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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
8
Gust Roeske, missing since April 27 from Hancock, had cashing gold demands at local banks and a mortgage tied to his farm. Friends fear sharpers involvement while others suspect he left the country. local notes hint at a hoax and a failed marriage as a joke without further writings.
A Wisconsin news item outlines an alleged method used by plumbers in a district attorney case. The report notes scant details and emphasizes the lack of concrete evidence at this stage.
Spence Manufacturing Company admits breaking into freight cars in May 1903 and photographing supplies for a blacklisting scheme. It acknowledges the Red Book and Brown Book and that independent plumbers are under 25 percent, while denying membership in a conspiracy to control Milwaukee plumbing materials.
In West Milwaukee Gabriel Kassen and John Finn faced assault and battery charges after a heated dispute at a lodging house. Witness Catherine Arnezeda testified Gabriel chased Ulrich Stein with an ax, but Judge Neelan acquitted both defendants amid testimony of a volatile dispute and self defense.
Milwaukee hosts German Ambassador Von Bernstorff for two intense days starting May 6. The program includes sightseeing and industrial tours, a stop at the English Press club, a West Side Turner hall reception, and a banquet at the Hotel Pfister with city and state leaders attending.
Duluth Minnesota May 6 The steamer Norman B Ream with Joseph Weber a union machinist aboard is said to have been shanghaied from Chicago The vessel is at the Missabe docks taking on ore and no rescue efforts have been possible as guards shield crews at Duluth and Superior docks and boats.
A concise reflection notes that people often overestimate their own virtue after performing a kind act, suggesting humility fades as self-importance rises.
At a Minnesota trial A L Drew described starting the Bank of Hamline with 300 dollars in 1892. He testified the bank grew to a capital of 50 thousand dollars before insolvency, funded partly by 5000 dollars borrowed from Hamline students and other small sums. He later worked as a carpenter after the failure.
In St Paul Minnesota on May 6 Mrs Max Bloom narrowly escaped injury when a frying pan fell from a wall hook and triggered a gasoline stove explosion. She stepped away briefly and suffered only minor burns.
Lt. Paul May 6 report Gov Johnson may oust Sheriff W J Bates of St Louis County for allowing a prize fight near Duluth. Gov warned further fights could lead to removal and action remains pending. Foley's Kidney Remedy ad follows.
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