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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1907
Page
4
Milwaukee YMCA campaign launches to raise 250000, following La Crosse and other Wisconsin cities. A business men's dinner on June 1 will start the effort, with 500 volunteers already enlisted to solicit for three weeks gratis.
Minnesota authorities suspect an organized gang based in the Twin Cities after post offices in Waverly and Howard Lake were robbed in one night. Safes were blown, stamps and cash stolen, with a $200 reward offered for capturing those responsible.
Miss Prudence Van Gilder, 20, after a fifty day trance, regained speech but with a language none understand. She could not speak English and communicated by signs. At midnight she asked for the Bible and read Psalm 116 verse 10 aloud. She then refused food until kneeling in a oriental posture before eating.
The La Crosse Cracker and Candy company may rebuild at Third and Badger in connection with the La Crosse Carriage works, now used as a candy factory. Wallace D. Montague said a final location decision could come this week, with debris cleared from the old plant and a possible four story rebuild extending from Front and Pearl to the Grams elevator.
The 1907 Bangor graduating class was celebrated at the Presbyterian church with Rev. S. L. McKee delivering the address. Commencement events will continue at Meyer's hall with music by Baebler’s orchestra and multiple student performances. Local briefs report visits and gatherings including teachers, residents, and social events around Bangor.
Forty Methodist church members immersed in the Ohio River at Cairo Illinois watch as a thief steals the cached street clothes from a nearby barber shop. Police marshal stores’ clothing from uptown shops to clothe the dripping congregants, causing a delay and cancellations of evening services.
Chester L. Blood a prominent young man in Fergus Falls committed suicide in a barn near the Red River mill drinking nearly two ounces of carbolic acid. A note to his brother blamed alcohol for the act and he leaves three small children.
An Army order discloses the abandonment of Fort Assinniboine near Elaine and Fort Keogh near Miles City, both in Montana, with the Second Cavalry moving from Fort Snelling to Fort Des Moines and Fort Sil Oklahoma within two weeks. The Thirtieth Battery at Snelling moves to Fort Sil, and Fourth Cavalry units will replace the Snelling troops in Des Moines in July.
Special services in Valley Grove Norwegian church near Faribault Minnesota marked forty years of Rev. N. A. Quammen's tenure. Prof Brandt of Hamline gave the main address and a Hayfield band led by Rev. Norman provided music. The congregation presented the pastor with a purse.
St James Minn May 28 The Norwegian Lutheran choirs of this city and nearby towns will hold a sangerfest at O H Fossums grove in Odin township on Sunday June 2 drawing singers and supporters from the region.
A floater, well dressed in new clothes, was recovered by two boys from a bridge near the county hospital. A notebook lacked an address and officials suspect the body lay in the ice for months, likely a man who disappeared last fall, with two or three others missing in the area.
Six students graduated from the Frazee High School in Minnesota on May 28. The class includes Joseph Carroll Everett Smith Printa Reel Jessie Olson Clare Corbett and Pearl Torney.
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