Lacrosse Took Care of Its Own
Madison Wis March 6 In an effort to stamp out smallpox in their districts the state board of health has called a conference of the health officers of Milwaukee county Racine county and one half of Waukesha county it will be held in Milwaukee next Monday The disease it is stated is being controlled with difficulty.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Health
Milwaukee County
Racine County
Waukesha County
Milwaukee
Virginia Brooks Misses Nomination In Suffrage Parade Mix
In Hammond Indiana on March 6 the anti-suffrage element notes a potential deficit from the Washington parade. Militant reformer Virginia Brooks, who announced a bid for police magistrate against Judge Frank Green, failed to qualify for the nomination as time expired last night due to parade duties.
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Hammond
National Woman Suffrage Treasury
Washington
Virginia Brooks
Frank Green
Pinex Cough Syrup Home Remedy Recipe
A inexpensive pint cough syrup recipe promises quick relief for coughs and throat troubles. Mix sugar syrup with Pinex in a pint bottle, take teaspoons every few hours, and claim long lasting effect and refunds if not satisfied. Pinex touted as a potent throat healer with guaiacol, marketed by The Co. Ft Wayne.
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United States
Canada
Ft. Wayne
Canal Zone Part of U S in Naturalization Ruling
A Philadelphia report notes Judge Thompson ruling the Panama canal zone as part of the United States while granting naturalization to Louisa Kaurauth who had lived there six years. Other brief items include whiskey use in 1899 and quirky miscellany from major cities.
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Canal Zone
U. S. Philadelphia
Thompson
Panama
United States
Louisa Kaurauth
Pigs Feet and Poverty Describe Paradox in Judge Quote
A quirky line from Judge Johnson imagines preferring pigs feet pickled always. The saying contrasts with a matrimonial storm that curdles kindness, and notes poverty entering without wiping its feet.
Personal notices from La Crosse area locals
Odin Strum laid up with the grip and many city visitors listed from Iowa Montana and Minnesota. The La Crosse Wrecking & Lumber Co promotes roofing paper and 10x1 chicken coops while several residents plan travel and business engagements in nearby cities.
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Odin Strum
The
Tribune
William Schamms
State Road Coulee
la Crosse
M. J. Driscoll
Caledonia
Minn
H. H. Vogelsang
Burlington
Iowa
F. J. Ruland
Mindoro
J. M. Wallace
Viroquy
Rector Wall
Holmen
Pacific Coast
W. H. Emmonds
Burr Oak
W. L. Washburn
A. M. Clark
la Farge
N. K. McDonald
Sioux Falls
la Crosse Wreckigo
Gateway City Transfer Co
George Gullickson
Hamilton
William Wedeking
GROVE'S Tonic Promises Strength For All Ages
Invigorating to the pale and sickly, Grove s Tasteless Tonic is advertised as a general strength builder. It claims to drive out malaria, enrich the blood, and fortify the system for adults and children at 50 cents.
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Grove
Chinamen Bests Two Hold-Up Men in Brooklyn Chop Suey Shop
Jon Chang, a placid Washee-Washee type, defends his Brooklyn chop suey restaurant during a cash register robbery. He slashes at the attackers with a carving knife, injuring one man who collapses, the other shoots himself as a policeman arrives. Chang counts $1.37 in the register.
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New York
Jon Chang
Brooklyn
Chang
Jow
Weather Talk Reflects Narrow Artistic Interest
The quote notes that art gets little state interest while discussions on weather suggest a lack of knowledge elsewhere. It implies a critique of cultural priorities and public discourse when weather dominates conversation.
Darken Gray Hair With Simple Home Mixture
To a half pint of water add Bay Rum Barbo Compound Glycerine and cercessor. These ingredients, bought from any druggist, mix for dandruff help. Apply daily for two weeks then biweekly until used. It darkens faded gray hair in ten to fifteen days and promotes growth, soothes scalp and softens hair.
