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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1908

Page

6

Runaway Milk Team Plunges From Embankment In Shelby

Fred Hass, a Shelby milk dealer, had two horses run from a car on Seventh Street. They plunged forty feet into a marsh embankment, one horse uninjured and the other severely cut and bruised, potentially fatal. The wagon broke, milk spilled, and veterinary care was required. Hass estimated about $25 loss for the runaway.

Fred Hass Shelby Dr. Houck Seventh Street Seventh la Crosse Streets Hass B. F. Holmes

Yeomen Yeomen Affairs Highlight April Events

Local deputies Mr and Mrs H A Lee of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen report daily applications for the April 9 main street hall shower and a large class to be adopted. A banquet is set for April 21 at Hotel Stoddard for members and those who recruited new applicants. The Rowena Circle will be organized at the next meeting on Thursday. A public card party is planned in the hall on March 23.

H. A. Lee The Brotherhood of American Yeomen

Jewell Company Crooks Case Highlights Former Rep

W T Steen former representative of the Jewel Tea company was committed to Waupun penitentiary for ten months and pleaded to be sent there. His wife failed to raise funds for a settlement, unlike three other men previously found guilty who settled. The reasons Steen confessed remain unclear.

W. T. Steen The Jewel Tea Company Waupun Steen

Crowds Fill City Mission for Mackey Evangelist Meetings

Large nightly crowds attend City Mission to hear Evangelist Mackey preach and his wife sing. Extra chairs were needed by Supt Ivey. Special meetings are set for tonight and tomorrow, with a joint men’s meeting with the Y M C A in the North Third Street quarters at 3 30 Sunday afternoon.

City Evangelist Mackey Ivey New North Third Street

Miss Tausche Undergoes Appendectomy At Local Hospital

Miss Gertrude Tausche, student at the University of Chicago, returned home and was taken to La Crosse Lutheran hospital where doctors Gunderson and Christianson operated for appendicitis. She is resting easily.

Gertrude Tausche University of Chicago la Crose Lutheran Hospital Gunderson and Christianson

Ice Still Solid in Lake Pepin Amid River Breakup

Lake Pepin ice remains solid while the river ice is already flowing away from La Crosse and below Wabasha. The lake usually frees up within a few hours after a start, but this year the ice appears to have sunk to the bottom and not yet disappeared.

Lake Pepin la Crosse Wabasha

Rockford Promoters Fail to Reach Quorum

A Rockford meeting of baseball promoters to organize the association failed to reach a quorum and adjourned until next week. The delay will not interfere with the portion of the team.

Rockford

A Simple Home Remedy Promises Relief for Rheumatism

A circulating remedy claims to ease rheumatism and kidney problems using Fluid Ex tertia Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Syrup of Sarsaparilla. The recipe, advertised as safe and effective, urges sufferers to prepare and dose it after meals and at night.

County seeks couple for poor farm superintendent role

County commissioners continue to seek a husband wife team to run the county poor farm. Present manager Gilfillan may be reappointed, with candidates including Louis Wenzel West Salem marshal Tower of West Salem and John C Johns. The search stresses the need for a wife capable of handling complex duties at the institution.

County Poor Commission Gilfillan Louis Wenzel West Salem Tower John C. Johns Twentieth Ward

Killian Decides to Play Ball for La Crosse Club

President John A. Elliott of the La Crosse Baseball club announced catcher Killian of Sterling Illinois will again play with the local club and will not enter business.

