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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1906
Page
3
Fragmented OCR text references Agrosse Winsome and Uscs on ver Sunday with scattered numbers and abbreviations. Details are unclear but imply race or event timing and participant names. No clear event, place, or outcome fully readable.
La Crosse defeated Wausau 3 2 and Oshkosh beat Freeport 8 4 while Eau Claire beat Chippewa Falls 2 1. Green Bay edged Eau Claire 2 1 and Green Bay won 7 0 over Freeport. Tomorrow games feature La Crosse at Wausau, Oshkosh at Freeport, and Green Bay at Eau Claire.
Oshkosh won the second game of the series against Freeport on May 14 by timely hitting. The final line score shows Freeport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 and Oshkosh 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 with runs in the eighth. Battery details list Freeport pitchers Scott and Errickson and Oshkosh pitchers Bottsford and Dolan.
Port Washington 3 Columbus 6 Appleton 5 Menasha 3 Watertown 8 Oconomowoc 4 Milwaukee Clerks Lose Omro 7 New London 6 Clintonville 7 Oshkosho Black River Falls 12 Tomah 11 Houghton 4 Calumet 3.
The Bijou defeated W. L. and P. Co. Sunday morning at League park. Strong battery led by Simpke fanned eleven as both sides played solid baseball. The Bijou seeks further games with printers bankers and ministers with manager Friese to field the next match.
The Young Comos beat the Hungry Pointers on Saturday south of the La Crosse Threshing Machine factory with a 12 to 6 score. Alfred Metz pitched well, striking out ten, as the Comos delivered a strong game despite incomplete text.
The lineup lists Walter Schmelt as catcher, Alfred Metz on pitching, Russell Webb captain at first base, Edward Vovez manager at shortstop, Otto Bouck second base, Aloise Vovez third base, John Hettinger left field, Peter Hettinger center field, Adam Pinker right field, and Alfred Siebrecht as substitute.
Peerless ball team of the south side signs John Nagle Jamey Squires and Adolf Carey to form pitching and battery. Nagle known for speed, Squires previously starred with Vought-Berger. They defeated the Pennants 11 to 3 at the La Crosse league diamond yesterday.
After major repairs at Eagle Point yard the C W Cowles owned by Captain Winans of Waukesha Wisconsin was launched at Dubuque Saturday and will operate on the river for excursions. It will run between St Paul and other points with about thirty dates already set. Meanwhile trouble strikes the Van Sant rafts J W and Lydia as a paddle wheel strike damages the Lydia at the draw of a Clinton bridge causing delays and a dispute with the bridge company.
The local post office is short of clerks and carriers. A special examination will be held at the federal building on May 26 for new applicants. Application blanks are available at the post office building.
Ear Sloan of this city has moved to Billings Montana to accept a bank job after years of service at the Burlington freight office here.
A morning fire damaged Ole Elbertson's home at 711 Division Street for several hundred dollars. The attic blaze in a rear addition, likely from wiring or a defective chimney, was under way before firefighters arrived. Water caused further wall and furnishing damage before extinguishment.
A Milwaukee youth markets a goat that chews Red Feather as an advertising gimmick. He travels the streets with costumes, drawing crowds while promoting Western Tobacco Works via a letter to La Crosse. The tale includes lost baggage, a hotel safe, and an enigmatic return of the master. hundreds visited Pettibone Park on the first Sunday of free passes.
Otto Bosshard returns from Bangor trip while Rev John Clemens heads to St Paul on church business. Bulk ice cream at Youngs Drug Store 25c per quart. Wardrobe bargains at Reitzels Knutesens. Lodge and Y M C A events, parlor chatter and a creek of local happenings fill the town. Funeral notices for J H Rippe and Mrs Sophia Dittman. Community music and dances planned, sermons given, and local trades advertise.
Saturday afternoon a party of about twenty teachers on the Oto launch went up the river to the Minnesota shore. They landed, built a fire, brewed coffee, and enjoyed a picnic supper. The group included Mesdames Josten Russell and several Misses Heidenmann Prat Peters Hallock Cummings Cummings Kate Phoebe Buell Decker Grassie Stevens Rofling Webb Doherty Ha.
State Senator McGillivray of Black River Falls is reported to enter a rigorous statewide campaign. He intends to stump every county delivering speeches at crossroads and other public spots and aims to win farmer support.
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