High-Paid Evangelist Billy Sunday Invited to La Crosse
Local pastors and businessmen push for a Sunday invitation to bring Billy Sunday, the noted evangelist famed for converting many daily. A committee is collecting signatures led by Mayor Torrance to secure a tabernacle and funding from contributions during his stay. Sunday may be brought for October if plans succeed.
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Billy
America
la Crosse
Sunday
Austin
Lowe
Wentworth
Hoag
Fowler
John Holley
Stafford
William Torrance
Filtering Plant Bond Debate in La Crosse Wisconsin
Emil T. Mueller argues in favor of a $75 000 bond for a city filtering plant. He estimates 2 880 000 gallons daily and 30 000 residents, asks cost and capacity proofs, fire pump reliability, and potential $6 000 annual net revenue to justify the project. He proposes conditions for approval and urges discussion before voting.
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la Crosse
Wis
Davis
Emil T. Mueller
North Fond du Lac to gain rail service under Wisconsin Central order
The Wisconsin Railroad Rate Commission ordered Wisconsin Central Railway to establish freight and passenger service to North Fond du Lac within ninety days. The village population is about 2,000 and growth is projected north and west. The company must build a station and side tracks and place an agent at the site after a March 23 hearing.
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Madison, Wis
Railroad Rate Commission
Wisconsin Central Railway Company
North Fond du Lac
A. J. Pallen
Noted trainer promotes Father John’s Medicine in 1906 letter
A letter from T. J. Leary, trainer at McDonald Stock Farm Wheaton Kl, describes illness from 1904 to 1906, crediting Father John’s Medicine with restoring health after eight bottles. He guarantees cures for coughs, catarrh, internal diseases, and lung troubles, claiming bottles cost 50 cents to one dollar with a money back guarantee.
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T. J. Leary
McDonald
Wheaton
John
Father John
Rail Commissions Orders Limited Stop At St John
The Wisconsin Commission requires Central and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul lines to resume daily service at St John Calumet County. On petition by Anton Loehr and others, hearings in February found no profit in service, but ordered at least one train each day in both directions, side tracks built, and a jointly built station without need for an agent.
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Sin Central
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Company
St. John
Calumet County
Anton Loehr
Ashland School Praised by Escanaba Delegation
F D Davis Escanaba school official with A E Ellsworth and John O Meara visit Ashland praising its high school as among the northwest's best. Escanaba plans a 150000 dollar high school and a duplicate of Ashland's, to be built this summer and ready by September.
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Ashland
Wis
F. D. Davis
Escanaba
Mich
Davis
A. E. Ellsworth
John O'Meara
Escanaba Board of Education
Miners Die As Hoisting Collapse Shuts Ottawa Mine
A ship being hoisted from the Ottawa mine near Hanley Wisconsin separated and fell yesterday afternoon, killing two miners and injuring four. Miners demanded work stoppage until bodies are recovered. superintendent refused, causing a panic and an hour idle in the pits. Bodies lie twenty feet under water at the shaft bottom.
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Hanley
Wis
Ottawa
Ashland Bar Endorses Timlin for Supreme Court
Ashland county bar, with two exceptions, backs W. H. Timlin for the state supreme court justice. The association urges Timlin's candidacy in every county newspaper.
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Ashland, Wis
Ashland
W. H. Timlin
State Supreme Court
The
Bar Association
Timlin
Dr George Powell Consulting Physician and Cirrasan
Dr. George Powell is listed as consulting physician and cirrasan in the noted medical directory. Further details about his practice, affiliations, or specialties are not provided in the entry.
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George Powell
Cirrasan
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