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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
4
Prof. Harry Packman directed the Rashford Choral Club this morning for tonight’s concert. Accompanied by Otto Zielke who will sing tenor, Packman plans to join his St Cecilia quartet in Neo New Albia tomorrow for a La Crosse School of Music concert.
Floodwaters on the Root River rose rapidly over several days and this morning hindered farm access to La Crosse. Officials predict the peak has been reached with a rapid decline expected within forty eight hours.
Chief Nathan Bradfield returned home from Milwaukee after attending the Milwaukee Medical College graduation exercises where his nephew William A. Edwards earned high honors. He also toured Milwaukee fire departments and was impressed by their performance.
A new tribe of Redmen will be organized at Trempealeau on June 6 and another at Ettrick on June 18. The local Winneshik tribe No. 21 has been invited to attend after June 13 to assist in the institution work.
John Flynn Post No 17 outlines Decoration Day activities starting with a 7 36 am parade from Caledonia and Clinton to North Side cemetery and return at 10 am for a memorial service at Black River bridge. The march continues to a park on the island for music speeches and a flag drill by North La Crosse band and local schoolchildren with Rev A A Randall and Rev A L Wood delivering addresses. A large crowd is expected and festivities continue separately from the South side celebration.
The grounds and buildings committee, after inspecting fire stations, recommends installing sanitary stalls in Station No 2 on the North side. They praised the stalls in Stations 3 and 4 and approved other minor improvements at the next council meeting.
Joseph Gale plans to tear down two old landmarks on the southwest corner of Mill and St. Cloud streets and replace them with a single residence. The structures stood about 40 years, with Mr. Chie owning the property for 35 years.
The sixth annual city employees outing is set for Sunday June 14 on French Island. The North Side group will host with a program of baseball games races and amusements and refreshments to be provided by the North Side crowd. A committee led by George Young as chairman and including Arthur Roberge Theo Ritter N Murphy and A Gifford oversees the preparations and southern side workers.
The government dredge has commenced work at Onalaska and will move toward the Black River mouth. A large number of north siders are busy collecting logs pulled up by the dredge. The logs are in good condition and were used as piles for tying booms in old logging days.
A midweek meeting at Tabernacle Baptist Church drew 75 attendees to welcome Rev. Sanders back to his pulpit after a lengthy absence. The event featured remarks on community issues and reaffirmed church leadership.
A drawing and manual training exhibit will be held at the Seventh district school on Kane and Gillette streets Thursday and Friday afternoon May 28 and 29. It features selected work from district and high schools and invites all parents and interested residents to attend.
The Doore Club will meet with John Bergaust at 1452 Avon Street on Friday evening May 29. The discussion will consider whether Bryan is the best Democratic candidate for the presidency. Speakers for Johnson are J C Hohn and E Stendah. for Bryan AO Black and J J Noem.
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