Former North Side man James Gowdy dies at Waupaca
E F Gowdy of the North Side announces the death of his brother James Gowdy at the Soldiers home in Waupaca from blood poison. He was once a North Side horse car era teamster with the street car company, later a lumber dealer, then a resident of the Soldiers home until his death. Burial is expected at Waupaca per family wishes.
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E. F. Gowdy
Waupaca
James
Soldiers
James Gow Ly
North Side
Street Car Company
J. Gowdy
North
Larsen Nein Co to Discontinue in City
The Larsen Nein Clothing Company of Rose Street will discontinue business here as proprietor Mr. Larsen plans a new store in the west. The store closes for a closing sale and will reopen Friday.
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Larsen-Nein Clothing Company
Rose Street
Larsen
Gund
John Gund Brewing CO
Lacrosse
Wis
Miss Thoreson Given Surprise by Friends at Home
Miss Helma Thorsen of 112 Kane Street was pleasantly surprised Saturday evening by friends who gave gifts in her honor. Refreshments followed by games. Attendees included Anna Groeschner Pearl Pethron Mabel Thorsen Elider Lee Dena Lund Agnes Anderson Helen Hegse Clara Kaingsted Aleida Helma Jilbertson Dena Mabel Falk Hanna Dubranz Magna Falk Mapel Johnson Anna Boise Florence Barron and Helma Thorsen, all said they had a good time.
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Helma Thorsen
Kane Street
Miss Thorsen
Anna Groeschner
Pearl Pethron
Mabel Thorsen
Elider Lee
Dena Lund
Agnes Anderson
Helen Hegse
Clara Kaingsted
Aleida
Helma Jilbertson
Dena
Mabel Falk
Hanna Dubranz
Northside in Brief highlights local visits and events
Northside in Brief lists residents visiting Minneapolis Chicago Brainerd and other towns. It notes a hospital operation for John McCarthy and graduation plans for Voirne Whiskerchen at St Cecelia Convent of Music. It covers church gatherings fundraisers Good Samaritans and relief corps meetings and personnel changes in local services.
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Father Murphy
Chicago
Catholic Mission Congress
Young Christian Endeavor Club
North Presbyterian Church
A. Larsen
Wood Street
St. James Church
Woodman Hall
Rose and
St. James Street
J. W. Mills
Caledonia Street
Louis Anderson
Charles Street
Minneapoliss
R. Lee
Austin
Minn
C. Johnson
Brainerd
John McCarthy
Lanesboro
St. Francis Hospital
Voirne
Cigar, Cap, and Spit: A Presidential Stockholder Tale
A Washington Star item tells of a stockholder awaiting his turn as a cigar burns down and the president refuses compensation, offering only a spit as reward for capital. A parallel note from the New York Herald recalls a Washington woman receiving a Black servant who jokes about a sore throat by pulling a lock of hair to ease a tickle.
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Washington
New York Herald
The Boy Financier And Bishop Potter at a Philadelphia reunion
The late Bishop Potter condemned modern finance at an Episcopal academy soiree in Philadelphia. He recalled a tale of two boys who form a pretend corporation with a nickel as capital and buy a 5 cent cigar, highlighting naive schemes and early ideas of finance.
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Bishop Potter
Episcopal Academy
Philadelphia
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Standard Oil Company
the House of Kuppenheimer
Vercoat
Kuppenheimer
House of Kuppenheimer
Peter Newburg
la Crosse
Pearl Street
la Crosse Theatre
America
Grand Opera House
Walker Whiteside
Israel Zangwill
Theodore Roosevelt
Jacob H Schiff
Burns Mantle
Chicago Tribune
Osccar S. Straus, Sec’y of Commerce and Labor
Aan
Sella
Chica
Alan “Heid
N.y.world
Chicage
Amy Lesilie
Thomas & Eberhart
A. J. Eberhart
Mgr
Rose ST
THE
LA Crosse Tribune
North Side Office
R. P. Stanton
Schweigert
James Gowdy
Wau
PACA
QO. T. Erhart
Larsen-Nein CO
Northside
Owen McCarthy
James McCarthy
A. F. Caneen
Minneapolis
Washington Star
Walter Hamton
California
Hamton
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