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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1907
Page
2
A promotional drive urges quick action as subscriptions offer a 50 percent vote increase. Prizes include a Buick automobile a Haines piano eight diamond rings gold watches and scholarships to be awarded within two weeks. Readers are urged to mobilize supporters and convert promises into subscriptions before the deadline.
Chicago reports a heated contest for the Central A A U presidency. Dr. George K. Herman opposes incumbent Walter H. Liginger with a Milwaukee club backing. A caucus or pre-session agreement may shape the ticket before the Milwaukee Athletic Club meeting.
Rushford Minnesota October 16 Special. The Rushford football squad travels to Caledonia to meet a strong high school team as both sides brace for a hard fought game. The schedule lists Oct 12 Harmony at Rushford Oct 19 Caledonia at Caledonia Oct 26 Lanesboro at Fashion Nov 2 Harmony at Harmony Nov 9 Caledonia at Rushford Nov 16 Lanesboro at Lanesboro. local social notes follow with visits and theatrical events at the opera house and basketball tease at the Rushford park.
The Girls' Athletic association was organized yesterday to form basketball tennis and handball teams. Miss Dudley of the YWCA will coach three evenings weekly. Elected officers include President Stella Trane Vice President Mabel Bryant Secretary Nora Buest Treasurer Miss Wright. Finance committee members are Miss Ethel Osberg Florence Keating and Mabel Byrne.
In a Baltimore school examination a teacher asked to name three classes of people. A pupil answered Men, women and babies. When asked to name one animal providing both food and clothing a boy replied My mother. The remark highlights humorous student understanding from Harper's Weekly.
At Oklahoma City State fair track on October 16 Slum Beauty a gray filly owned and driven by Fran T Vennum of Newkirk Okla set a new world pacing mark for 2 year olds one mile on a half mile track with a time of 2.19 percent The previous record stood at 2.19 percent Harry Lever of the American Trotting association acted as starter.
Diamonds valued at 2008 were stolen from M. M. Gambiner's Jewelry Store in Chicago as passersby crowded the street. A man posing as Edison worker used a ladder to reach a light fixture, while another man asked to see scarf pins. When the proprietor returned with the pins, the suspects were gone and a tray of twelve diamond rings was missing.
Madison dispatch reports the University of Wisconsin football program hampered by abolished training tables leading to lax discipline, late hours, tobacco use, and erratic practice. Coaches seek stricter routines while striving for a fast backfield with Osthoff at fullback rotating with the second team. Few students attend practices, prompting a plan to form a larger rooter band for the Illinois game on October 26.
Cincinnati Ohio voters face a German language contest as candidates vie for mayor. Republican Leopold Markbreit criticizes Pfaff's German while Pfaff supporters cite a harsh piece on Pfaff in Markbreit's Volsblatt. Mayor Dempsey's limited German is noted as a factor in the race.
Headaches and neuralgia from colds urged remedy LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine as world wide cold and grip solution. Look for full name and signature E. W. Grove. 25c.
A concise aphorism notes that even unremarkable individuals can exhibit decisive performance under pressure, suggesting hidden capability or composure emerges when crisis hits. The quote implies perception of capability varies with context and timing.
Belchertown Mass October 16 After two months experiment with trial marriage Elmer Thayer a trapper and Mrs Abbie Abeycrombie a widow have decided to give it up They parted best of friends Thayer says she was a good housekeeper but would not accompany him on hunting trips Abeycrombie says he did not get in early enough at night They will review other applicants for the trapper position from which he heard
Edwin Dwyer a Portland Maine deep sea diver was drowned when a boat capsized in Newburyport harbor Sunday He wore a diving suit without a helmet and had just come ashore after posing for photographs with John Christian Christian swam to safety leaving Dwyer to sink in the harbor incident reported from Newburyport Massachusetts October 16.
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