Stranger Attacks Mrs Tanberg in Pine Street Chase
Mrs Charles O Tanberg wife of a La Crosse Plow works foreman was assaulted by a stranger after a Royal Neighbors meeting. He choked kicked and threw her in the street near Pine and Sixth Avenue before fleeing as neighbors pursued. Police seek the unknown man now.
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Woodmen Hall
Charles O. Tanberg
The
la Crosse
Pine
Charles Luxem
Oscar Gastard
E. J. McNeany
Charley
Tanberg
Woodman Hall
Rockefeller Heir Heads Home After Ill Note
Cable report says William Rockefeller left San Remo aboard a steamer to New York in response to John D Rockefeller’s ill health dispatch. Verification was not yet confirmed by Standard Oil offices.
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New York
France
William Rockefeller
San Remo
Joh D. Rockefeller
Standard Oi! Co
Engineer Drowns After Lean From Cab
Scripps-McRae Dispatch reports Robert Fuller a Santa Fe engineer leaned from his cab while crossing the drainage canal and fell into the water this morning dying.
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Chicago
Robert Fuller
Santa Fe
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with mild temperatures
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with mild overall temperatures. Coldest around 32 degrees and a high near 36. Light wind at 8 a.m. around 4 miles per hour.
Two men fall to death from church steeple
Dayton Ohio reports a fatal fall when George Allison and Charles Saunders plummeted 104 feet from a church steeple this morning. Both men died instantly at the scene.
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Dayton, O
George Allison
Charles Saunders
Jealous Valet Kills Clerk in Rooming House
Chicago March 28 I R Roberts a clerk was shot and killed this morning by William Walker a valet in a rooming house on account of jealousy.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Chicago
I. R. Roberts
William Walker
Santa Fe Limited In A Collision
In Ash Fork Arizona on March 28 the Santa Fe westbound limited and eastbound express collided last night. No one was killed. Officials in Topeka Kansas denied any fatalities and suggested some may have been hurt.
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Santa FE Limited
Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Ash Fork
Ariz
Santa Fe
Topeka
Kas
The
Sterling Must Return Winnings In Poker Suit
Judge C. W. Hunt ruled Nathan Jacobs can recover 21 dollars from C. A. Sterling plus 10.32 dollars in expenses after Jacobs lost 36 dollars in a poker game. Other players at the table also received the remaining funds.
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C. W. Hunt
Nathan Jacobs
C. A. Sterling
Mr. Sterling
Jacobs
Knox Attacks Hepburn Bill as Unconstitutional
Washington March 28 Senator Knox said the Hepburn rate bill is unconstitutional arguing judicial review is a centuries old right and a balance wheel between passions and policies. He urged explicit provisions for judicial review to prevent tyrants from overruling constitutional limits.
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Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Washington
Knox
Wanted man Witt alert on desertion warrant in county
Martin Eggen a young man from the northern part of the county will be arrested today or tomorrow on a warrant charging wife desertion. Eggen had a prior seduction warrant after marrying a Mindoro girl and has since neglected his wife who lives with her parents. The case will be heard before Judge Brindley in the county court.
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Martin Eggen
Eggen
Mindoro
Brindley
Wisconsin State league reorganized with eight clubs
The Wisconsin State baseball league reorganized for the coming season at Fond du Lac with Eau Claire Chippewa Falls La Crosse Freeport Ill Green Bay and Oshkosh. H J Husting of Fox River Valley league seeks to add Oshkosh and Green Bay while Powers notes Green Bay and Oshkosh may already be in the state league. The two leagues wage a merry war with uncertain outcomes.
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Wisconsin State Baseball
Fond du Lac
Eau Claire
Chippewa Falls
la Crosse
Freeport
Ill
Green Bay
Oshkosh
Powers
H. J. Husting
Fox River Valley League
Husting
County Approves Final Court House Report In La Crosse
The La Crosse county board adopted the special court house building committee’s final report after a four year effort. Construction and furnishings totaled $189 303 15 excluding committee meeting costs. Major items included Sehick & Roth architects 8191 09 steel furniture 12670 gas and electric fixtures 3500 decorating 7244 50 clock and bell 2550 moving office rent 4000 and heating 6573.