Beranek Elected to Areaz's Place
Beranek is chosen secretary of the Board of Education following a resolution of appreciation sent to Areny. The vote and details reflect local honors and fill a key administrative role in the district's school system.
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Beranek
Board of Education
Dedication Planned for Hixon Annex and Resignations
The board agreed to dedicate the Hixon Annex upon completion and appointed Mr John Beranek to replace Theodore Arenz as secretary. Arenz resigns after thirteen years to join family business in Salem Oregon, with resolutions of appreciation approved. The meeting covered payroll budget weather strips for Hamilton, bids for supplies and a Jefferson school grounds frame building converted to a playground, plus February pupil gain of 192.
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John Beranek
Theodore Arenz
Board of Education
Arenz
WM. Luening
L. P. Benezet
Salem
Oregon
Hamilton School
Jefferson School
Hixon
Estrada seeks U S protectorate over all Latin America
Juan Jose Estrada former Nicaragua president on his way to Washington to urge President Wilson to set up an armed protectorate over all Latin America including Mexico. He is joined by ex president Cipriano Castro and Zelaya. They plan to meet in New York and then go to Washington. Estrada advocates strict policing and martial law to end revolutions.
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New Orleans
Juan Jose Estrada
Nicaragua
Jose Santos Zelaya
Washington
Wilson
Latin-America
Republic of Mexico
Estrada
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Zelaya
Havana
Castro
New York
Plaza Hotel
United States
Central America
Mexico
Latin America
State Department of the
Notice on Local Drugstore Promotions and Remedies
A local druggist at 503 Main Street issues a notice about circulating cards worth 75c, advising holders can redeem for a 1.00 bottle of Indian Wa-Hoo Bitters for rheumatic and related ailments, and recommending Gray's Yerba Santa Cough Cure in 50c and 1.00 portions. Mail and telephone orders receive prompt attention.
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Chas. Beyschlag
Main Street
Sleighride Party Honors Miss Louise Maurer
A social sleighride in Louise Maurer’s honor followed by a luncheon at Miss Minnie Kanard’s home. The evening featured music with many friends in attendance including Mesdames Helke Schultz Schultz Maurer Kanard Weiss and Miss Maurer who departs soon for Fargo North Dakota.
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Louise Maurer
Minnie Kanard
Mesdames G. Helke
G. Schultz
F. Schultz
G. Schultz, Jr
F. Maurer
Kanard
O. Kanard
H. Weiss
Messrs
German Reading Club entertained at West Avenue South home
Mrs M Moss hosted a German Reading club gathering yesterday at Mrs Jehlen's home on West avenue south. Mrs Albert Kirschner and Mrs Alfred Anderson have returned from Superior where they attended the funeral of their sister Mrs Will Meller formerly Miss Bertha Green of this city.
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M. Moss
Jehlen
West Avenue
Albert Kirschner
Alfred Anderson
Superior
Will Meller
Bertha Green
Mrs David Austin Hosts Sugar Party for Orphanage
A letter from The Christian Home Council Bluffs Ia dated March 3 1913 thanks Mrs David Austin of La Crosse Wis for a 5 66 donation from a sugar party benefiting the orphanage. It notes 260 inmates and ongoing appeals and urges broader local support.
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David Austin
Council Bauffs
Austin
Christian Home
Council Bluffs
North Seventh St
la Crosse
Wis
Pills Ad Claims Easy Relief with Casca Pills
An old advertisement touts Blackburn's Casca Royal Pills as never gritty or sickening. It recommends one pill nightly as a laxative and two or three as a cathartic, promising correction after weeks of use and urging a 10 cent trial package.
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Blackburn
France to implement three year compulsory military service
Paris reports the cabinet approved a government bill for a three year compulsory military service term. The measure was unanimously approved by the cabinet led by President Poincare.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Poincare
Hay's Hair Health promises hair growth and no dandruff
An old fashioned advertisement claims Hay's Hair Health restores natural color, nourishes roots, stops dandruff, and is a hair food not a dye. It guarantees refunds via druggists after a fair trial and offers free Harvina soap with purchase. Hoeschler Bros., A. Bellevue, Heberd & Co., and G. E. Mariner are listed as sellers.
