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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
4
Mr and Mrs Sundvay denied being in the Helena wreck, saying they were in Butte Montana when the injured were sent there. They sent a postcard then drove toward land claims near La Crosse. A blizzard delayed their return and filing as the land office closed Saturday and reopened Monday.
The exchange notes a man becoming hardened after a stumble with Captain Hookey-Ah. Patrick concedes the change but insists the rival remains equally grimy and tall.
Mrs Sundvay described liking the country briefly but preferring not to live there. They intend to return next spring to prove up their claim while not making a permanent home.
The Franklin club debated whether the government should guarantee bank deposits. After brief discussion, members voted two to one against the affirmative. The next meeting will tackle the resolution that Wisconsin’s Primary election law is a failure with P T Schulze leading for the affirmative and Otto Bosshard for the negative.
The North Side Maccabees marked an anniversary with dancing cards and a program at Woodman hall. A. Pettinger gave a recitation, Carl Lockke sang, and a trio with Hilda Brown Lucinda Mourning and Bernice Felzer performed.
Mr Edward Betzel returns from Preston Minnesota. Y M C C St Johns church chorus practice at the school house. Mrs R B Harris of 1632 Charlies street departs for Rockford for a visit. Mrs John Manke hosts German Lutheran ladies society at church parlors yesterday.
Miss Edith Anderson returns from Chicago two weeks visiting relatives Floyd Stallsmith comes back to Lansing after visiting family Carl Olberg of New Albin visits friends Sever A Spoonick posts high bowling score nine pins 516 Clarence Silloway returns from Staats Regalia trip planning ten weeks away Ad option Satin skin cream and satin skin powder promoted at 5c
A Chicago report before the school management committee details that five thousand children are breakfastless at school and ten thousand more routinely lack nourishing food. The lack of a square deal and square meal is blamed for growing truancy and delinquency.
At a Germania Turners meeting Hugo Hickish was elected to fill the unfinished term of G J Jaekel who has left the city. The society decided future chances would all be invitation affairs.
A speaker vents righteous anger over child feeding, recalling personal loss with a sharp rebuke toward hypocritical demands. The passage conveys strong emotion and social critique through a vivid, personal memory.
Emile Zola long opposed the clerical party in France and backed Dreyfus, facing exile for years. He was buried with military honors in the Pantheon amid anti clerical triumphs. In Suresnes a church demolition yielded a bust from a melted bell with Zola’s famous pledge.
Pittsburg officials host a cornerstone laying for a $3,000,000 Soldiers and Sailors hall with Vice President Fairbanks and Governor Stuart as speakers today in Pittsburgh.
Detroit Oct 2 Mrs Albert Benner of Kalamazoo and Paul B Fays died today when a touring car crashed into a street car at about 50 miles an hour. Four other occupants suffered minor injuries.
The funeral for Fred J. Good, who died in a locomotive boiler explosion at Portage, Milwaukee, was held Thursday from his Park Hill Avenue residence. The service drew members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Milwaukee Road officials, and others. Interment was at Forest Home. Injured fireman Hanson and brakeman R. N. Taylor were moved to Milwaukee Hospital and are improving.
A brief note reflects that imagination alone cannot fill a hand in draw poker, emphasizing skill and strategy over mere fancy conjecture. It hints at the limits of guesswork in a game of calculating odds and reading opponents.
Prohibition nominee for vice president Watkins is announced to speak in La Crosse on October 13 at the La Crosse theater or the Auditorium. The piece notes skepticism about the average voter and includes a pointed social remark about women and talk.
Minnie C Ir Fort Madison yesterday won the Mississippi valley motor boat championship from Independence in a twenty mile race to St distance the time was 30 12. Hoax comments aside the report notes a light mood during the event.
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