Temperance Club Meeting and Local News at Viroqua
The Temperance Society held its final meeting of the season in the church basement with a program of readings and prayers. Community notices include visits from Garfield Aiken and other locals, a rumored baseball team change, home purchases, renovations, and plans for exhibitions and a new skating rink. A large crowd attended the rink opening dance, and DA J Henry Bennett leased offices for several firms as a regional product show opens Monday evening.
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Viroqua
Wis
Ding
Guida Skaaland
Susie Han
Garfield Aiken
John Webber
Frank Primmer
Mystic Workers Lodge
St. Paul
Melville Halert
Watertown
Martin DeGarmo
Virogua
Corsline
T. J. Thorson
Ashton
Johnnie Crume
Ona
Sterling
A. P. Minshall
Andrew Johnson
Franke Tate
New York
L. C. Boyle
Clara Nelson
Kendalls
George Thompson
Hillsboro
Henry Connor
George Pascoe
Necedah
Rogerson
Portage
Knute
Oscar Hoverson
Folsom
Andrew B. Fortune
West Prairie
Peter Overbo
United Lutheran Church
Buchanan
Rusk
J. Henry Bennett
Pure Food Show to Open Here Monday Night
The Pure Food show opens Monday evening with booths being rapidly erected. La Crosse residents will see what is made locally and the quality of La Crosse products. Participating firms include Jos. B. Funke Candy Co, Charles Lindsey & Sons Hygienic Dairy Farm, Belle Coffee Co of Chicago, La Crosse Candy and Cracker Co, Heinz Pickle Co, Pure Food Co.
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la Crosse
la Rosse
Jos. B. Funke Candy Company
Charles Lindsey & Sons Hygienic Dairy Farm
Belle Coffee Company
Chicago
The General Demand for a Simple Laxative Remed y
The Well Informed world's demand for a gentle, efficient liquid laxative is met by the California Fig Syrup Co. with Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. The remedy is advertised as safe for family use, known wholesome components, and ethically produced. Sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Mrs Joyce Credits Kidney Cure For Kidney Trouble Cure
Mrs Joyce of 180 Sullivan Street Claremont New Hampshire reports buying two bottles of Foleys Kidney Cure about a year ago. She states it cured a severe long standing kidney ailment and calls it a grand good medicine.
PLAN CIVIC HOLIDAY IN CROOKSTON
In Crookston Minnesota on May 30 a committee of Wright Ruetell and Whistow of the Twenty-five Thousand club was formed to craft a concrete proposal for a civic holiday to be considered by the club and local business leaders.
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Crookston
Minn
Messrs. Wright, Ruetell and Whistow
Indignant Exchange Over Kiss Turns Private Moment Public
A heated dialogue unfolds as she accuses him of overstepping boundaries with a kiss, while he retorts it was about pleasure, not business, signaling tension and impropriety in their interaction.
Place of Maximilian's Execution at Queretaro Mexico
A tour description recalls the hill near Queretaro where Maximilian and two generals faced death in 1867. The account notes Maximilian’s farewell to his wife, the joke by Miramon, and his request to spare his face for his mother in Austria. It ends reflecting on the doomed Franco Austrian union.
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Queretaro
Maximilian
Austria
Mexico
Napoleon III
France
Miramon
Mejia
Carlotta
Marie Antoinette
Marie Louise
Johnson to address South Dakota fair
Huron South Dakota May 30 premium lists for the state fair to be held the week of September 7 are mailed by Secretary McIlvaine Gov John A Johnson of Minnesota will deliver the opening day address on September 7 with special arrangements for a large crowd entertainment.
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Huron
S. D
McIilvaine
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Labouchere Wins Whist Game Lead Against German Minister
While serving in Frankfort Henry Labouchere faced a high German functionary at whist. Labouchere led a small card, the lead proved strong, and he won the rest of the tricks. The minister admitted Labouchere won the game by lead.
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Henry Labouchere
Frankfort
Labouchere
Mr. Labouchere
No clear headline from a rambler anecdote card
A Rambler quotation depicts a card game dispute where Labouchere wins by chance and wagers his claim that he had a good reason for leading a certain card. The minister challenges him, and Labouchere reveals he knew the minister's hand.
Highwaymen Sentenced in Madison Street Robbery
Clarence Allen, who held up Nels Johnson, a farmer, on the streets of Stoughton weeks ago, was brought back from Chicago where captured on Sunday and sentenced to eighteen months in prison. The case reflects a bold operating pattern by the outlaw and authorities report heightened vigilance in the area.
