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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
4
The La Crosse Tribune North Side Office at 81 Rose St. houses North Side Advertising and News operations under R P Stanton and F Schweigert with a new phone number 785A.
Henry Leyland of 1931 Wood Street, once a Burlington La Crosse division brakeman who lost an arm after an incident in Winona, has bought the oss and confectionery of Charles M. O at 1109 South Eighth Street to begin business.
The body of Martin Granum of fialf Way Creek who died in Minneapolis was brought to La Crosse on a Burlington train last night and taken to Onalaska by Undertaker Smith. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
The funeral for Mrs. Lena Coster, age 89, who died Monday night at 222 Rose Street, will be held tomorrow at 2 pm from Caledonia Street M E Church with Rev. A A Ingham officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Grove cemetery. She was a long-time North Side resident, born in Norway and came to the U S at an early age. She is survived by her second husband Tedor Coster and several children from her first marriage including Silas Zwight of Minneapolis, and others in Washington and California.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. McGuy of 512 Sumner Street died yesterday morning. The funeral is this afternoon at 2 39 o'clock from the German Lutheran church with Rev Thurow officiating. Interment will be at Oak Grove cemetery, under the care of Undertaker Wm. Dwyer.
Pay day arrives on the Burling ton as Mr. Swanzer resumes coal yard duties after a broken arm from a wagon fall. Various residents visit, relocate, or recover. notes include estates, anniversaries, illness, and a remark on swelled head being a painful recovery.
Aaron S Watkins, prohibition vice presidential candidate, addressed a large crowd at the YMCA hall. Women dominated the audience and a lighted parade drew spectators. interruptions by a drunken man were dismissed as Watkins stressed the dry movement and called saloons training schools for crime.
Inis Konsel of Onalaska sues C B Q railroad and Smith Manufacturing for 10000 in damages after his left arm was severed when unloading coal on Second street tracks and a Burlington train struck him. He argues Smith Manufacturing failed to warn him of the approaching train and that the accident left him helpless.
A devoted prohibitionist remains unwavering in his stance, insisting there can be no compromise with the saloon. He emphasizes moral duty and persistent advocacy for nationwide temperance.
Tonight a Democratic rally is set for Concordia hall in the Eleventh ward with County chairman John Doherty among the speakers. A Democratic club will be formed at the gathering and similar meetings are planned in Sand Lake, Stevenstown, West Saland, and other northern county areas later in the week.
The board of public works let the water pipe contract with United States Iron Foundry Co winning at $2,450. The Roosevelt Company bid $2,460. Delivery required for 390 tons before December 15.
Mr. Frank Fontish of Tenth and Adams streets died Monday and will be buried Thursday at 8 am. Wm. Dwyer is in charge with interment in the Catholic cemetery.
Police say the local fund gained $100 from arrests for magazine grafting involving Mr. and Mrs. Sam A. Moore. The couple, jailed 90 days, were re arrested on release and convicted again for the same offense. Publishers pay $25 per conviction. rewards arranged by F. J. Young.
Bowen & Kight of Madison won the contract for building the drains in the Badfish drainage district with a bid of 8 590 dollars. Drainage commissioners Hanan and Héjer ruled the Madison firms the most reasonable. Work to begin at once with completion by May 1, 1909, at penalty of five dollars per day after. Judge Lyem ratified bonds for the site and construction, with bond set at 3 000 dollars and surety Title Guaranty & Surety Company of Scranton.
Higgins Brothers of Reedston Vernon county were discharged from bankruptcy in the United States district court by Clerk Harrison this morning. Judge Sanborn will arrive this evening and the circuit will open tomorrow morning.
A bomb was hurled into the enclosure storing 250 taxicabs of the New York Taxicab company, exploding with little damage. Strikers claim the company set the blast to smear the strike as desperate.
A Chicago school principal denounces crediting women with intuition and argues men and women's thinking differ little. She warns that cutting men's prerogatives could erase masculine distinctions and burden men with the ills of society.
O. E. Orvick, a contractor in the city, will be brought before Jad Baldwin this afternoon and examined by his creditors regarding a declaration of bankruptcy.
A 98 cent watch goes astray until its maker locates the pap er's establishment. Officials describe the mishap and advise buyers to verify seller legitimacy before purchases.
A brief line notes the hammed season approaching a tight end, mentioning its proximity to completion and a sense of closeness among participants.
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