Championship clash as La Crosse faces Sparta for state title
La Crosse High School prepares for a decisive battle against Sparta at League Park drawing an anticipated five thousand fans. Captain Arthur Dahlgren says the team is in good condition and optimistic about victory, aiming to claim the state championship long held by northern cities.
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Husky Warriors
Bert Cassels
La Crosse Prepares for Key Football Clash With Sparta
Local coaches including Homar Davis Myron Savage Alfred Mueller and Benezet express strong confidence in La Crosse’s condition and tactics. They pledge a hard fought win asserting La Crosse will overcome injuries and coaching changes to claim the state title.
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Savage
Prof. Benezet
Cargill
LAX High Eleven Braces For Championship Bout Today
Team lineup shows O Mueller at Right End C Jung bluth at Right Tackle H Scheldach at Right Guard W Tourtellotte at Center W Mueller at Left Guard Captain A Dahlgren at Left Tackle and & Dickens at Left End Back row lists B Brindley Right Tackle Manager H Davis Left End F Novak A Larson Right Half Back G Byrne Quarter bem Joe Fowler Full Back Coach Benezet J Dahlgren Left Half Back.
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O. Mueller
C. Jungbluth
H. Scheldach
W. Tourtellotte
W. Mueller
Capt. A. Dahlgren
and &. Dickens
B. Brindley
H. Davis
F. Novak
A. Larson
G. Byrne
Bem Joe Fowler
La Crosse Fights for Studious Team
The article explains how basketball eligibility requires a minimum 75 percent average, noting La Crosse high school enforces it strictly while others dodge the rule. Sparta defeated La Crosse earlier due to ill prepared players, and today's lineup promises seasoned players ready to fight, with Walter Mueller likely to start.
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Enthusiasm Holds Mass Meeting At La Crosse High School
A large attendance at La Crosse High School fueled by student and faculty speakers. Prof Benezet urged strong turnout for the 2:45 football game and called for relentless spirit. Rival Sparta fans, a thousand strong, will join Dana’s band at the depot for the key clash.
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Gas Wrecks Rooming House in Kansas City
A gas explosion caused a large fire in a Kansas City rooming house endangering about 200 lodgers. Seven deaths were reported as firefighters dig through the ruins and rescue attempts continue. Some inmates were revived after near asphyxiation, and several jumped from upper floors in panic. One identified victim is a roomer named Freachy.
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Weather outlook and holiday advisory
No weather bulletin issued due to the holiday. Forecast for today and until 8 PM tomorrow calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Friday. Temperatures expected to be slightly cooler tonight.
Brooklyn Engineer Kills Wife Then Jumps From Hotel
In New York on November 28, J Whitely a wealthy Brooklyn engineer shot his wife in a Hotel Beleclaire room on Broadway near Seventy seventh street and then leaped from the ninth floor. His body and his wife's corpse were found below with fatal wounds. no motive is known.
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Seventy-seventh Streets
Unclear Transmitter Telepathy Claim Promoted in Ad Text
An odd promotional fragment urges placing a telephone transmitter on the chest and talking as if in conversation to improve listening reach. It suggests an experiment will prove the idea, though the claim sounds implausible.
Discovery of a phone that speaks with chest contact in Chicago
Yesterday in a Chicago Telephone Co office two operators joked when one placed a desk phone against her chest and the device transmitted her speech to the other. R. E. Knorr, newly in charge of Ehrhart Red Cross Drug, relayed the anecdote after learning of the incident during a Chicago visit.
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Chicago
R. E. Knorr
Ehrhart Red Cross Drug Store
Meat prices fall amid supply and market conditions
Andrew Boyd of Langdon Boyd Packing reports broad declines in meat prices across varieties, with cuts of one and a half to four cents per pound. Livestock prices also ease as oversupply and eastern market conditions drive the downward trend.
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Andrew Boyd
Langdon-Boyd Packing Company
Elks Thanksgiving Festival a Notable Success
The annual B P O Elks turkey festival last night fed about 150 members and guests in the order's club rooms. Kreutz's orchestra played as turkey and goose dishes were served in a giant U shaped banquet. Dr R T Case received a cut glass serving dish from members, and turkey contests continued into the night with visiting members from Sparta and other lodges.
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Order
Ori J. Sorensen
Philipp Schmidt In Last Repose
Funeral held for Philipp Schmidt proprietor of La Crosse Soap company at St Joseph Cathedral. A large gathering of relatives and friends attended as the cortege proceeded to the Catholic cemetery for burial.
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la Crosse Soap Company
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Howard bound over in coat theft case at Farmington
James Howard faced circuit court after being bound over on a country school overcoat theft in Farmington. He was acquitted on two charges and had separate arrests linked to other alleged offenses.
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James Howard
Farmington
Bryan Preaches at Worchester Church in Massachusetts
W. J. Bryan spoke at Adams Street Congregational Church in Worchester Mass and later shared a turkey meal at Pastor Percival Elper’s home. Report notes some people are too fresh, but eggs remain unaffected.
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Worchester Church
Worchester
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W. J. Bryan
Adams Street
Percy Elper
Borough Bank Wrecked In Suspected Fraud Coverup
Three explosions and a resulting fire damaged Borough Bank causing about 15000 in losses. The bank, under suspension amid forgery indictments of officers, is linked to a suicide of Maxwell, the daughter, on Tuesday. Police suspect arson aimed at destroying evidence and are probing the wrecking and related misconduct.
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New York
Maxwell
Iia
Weather Flags Back in Business District Wanted
Businessmen urge return of weather flags to the post office spire for visibility. They rely on the flags for forecasts and object to the observatory location, noting the federal building vantage was convenient and widely seen in the business section.
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Department
Federal Building
Progress on the Burlington La Crosse river bridge
Construction is under way on a new C B and Q bridge at La Crosse over the river this fall. Excavations for piers proceed as concrete is prepared, with three central piers and a north end pier, iron girders to reinforce the span. A temporary shanty shelters cement and workers while machinery, gravel, and dirt arrive. Two barges lie by the river bank ready to assist. a concrete mixer is hoisted and piles are driven for scaffold supports. The project aims for a stronger bridge due to larger engines and river ice damage, with plans to replace the wagon bridge and possibly the car company bridge south of it.
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Banquet Tonight Honors St Josephs Debt Payoff
A notable La Crosse event at Woodman hall marks the St. Joseph’s school debt payoff. Rev Sluyter hosts a 7:30 start with Rt Rev Bishop James Schwebach Mayor W A Anderson A Ph Kremer Dr Edward Evans E Hackner and Prof A H Schubert as speakers. Kreutz orchestra provides music for about 400 attendees at $10 per couple expected revenue.
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James Schwebach
W. A. Anderson
A. Ph. Kremer
Edward Evans
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A. H. Schubert
Kreutz
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