North Side In Brief and Local Notices
The Ladies Aid of North Presbyterian meets at Mrs Frey's Thursday afternoon. The annual bazaar at the church is set for November 390. Several residents move or travel, including Thiller leaving La Crosse Rubber Mills for Akron Diamond Shoe. Various people are ill or away, with multiple visits and relocations noted on North Side and nearby towns.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
The
North Presbyterian Church
William Will
la Crosse Rubber Mills
Henry Wicker
John Thayer
St. James
Caledonia Streets
Jackson
Minn
Dorothy Smith
Lytles
Hans Olson
Sylvia
Onalaska
Brainerd
P. O. Wine
George Street
St. Paul
Effie Treevare
Aberdeen
S. Oak
Geo. Franklin and Son
Lynies
Wm. Walz
B. F. Stork
Charles Street
Savanna
A. Ellison
Winona
Kane Street
Paul Weichert
Broadview
Mont
W. A. Fllison
Fern
Cold Weather Ends Rail Yard Work For Year
The Milwaukee rail yard project on the north side is nearly finished but months behind due to labor troubles. A strike over a 25 cent raise led to foreign labor disputes and crew turnover, delaying progress before the onset of cold weather halted remaining tasks. Tourism by the weary Willie crowd has declined as cold spells begin.
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Milwaukee Company
Warn the Box Car Traveler of Winter Transit
The article cautions that winter approaches and the box car traveler must seek a climate allowing continued transport in coming months. It notes railroad yards on the north side as rendezvous points where cars are spotted for leaving the city.
Examination Held For Conductors On La Crosse Division
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway held exams for conductors on the La Crosse division with applicants from both ends of the line. Local participants included Guy Sampson Otto Ristow Arthur Otto Adolph Carey Thomas Sitteford and Charles Stannard pending results.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and
Poles May Stand Until Next Year on Rose Street Boulevards
Residents on Rose Street protest light poles along the boulevards arguing they risk falling ice onto sidewalks. A paving resolution was referred at the last council meeting, with paving expected next spring. If ignored, the nuisance could extend through winter.
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Rose Street
Body found in Detroit river mystery of nine year old
The missing nine year old Donald Cullen was found dead in the gas works slip in Detroit. Police had suspected his father, recently from Australia, and no one saw the boy fall in. The mother identified the body as the boy. Bert Marshall returns from a Dakotas trip. Mrs. Mabel Oliver and child visit Savanna.
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Dutroit
Mich
Donald Cullen
Wm. Hogan
Australia
Ellison
Bert Marshall
Woodstreet
Dakotas
Mabel Oliver
Child
Savanna, Nl
Editor praises La Crosse as thriving gateway to Wisconsin
William D. Merrill of the Courier visits La Crosse during the Interstate fair and lauds the city as a prosperous, progressive center with crowded streets crowded hotels and robust industry. He notes paved streets, new blocks, schools and churches, strong police and fire departments, and major brewers Heileman C and J Michel Bunds. He praises public schools land university and eulogizes Holy Trinity and St Marys churches and Bishop Schwebner. The piece calls La Crosse a bright spot in the Badger State.
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William D. Merrill
The
Courier
Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien
la Crosse Fair
la Crosse
Crawford County
Inter
Iowa
Minnesota
Heileman Co
C. &. J. Michel
Bund’s Brewing Co
Toland
Business University
Holy Trinity
V. A.J. Joerte
St. Mary's Church
Father Condon
Europe
Rome
Italy
Schwebner
la Crose
Piano Contest Awards and Prize Details
The notice lists prizes for a piano contest including First Prize a $285 Howard Piano and $150 purchase check plus $10 in gold, Second Prize a $125 purchase check and $5 in gold, with additional purchase checks of various denominations for remaining contestants. Prizes valid on Baldwin pianos from the undersigned stock.
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Howard
Baldwin
Directions for Contestants at Baldwin piano event
A family may enter with no limit on contestants but only one prize per family. Prizes cannot go to employees of The Baldwin Company or their families or to any contest judges or their immediate families. Only one coupon per piano purchase, usable on any Baldwin Elsington Hamilton Howard Valley Gem Monarch piano. All floor pianos priced plainly, coupon acts as cash toward purchase, with optional easy terms. Pianos are fully warranted by Baldwin. Contest closes Thursday October 14 1909 at 9 am. entries must be delivered by then.
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Sien
Baldwin
Baldwin Company
Elsington
Hamilton
Howard
Valley Gem
Monarch
Jarry Olberg Thwarts Burglary At Family Home
Harry Olberg, son of C A Olberg, surprised a burglar at his home at 16th and Ferrystree Friday morning. The intruder fled after being confronted, leaving behind silverware and $25 in cash in the bureau. The event occurred around four o'clock with doors creaking as the burglar attempted to steal the goods.
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Harry Olberg
C. A. Olberg
16Th
Ferrystree
Mrs. Olberg
St. Louis Dentist Hangs Self After Doctoral Warning
George Bergman a dentist of St. Louis, diagnosed with locomotor ataxia, killed himself at the Montefiore Home in New York. He spent his last day writing letters urging his friends and relatives to accept death instead of life as a cripple.
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New York
George Bergman
St. Louis
Montefiore
Orden
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Lacrosse Tribune
North Side
Clinton Street
W. J. Schultz
Kborth
Cloak Sale
Pan
J. J. Poehling & CO
Milwaukee Road
Grace Hayward
la Crosse Theater
Castoria
Mary
Prairie du Chien Courier
Stoddard
New Bromson
Burlings
Billy’ Brion
Crawley County
United States
N . Deever
Ole Elbertson
Undertaker
Phil. Wendling
Leigh Toland
Wisconsin Business University
Mptegnen
Paris
Music House
Jarry Olberg
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