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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1908
Page
8
The Tenth warders beat the Third ward 18 to 0 at Summit grounds to claim the ward city football title. A good crowd attended as Arctics and Second ward met in a separate game. Onalaska and Trempealeau played to a scoreless tie in Onalaska with neither side finding the goal.
A terse old saying notes that pursuing a girl who is engaged is wiser than facing a rejection. The nugget suggests prudence in social courtships and avoiding wasted effort.
Pupils at St James school will stage a program the day before Thanksgiving in Windsor street hall. The highlight is the play Reverse of the Medal with a caste of five characters led by Countess Lorine Dorsey Isabel and governess Morville. The program includes speeches, recitations, songs, and drama for multiple grades with students performing a First Thanksgiving scene and other items.
Engines formerly used on the Milwaukee extension are being moved to Milwaukee shops. Officials say the locomotives are very run down from previous heavy use and will require extensive work to restore.
A carbon headlight is to be trialed on a Milwaukee engine with potential use on the new extension. The device will not cast light as far as an electric headlight, but it emits a powerful, blinding glare when viewed directly from the front.
A new yard office has been built at the Charles Stee¢t crossing where all switching orders will be issued. Trains are currently made up in the new yards and once wiring is complete, conductors will receive orders from the new office. A new caboose track near the office will handle special and short notice orders.
German Ladies society to be entertained Friday at Mrs Stevenson's 1512 Berlin Street. Thanksgiving suppers and dinners planned at Kane and Charles street homes. A four year old child at 1216 Kane street seriously ill. Union Thanksgiving service to be held Wednesday at Tabernacle Baptist church for North Side churches. Grace McClinton returns from New York due to mother's illness at St Francis hospital. J W Snow Sr returns from Green Bay business trip.
In St Louis on November 24 a head on collision between two street cars injured eight people seriously and left one in critical condition. Victims were pinned beneath the cars for ten minutes and feared being burned as a stove toppled near the wreckage.
The Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis association launches a state wide education and fund drive with Red Cross stamps sold at one cent. Stanley A Douglas heads the effort from Milwaukee with aims to raise two million stamps by January 1 to fund tuberculosis crusade and educate the public on hygiene. Local organizations back the effort and invites more state groups to participate. Applications for stamps go to 411 Goldsmith Building Milwaukee.
The West Avenue Methodist Episcopal church will hold its Thanksgiving service Thursday evening at 7 30. Special music will be performed by the choir. Pastor W P Cunningham will preach on The Spirit is of Thanksgiving inviting all to attend.
Grand Rapids, Mich November 18. The Grand Saginaw Valleys Deep Waterway Association promotes a 120 foot wide 21 foot deep inland canal across Michigan from Grand Haven to Saginaw. Led by Byron G. Coryell and Chas. S. Hathaway with engineer in charge George W. Bunker, the group cites Reed hydrau lic engineers and Roosevelt era policy as backing. The proposal aims to shorten shipments from Chicago to Detroit by bypassing longer lake routes.
In Loganport Navy Ind a dozen society women balked at a reducing adipose tissue class after organizer Miss Margaret M Hall demanded they imitate her floor rolling. The women left the program as the instructor urged action or departure while others rolled and leapfrogged in the hall.
J N McClure a Signal repair man from Altoona and Joseph Capello are involved in a case over an alleged railway pass arrangement. The incident stems from their Pennsylvania location with official inquiry likely forthcoming.
Hardships and heroism mark the American fleet practice with reports stating no hostile ship could endure five minutes of their fire. Sailors limited leave, and observers credit Taft's intervention for Rear Admiral Sperry's change of stance.
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