Mass meeting to probe La Crosse civic issues
Mayor Sorensen supports a La Crosse Theater mass meeting led by George Blackstone Irving to discuss municipal progress. Board of Trade urges business leaders and women to attend, with plans for free promotional buttons and street campaigns to promote civic improvement.
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Ori J. Sorensen
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George Blackstone i
Jack Mayor
Patriotic Buttons Spark Civic Pride In La Crosse
La Crosse volunteers distribute red buttons at a mass meeting to rally civic pride. Businessmen support effort. attendance invitation extended to women. The report notes strong participation and plans for a municipal lecture.
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Henry N. Boehm
Press Committee
Tribune
Mr. Boehm
la Crosse
Lafayette Holmes Dies One of La Crosse's Early Residents
Lafayette Holmes 77 longtime city figure and former comptroller died after a long illness at St Francis hospital. He helped in the Minnesota Packet era of 1853 and was a longtime secretary of Holmes and Bigelow tobacco firm. Masons to conduct funeral at Masonic temple tomorrow after remains lie in state at the temple.
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Matt Konicht
la Crescent
St. Francis Hospital
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W. K. Shepard
South Sixth Street
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Lodge of Elks
Minnesota Packet Company
Holmes and Bigelow
Wo. A. Bigelow
Masons
Masonic Temple
Button of Progress sale boosts theater event attendance
By noon today the young women selling the Little Red Button of Progress for the Theater mass meeting report over 300 sold. They expect a surge in the remaining day and a half as patriotism drives interest. the committee expresses delight.
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Betcherlife
Main Street
Three Are Slain in Ugly Old Feud Near Stony Cove
Greenville Tennessee reports three men dead after a renewed Gentry Gunter feud at Stony Cove ten miles south of the city. Victims are A B Gentry Irving Gentry and Schofield Gunter. The dispute centers on a house and land once tied to Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co. tenancy.
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Stony Cove
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Schofield Gunter
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Paris Markets Report Shows 3 Percent Rentes Activity
Paris on October 20 reports 3 per cent rentes at 98 F 29 Ci for the account, indicating notable trading for government securities with tendered prices in the French market.
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Paris
City Loot in Framingham Woman Scam Unfolds
Framingham officials say forged notes against the town amount to 325000 dollars and may reach 750000 as a ring operates through Treasurer John Lombard. Authorities warn more arrests follow and a wealthy young woman linked to the fraud is under scrutiny for possible recovery of jewels and cars.
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Mass
Lombard
John B.lombard
C. S. Cummings
E. A. Mead
American Banking Company
John Lombard
Investigation into peonage and white slavery begins in Chicago
United States Labor Commissioner Charles P. Neill opened an inquiry into alleged peonage and white slavery in Chicago. The investigation focuses on labor practices and coercive employment conditions in the city, with officials assessing reports and potential abuses.
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Chicago
United States Labor
Chas. P. Neill
Weather and Water Report for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Weather forecast shows unsettled conditions with possible showers tonight and Thursday across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Temperature in La Crosse 34 with light wind and 0. rainfall. River stage remains near stationary with minor rise at La Crosse and Prairie du Chien and no major changes expected.
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