Memorial Day Plans For Patriot Posts And Monument
On Memorial Day weekend, G A R posts and allied groups plan ceremonies at the First Methodist church and Oak Grove cemetery. Activities include flag decoration, a dedication of a soldiers monument by Wilson Colwell post, and a patriotic program with music, speeches, and a parade-style march through State Street to the cemetery.
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Edward Cronon
G. A. R. Posts
V.A
Court House
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Eighth and
King Streets
W. V
S. of
V. A
Wilson Colwell Post
Post
Mecca
Grand Army
S. of V
State Street
Twelfth Street
Heat Struck Laundry Girls Prompt Doctor On Call
Report to the Senate wage commission details repeated fainting among girls at the American Steam Laundry in St Louis due to extreme heat. A 16 year old bundle wrapper described six cases last summer needing stretcher transport and physician revival. no in house hospital, but a doctor on call. She began work at 14 earning 4.80 weekly, later 5.95 with longer hours. family support cited. A second girl also started at 14 while avoiding school.
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ST. Louis
Senate Wage Commission
Planters
American Steam Laundry
Bulgarians Attack Greeks Near Salonika Amid Neutral Zone Breach
In Panghaion district near Salonika the Bulgarian assault continues with artillery along the front. Greece claims Bulgarian aggression while Sofia protests. Fighting followed a supposed neutrality pact and King Constantine heads to Salonika to assume command of Greek forces.
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Athens
Panghaion
Salonika
Sofia
Turkey
Constantine
Bulgaria
Greeks Aggressors In Fighting Near Salonika
Sofia reports the Bulgarian foreign office states that Greece is the aggressor in the fighting near Salonika as of May 23. The exchange follows continued hostilities and a diplomatic stance from Sofia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgarian Foreign Office Today
Salonika
Democrats Favor Plan for Government Armor Plant
Washington May 23 Democrats in the Senate reported no serious opposition to the Ashurst bill creating a government plant to manufacture armor plate. Republicans signaled opposition to immediate action until cost information on government produced armor plate is obtained.
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Washington
Senate
Senate white slavery probe to meet Monday in Chicago
The first open meeting of the senate white slavery investigation committee since charges against Lieut. Gov. O'Hara were cleared will be held at Hotel La Salle in Chicago at ten o'clock Monday morning. The lieutenant governor announced the gathering.
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Springfield
Senate
White Slavery Investigation Committee
O’hara
Hotel la Salle
Chicago
Gas Explosion In Milwaukee Kitchen Injures Two
Two persons were slightly injured and about six others escaped with little more than shock when accumulated gas exploded in a kitchen range at the home of Mrs. Susan O'Donnell in Milwaukee on May 23. The stove was blown to pieces and injured parties were struck by flying metal debris.
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Milwaukee
Susan O'Donnell
Armory to Replace Old Second Ward School Site
The Governors' Guard association awards the wrecking contract for the Second Ward school on Fourth and King to La Crosse Wrecking Company. Demolition starts by June 1 with completion within sixty days. A new armory building is planned costing at least $30,000 to $50,000 with a large auditorium for public use.
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Second Ward
Fourth and King Streets
la Crosse Wrecking Company
Governors’ Guard Association
Home Made Week Boosts Local Business and Events
Home Made Week shows early gains as Staats Pennant books a fifty dollar order from John C Burns fruit house after space talk at Burns Windows. New exhibitors join lists including Trepte Ornamental Iron Works and W F Benton company. Several band concerts planned and the big six o clock dinner postponed to Thursday with A L Goetzman of Listman Mills delivering the address.
