds were donated anonymously by a church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
Seventh and
Cameron Avenue
Estey Organ Company
Battleboro
Vermont
Cap Kidd’s treasure method questioned in Port Washington
Edward Zinke Jr of Mequon suspects Cap Kidd’s treasure method. He buried 520 dollars in his garden but could not recover it. His wife told a neighbor who told another, leading to a court case. Robel, Zinke’s brother-in-law, paid 520 dollars plus 50 dollars in costs. the funds are now in a local financial institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Kidd
Port Washington
Wis
Edward Zinke, Jr
Mequon
Cap. Kidd
Edward
Robel
Zinke
Mind Focus Spurs Greatness Beyond Corsets Pinching
A reflective remark suggests that steadfast ambition unshaken by discomfort or constraints drives extraordinary achievement. The quote contrasts personal resolve with physical discomfort as a barrier to success.
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John C. Burns
Main St
K. Temte
Grocer
Caledonia Street
City News
Madame B. Soule
Geraldine
Cupid
Apollo
Harper’s Weekly
Gussie
Knox
Philadelphia Press
Society
Winona Man
Colman Lumber CO
Doerflinger Als’n
Irvine’s
W. T. Irvine
Main Street
Stetson
Roelofs
J. B. Stetson
Henry H. Roelofs
Pearl
Henry N. Boehm
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