Walter Bersey the 11 year old editor of Smallbits
Detroit April 15 Walter Bersey an 11 year old boy edits Smallbits a tiny weekly newspaper about 4 by 5 inches four or five pages with five or six news items per page The child editor oversees the editorial side while a companion handles printing The paper began in February and has a 42 copy circulation charging 4 cents monthly The paper uses reprinted stories and plans to paste pages since no pasting machine exists.
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Detroit
Mich
Walter Bersey
John 8S
Bersey
Light Guards
Venezuela
Castro
Spain
China
Personal items note visitors and local happenings
Ford quality car ad. Lizzie Callahan Fisher leaves for Chicago then Boston summer plans. Elizabeth Irvine caring for Pierson child returns. child recovering. Old German Lutheran church site razed for Doerflinger flats. Dr Will Powell noted. Della Haple returns due to sister Helen ill at St Francis hospital. Jennie Peterson leaves for Seattle after visit. Rev Dr A Lincoln Shute to preach at Tomah. For rent at Seventh and Badger. Lewis Knudson building on South Sixth advancing. Doten and White partnership to expand capacity. Lapitz Plumbing occupies single story brick structure with option to add. Dr George Powell noted. Postmasters informed spitting banned in postal buildings to curb disease. REO autos ad from Elsen & Kneen Bangor. Bishop Schwebach returns from Madison at St Paul University chapel cornerstone ceremony.
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Fifth and
Cass
Doerflinger Flats
Will Powell
Della Haple
Houston
Helen
St. Francis Hospital
Jennie Peterson
Seattle
Danielson
Pine Street
A. Lincoln
Lapitz Plumbing Company
George Powell
Postal Department
REO
Elsen & Kneen
Bangor
Bishop Schwebach
Madison
St. Paul's University
Parkinson & Dockendorf
Dockendorf
La Crosse Masons hold third degree in La Crescent
La Crosse Masonic lodge members worked in La Crescent Saturday night performing third degree rites. Local social notes mention travel by Ed Klein of Galesville and S E Kempter of Lancaster visiting area towns, with several residents returning home after weekend visits. Bids for a large store and office building for H Running in Viroqua are expected later this week.
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la Crosse
la Crescent
Gateway City
S. Brennegan
Galesville
Ed Klein
S. E. Kempter
Lancaster
N. A. Frammes
Fountain City
H. Thompson
Viroqua
H. A. Nelson
Coon Valley
C. Pearce
Nicholson-Secott Hall
Dancing Class Fancy Dress Party Brightens Masonic Temple
A large crowd attended the fancy dress party at the Masonic temple Saturday hosted by Mrs. M. B. Donaldson’s dancing class. Pupils showcased dainty or unique costumes while Jenny Wing and others performed, and ice cream and cake concluded the event with friends and family praising the progress of the students.
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Masonic Temple
M. B. Donaldson
Mesdames Ef.w. Wing
H. J. Hirshheimer
F. T. Servis
Charles Noble
Brown
Mrs. Brown
Mary Jane
Buster
Geo. van Auken
John Bayer
Harold P Bryant
Mrs. Donaldson
Miss Strassguth
Dorothy Wing
Jessie Powers
Red Riding Hood
Jennie Foster
Polly
Edna Shirley
Wilbert Irwin
Gertrude Sisson
Dora Hirshheimer
Dorothy Noble
Janice Meredith
Little Girl in Critical Condition at St Francis Hospital
Miss Helen Hopie, 13, lies critically ill at St Francis hospital with doctors unable to diagnose the affliction. At her bedside with her mother, she was brought in about two weeks ago after what appeared to be blood poisoning. She lives with her father Louis Haple, a city railway motorman, at 1224 West Avenue South.
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Helen Hopie
St. Francis Hospital
Little Helen
West Avenue South
Louis Haple
Walsh Paper Stings Chicago Banks
Nine million dollars of the indebtedness of John R. Walsh has been set down to loss by forty banks after the Walsh Banks failure four years ago. A prominent banker released the estimate noting banks have charged off as much as fifty percent of Walsh assets. In December 1905, eighteen Chicago clearing house banks guaranteed 26 million dollars to depositors, but assets were worth only about 18 million.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Walsh
Chicago Clearing House
Festive Pageant Names Dozens in Winona Celebration
A long listing of participants includes Mary Drummond Crysanthemum Alfred Gunderson George Washington Helen Clark and many others in a Winona event. Miss Killian could not arrive due to weather and rough roads, while a large group of attendees and hospital staff filled the celebration.
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Mary Drummond
Alfred Gunderson
Washington
Helen Clark
Wm. Holway
Frances Burroughs
Elizabeth Wolf
Daisy
Eleanor Schweizer
Maud Robbins
Mildred Waters
Andrew Boyd
James Evans
Katherine Moller
Harriet Scofield
Charlotte Colman
Ellen Hankerson
Frank Funk
Otto Werner
Charles Colman
U. S
Gordon Holway
Jerome Servis
Robert Farnam
Julia Colman
Earl Hirshheimer
Hattie Hirshheimer
Sidney Burroughs
Malcolm Rawles
Esther Wager
Geo. Cargill
George Washington
Joe Colman
Louise Servis
Hamlet Without Hamlet Makes for a Hospital Wedding Sendoff
A farewell supper and linen shower were hosted at La Crosse hospital on Saturday evening in honor of Miss Killian who is soon to be married. Guests waited for the guest of honor as the event extended into the night with gifts nearly prepared.
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la Crosse Hospital
Miss Killian
Mrs Hixon Returns From California and Plans Chicago Trip
Mrs. G. C. Hixon, who spent the winter in California, arrived home yesterday morning and will leave for Chicago tomorrow evening for a two week stay.
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G. C. Hixon
California
Chicago
Madman Wields Razor Slashes Wife in Charles City
In Charles City Iowa on May 3 Fred Kronch a farmer took his wife into a bedroom and demanded she kneel in prayer before slashing her with a razor. Police reported the attack but not the motive. The woman was treated for injuries and Kronch was taken into custody.
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Charles City
Iowa
Fred. Kronch
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