Ice Trust Battled by La Crosse Tribune Supporters
The La Crosse Tribune praises local merchants in a fight against an ice trust and mail order rivals. Citizens cheer Andy Boyd for selling affordable ice and meat labeled L and B as the community boosts home industry against extortion attempts. The piece urges readers to support local buyers and La Crosse manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langdon & Boyd
Ice Trust
Rev. Hick
Andy Boyd
Providence
T. Dewitt Talmage
Tribune
Wisconsin
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Statehood bill stance credited to Senator Spooner
The notice argues Senator Spooner’s stance on statehood was the final congressional position and notes the public reaction to two Businessmen's Associations replacing the old Board of Trade with their new name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spooner
Congress
Board of Trade
Associa
High Chair Philosophy Delighted Babies With Motherly Quips
A collection of playful home anecdotes shows children reacting to family banter and small mishaps. Margaret mimics a monkey but claims she resembles her mother, Ila asks for cro-Cro-Crocheted cookies, Dick disobeys shears with a coy refrain, Mary laments cold bows and seeks mittens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Ila
Upper Main Street
Mamma
Mary
Bannerman's Troubles Are Coming Fast
A group of thirty suffragists attempted to storm Downing Street housing Premier Campbell Bannerman. They knocked and forced entry through the door as police dispersed them. Three leaders were taken to the station amid yelling and shouts of Down with C B while Bannerman presided at a cabinet meeting and refused to see them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Campbell-Bannerman
Downing Street
C.B
Campbell- Bannerman
Stimulation Without Irritation Urges Mild Fruit Syrup Use
In stomach and liver trouble the proper treatment is to stimulate these organs without irritation. Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup aids digestion and stimulates the liver and bowels without irritating like pills or ordinary cathartics. It does not nauseate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Sold by O. T. Erhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Erhart
Ice Trust, Insurance, and Politics Ride News Fronts
A cabined column lampoons the ice trust and insurance schemes as well as political power brokers. References to Boyd Farlan and Lawson predictions mingle with quips about Weather Bureau, Jerome, and Spooner La Follette while hinting at summer ice imports and outbursts to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibley
Fairbanks
Weather Bureau
Ice Trust
Controversy Over La Crosse City Railway Extensions
Dr. Anderson argues the La Crosse City Railway Co extended tracks minimally for years, seeks new favors for conditional extensions, and cites financial gains from past expansions to press for a cemetery line and West Avenue route, urging firmer planning and fair treatment for property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth Street
Anderson
Committee of the Common Council
la Crosse City Railway Co
City Railway Company
State Street
West Avenue
Eighteenth Streets
Gund
Market Street
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LA _ CROSSE
Adam E. Forschler
THE
LA Crosse Tribune
Main St
Wis
W. V. Kidder
Tribune Publishing Company
Payne & Young
Chicago
Marquette
New York City
Potter
Merchants’ Association
Montgomery Ward
Elks
Elks’ Club
Northwest
Big Elks
Trust
Tion
A. M. Brayton
Main Street
Margaret
Bannerman
First Methodist Church
Andy
Boyd
Farlan
Mississippi
Klondike Lena
B. E. Edward
Lucre
Philippines
Doc
Oberser Oberholzer
Thomas Lawson
H. H. Rogers
John D. Rockefeller
Jerome
United States
New York
Spooner and
la Follette
Iceman
DR. Anderson
Twelfth
Main Streets
Green Bay Street
Redfield Street
Sanya Tee Ae
A. Ae
Lake Park
Trane’s
South Fifth Street
Batavian National Bank
U.S
Sis
Banking House & Fixtures
Ing
National Bank of
La 114
Fourth Crosse
State Bank of la Cross
Capital and
Su Plus
Erhart
Erhart’s
Red Cross Drug Store
Pryor
Lustre
J. E. Wheeler
Orlando Holway
Jos
P. Gohres
Robt
B. Lowry
Ass’t
W. B. Tscharner
Wm. F. Gohres
J. Waite
Andy Gilbertson
North Fourth St
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