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R. F. Staats
Staats Pennant Company
John C. Burns Fruit House
Mr. Staats
Burns
la Crosse
Staats
Board of Trade Committee
Trepte Ornamental Iron Works
S. Gantert
LaCrosse Plumbing Suply Company
Third and Main
W. F. Benton Company
Doerflinger
J. J. Hogan and Company
A. L. Goetzman
Listman Mills
Bear Kills and Devours Girl Near Truckee
Miss Vinnie Colt eighteen vanished from her home after a quarrel with her mother. Her partially eaten body was found twenty miles away in the Sierra Nevada mountains, with bear tracks surrounding the scene indicating a grizzly attack.
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Truckee
Cal
Vinnie Colt
Sierra Nevadas
Miss Colt
Sis son defends California anti alien land law in house
Representative Sisson of Mississippi pressed his defense of the California anti alien land law in the house arguing unrestricted admission of aliens would ruin American farmers by yielding land to large corporations that would hire cheap imported labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
California
Sisson
Mississippi
Elevator Bid Set for La Crosse Post Office
Congressman John J. Esch announced bids for a La Crosse post office elevator will be opened in Washington June 3. Due to rising federal building business an elevator is now a necessity and will be installed within the next month.
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John J. Esch
la Crosse
Federal Superintendent of Architecture
Washington
la Crosse Federal Building
Japanese Fear For The Mikado Delays Webe Controversy
News from Torio reports Emperor Yoshihito's fever rising to 103.6 degrees as officials say no grave alarm, while public anxiety grows. U S embassy official Arthur Bailly-Blanchard visits Ayuama palace, and observers doubt the alien land ownership dispute will see a timely U S reply during the emperor's illness.
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Torio
Ayuama Palace
Yoshihito
Arthur Bailly-Blanchard
United States
Matsuhito
Foreign Office
Death of Harry Potter in La Crescent
Harry Potter died at his mother Mrs Whitman B Potter’s home in La Crescent at four yesterday afternoon from a brief brain illness. He was survived by his mother and two sisters Mrs C W Turnbull of Albert Lea Minnesota and Mrs Edward Landers of Melrose Wisconsin. His father Whitman B Potter was a La Crescent and La Crosse pioneer and a large property holder. he farmed in western Minnesota and in La Crescent and had connections with the main service there.
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Harry Potter
Whitman B. Potter
la Crescent
la Crosse
C. W. Turnbull
Albert Lea
Minn
Edward Landers
Melrose
Wis
Potter
Minnesota
Boy Swallows Nail In Back Yard Play
Two year old Tommy Branch of Bondville swallowed an eight penny nail while playing in the sand pile. Doctors located the nail by X ray but will not remove it until signs of distress appear.
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Champaign
Ill
Tommy Branch
Bondville
Tommy
Thirteen Days for Pair In Pants Theft and Theft
Edward Hardy and Grover Morgan of Marion Ohio were jailed for thirty day terms after Hardy tore his pants and Morgan took a spare pair from a nearby caboose to cover him. They were en route to Minneapolis with forty three dollars missing after money was stolen from them and admitted guilt in county court.
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Edward Hardy
Grover Morgan
Marion
Ohio
la Crosse
Hardy
Morgan
Minneapolis
John Brindley
John Weber
Reorganization of Republican Party Promoted at Minneapolis Banquet
In Minneapolis on May 23, leaders praised Senator La Follette as the first progressive while opposing the tariff measure. Speakers attacked Democratic tariff handling and urged reforms, including a tariff commission and a new basis for convention representation. Sydney Anderson urged primary laws and a revived party structure to curb self perpetuation.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Manahan
Minnesota
Robert M. la Follette
Lenroot
Wisconsin
la Follette
Washington
Roosevelt
I. L. Lenroot
Superior
Wis
Sydney Anderson
Lanesboro
Ways and Means
Old Congress
New Ways and Means
James Frear
Hudson
James Manahan
St. Paul
Wilson
Anderson
Republican Party
National Committee
30 Hurt In Wreck Near Calgary
A special train carried 30 injured after two Imperial Limited coaches derailed from the Canadian Pacific near Mitford 40 miles west of Calgary. Among the seriously hurt were W. D. Leonard of Portland Otto Merkle of Seattle and Mrs A Knott of Calgary. Fifteen victims were Chinese.
