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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1909
Page
11
A mass meeting is set for tomorrow at the theater to discuss matters affecting Lacrosse. The event comes with a mayoral proclamation urging attendance in interest of municipal progress and civic pride.
A mass meeting in La Crosse appeals for civic pride and female participation led by Henry N. Boehm and E G Boynton. The board of trade report urges women to attend as part of a civic movement, with local business leaders promoting attendance and support.
The Board of Trade and civic leaders invite women to an evening at the theater featuring a half hour band concert and a discussion by George Blackstone Irving on the city’s needs and progress. Local officials and sponsors pledge free venues and advertising to promote La Crosse’s opportunity.
Public notice urges attendance at a La Crosse theater meeting Thursday evening. Mayor Sorensen and city department heads back the event led by George Blackstone Irving to discuss municipal improvement and civic pride with local business and residents encouraged to participate.
Lafayette Holmes 77 longtime city comptroller and figure in Minnesota lumber and river days dies after a long illness at St Francis hospital. He was secretary of local Elks lodge and a senior member of Holmes and Bigelow tobacco firm. Funeral by Masons at Masonic Temple tomorrow with remains to lie in state there.
The Little Red Button of Progress sale by young women at a Theater mass meeting has sold over 300 by noon and is expected to flood theaters in the remaining day and a half. The committee expresses delight at the patriotic harvest.
In Stony Cove ten miles south of Greenville Tennessee on October 20 three men died in a feud between the Gentry and Gunter families. Victims are A R Gentry Irving Gentry and Schofield Gunter. Gunter was married to Gentry’s daughter and had served as tenant on lands of Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co. after a dispute over a house escalated the longtime feud.
Paris reports three per cent rentes at 98 francs 29 centimes for the account.
Framingham officials accuse a ring of forgery in which Treasurer John Lombard is a tool. $325,000 in forged notes tied to a broader scheme may reach $750,000 as arrests widen. A wealthy Framingham woman is alleged to have received jewels and cars from some suspects, with court action considered to recover plunder.
United States Labor Commissioner Charles P. Neill launched an inquiry into alleged peonage and white slavery in Chicago. The probe began on October 29.
Unsettled weather with likely showers in Wisconsin and Minnesota tonight into Thursday. Iowa also unsettled with showers possible. La Crosse records 34 cooled and 52 warmest, wind 4 mph. river stages near stationary with minor changes. Local gauges include St Paul and Prairie du Chien readings showing small rises or holds.
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