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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
5
A Barbers' union meeting at the Travelers hall decided to keep open next Friday evening until 10 o clock and on Decoration Day all shops will close at 1.20. The proposed closing on Decoration Day was favored by all the barbers.
Frank Bailey returns from Milwaukee business trip and others visit La Crosse. Mrs F G Tiffany of Charles City Iowa visits her parents in the city. Mrs August Lautz back from St Paul visiting daughter Dr Will Powell. Loretta Flanigan leaves for two week visit in St Paul Minneapolis. Mr and Mrs C P Thompson and G Gilbertson return from Melrose. Mrs Ray R Dalton operated on at La Crosse hospital recovering well. T B Lawrence and wife depart for Racine Chicago and central New York for a month. Dr George Powell consulting physician and surgeon. Wm Tisch of Bud Allen Realty Chicago returns after Pan Handle Texas trip for the colony. Dr John Reese returns from Chicago Homeopathic convention then visits parents in St Joseph. Secretary A A Bentley returns from Fargo. E R Smith of St Paul spends a few days in La Crosse on business. I N Vig of Viroqua returns home after business in the city. T Evereson of De Soto visits in La Crosse. S Austin returns to Ferryville after visiting friends. A Sillbaugh sheriff of Vernon county in La Crosse on business. Co S Rau returns to Minneapolis after business in the city. E N Wenslow of Brownsville calls on La Crosse businessmen. A M Sarch of Ferryville spends a few days renewing acquaintances.
A daily through Pullman drawing room sleeping car service will begin Sunday May 17 between Winona and Milwaukee on trains 503. Westbound from La Crosse at 5 45 a m eastbound at 10 45 p m. At Winona connections link to Mankato cars and Winona Sleepy Eye dining cars. Tickets and details at Chicago and North Western ticket agents.
Attorneys for Frank Atkinson as administrator of Alexander McMillan's estate submit seven jury questions. They ask if McMillan signed the certificate, whether Mrs. Baldwin obtained it wrongly, whether the bank knew of defects in title, whether the bank acted in bad faith, whether demands for return were made before October 25, 1907, whether any officers refused delivery of the certificate, and the amount of damages if recovery is allowed.
To all our friends and acquaintances of La Crosse and Bangor we express heartfelt thanks for sympathy shown during illness and at the funeral of our beloved son and brother Leonard especially thank Mrs Olmsted and Miss Edna Roberts for singing and Mr R Davis for words of condolence at the grave Joseph Wasserford and Family Frey Family
A sharp townehouse banter has Sly Fox remarking to Mr. Meggs that he sits at his wife’s left because that is the side her glass eye rests on. Meggs confirms with a candid, dry reply about the eye’s placement.
The auditorium frame is up and completion is expected in early July. Public bath instructors and cashier assignments are listed for south and north side facilities. Pickerel season opened yesterday, black bass ban remains until June 10. Frohsinn excursion to Winona drew a large crowd on pleasant weather. La Crosse Norwegian Lutheran convention held in Pigeon Falls with church leaders named. Humane Society meeting postponed for council chamber routine. New watering trough ordered by the Board of Public Works after long complaints.
The article details a packed Senate and House year with efforts on interstate commerce valuation rail rates and the Hepburn commodities clause. It notes stalled postal authority shifts and failed liquor control measures, while inland waterways and arbitration treaties move forward amid partisan contention.
Miss Cora Kurtenacker daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Kurtenacker 823 West avenue south wed Mr Bernard Dockendorf of La Crosse at Holy Trinity church Madison chaplain Rev Hengell officiated Professor Charles Weis organist and choir provided nuptial music A reception and wedding breakfast followed for about twenty five relatives The couple will tour Milwaukee Chicago and twin cities and reside at 912 West arena south in La Crosse
The case of Herman Schroeder facing a charge of using obscene language against Miss Geske of 1124 South Twelfth Street was adjourned in police court this morning until this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
W T Irvine a graduate of Illinois College of Optics offers eye examinations for all defects without medicines. Claims headaches nervousness and eye pain relieved by proper glasses. Promotes safe testing method and affordable eyewear labeled Shute On and Go Easy Eye Glasses.
The Doerflinger company begins daily weather flags at Fourth and Main, reading forecasts from Weather Observer Thompson each morning for public readout. Citizens gain accessible forecasts after the weather bureau left the federal building for the Fifth and Cass observatory.
A crowd gathers to view a luminous night rainbow or Venus near the sky. Skeptics joke about buying sightings while believers insist the phenomenon, described as a moving white streamer, resembles a celestial display. Weather officials note a rare nocturnal cloud band, possible comet, and record 87 telephone inquiries as reports spread.
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