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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1907
Page
10
A state law creates a road supervisor job in each county. James McHugh, a retired farmer of 608 South Sixth Street, is named for La Crosse County. The position, with a 3-year term and pay from 2.50 to 4 per day, requires maintaining designated county highways and providing highway maps to clerks and supervisors.
A reflective line notes that some judge a man by being a college graduate, implying that credential alone defines a person’s worth. It contrasts opinion with broader character, suggesting education alone may not determine true merit or adulthood.
The Minnesota State Baptist convention meets in Albert Lea from Oct 14 to 18 with Winona inviting the 1909 gathering for the fiftieth anniversary. The program includes addresses by Rev. F. J. Drewett Carey Emerson and W. J. Milliken and sessions on missions education and ministers training.
Marsh Jackson, formerly Valhalla sheriff and now Winnipeg Detective Agency head, ordered arrest of 1,800 eastern workers hired for Grand Trunk Pacific railroad east of Winnipeg. Over 200 arrested so far, jailed under contracts with sentences to be served while under arrest. Many deserters came from eastern Canada or Europe as farmers paid higher wages, contractor hardships cited, with mass roundup ongoing and more arrests expected by month end.
Mrs Andrew Hirt of 200 South Fourth Street welcomed a baby boy at 12 10 this morning The birth occurred on her birthday and the family resides across from the La Crosse Tribune office on the same street
A man may have to earn the living go down town in the rain wear ugly clothes etc but at least he escapes this He is never asked to be a chaperon.
A brief exchange from Fliegende Blatter shows a young wife boasting she has spoiled the dinner and planning to assign blame by tossing the unfailed dish to her husband, with discussing companion Anna's involvement.
North Dakota and Minnesota brief items report a church dedication in Florence Minnesota drawing many out of town attendees. Other notes include Beaulieu visiting Washington to interview Indian department officials and a large picnic at City Park celebrating Homestake Mine's recovery after a near loss.
A broken rail caused the Duluth Limited to derail two and a half miles west of Mills ton Wisconsin. Six cars left the track and several passengers were hurt though none killed. W H Gaylord of Chicago sustained leg and shoulder injuries the most serious. The locomotive stayed on the roadbed and the cars were damaged but not destroyed.
A remark on gender identity shows a woman preferring womanhood over manhood is met with disbelief by men, while expressing a wish to be a man is labeled unwomanly, highlighting social expectations and gender norms.
In Decatur Illinois on October 9 the trial of Fred H Magill and his wife Faye Magill for the murder of Freds first wife Mrs Pet Magill continued in Judge Cochrane s court.
A fragment quotes Pele Mele lamenting misfortune and a distant dentist as a joke on bad luck. The line mixes dark humor with travel distance, placing the speaker in a rural setting. No dates, places, or clear affiliations are provided in the readable text.
Herman Billik convicted of murdering the Vizab family in Chicago was given a four weeks stay of execution by Judge A C Barnes. The sentence, originally set for next Friday, is postponed while legal questions are reviewed.
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