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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1913
Page
8
Miss Katherine McCalister of Indianapolis reports a rash spreading to arms and back that caused severe itching and disfigurement. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, symptoms improved in seven to eight days and fully cleared in about eighteen to twenty days.
The Countess of Shaftesbury resigns from Queen Mary’s household over sympathy with votes for women. A women led suffrage band forms in Washington DC. New York Socialist women open a naturalization bureau to aid foreign born women. Philadelphia celebrates Mary Diehl and Ella Gillespie as the first sworn female police officers. Mrs. Kate Trimble Woolsey named delegate to Rome’s International Institute of Agriculture. A doll exhibit at Brooklyn Children’s Museum showcases 490 dolls from many nations open through June 1. Berlin hosts an invitation to Budapest delegates to visit on June 3 ahead of the International Suffrage Alliance.
The First German Methodist church at 7th and Ferry announces Sunday school at 9 15 chaired by William Bauman and public worship at 10 30 and 7 45 with the pastor. Morning topic The Shepherd and His Sheep evening Godly Fear and its Results. reception of members during the morning service Epworth League devo tional 7 00 led by Mrs Emil Starch midweek prayer Wednesday 7 45 Ladies Aid Thursday 2 30 sewing school led by Miss Ida Weeldreyer
Public worship at St Pauls Universalist Church Cass and Eighth streets features a 10 45 a m sermon by minister George R Long brake on The Signs of the Times The Heart of the Matter Time for La Crosse to Take Notice Miss Florence Herman violinist assists the choir Sunday school follows at 1145 a m Young People Union meets at 630 p m on At the Right Hand of God led by Lester Reichelt
First Methodist Episcopal church at King and Eighth announces a busy Sunday schedule led by Rev. T Stanley Cadams. Services include class meetings at 9 and 10 am with a missionary address by Professor Fairchild and Epworth League at 6:45 pm. Morning sermon at 10:30 am and evening services at 7:30 pm. Weekly meetings follow with Ladies Prayer circle Monday and official board at 7:30 pm.
The First Baptist Church on Sixth Street led by minister Adelbert Billings holds Bible school at 10 oclock, men’s class in the South parlor, worship at 11 with sermon The man of the hour, Lord’s Supper after, B Y P U at 6 30, evening service at 7 30 with song and sermon, strangers welcome.
The Evangelical Christian Evangelical Association church announces Sunday school at 9 15 a m preaching at 10 30 a m Young People meeting at 6 45 pm and preaching at 8 pm at the corner of Vine and West Avenue.
Christchurch Episcopal at Ninth and Main announces Sunday after Ascension services with morning prayer at 7 30, holy communion at 8, rector W Everett Johnson sermon at 10 45, evensong and sermon 4 30. Music includes Venite Benedictus Stabat Mater Cujus Animam Rossini and Magnificat Nunc Dimittis Lemare with solos and anthems by Harri et Oltman.
The First Congregational Church at Main and Seventh streets announces adjusted service times. Bible school begins at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. vesper service at 4 45 p.m. includes communion addressed by Pastor Henry Faville with the morning topic Christian Givers and a Men's class topic Here duty and Environment.
Emmanuel Church lists Sunday school at 9 15 a m morning service at 10 30 a m and a Young People meeting at 6 45 p m in the weekly timetable.
The German Baptist church at corner 7th and Winnebago streets lists E. Berger as pastor. Sunday school starts at 9 30 a m with morning service at 10 45 and evening service at 7 30. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening and Friday evening. Young People’s meeting and boys’ band Saturday at 10 a m.
In Colorado City Colorado the charter amendment grants Mrs May Ammerman the offices of police magistrate clerk auditor and treasurer. She had been a clerk candidate and now assumes multiple city roles following the amendment.
Fire destroyed the Thompson public school in Mariette Wisconsin estimated at 2500 dollars with 1800 dollars insured. Officials said boys smoking may have started the blaze.
West Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church on West Ave near Jackson St welcomes worshippers with morning service at 10 30 sermon on Entire Sanctification Sunday school at 11 45 Epworth League at 6 45 pm topic The Sympathy of Jesus Helen Anderson leader evening worship at 7 30 sermon A Curative Process prayer meeting Wednesday. You will find a cordial welcome at all these services.
The West Avenue Norwegian Lutheran Church at the corner of West Avenue and Division Street, led by Rev. R. Anderson, holds Sunday worship at 10 30 AM and Bible study in Sunday school at 12 00 PM.
Sunday services at county jail 10 a m and 7 45 p m Sunday school 3 p m Girls Bible class Monday 6 30 p m speaker Rev M E Fraser 8 p m Ted Johnson speaker Tuesday Rev W A Billings Thursday night Friday speaker TBA Saturday night praise and testimony meetings Good singing testimonies All welcome No creed but Christ no law but love
At St Johns Reformed Church corner Fourth and Market Rev E Vornholt pastor Sunday 9 15 am divine service 10 30 am Sunday school special class admission by confirmation and preparatory service for holy communion Sermon by the pastor 645 pm Young People and Teachers meeting 730 pm regular evening service Thursday afternoon Ladies society meeting in church parlors Saturday 130 pm instruction for new catechumens
Sunday service at 10:30 a.m. with subject Everlasting Punishment. Sunday school at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday testimonial meeting at 8 p.m. Reading room open weekdays 2 to 5 except holidays. Located on King Street between Fifth and Sixth streets.
The English Evangelical Lutheran church at West Avenue and Ferry Street lists Rev W P Christy as pastor with Sunday school at 930 am and morning service at 1045 am Rev Webber will oversee church work from now through September Wednesday afternoon Ladies Aid meets in church parlors with hosting by Mrs Evjen and Mrs Haller Wednesday evening the girls circle presents special music and invites all friends to meet Mr Webber
Sunday school rehearsal for Children's day at 9 30 sharp. Sunday school and public worship at 10 and 11 am. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 pm and evening service at 7 39. Men’s league supper Tuesday evening. Weekly prayer meeting Wednesday. Missionary society meets with Mrs. Schofield Friday afternoon. Public invited.
Rev Catharine McFarlin will lead a Sunday service at Odd Fellows hall 119 So Fourth St over the Ten Cent Store at 7 45 pm on The Religious Pillar of Spiritualism followed by Mrs Belle Fuller of Grand Rapids Mich in a psychic demonstration A public séance is planned Wednesday at 8 pm with emphasis on demonstrations A psychic circle meets Thursday at 3 pm at Mrs W K Shephards 225 So Sixth St The Sunday psychic class is postponed indefinitely Everyone seeking light and comfort in these lines is welcome
Practical home tips cover building dampness of brick versus stone. makes glue with ordinary glue and caoutchouc using nitric ether. onion in sick rooms absorbs infection. reuse worn collars by sanding edges. understand youth by recalling our own age. soften new kid gloves by damp towel preconditioning to prevent splitting.
Readers are invited to submit requests for answers to suggestive questions from The Sunday School Lesson by Rev. Dr. Linscott. Include lesson date and question number, plus full name and address, with preferences for in-column or mail responses.
A May 4 1913 religious note presents a study guide on Genesis dreams with Gen x references and a Sunday lesson titled Joseph Made Ruler of Egypt. Questions cover Pharaoh's dream interpretation by Joseph, God using dreams, and moral implications of foretelling the future.
A description of the boomerang’s evolution from native Australian designs to an English modification. The cross shaped weapon features a longer lower arm, and when thrown with the cross plane beside the thrower’s face, it travels 75 feet and does not return at that distance. After about 100 feet the spin increases and it turns back toward the thrower. Harper’s reports the observed flight pattern.
A bold Texan famed for business acumen courts a town girl who leaves for Vancouver British Columbia and marries there. He recalls riding the train to see her and declares I’m going to quit ye right now in a colorful confession from the newspaper page.
A collection of humorous scenes from early 20th century magazines. A grandfather misnames a baby Hazel amid a nutty christening joke. A farmer and a blacksmith pair off in election satire. A curly haired girl teases a distracted father about rain.