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Calgary
Ala
Canadian Pacific
Mitford
Here
W. D. Leonard
Portland
Ore
Otto Merkle
Seattle
Wash
A. Knott
Big Check Fraud Charged in Suit
Milwaukee jury hears details in the government case against George W. Price, Mari nette, and John E. Hart for a kiting scheme between Crandon National and Elroy State banks. Bank examiner Harry L. George testifies of over 1 million in worthless checks, with $36,110 cash drawn between 1910 dates. Eidsmoe pleads guilty to embezzlement and conspiracy and is sentenced to Leavenworth.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Geiger
United States
George W. Price
Marinette
John E. Hart
Elroy
Albert J. Eidsmoe
Crandon National Bank
Elroy State Bank
Crandon Bank
Elroy Bank
National Bank
Harry L. George
Pennsylvania
Price
Crandon
George
Eidsmoe
Hart
Leavenworth
Socialists Meet Hatfield Over West Virginia Labour Talks
Eugene V Debs and Victor Berger conferred with Governor Hatfield on West Virginia labor conditions. Hatfield had freed socialist party leaders jailed for inciting riots in the Paint and Cabin Creeks coal fields.
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Charleston
W. Va
Eugene V. Debs
Victor Berger
Wisconsin
Hatfield
West Virginia
Berger
Debs
Socialist Party
Paint and
Cabin Creeks
Republicans Urge National Convention Ahead Of Elections
Oklahoma Republicans back a national convention to adopt a national platform before the next state and congressional elections. State Chairman Gessler sent a telegram to Republican National Committee Chairman Hilles communicating the plan.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Gessler
Hilles
Republican National Committee
Senate Not in Session as House Adjourns Early
The Congress clock shows the Senate not in session while the House met at noon. Representative Sisson continued his analysis of anti alien land laws. The House adjourned at 2 13 pm.
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Senate
House
Sisson
Wisconsin Bankers Meet in La Crosse on Paper and Negotiable Instruments
About seventy five Western Wisconsin bankers gather in La Crosse for the eighth annual Wisconsin Bankers Association Group No. 7 meeting. Topics include overdue paper, advertising for country banks, and ratings with collections. An afternoon program covers commercial paper and negotiability of checks. Evening launch on the Mississippi and a Stoddard Hotel dinner follow, with local clubs extended to delegates and wives.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Wisconsin Bankers’ Association
J. A. Thwing
Security Savings Bank
Walter E. Sprecher
State Bank of Independence
F. A. Cannon
Citizens’ Business League of Milwaukee
Arthur H. Lindsay
Marine National Bank of Milwaukee
Charles Schweizer
Mississippi River
Stoddard Hotel
la Crosse and Elks Clubs
J. M. Holley, Jr
H. O. Klein
R C. Whelpley
Robert Lowry
Grand Rapids
Weather synopsis for La Crosse region
The past 24 hours in La Crosse saw a high of 52 and a low of 38 with 9 units of precipitation. Forecasts anticipate fair conditions tonight and Saturday with rising temperatures, across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa, with moderate variable winds and generally fair skies.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South
Iowa
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain Districts
Dakotas
Lake Superior
Central
Gulf States
Atlantic States
North Dakota
Central Plains States
North Pacific
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Patriots
G. A. R. Post
First Methodist Church
T. Stanley Cadams
General Logan
Albert Hardy
Lincoln
J. M. Holley
Prof
Kerr
C. L. Hood
T. Stanley
Papa
Gressor
PROBE
Bear
Upholds Webb Bill
Mikado Yoshihito
Boy
A. J. Eidsmoe
Leavenworth Prison
Molly
Marie Thompson Daviess
the Tribune
Congress
State Association
Stoddard
Red Wing
Pr. du Chien
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