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Court House
la Crosse
Special Court House
Sehick & Roth
Goose Green Under Water Strands North Side Residents in Boats
Flooded La Crosse river forces residents of southeastern North Side known as goose green to travel by boat as tracks repaired after recent floods. Rail service resumed on Southern Minnesota and Dubuque lines while New Albin wrecking crew returns. water level expected to rise again.
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Minnesota
Dubuque
New Albin
Causeway Bridge
la Crosse
Sparta
Funeral service for Mrs. T Smith at La Crescent church
The funeral of Mrs. T. Smith was held yesterday at La Crescent Catholic church with interment at La Crosse Catholic cemetery.
Cedar River flood in Waterloo causes $100,000 damage
A Cedar River rise of eleven feet floods Waterloo’s business district. The west levee broke flooding the YMCA and numerous businesses. Hundreds are displaced as railroad tracks are submerged and all lines halted. Officials say it is the worst flood in the city's history.
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Waterloo
Cedar River
Y. M.C
Olson Stole Fur Coats in St. Paul Chase
Herbert Olson a young man from La Crosse was arrested after a pursuit ending at the pump house while fleeing with eight fur lined coats valued at about 400 dollars. Police in St. Paul had identified Olson through direct evidence and a circular missive. a companion from St. Paul was already arrested and sentenced for larceny.
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Herbert Olson
St. Paul
Olson
la Crosse
Larry Dugan
Fourth and Main
Fraser
Six Italians slain in city hut in brutal murder tale
MinneapOLis dispatch reports six Italians killed in a South Tenth Avenue hut after a night clash. Eight men fled as police left thinking trouble ended. Four victims hacked with knives. two more found in basement. Robbery denied. finds include priest robes, passports, and funds totaling about thirteen hundred dollars and a Demtri check. Names and addresses point to several suspects and locations.
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iScripps-McRae Dispatch
Minneapolis
Tenth Avenue South
Nicoli Demtri
Austin Av
Chicago
Lincoln
Ill
New Salem
N. D
Kreisten Rovko
Carsco Demtri
Dalton Caponi
Cami Yeay
Big Saloon Men Favor High License Move
City hall reports a coordinated push by leading saloonkeepers to put the high license question on the next municipal ballot. Downtown owners back a license around 500 dollars, hoping to force smaller rivals out and raise standards, while outskirts saloonkeepers oppose the plan.
Johnstonown Fire Causes Six Hundred Thousand Dollar Loss
A morning blaze in Johnstown Pennsylvania destroyed three business blocks on Main Bedford and Clinton streets and damaged others. Swank Hardware, occupying six stories, was the main loss as firefighters contained the fire by 8 o clock resulting in about 600000 dollars in damages.
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Johnstown
Main
Bedford
Clinton Streets
Swank Hardware Company
Omstead Hosts Dinner Before Seattle Trip
Mr and Mrs Bert Omstead hosted a 2 o clock dinner for Mr and Mrs James A Muller and son George who will depart for Seattle Washington next Saturday.
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Bert Omstead
James A. Muller
George
Seatttle, Wash
Pocket ballot to be defeated in La Crosse County vote
La Crosse county faces a crushing vote to kill the pocket ballot. Supervisors argue the proposed form would incur huge printing costs that could fund voting machines for every precinct within a few years. The county board meeting signaled the change toward a machine based system.
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Dunn
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Litigation May Tie Up La Crosse Dam Project
A Black River Falls dispatch reports a looming legal challenge to the 12,000 horsepower dam at the head of the Black River near Hatfield. David M. Kelly of Kelly Lincoln and Winthrop claims equity in the dam project, a key to the work by the La Crosse Hydro Electric Light and Power Co., potentially delaying completion.
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Black River Falls
Momon Riffle
Black River
Hatfield
la Crosse
Kelly
Wisconsin
Green Bay
la Crosse Black River
Falle
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