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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1913
Page
5
A large Central Park crowd watches Hattie the elephant soak in water for the first time in ten years. The New York scene captures a playful celebrity moment in a city landmark.
Michigan University fields its strongest two mile relay team with Haff Brown Janson and Haimbaugh. Haff is the fleetest member and the quartet won the two mile relay championship at the recent track meet in Philadelphia.
Mr and Mrs Gregor Hanifl celebrated their golden wedding with a party at their son Louis Hanifl s home 1028 South Seventh Street. The ceremony was performed by Rev Jos Riesterer at 1019 South Tenth Street. Hanifl a La Crosse butcher since 1841 age 73 and his wife 74 were married in Austria.
In Minneapolis Rev. G. L. Morrill preached in a sermon titled When to Kiss that public spooners should be licensed to swap kisses in public parks, arguing for regulatory permission and public decorum.
Rushford, Minn. visitor J Vista and Theodore OlsonUtica Minn business visitors in the city. Miss Olidia Kinsdale Genoa returns home after brief visit. W S Conklin Muscatine Iowa business visitor. Cc E Sallinder guest of friends Red Mound Wis. Miss Emma Edmunds Viroqua business visitor. J Copsey Petersburg guest of relatives will return to Ferryville. W A Seaver Moline Iowa business deal. Stella Morrelli Genoa shopped here. Buskin club presents She Stoops to Conquer Normal hall May for 25c admission. E A Schmidt Viroqua brief visit. W E Stevens New Albin Iowa visitor. George B May New Albin Iowa visiting. Mrs Harry U Larson Rushford guest here. L K Loomis Caledonia returning home after two weeks visit.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Tonic as a general strengthener and malaria fighter. It claims to build up the system and serve as a true tonic and appetiser for both adults and children, priced at 50 cents.
A Success Magazine exhortation urges daily care in speech and conduct. It cautions that words can either spread despair or hope, and encourages mercy and thoughtful behavior toward others regardless of personal turmoil.
Westminster Cathedral will see a new altar dedicated to St Edmund installed at Canterbury after the vacant crypt space near Cardinal Wiseman and Cardinal Manning is prepared for the relics of the last canonized archbishop.
One of the latest additions to the senatorial society circle in Washington is Mrs. John T. Robinson wife of Arkansas' new senator. A native of Lanoke county Arkansas she has long been devoted to home life yet takes a keen interest in public affairs and knows politics but does not seek leadership in the suffragist movement.
Sunday’s toll of auto deaths reports the death of James Mitchell, a wealthy silk manufacturer from Paterson New Jersey, and four others seriously injured when his car left the road near Middletown New York. Mitchell’s skull was crushed after pulling out to let another car pass.
New York dispatch reports Patrolman Herman Burns died after being struck by a car while on duty at his post at 133rd Street and Riverside Drive. The incident occurred on May 5.
Dorr Hinds and a companion escaped death when his car skidded toward a sixty foot Black River embankment in Watertown New York. The rear wheel caught a crevasse at the cliff edge and halted the plunge.
In Syracuse on May 5, Thomas Murphy a leading stock broker lost control of a fast car leaping from a bridge near Oneida and striking an electric power tower. The vehicle burned. Murphy died and Miss Mary L McGourty injured is reported dying in an Oneida hospital.
In Chicago nine joy riders were injured after a high speed dash ended when the car struck a telephone pole causing an engine explosion. Adolph Baker and Joseph Murphy were hurt internally and hospitalized while four girls and three others were taken to a farmhouse for treatment. In York Pennsylvania six people were injured when a touring car driven by Harry Brubaker fell forty feet down an embankment at the reservoir with all occupants pinned beneath the vehicle except the driver. In Charleston West Virginia Cecil J Irwin faced possible death and Ray Maple was in critical condition after a 44 foot drop when Maple’s car plunged over an embankment at Van Voorhis.
An advertisement offers agency for a popular market product with no upfront cost and a per sale profit of 1.80. Mentions easy sales potential, no experience needed, citing a twelve year old boy who reportedly made twenty orders in four hours. Address given as Ralph Toland 303 N 12 St, One of La Crosse.
A Seneca quote speaks of a man fearless in dangers untainted by lusts and joyful in adversity, a figure whose composure amid tumult inspires belief in a beam of divinity guiding a mortal body.
Gallatin claims to hold the stingiest man in Tennessee or the world with a premium on frugality. He wed a hometown girl to cut costs, paraded the square on a wedding tour, gave a nickel worth of stick candy, and urged saving it for the children.
Sacramento May 5 Governor Johnson gave no new statement on the Webb anti alien land ownership bill but is believed to sign before week’s end. He previously said he would approve "after a reasonable time" and may wait for Bryan to confer with the president. The governor has ten days to act and aims to avoid embarrassing the national administration.
The Twentieth Century club will be entertained Tuesday afternoon by Mesdames Abram James and P. J. Yerly at the home of Mrs. Yerly located at 119 South Ninth Street.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Young announce the engagement of their daughter Myra to Cyril A. Fay of Wardner Idaho son of Mr. and Mrs. A Fay of the city.
Mrs W E Sawyer returns from a several week visit in New York. Mrs Abby Burton comes home from a trip abroad with daughter Mrs Andrew Lees meeting her in Chicago. Theodore Zimmer man and wife of Minneapolis guests of Mr and Mrs J L Pettin Gill. Mrs Marshall Conant and daughter Miss May Conant return from Daytonia Florida. The Empire Five Hundred club was entertained Friday evening by Mr and Mrs H O Smith.
New York May 5. By tomorrow night the fate of four former police inspectors charged with conspiracy in the vice graft investigation will rest with a jury. Defense attorneys closed their pleas for acquittal and an agreement to stand or fall together explains why none testified.
A fire at a Milwaukee ice cream plant in the early hours smothered twenty horses after an ammonia tank exploded. Firemen faced heavy fumes while battling the blaze. Estimated loss stood at ten thousand dollars.
Archbishop Messmer confirmed one of the largest church classes in Gesuchurch history with 183 pupils. The group included 19 adult converts among 10 men and 9 women.
The New York American recounts the origins of the Sisters of Charity describing Constance daughter of Helena mother of Constantine, noted for kindness and inspired by her spirit, attended by Roman maidens, as the beginning of the order.
The Diamond Fields Advertiser argues colonial producers should reject high tariff arguments. It says better distribution methods, not more protection, will strengthen South African agriculture and place it on a sound footing.
A Sunday Magazine quotation notes that riches inherited at birth do not prove virtue or merit, just as poverty does not prove vice. Frank B. Welch argues birth conditions should not determine a person’s standing or judgment.
Signet rings arrive in solid gold in all sizes and styles. Men s large and bone y size rings priced from four to six dollars the medium weight from two fifty to three fifty. Girls rings range from one fifty to three twenty five. Call and see the new line at W T Irvine Jeweler.
Springfield May 5 The jury in the trial of Dr Arthur B Smith charged with poisoning his first wife Florence Cavileer Smith a prominent society leader reported a disagreement after hours of deliberation and was discharged by Judge Hagan.
The piece links deep frowning lines to discontent and advises a woman to examine her heart rather than eyes, as heartfelt feelings express themselves in the eyes and reveal inner emotion.
In Chicago May 5 organizers started union efforts at Stock Yards packing plants, using multilingual cards for meetings. About 200 signatures form the nucleus, with Emmett Flood of the AFL advising workers as foremen seize the materials.
A terse note warns that a bluff is typically a fragile bubble that will burst upon contact, implying caution in risk taking and signaling potential collapse under pressure.
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