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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1920
Page
1
Historic labor tense as miners prepare to strike with unions split on backing. Rail and transport workers weigh action while government measures and factory closures ripple across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and ports. Officials assess momentum, with executives meeting to decide support and broader disruption looming.
Port Arthur reports Bray announced by A E Cole former Royal Air Force member to lead a plan for an Aerial Irrigation company. Gols with his father form the venture to induce rain by spraying clouds with liquid to condense atmospheric moisture from planes in the air.
Edward J. Sailstad, believed dead by his mother, was located in Duluth and arson charges were to be filed upon apprehension. Police and officials canvassed relatives and investigated a Lake Nebazamon fire, with bones misidentified as Sailstad’s later clarified. Authorities pursued possible financing steps before his disappearance and urged cemetery inspections.
Thomas J Cullen a 5S wealthy insurance man was found dead in the Milwaukee river early today. Officials said he had been dead for hours and the death was logged as self-inflicted. Family said Cullen had suffered a nervous breakdown. He formerly served on the Sommoen council and board of public works. French budget approved in Paris cabinet dated 44,101,060,000 francs with no new taxes proposed.
The week shows a historic decline in cotton goods with bleached mustins and muslins selling at record lows. Prices drop across finished and unfinished cloths as mills cut production and traders expect further reductions in coming weeks.
Dublin residents report a fatal shooting at a home on Manor Street as armed attackers knocked and fired. Reports describe rioting and military clashes across the city with several hospitalizations. In Londonderry, gunfire broke out on Carlisle Road as soldiers moved in. Terence MacSwiney was reported in fragile condition after a hunger strike.
A freak home run occurred in the Visin Touct and Eastern Railways baseball league Saturday. Babe Bers of the Car Shops team hit the ball into a passing engine’s stack, completing a dirtail as the locomotive steamed away with the ball.
New York reports that Paul Francis Jones of the United States Marine Corps won the world waffle eating title by eating twenty six and a half waffles in thirty minutes in a contest against nine army representatives at the Grand General Palace.
Wisconsin senator Irvine Lenroot charges Senator La Follette with misquoting the Esch-Cummins bill and twisting his remarks. Lenroot calls for a public retraction, citing selective quotation from editorial and Congressional Record to claim duplicity and misrepresentation in coverage of railway policy.
A. Larson, state manager of Central Life, addressed the La Crosse Life Underwriters at the Elks club after a noon luncheon. It was the monthly meeting of the life insurance agents.
The Trades and Labor council endorsed the La Follette progressive and independent tickets and backed the Mulberger beer referendum. A.C. Larson of Yan Claire was endorsed for attorney general. Committees named for executive and campaign, literature, and finance, with ward captains appointed to support W. F. Mitler in the second district.
Luella Margaret Webster files in Cresco circuit court for divorce from Wi Dewict Webster alleging cruel and inhuman treatment and failure to support. She previously taught at Cresco High School and lived near Cresco before moving to Cass Minnesota. She states he forced her to live at a lumber camp, endure poor meals, and lacked proper support after their marriage. Her attorneys are Cowie and Hale.
Froest Melchoir, 28, operator of the Melchoiry creamery at Daggett, was killed instantly yesterday when the automobile he rode in was struck by a southbound Northwestern train near Daggett Wisconsin.
A badger was struck on the road south of Marttowog injuring several people. Otto Kohls of Sheboygan was driving when his car went into a ditch pinning Charles Brand of Sheboygan. Brand died. Five others were injured, Kohls and one resident were in critical condition.
A garbled report notes an individual described as Alecoinder of Greece in critical condition after a monkey bite incident. Details are incomplete. physicians’ statements are referenced but not fully quoted. Further confirmation and context are unavailable in the fragment.
Democratic candidate Cox said in Fremont and Elyria that Harding has made twelve definite flops on the league since last August. He argued Harding cannot recover before November 22 and March, claim implying the senator is in No Man’s Land. He spoke during a campaign swing through Ohio en route to Cleveland.
Reports from URICH and Riga outline a Kremlin invasion claim and a Soviet delegation head revealing peace talks in Riga. Western leaders anticipate policy shifts, coalitions, and potential recognition moves as Bolshevik power faces pressure and possible government changes.
Arthur Taubert aged 16 of 719 University avenue Nidison was hurt while riding Milwaukee freight trains. He lost all toes on his right foot after attempting to hitchhike from Madison toward this city. He was taken to St Francis hospital after the accident and his companions have not been located.
Lynn Mass labor unions prepared for a strike at the LOW, Renney & Company shoe plant after the joint council of United Shoe Workers of America authorized a federal strike. About 600 operatives are affected as management cites poor market conditions and says bonuses will end next Tuesday.
Mass Oct 16 Denise a thoroughbred mare owned by the Army remount service ridden by Major Koehof was named winner of a 200 mile endurance ride to test the best mount for cavalry service. Rustem Bey a full blood Arab finished second and Denise’s stablemate was third.
Resolution adopted by the Friends of Irish Freedom condemns the League of Nations as a danger to U S sovereignty and a step toward a Europe driven super government. It urges Irish organizations in America to oppose the League and calls for stopping trade with Britain to aid the anti Imperialist effort.
The weather page reports generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with small temperature changes. Local river forecast indicates little change in river levels over the next 24 to 43 hours, with several city gauges listed and stage readings noted.
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