Guess Who's Here Turns Out To Be Judge Cronon
Judge Cronon is the subject of last week's Guess Who's Here. A sunshiny disposition and a rubescent top define him along with a 175 pound frame and French extraction. He runs a garden and university finances, is married, and surrounded by aides and backers. Mayor Sorensen jokes about a new straw hat from Stavrum and Hulberg, a $2.50 item, as part of city hall chatter.
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Judge Cronon
Cupid
God
Eas
Sorensen
Billy Fries
Ed Hoffman
Mr. Hoffman
Stavrum & Halberg’s
Billy Freas
George Young
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgotten In Boxing Gossip
A chaotic vignette blends boxing lore with local notices. Luther McCarty’s title defense, Palzer and Pelkey bets, and Otto Dumke’s schemes unfold alongside Frank E. Munn’s move from La Crosse to Atlanta. The piece mixes mischief, sport, and a city hall kitchen encounter with a playful, period voice.
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Luther McCarty
Tommy Ryan
al Palzer
Jule Freas
Otto Dumke
Luxemburg
Palzer
Harry Tt
Tim Toplin
McCarty
Marty
Otto
Jule
Mr. Ts
The Last Charge Walt Mason Remembering a Soldier’s March
A veteran named Walt Mason recalls marching with the G A R amid memories of war and a final parade. The piece reflects on aging, duty, and the graveyard town as the march continues despite fading strength.
Home Made Week crowds set to top all records in La Crosse
Promoters predict the largest crowd yet for the Home Made Week close in La Crosse as 15 20 thousand visitors plus expected tonight. Traffic police controlled sidewalks while Andre’s Home Made Band played downtown. Organizers plan a permanent annual fair with free carnival style attractions and tented displays next year.
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la Crosse
Andre
Board of Trade
M and B
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Senator Brady to Wed Irene Moore in Illinois
Senator Jas H Brady of Idaho obtained a marriage license at Waukegan Illinois to wed Miss Irene Moore of Highland Park a Chicago suburb. The couple plans to marry in Illinois this afternoon or soon after receiving the license.
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Chicago
Jas. H. Brady
Idaho
Waukegan, Ill
Irene Moore
Highland Park
Burleson Board Blasts Hitchcock Postal Survey
A postal survey board report accuses former Postmaster General Hitchcock of juggled figures and false economy. It says the 1911 surplus was a deficit of over 750000 and that service was crippled to force a self sustaining claim. The findings allege deliberate misstatements and a conspiracy to embarrass the Democratic administration.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Burleson
Survey Board
Note to Rio on California land act drafted
A semi official source says the foreign office is drafting a new note to Ambassador Chinda in Washington about the California land act. The note will be cabled to the American ambassador for presentation to the state department.
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Rio
Foreign Office
Chinda
Washington
State Department
Senate committee selects trio to study Alaska railroad bill
Washington May 31 Senators Pittman of Nevada Chamberlain of Oregon and Jones of Washington were named by the territories committee of the senate as a sub committee to report upon the Alaska railroad bill. Pittman said a report would probably be made early next week.
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Washington
Overman
Reed
Missouri
Walsh
Montana
Cummins
Iowa
Nelson
Minnesota
Judiciary Committee
Pittman
Nevada
Chamberlain
Oregon
Jones
Territories Committee
Senate
Alaska
Pigeons to Race 300 Miles In Pittsburg Event
Three thousand pigeons will be released at Greenfield Indiana tomorrow morning for the season opener in Pittsburg. The long distance race covers 300 miles with subsequent flights of four five and six hundred miles scheduled later in the summer.
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Pittsburg
Greenfield
Ind
Roosevelt case ends with nominal damages for Colonel
The Roosevelt libel suit against Edward George A. Newett ends with a nominal six cent damages award after Newett retracts and apologizes for the drunkenness charges. Roosevelt says he sought no money and testifies with aides and officials confirming his abstinence.
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Marquette, Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
Edward George A. Newett
Ishpeming
Newett
Roosevelt
W. Emlin Roosevelt
Frank Tyres
Tyree
W. P. Schaufele
Cleveland
Marquette
W. P. Belden
George A. Newett
Belden
Ekern Vindicated by State Superior Court Decision
The State Superior Court ruled in Ekern's favor today, finding the governor's reason for action unsound and that Ekern was not given a sufficient hearing before dismissal. The decision centers on due process and the government’s stated rationale.
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Ekern
State Superior Court
Funeral for Mrs Blachnik and infant daughter Monday
The bodies of Mrs Mary Blachnik and her one year old daughter Lucile were found smothered in their home Thursday evening. Services will be held Monday at 8:30 a.m. at Joseph Kaufmann’s home 830 North Eighth street and at 9 a.m. at St Joseph's Cathedral. Interment in Catholic cemetery. The father Mr Blachnik discovered the tragedy and returned from work earlier than usual, likely saving the other two children.
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Mary Blachnick
Lucile
Joseph Kaufmann
North Eighth Street
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Father G. Sluyter
Stanford Licks Japs Tokio Shutout 1-0
The Leland Stanford University baseball team shut out Meiji University 1 to 0. Both teams made two errors. Stanford had one hit while Meiji collected three.
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Tokio
Leland Stanford University
Meiji University
Statute Lacking Grounds For Governor Removal
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Governor McGovern lacked legal grounds to remove Insurance Commissioner Ekern finding insufficient hearing notice and a removal cause outside the statute. The ruling declares Ekern de jure commissioner at litigation start and urges swift merit judgment. Justice Marshall read the decision, with Winslow and Barnes dissenting.
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Madison
Wis
Ekern
McGovern
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
R. D. Marshall
Winslow
Barnes
Bulgarian shelling hits no damage near Eleutherai
Bulgarian battery shells the Greek cruiser Speetsai off Eleutherai but causes no damage. Skirmishes continue between Bulgarian and Greek patrols near Salonika with attacks reported over two days.
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Athens
Speetsai
Eleutherai
Salonika
Unsettled but fair weather across Midwest and plains
Temperature ranges 84 high 56 low with 0 precipitation. Forecast for La Crosse and region calls for unsettled but generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Wisconsin and Minnesota report mostly overcast or cloudy skies with moderate winds and cooler Sunday in the north. River forecasts show a fall in the next 48 hours with minor changes and low pressures in the Atlantic and central states.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Middle Atlantic
Nebraska
North Dakota
Lake Superior
New England
Middle
North Atlantic
Manitoba
St. Paul
la Pechins Fia
Pr. du Chien
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John Barleycorn
Pelin
Calgary
Pelkey
Freas
Dumke
Mr. Tag
Rule
Mr. Tazeart
Frank E. Munn
Munn
St. Louis
Minneapolis
N. B
Atlanta
Oyen Ad Sign Company
Northern Display Advertising Company
Minneapolis and
Sunny
South
Uncle Munn
Walt Mason
T.R
T. R
Mark
Charge Hitchcock
Predecessor
Wilson
Pick Lobby Probers
Michigan
High Court
Insurance
Herman L. Ekern
Supreme Court
Francis E. McGovern
Mr. Ekern
John A. Aylward
Blachnik
Stanford
SHELL
Ang Ea
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