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Hay
Hoeschler Bros
A. Bellevue, Hebberd & Co
G. E. Mariner
Pankhurst Ill in France For Rest Amid Protests
In London, Premier Asquith scrapped a Saturday reception for MPs amid remarks that Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the Militant suffragists, is ill and in Paris with her daughter for rest. General Flora Drummond announced the move to seek leadership plans, as snuff-throwing students sparked a riot and the meeting dissolved.
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London
Asquith
Emmeline Pankhurst
Paris
Christabel Pankhurst
Flora Drummond
Drummond
Hines closes big lumber deal today
Haywood Wisconsin March 6 A representative of Edward Hines announces the Hines Lumber company has bought the entire Atwood Lumber and Manufacturing company holdings Park Falls Wis including mill railroad property and several thousand acres across Sawyer Ashland Rusk and Price counties The purchase price is not public but described as several million dollars and work to begin clearing land at once.
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Haywood, Wis
Edward Hines
Chicago
Hines Lumber Company
Atwood Lumber & Manufacturing Company
Park Falls
Wis
Atwood Company
Sawyer
Ashland
Rusk
Price
Probe into Indiana women’s work conditions proposed
A three member commission including an employer, an employee and a woman was proposed in a bill passed under suspension of the rules in the senate today to investigate the working conditions of women in Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Senate
Wisconsin senator seeks to bar university dairy sales
Madison March 5 Senator Timothy Burke introduced a bill to stop the University of Wisconsin from competing with farmers in selling milk cream and butter. The measure forbids purchases for non educational purposes and directs surplus products to be sold to state institutions.
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Madison, Wis
Timothy Burke
University of Wisconsin
Burke
Superintendent disbands high school Ocaron club
Chicago March 6. Superintendent Ella Flagg Young orders the disbanding of the Ocaron club, a high school youth organization linked to wealthy families. She calls the high initiation fee a barrier only for sons of the wealthy and says the group evades the anti secret society order.
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Chicafo
Ella Flagg Young
Ocaron Club
Mrs. Young
Kempton Taken to Mendota Outbreak Quarantine
Elmer Kempton of Ban gor was moved by Sheriff John A. Weber to the West Salem asylum yesterday amid a smallpox outbreak at Mendota. His stay will be temporary, with transfer to Mendota hospital once the quarantine ends.
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Mendota
Elmer Kempton
Bangor
West Salem Incurable Asylum
John A. Weber
Kempton
West Salem
Mendota Hospital
Minnesota Spaghetti Called Most Healthful Food
An advertisement proclaims Minnesota Spaghetti as highly nutritious, claiming it is four times as nourishing as beefsteak and six times as potato, with strong proteins and low fat. It argues it supports endurance, is easy to prepare, tastes appetizing, and costs about a tenth per dish, urging all, especially children, to eat it in place of meat.
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la Crosse
Minnesota
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F. A. Reiman
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Hoeschier
Mildred Carr
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Jay St
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Kodaks
W. V. Kidder
Museum of
Lederle
Grace B. Davis
Midland Company
Richardson
Rome
Sebastiano Angelo
Aeroplanes
Geneva
Mme” Marguerite
Benjamin Woodrow Wilson Richards
Woodrow Wilson
Dewey
George M. Dewey
Manila Bay
Denver
Edward E. Knots
San Francisco
Parcel Post
Areny
U.S
Joseph A. Holmes
Bureau of Mines
W. T. Irvine, Jeweler
Senora Paz Ferrer
King Alphonso
Spain
Pau
France
Alphonso
Senor Ferrer
HINES
LEC
City Hall
Asylt
H. C. Evenson
Esight
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