Norwegian Methodist church invites all to Sunday school at 9 15 a m and worship at 10 30 a m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 and Miss Agnes Webster leads at 7 45. Infant to adult classes at 12 m Junior Endeavor 3 30 Young People's 7 p m. Ladies Aid meets Thursday afternoon. public cordial invite.
Rev. J. W. Witter leads at Corner Clinton and Berlin streets with Sunday school at 9 15 a m and preaching at 10 30 a m Epworth league at 7 15 p m and a second preaching service at 7 45 p m.
Caledonia St M E holds a 9 30 class meeting 10 30 morning worship 12 noon Sunday school 6 30 Epworth League and 7 30 evening worship.
The notice invites all Scandinavians to morning worship at 10 39 a m Sunday school at 12 m and evening service at 7 30 p m at the Scandinavian Baptist church located at the corner of Charles and Logan streets with E A Forss mentioned.
Trinity Lutheran United Lutheran church Avon Street reports Rev. L. S. Marvick as pastor. Sunday evening services at 7 30 with no morning service. Ladies Aid meets Tuesday afternoon in church parlors hosted by Mrs N Munkeby. Sunday school convenes at 9 am.
Bethel Norw Lutheran church at corner George and Sill streets with Pastor O L Christenson holds Sunday services at 10 30 am and 7 45 pm and Sunday school at 9 am All welcome.
Norwegian Lutheran Church at Charles and Sill Streets under Rev. E. O. Vik offers morning worship at 10 30 a m with Sunday school at 9 a m for attendees and families.
North Presbyterian church at Avon and Logan streets led by Rev. Finch A. Clarke invites all not worshiping elsewhere to attend morning worship at 10 30 with sermon My faith and its mission and evening service at 7 45 with sermon Good bye Gol the young peoples choir will sing at both services.
Tabernacle Baptist Church at Clinton and Avon invites visitors to attend. Pastor Howard Beldon Leonard leads Bible school at 10, worship at 11, and evening service at 7:30 with a midweek prayer meeting Wednesdays at 7:30. Monthly business and covenant meetings are scheduled for specific Wednesdays.
Pope Pius X trims Vatican expenses by about 300000 yearly, reducing maintenance costs to 1400000 for the pope, palace, and central administration. France and the United States provide major funding from church offerings worldwide, with ongoing savings during the pope's illness. Commissions from Methodists and Presbyterians plan Panama exhibit efficiency focus in San Francisco. Shailer Matthews urges clean up of the exposition city to safeguard visitors from commercialized vice.
Panama Pacific exposition officials promise churches space in one of eight large buildings likely the educational Palace for exhibits showing Christian work and methods at the fair.
The Northern Baptist convention in Detroit this month plans to consolidate two long standing women foreign missionary societies. One group is the West society with headquarters in Boston and the other in Chicago. Both have worked with the Baptist Foreign Board and funded missionaries in Burma India China and Japan. The merger aims to reduce costs without sacrificing efficiency.
The ad urges taking a Cascaret tonight to cleanse the liver stomach and bowels and promise a feeling of health by morning. It targets headaches coated tongue insomnia biliousness and digestive discomfort describing Cascarets as rapid relief versus salts pills or castor oil. A 10 cent box is sold by druggists promising steady bowel action and cheerfulness for months.
A new unity policy of churches leads to the creation of an organization expected to fund foreign mission work at about $750,000 annually, possibly reaching $700,000. The consolidation, led by Baptists, combines all missionary and much of general denominational work.
Madison Wisconsin May 3 The Wisconsin Legislature passed a joint resolution expressing sympathy from both houses to Senator Robert M La Follette after the death of his brother in the state capital a few days ago.
Political dispute centers on degrees of bowleggedness as Tom McNeal campaigns with Cyrus Blunk, a Kansas candidate. A humorous anecdote claims Blunk's legs were so bowing he slept with pants on to avoid frostbite and, after death, a coffin was too narrow, prompting a tank section to be used.
The girl quips that marriage is a trial while the cynical bachelor counters that a sentence is a tougher trial. The exchange plays on comedic roles as they discuss commitment and legal terms.
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