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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1905
Page
4
Payne and Young in Chicago and New York City offices, 948 Marquette Building and 105 Potter Building, handling client affairs and agency matters. The note lists their contact locations and roles as special representatives for ongoing assignments.
President Tscharner urged uniting the Board of Trade Merchants Association and the Progressive association into a single powerful civic machine. While objections and hurdles exist, the consolidation could work with proportional membership fees. Details allow each group to keep its identity while meeting on shared issues, with broad support anticipated in La Crosse.
The Tribune states it supported Mayor Torrance and may not share his view on city printing costs. It notes not judging the Mayor personally, asserts the Mayor’s freedom of opinion, and suggests he might oppose paying 60 cents per folio to newspapers if law allows.
The piece presents Rev. Ambrose Murphy’s talk to the Progressive Association about two conflicts the Far East war and a local newspaper war. It argues harmony bought by compromising with evil is poor and urges continued principled debate, praising Murphy’s provoking thought and urging olive-branch restraint. It notes Murphy’s stance as a strong La Follette advocate and reflects on local party faction fights and the fight for public enterprise over selfish interests. It ends with the author asking for mutual understanding while affirming no honorable path to end the strife.
The mayors and aldermen clash over a bid to sell the city gas plant amid corruption accusations. The Leader-Press accuses rivals of graft while anger from voters grows. calls arise for grand jury action and accountability for the city’s newspaper contracts and political maneuvers.
Madison dispatch reports the Wisconsin assembly judiciary committee favors a joint resolution to call a constitutional convention to revise the state constitution, arguing it has become outdated and inadequate to curb modern corporations. Assemblyman LeRoy and Speaker Lenroot advocate. some legislators remain reluctant, and fate of the measure is uncertain.
On Decoration Day freight houses will close except for delivery of perishable freight until 10 a.m. Officials listed include W. L. Klett, assistant, C. B. & Q. E. S. Case agent, C. & N. W. A. Oaks agent, W. Agt., G. B. & W. C. L. V. Craft agent, C. M. & St. P.
The town of Oacoma in Lyman County lies on the Missouri River opposite Chamberlain. With the completion of the Lyman county extension of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway, Oacoma is poised to become a major distributing and shipping center for a populous area larger than Vermont. A June 1 sale of town lots offers profitable investment, with railway steamboat access and strong mercantile potential. Watch for excursion dates for the lot sale and firm up plans to move into Oacoma.
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