Personal notices from La Crosse society column
A string of brief items notes visits by Chocolate Marshmallows Pfund F A Wires of Dubuque Don Thompson of Bangor and Clyde Barr of Westby in La Crosse for a few days. Others include Dr Will Powell and Mrs Dermondy visiting friends, repairs on Peter Newburg’s home, and various locals calling on business acquaintances during minor travels.
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Pfund
F. A. Wires
Dubuque
Don Thompson
Bangor
la Crosse
Clyde Barr
Westby
C. H. Henslee
Chicago
Surburg Tobacco Company
Care Tribune
Else Foerster
G. A. Kaeppler
Lansing
C. R. Kaeppler
D. G. Sprague
Caledonia
Gateway City
Edgar Brenner
Josten Hardware Company
Fred Young
Alex Moll
Lake Forest Academy
Lena
Louise Jensrn
Houston
Sician
Will Powell
Peter Newburg
Cameron Avenue
W. D. Carrick
Milwaukee Road
D. A. N. Church
Omaha
W. F. Rosche
Portage
H. H. Miller
Sparta
O. Marshall
Moline
J. W. Sprague
J. A. Conner
Robert Gordon
F. C. Morte
Viroqua
George Powell
A. W. Dermondy
Huron
J. H. Shossky
Eau Claire
Arthur C. Eber
Merrill
P. A. Wakefield
West Salem
C. T. Moen
Decorah
H. D. Johnson
de Soto
Canville
Friends
J. P. Gehrey
Soo Line
T. O. Paulson
H. G. Bock
Colorado Midland
Burlington
W. L. Hathaway
The
Rock Island and Frisco
I. L. Wood
Clinton W. Hunt
Reedsburg
Otto Bosshard
Helen Swinzrod
District Attorney's
Register of Deeds
Aiken
Sarah E. Sweet
Eugenia Benjamin
Bertha Kirschner
Wabasha
Minn
Badger Street
George Acers
City
H. Deer
North Sixth Street
Judge Reid Buys the Black Beauty Fast River Launch
Waterways Commissioner R. S. Reid buys the famous Wi nona launch Black Beauty for his son Lucien. The boat, last year the river’s fastest and four cylinder, will run on three cylinders, likely yielding 16 to 18 miles per hour. It is a thirty foot craft noted as a fine vessel.
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Reid
Lucien
Judge Reid
Fail to Decide on New Pastor at Presbyterian Church
A church meeting last evening discussed selecting a successor to Rev. J. K. Fowler but made no decision. The pulpit committee will hear several prospective pastors before a selection is made. The text adds an unrelated insult about a woman, which has no bearing on the church matter.
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Presyterian Church
J. K. Fowler
Right Food How the Baby Was Saved
A mother recalls failing to nourish a sick infant with various foods until GranyNuts, soaked in warm water, restored growth and strength. The child thrived on Grape-Nuts for months, developing normally after a prolonged struggle, with praise from observers. The ad cites Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan and references The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Reek
Mich
Wellville
Lucky Thirteen Club Host Tidy Afternoon Card Party
Mrs L L Brown hosted the Lucky Thirteen club and friends for a Wednesday afternoon card party. Prizes went to Mrs Melbin and Mrs Drake first, with Mrs Riechelt and Mrs Peterson second. Attendees included Mesdames Viets Sila McDonald Kenyon Imhoff Willey Segar Foster Storch Roth Riechelt Peterson Thatro Drake Melbin Milligan Knothe Fuchel and Lee.
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Lucky Thirteen Club
L. L. Brown
Melbin
Drake
John McDonald
Riechelt
Peterson
Mesdames Viets
St. Paul
Sila
J. McDonald
W. Kenyon
T. Imhoff
C. W. Willey
Segar Foster
Storch
Roth
Thatro
First M. E. Church Men's Club Meets in Parlor
The Men's club of the First M. E. church held their monthly meeting last evening in the church parlors. A good attendance was present and an excellent program was rendered.
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M. E. Church
Mrs Candrian Visits Oberlin To Reunite With Irma
Mrs. Adolph Candrian travels to Oberlin Ohio to reunite with her daughter Irma who has been taking a musical course at Oberlin college. They plan to return together in about three weeks.
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Adolph Candrian
Oberlin
Ohio
Irma
Oberlin College
Boorman visits area former resident and neighbors recall town history
Mr Boorman a former resident who owned a farm here visits among friends. He now resides at Stockhol m Wis. Mr and Mrs Joe Lennon were Lakeview visitors Sunday. Carl Dusso sold his home place and plans building on the west side of his farm by the lake and main road. Byron Hyde of Sycamore NL is here on a visit. Last Saturday a party of young people surprised Mildred Hoag at her French Island home for music games and refreshments.
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Boorman
Stockholm
Wis
Joe Lennon
Lakeview
Carl Dusso
Byron Hyde
Sycamore
Mildred Hoag
French Island
Senator Morris Returns From Madison on Normal School Contract
Senator Thomas Morris returns from Madison where the Normal regents awarded the general contract for the La Crosse Normal school to the Sterling Engineer and Construction company of Milwaukee. Other contracts were not awarded. Construction on the new normal will start April 1.
