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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1906
Page
4
A jury found L. B. Thomas broker and his clerk Taggart guilty of coordinating rebates for a railroad, acting as agents rather than officials. Recipients avoided testifying. the railroad’s president, directors, and superintendents remain immune. A new trial motion was filed promptly.
Testimony shows a man admitted planning to acquire 40000 shares of Light Trust stock and buy preferred stock, while voting proxies for a lease of the merchants' lighting plant. He sold stock to raise funds, aiming to profit from the deal, and claimed the lease justified though questioned as secret and improper.
The article notes La Crosse’s refusal of a fiber factory and warns that Winona support could bias removal. It highlights a Mill Street railroad crossing accident endangering about sixty people and urges rapid safety fixes regardless of cost. Brewers and saloonists push civic leaders toward conference while plans shift to correct faults.
The jury in the Farr divorce case answered no to three questions about serious charges against the former assemblyman. The original divorce action will now be taken up again. Hudson engagement announced Mabell A. Chinnick to Prof Luallen F. Miller head of UW physics Delafield support grows for retaining Dr Walter W. Webb as Nashotah bishop coadjutor president of the Milwaukee diocese.
After fourteen years of financial stress, the Marinette Young Men's Christian Association closed its doors Wednesday. Rio Roy Rockwell, 15, of Chicago, was found dead on a railroad track two miles east of here, having fallen from a baggage car.
Miss Gena Dorothy Moe and John H. Carlson were married at 2:30 P.M. yesterday by Rev E O Vik at the Norwegian Lutheran parsonage. Carrie Olsen was bridesmaid and Astrup Moe was best man. The couple will reside with Mr and Mrs Ole J Moe at 1615 Charles street after a brief wedding trip to St Paul.
A collage of satirical quips and local notices on topics from anti tipping laws in Wisconsin to a cartoonist’s self view, plus an entrepreneur touting Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup for digestion and liver relief, with Bundy and Sievert mentioned in passing.
An advertisement from Notre Dame Indiana promotes free instructions for a home treatment addressing leucorrhoea ulceration displacements and related female troubles. It promises a cure for about 12 cents a week and asks readers to inform suffering mothers and daughters.
Local shoe store Gilbertson's at 312 Pearl Street announces a coupon with every pair of shoes and a piano giveaway offers.
Alderman Bacheller plans to raise a proposal at the June council meeting to use part of the market square for a new central fire station. The city could save about $7,000 to $8,000. A corner alley site near a street, currently hosting a large unused shed, is suggested and would not affect the market.
A brief pharmaceutical ad claims Foley's Kidney Cure can cure kidney or bladder troubles if the patient is still amenable to medical aid. The product is sold by O. T. Erhart and is asserted to never disappoint.
Irvine L. Lenroot, Republican candidate for governor, will deliver an address on Wisconsin Politics in Viroqua on Saturday evening June 2. He will also speak in La Farge May 30 Cashton May 31 and Westby June 1.
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