John A. Elliott la Crosse Killian Sterling, Ill

Fire drills practiced in La Crosse schools

The city employs regular fire drills in public and parochial schools. Pupils evacuate within two minutes, guided by drums or piano for pace, and are trained to grab books if possible. Delays by any student risk lives. all schools except the high school participate.

la Crosse

La Crosse Fails to Secure Major Run for Band

Strife between Kreutz and Dana factions weakens La Crosse bid for state Third Regiment band. Final tally shows Viroqua 22 Portage 20 with La Crosse at 2 of 44 votes. rival factions’ bunched campaigning aided Viroqua’s victory. Captain Charles H. Rawlinson returned from Milwaukee meeting.

la Crosse Viroqua Portage Kreutz Dana

Milk Cattle Tuberculosis Inspection Proposed In La Crosse

Dairy dealers in La Crosse were notified by the board of trade that tuberculosis infection in milk will be discussed at 8 o clock Monday night in the city hall small council chamber. The board plans inspections to stamp out the disease and assure pure milk. A common yard for herd inspection and a city council ordinance are among proposals.

la Crosse Board of Trade Coucils

Great Fire Leaves 6000 In Shelter Crisis In Constantinople

Secretary Oscar S. Straus sent a cable from Constantinople to the Jewish American committee detailing a major blaze in the city ghetto. About 500 houses burned and 6000 families were left homeless and in distress amid Constantinople's 60,000 Jewish population.

New York Oscar S. Straus Jewish American Committee Constantinople

Jobless Riot Fatality At Cleveland Steel Plant Gate

A riot near the American Steel and Wire plant on Independence Road in Cleveland injures several and kills one man. About fifty job seekers gathered at the gate of the southern city plant, triggering the melee.

Cleveland American Steel and Wire Company Independence Road

Viroqua Jubilant Over Band Regimental Honor

Viroqua celebrates the selection of its Third Regiment band for regimental honors after a Milwaukee meeting. Leaders Brown and Chaplain Butters return to a citywide welcome as the band, organized in 1900 with 34 members, receives support for an armory and ongoing patronage. Local and state figures praise the director O G Brown and the band’s extensive engagements and instruments valued at over 800 dollars.

Viroqua Wis Brown Butters Milwaukee Third Regiment Ohio State Weldon Liberatti DeBaugh Chicago W. E. Lawton Main Street Otto G. Brown C. E. Butters Viroqua Advancement Association Third Wisconsin National Guard Ed Stroup B. Anderson W. Nichols C. Bowman Roy Fortun Geo. Wheeler Ben Norris C. Shannon N. Fos

Officials Asked to Convention Tuber Culosis Congress

An invitation to attend the Tuber culosis Congress and aid the state tuberculosis committee has been extended to local city officials. The congress will be held in Washington D C from September 21 to October 12. Rev J J Clemens is among those most interested likely to attend representing the city.

Washington, D. C J. J. Clemens

Pretty Girl a Fiend Murder Inquiry Shocks Pittsburg

Police arrest Charles Cook a piano player and his wife Lila Zane dancer after a Wheeling fair ground robbery and murder of Charles Bennett. Authorities disclose a confession detailing enticement to an isolated spot robbing Bennett of 45 dollars with accomplice Joseph White. Autopsy confirms skull fracture.

Pittsburg Charles Cook Resorts Lila Zane Charles Bennett Bennett Wheeling W. Va Fair Grounds Cook Joseph White

Lost fox terrier seeks return for reward

Lost months old fox terrier pup with cropped tail and white ears. part of face black and brown. Reward offered. Return to M. F. Platz. Also notices seeking a girl for general housework at 628 South Seventh and another for housework for a family of three at K. K. care Tribune. Household goods for sale at 509 Sth St. WANTED: man and wife seek to rent one or two unfurnished rooms, centrally located. Address ML Tribune.

M. F. Platz South Seventh K. K Care Tribune Sth ML Tribune

Divorce Granted After 3000 Drunken Incidents

In Chicago Judge Barnes granted a divorce to Elizabeth M. Reddington from John T. Reddington after the latter was noted as having been intoxicated 3 000 times over the past decade in a Superior court proceeding.

Chicago John T. Reddington Barnes Superior Court Elizabeth M. Reddington

Guild Not Dead Correction Notice

The Trib une yesterday corrected that Governor Curtiss Guild of Massachusetts is not dead but seriously ill. A separate item reports the birth of an eight pound daughter to Mr and Mrs Otto Betz on St Patrick's day.

Guild the Tribune Curtiss Guild Massachusetts Otto Betz St. Patrick’s Day

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