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Madison
Wis
Clarence Allen
Nels Johnson
Stoughton
Chicago
Accomplice Sentenced to Green Bay State Reformatory
State reformatory at Green Bay records show Arthur Snyder received the same length of sentence as his accomplice, a prior determination made several days earlier.
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State Reformatory
Green Bay
Arthur Snyder
Trempealeau Alumni Ball Draws Many Locals
A large crowd from La Crosse attended Trempealeau High School alumni ball last night at the Trempealeau opera house. Kreutz orchestra provided music for the reception and dance with supper at the Utter house, and attendees called the event a grand success.
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la Crosse
Trempealeau
Trempealeau High School
Opera House
Utter House
Kreutz’ Orchestra
Big profit in cattle at South St. Paul sale
New RichlandWis May 30 W J Bernd proprietor of the Maple Grove stock farm marketed a prize carload of fat cattle that topped the market at South St Paul Minn They were 2 year olds grade Shorthorns averaging 1084 lbs and sold for 625 a hundred Bernd, a scientific feeder, says on thirty acres of land that produced the feed for this car he nets 29 per acre plus fertilizer value from soil and crop returns
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New Richmond
Wis
W. J. Bernd
Maple Grove
South St. Paul
Minn
Br. Bernd
Burns delays Johnson clash over Australian tour
London May 30 Tommy Burns will not fight Jack Johnson until after all Australian engagements. Burns says Johnson will have to wait as the Australian syndicate deposits 10 000 in American coin as a forfeit to guarantee Burns Lang bout in August at Sydney. The plan includes two other bouts at 7500 each. Friends of Johnson visited Burns seeking assurance the arrangements won’t block a title match.
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London
Tommy Burns
Jack Johnson
Burns
Sydney
Lang
Johnson
Jack
Odious Mrs Jennings in the collection box hint
Mr Hobbs asks how much to give in the box. Mrs Hobbs replies to wait and see. If Mrs Jennings is present she would donate a half crown. otherwise a penny will do.
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Mr. Hobbs
Chicken Pie Death In Wisconsin Household
Merrillan Wis May 30 Mrs E W Sullivan wife of a fruit gardener died after eating chicken pie kept in a tin pan overnight Poisoning also affected other family members but they were saved by prompt medical treatment
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Merrillan
Wis
E. W. Sullivan
True Friend Sticker Closer Than A Brother Quoted
A fragment quotes Wise Guy claiming a true friend sticks closer than a brother and even closer than an creditor with a sharp, terse line toward loyalty and betrayal. The quirky line reflects a streetwise voice and a compact moral sentiment.
Royal Hungarian Orchestra and Lectures at the Lyceum
Saturday schedule features afternoon programs including music by the Royal Hungarian Orchestra and a lecture The Signs of the Times by Dr Thomas E Green. Evening offers Our Heritage lecture by Dr Thomas Will See, plus concerts by the Barnards and Sterling Jubilee Singers. Special notes include moving pictures and illustrated songs by W Robt Goss and Miss Bartell. Ten Pueblo Indians present The Ancient and Modern Cliff Dwellers with Dr Geo Lamonte Cole.
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Signs of the Times
Thomas E. Green
Lyceum
Royal Hungarian Orchestra
A. E. Winship
Journal of Education
Sterling Jubilee Singers
W. Robt. Goss
Miss Bartell
Geo. Lamonte Cole
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Temperance Club
the Society
Fine
Ing
Edward Johnson
Eee Seaee Lem
Ruier
Bryant-Sisson Company
National Preserve Company of
Milwaukee
North Side Bottling Works
Kratchwil Candy Company
Ice Cream, Butter and Cheese Company
Minnesota Macaroni Company
Pure Food Show
Maximillian
South Dakota
Labby
Washburn
Crosby's
Trempealeau Ball
Hoeschler Brothers
Big LA Crosse
Wisconsin
Ohio Quartet
Kansas
GOV
E. W. Hoch
The
Ohio Male Quartet
Opie Read
America
DR. Thomas
Will See
American Forestry Assn
Barnards
Thomas Brooks Fletcher
Sterling Jubilees
MR. H. Ruthven McDonald
Basso
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Stelzl Quartet
Monsignore
J. Henry Tihen
Redpath
Pueblo
WM. R. Erwin
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