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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1905
Page
4
Special representatives Payne and Young of Chicago and Potter Building New York issue a newspaper notice through The Tribune Publishing Company. This brief item marks agency contact details for the general distribution of notices and advertising.
The column surveys constant talk of money in daily life from libraries to streetcars. It notes questions of value, cost, investments, stocks, and real estate, and argues wealth dominates concerns about death, marriage, and birth, shaping judgments and fates.
Chicago headlines show multiple doubleheaders with high scoring games including Brooklyn 1 over New York 4 Philadelphia 3 over Philadelphia 0 and Chicago 9 over Boston 5 in the American Association. Sunday results feature Chicago losses to St. Louis 1 6 and Chicago 5 8 0.
In a steady rain and worsening track conditions Des Moines hosted the Iowa intercollegiate meet. State University of Iowa led with 38 percent of points, Grinnell second with 3.34, Drake 28, State Normal 26, and Ames 25.
Mary Ellen Lease, former Populist leader and lecturer, was robbed in her New York home. A pistol held at her temple as another thief plundered her flat, taking a diamond pin and a roll of $110 from a bag. Total loot valued near 500 dollars, including jewelry and silver. Police pursuit ongoing. Lease identified the suspects.
News notes outline proposes forming a corporation to include all hop growers of Washington Oregon California New York and England. Secretary of State Hay traveled from Bad Nauheim to Paris. Mount Vesuvius shows a new activity phase with explosions heard ten miles away. A Lodz Jew procession clashed with Cossacks resulting in three dead and several wounded. Elkhart Indiana residents back Governor Hanly’s closed lid policy and local police actions. Irby Passwater of Greentown Indiana death by self inflicted gunshot after paralysis. Whitelaw Reid sails to Britain as ambassador to Great Britain. Ex governor D R Francis of Missouri suffers a severe leg sprain in a car crash.
Cincinnati arrives in St Louis with delay as police threaten interference in a Brooklyn NY vs Brooklyn League game. Graeme Stewart suffers another brain congestion attack in critical condition. Edward F Dunne League backs Chicago mayor for president. German yacht Hamburg leads 3000 mile Atlantic race for Kaiser's Cup. Kid McCoy to marry New York widow Lillian Ellis. Don Francisco Silvela of Madrid is dying.
On Decoration Day freight houses will close except for delivery of perishable freight until 10 a.m. Agents W L Klett C B Q E S Case Agt C N W A Oaks Agt G B W C L V Craft Agt C M St P May 30 observed by railroad offices in the area.
Thestown of Oacoma in Lyman County, on the Missouri River opposite Chamberlain, gains as the Lyman County extension of the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul railway makes Oacoma a major distribution and shipping point. A June 1 town lot sale promises productive investment as merchants seek prime mercantile sites. Watch for excursion dates for the sale.
The Tribune of La Crosse publicizes hard hitting local news with bold reporting and clear coverage. It highlights community issues, civic actions, and notable events affecting residents and institutions in the area.
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