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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1907
Page
7
Rescue teams recovered the bodies of ill fated sailors after a tragedy at sea. Life preservers were found on each of the victims, confirming their identities and suggesting they tried to stay afloat until rescue.
The tug Schenck arrived at Sault Ste. Marie with nineteen bodies found on the beach after the Cypress wreck off Deer Park. Five crew members identified from Cleveland and Tonawanda, with Second Mate Pitz the sole survivor. Cause traced to shifting ore cargo. crew payroll aboard vessel. survivor Pitz in serious condition.
Charles B Cushman formerly of Milwaukee and a noted literary man ended his life by tying a strap around his neck and jumping from a barn on his farm west of Franksville Racine County. He had health troubles and planned to sell the farm and move with his wife and four children to Tennessee. He will be buried in Whitewater near his mother. This item also contains an advertisement for Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets promising digestion aid and a free sample offer.
A fragment lists numerous women with surnames including Barkishek Kutzborsky Pomeroy Clements Knutesen Blakes Aiken Penrose Darling Johnson Mahlum Jost Beem Dalgrin Zierxe Rosberg Albrechtson Wagner Newman Dupee Rupp Miller Hegge Netwal among others. The note appears to be a social register or roll call, detailing attendees or members in a community event or organization.
A partial OCR fragment lists Wisconsin street addresses in Wonewoe and surrounding areas with numbered case references and coordinates, including 828 Main Street and 624 South Seventh Street, along with other street fragments and figures.
A compiled listing shows numerous individuals and families across Wisconsin and Minnesota with street addresses and town names such as West Salem Bangor Sparta Tomah Alma Trempealeau Independence Prairie du Chien Viroqua Prairie du Chien and Oakland. The page pairs many residents with street numbers and community locations, indicating a directory-like record of names and addresses in multiple towns.
David Grodnik and Fannie Cohen eloped against Dave’s father figure. They left Stanely Wisconsin on Sunday, travelled to Abbotsford, and rode the Central Limited to Chicago. They wired home midnight to report marriage. Cohen, though unhappy, forgave and expects them home soon.
Marital news from Marinette reports Mrs. Marion Knapp, who won a divorce from Arthur Cole, former county clerk now in Waupun for embezzlement, has separated from her second husband Henry Knapp. The split follows a petition in which cruel and inhuman treatment was cited as the reason.
Milwaukee local No. 2 of the Commercial Telegraphers of America condemned President S J Small for calling locals to return to work. The group passed resolutions requesting his immediate resignation, deeming him incompetent to lead the strike and proposing to hand active management to the national vice president and secretary-treasurer.
Milwaukee Wis Oct 14 Judson Titsworth pastor of Plymouth Congregational church and noted Wisconsin minister was stricken during yesterday morning’s sermon He paused to say he felt ill and the service was dismissed with him being taken home later in the day
The Rev. Titsworth has many friends in La Crosse and has served as speaker at several banquets and conventions there.
The local board of health quarantines the Woman's Christian Temperance Union home for women in Eau Claire declaring it unsanitary and placing the city physician in charge. Despite circulating stories of cruelty graft and infant mortality, no definite charges have been made. Directors, prominent Eau Claire women, vow to meet and refute any accusations and are preparing a statement.
Miss Agnes Knudsen a 16 year old from Davenport Iowa married Frani Thompson a former Davenport resident now in Kenosha. Police investigated after a Davenport chief sought protection for the bride claiming kidnapping. The couple honeymooned and Davenport authorities were notified. the mother offered forgiveness if they returned.
Milwaukee WI Oct 14 Tax Commissioner W F Hooker on a five weeks trip says at least 6 000 000 in assessments have escaped taxation and will be placed on the rolls. The discovery follows extensive researches and investigations into prior tax gaps.
In Richland Center Wisconsin on October 14 Republicans held a mass meeting at the courthouse to decide whether to place a Richland county candidate in the field for congress.
Eugene Warner aged three died at Milwaukee Hospital Sunday morning after a street car collision Saturday afternoon that left him with terrible injuries. Municipal authorities continued investigations into the accident aftermath and safety protocols.
George White was captured and arrested at Augusta on a charge of murdering the unknown man found dead at Altoona. He had been discharged from the Eau Claire jail on the day of the murder.
In Racine on October 28 a special election will decide whether to incorporate. Supporters claim a 3 to 1 public backing. Also in Racine officials said a modern steel bridge will replace the old Root river structure next spring.
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