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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1909
Page
5
A La Crosse official notes no car shortage yet but expects heavier grain shipments later in the month as a heavier crop increases demand. Railroads push to crowd in equipment for busy period while northwest lines are better prepared than ever though concern remains over cattle movement and winter stock.
The article notes a shift in grain marketing in September 1908 with farmers delaying sales for better prices. October shows heavy shipment as North Dakota yields rise 20 percent from last year. Railroads expect busy weeks with an estimated 30 percent rise in merchandise movement, reflecting broader market dynamics.
The item promotes daily coverage of the world championship games and the Cub-Sox series. It lists local names and events including parties, contests, meetings, and arrivals, with multiple notices about birthdays, travels, and social gatherings in La Crosse.
The fall highlight is the opera Up and Down Broadway at the theater on Oct 28 for the Home for the Friendless. Directed by Donald MacDonald, the production tours major cities and aims to fill the theater with society and musical figures supporting the cause. Patronesses include Mesdames Hixon Baston McDonald Paul Scott Bliss Medary Hogan Van Steenwyk Hix on Burton Cargill Anderson Richards Cunningham Gund Muller Hyde Heath Brown Colman Colman Thompson Sill Dorset Law Doerflinger Michel Maurer Gelatt Wheeler Berger Spence Burton Felber Hankerson Hirshheimer Brindley Gordon Tarbox Hogan Crosby.
Sunday evening Miss Tillie Jacobs of Mormon Coulee entertained many friends for the anniversary of her birth. Attendees included Agnes Leide Elsie and Dora Young Sadie Hoeth Frieda Jacobs John Proksch John Eugene Edwin Young John Steuhan Otto Abicht Mathias Nidercorn George Lemke Louis Hoeth Valentine Adolf Jacobs Mr and Mrs Henry Newman William Hubner and Herman Fisher.
A. A. Morse E. A. Gleason A. C. Meister and Charles Benjamin embarked yesterday aboard the Nokomis for a duck hunting trip. The rumor that scouts tied the ducks' legs has been denied. Friends expect a fine game dinner upon their return.
The ladies of Christchurch will hold a rummage sale in the Edwards building beginning tomorrow Thursday October 14.
A pleasant party was held October 19 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Freemark to celebrate their daughter Ruth’s fifth birthday. Present were Lovilet Ledger Myrtle Young Evelyn Jodie Blanche Netwald Esther Gable Florence Olsen John Radthe Irene and Ruth Freemark. Guests served by Minnie and Ella Trane included elderly attendees Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Trane and family, grandmothers Mrs. John Poley Mrs. Mary Kramer and Mrs. Ernest Freemark of Wyckoff.
Two tables played five hundred at Mrs McCarthy's South Fight Street home Monday evening. Miss Martha Lightbody won the prize.
There will be a Frolic at the Y W C A gymnasium tomorrow evening Oct. 14 at 7 39. There will be an interesting program and refreshments will be served. All young women will be welcome.
Prices for all pieces start at 1.80 and rise to 2.50 with many items discounted. W T Irvine, jeweler, advertises value at 429 Main Street and nearby locations.
Miss Ida Lenn returns from St Louis as guest of Mr and Mrs N T Brown and attends the Veiled Prophets ball. Ellen the Cargill pleasure boat returns from St Paul with party. Samuel Y Hyde Jr travels to Rochelle Illinois on La Crosse Can business. Born to Mr and Mrs Guy Edwards a daughter and to Mr and Mrs John Doherty a son October 11. Mrs Van Steenwyk visits Glencoe Illinois then returns home. Lucius Thompson travels to Rochelle for La Crosse Can business.
The Western College for Women in Oxford Ohio held its annual college day with distinguished guests. Rev Thomas Knox of Cincinnati spoke on The Bible as Literature highlighting imagination in interpreting Old Testament texts. Miss Gladys McEldowney of La Crosse is enrolled this year.
A proverb-like line notes that many men distrust the Lord while they still possess money. The statement contrasts religious trust with material security and hints at moral tension in everyday choices.
At the Teachers and Parents association meeting in the high school auditorium, Miss Mathews urged introducing compulsory gymnasium work for girls, citing physical unfitness in many students and noting national adoption by leading schools. Officers were elected, and Charles Schweizer reviewed William Allen White on schools as democracy’s main spring. The high school orchestra performed, and a social hour followed.
The La Crosse board of trade failed to meet at city hall last night due to no quorum. Secretary John Utermoeh cited multiple coinciding events and bad weather as causes, and the meeting was adjourned until next Tuesday.
Dr. Cook says Eskimos were told to hide details of the polar expedition from Peary and his team. He accuses Whitney and others of twisting questions and asserts his records are at the University of Copenhagen for examination and global review. He plans to bring Eskimos to New York to testify at his expense.
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