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Thomas Morris
Madison
Normal Regents
la Crosse Normal School
Sterling Engineer and Construction Company
Milwaukee
Normal
Usual trouble with boat houses
The boat houses of John E. Willing and W. A. Wagner were damaged and have sunk. Wagner's was crushed in by ice during spring break up and will require extensive repairs. The boat houses will be raised at once. Outside these cases owners have been fortunate this spring in escaping damage.
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John E. Willing
W. A. Wagner
Minneapolis visitor and Plainview resident visit relatives
Fred Kehr of Minneapolis visits his sister Mrs Joseph Matlak. Mrs B F Leininder of Plainview Minn visits her aunt Mrs Katherine MacFarlin on North Tenth Street.
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Fred Kehr
Minneapolis
Mrs
Joseph Matlak
B. F. Leininder
Plainview, Minn
Katherine MacFarlin
North Tenth Street
County Board Votes for County School of Agriculture
La Crosse county supervisors vote 27 to 9 to establish a county school of agriculture and domestic economy within the county, select a site committee, and propose a $30,000 bond issue to fund construction with a five thousand dollar annual sinking fund. The plan includes a site-location committee and a May finance report.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
of la Crosse
Wis
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Baker
McHugh
Clements
Christopherson
Gulickson
Kindley
Turnbull
Hulberg
Davis
Bangor
la Crosse County
Hamilton
John J. Olson
Wil
Community thanks for kindness during illness and death
In the recent illness of husband and father many friends, Ladies' Aid of the M. E. church, Ladies' Club and Sunday school of the Island, the John Flynn Post and Corps, and particularly the boy class, have been very kind. We wish to thank all who have helped us and offered helpful words during this time of sickness and death. MRS. MARIE SPENCER and Family.
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Husband
M. E. Church
4Ladies’ Club
John Flynn Post and Corps
Marie Spencer
Network of sympathy for Spencer's widow from G A R post
A formal resolution by John Flynn Post No 77 G A R La Crosse Wis dated March 24 1908 expresses mourning for Daniel Spencer late of Company H 13th New York Heavy Artillery. The memo notes the deceased and requests copies be sent to his widow and recorded in post records.
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John Flynn
Daniel Spencer
13Th
N. Y. Heavy Artillery
13Th Regiment
New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery
Department of Wisconsin
la Crosse
Wis
A. D
WM. Grever
W. V. Shets
John F. Russell
Robbers Fail to Blow Open Gentry Bank Safe
In an attempted early morning bank robbery at the Farmers Bank in Springtown near Gentry Arkansas a blast killed one robber whose head was blown from his body. The corpse lay near the safe and a map marked Gentry Springtown and Sulphur Springs was found on him. Police suspect the same gang robbed nearby banks recently. The dead man’s identity was unknown.
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Gentry Ark
Farmer's Bank
Springtown
Gentry
Sulphur Springs
Farmers’ Bank
Miss Klaudia Nelson Confined With Severe Cold
Miss Klaudia Nelson, chief clerk and stenographer in the register of deed's office, is confined to her home with a severe cold and has spoken only in a whisper in recent days.
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Klaudia Nelson
Register of Deed's Office
Wisconsin Dentists Convene in La Crosse During Saengerfest
La Crosse will host the Wisconsin State Dental Society annual convention July 22 to 24 as Saengerfest opens. Supervisors approved use of county courthouse rooms for meetings after a committee report. The committee valued the county courthouse at 125000 and furniture at 6000 with an insured policy of 65000 on the building and furnishings.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin State Dental Society
Court House
Rate Commission Engineer Pease Visits City on Official Business
Engineer Pease, chief engineer for the Wisconsin rate commission, was in the city on official business yesterday. He provided no statement for publication.
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Pease
Wisconsin Rate Commission
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Oyster
John C. Burns
Main St
Black Beauty
Mme. B. Soule
Society
W. T. Irvine
Main Street
Aukee
Blatz Brewing CO
Milwauket
City News
Sachem
E. C. Raymond
Order of Redmen
W. A.S. Bird
Topeka
Kan
Incohme
United States
W. L. Niedbalski
J. H. Arenz
George B. Marvin
Hh. “i Swarthont
G. L. Winslow
C. W. Hunt
Hunt
Justice of the Peace
H. Langstadt
Odell Ekern
Holmen
Bond County
Agricultural College
W. S. Keppel
Chas. M. Rawlinson
Agricultural School
T. G. Aiken
William F. Baker
W. A. Bradley
William Dwyer
William G. Sarbers
George R. Hodge
Oscar H. Hulberg
John C. Johnson
John Kindley
Wenzel Lapitz
Peter Lebnen
Ray Lewis
Michael McHugh
A. N. Moore
Ernest G. Muller
Henry Muth, Jr
Bernt Nelson
William C. Rick
George J. Ritter
Louis Ruud
J. A. Skogan
Charles Spettel
John E. Swan
John Timp
J. B. Turnbull
Barthold Weber
George H. Berger
L. Christopherson
John Clements
R. W. Davis
Peter Gulickson
John Hatz
Hans A. Jacobs
Wenzel Korn
William Wolf
Burns
Campbell
Greenfield
Holland
Onalaska
Page
Bradley
Supervisor Davis
Mueller
Spencer
Waltham 15
Doerflinger
Jewelry
Gus. Rose
Smyrna
Malaga
the Royal
Hadreas & Papas
Rate Commission
S. Fourth ST
Hammer Bros. & Later
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