Desperate Fight Behind Runaway Near Keegan’s Lake
Peter Smith a Plymouth township farmer was held up while driving home two miles north of Keegan’s lake. A robber jumped in, a gunshot grazed Smith’s head, and a fierce struggle followed as frightened horses tore along the road. The robber fled after Smith and a second shot hit a horse, injuring it. Smith’s injuries were not serious.
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Minneapolis
Peter Smith
Plymouth Township
Keegan's Lake
Smith
Western Wisconsin Teachers Association to Convene in La Crosse
The sixth annual meeting of the Western Wisconsin Teachers' Association will be in La Crosse on Friday and Saturday the 22nd and 23rd. Expect a large turnout, with a strong program and addresses by leading state educators. Law allows teachers to attend without wage loss. boards urged to take advantage. About 400 teachers are expected.
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Western Wisconsin Teachers’ Association
la Crosse
Wisconsin
National Purity conference debates education and social reform
Burlington Iowa hosts the National Purity conference with discussions on the sex question in child education and methods to end social evil in large cities. Delegates handle the issues boldly. A. G. Farwell of the Chicago Law and Order League delivers the keynote on our duty in law enforcement.
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Burlington
National Purity Conference
A. G. Farwell
Chicago Law and Order League
Casca Royal Pills Ad Endorsed by Philadelphia Woman
Mrs G J Anton of Philadelphia endorses Casca Royal Pills saying they relieve chronic constipation and improve digestion and nerves. Free trial package offered by The Black Dayton Ohio. Available in 10 and 25 cent sizes.
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G. J. Anton
Alder
Philadelphia
Blackburn
Acres
Dayton
Ohio
Big speakers at six o'clock dinners in La Crosse
La Crosse board of trade schedules six o'clock dinners with talks by General Garcia of Cuba and Ford H. McGregor on civic matters. A plan to offer no trophy to the Western Poultry association is approved and a new member joins the committee on Hackner relief and factory relocation concerns.
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Garcia
Cuba
United States
la Crosse
E. S. Hebberd
Ford H. McGregor
The
State University
Messrs. H. C. Hart
H. J. Hirshheimer
J. L. Utermoehl
Western Poultry Association
W. W. Cargill
Messrs
A. L. Schubert
J. M. Holley
E. 8. Hebberd
Hackner
Adam Kroner
A. H. Schubert
Board of Trade
Good Roads
John Kindley
Henry C. Emery
Tariff Board
United States Treasury Department
la Crosse Board of Trade
Jno. Neukomm
Linker Hall
FE. L. Spicer
W. A. Pryor
Wm. Doerflinger
Messrs. Spicer
Prior
Merchants Back Permanent County Road Improvements
La Crosse merchants favor permanent road improvements after John Kindley's plan presentation. They urge one road at a time, overseen to ensure value, to boost farmer trade and city business, with support from wholesale fruit and grocery firms and local retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kindley
Board of Trade
la Crosse
John C. Burns
J. W. Bryant
Bryant & Sisson Co
Peter Newburg
Clothier
John A. Elliott
Elliott & Loeffler
Henry N. Boehm
Continental Clothing Company
T. A. Lavake
The Repairing of Your Watch
The Repairing of Your Watch should be entrusted to those whose scientific knowledge of watchmaking means intelligent work. Our watch experts have spent their lives studying the intricate mechanism of watches. Their services are offered with confidence that your watch will receive the utmost consideration at their hands.
Comptroller William Fries Weds Laura Olsen at Early Hour
At 6 o'clock this morning at St Marys church in the city, William J. Fries city comptroller and Laura M Olsen were married by Rev Charles Fries of Summit Wisconsin. The couple will reside at 225 North Ninth street after a short wedding trip and a wedding breakfast at the bride's mother's home.
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St. Mary's Church
William J. Fries
Laura M. Olsen
Charlies Fries
Summit
Wis
Anna M. Fries
Anton R. Fries
East
North Ninth Street
Willard E. Olsen
W. W. Cargill Company
Reverend Shute Injured in Bicycle Collision
Rev. A Lincoln Shute pastor of the First M E Church fell from his bicycle after a dog darted in front of him on West avenue near Main street. He was shaken and bruised but suffered no broken bones as bystanders aided him and he continued to a W C T U meeting.
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A. Lincoln Shute
M. E
West Avenue
Main Street
R. L. Stanton
Rev. Shute
Mr. Shute
Funeral for August Kunitz Held in La Crosse
August C. Kunitz of 406 Oakland Street died at home after a week with peritonitis. A German immigrant, 44, he worked as a cigar maker for years. Survived by a widow, six brothers, three sisters. Funeral tomorrow afternoon at his residence with Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen services. Rev. Andreas officiating. Interment Oak Grove Cemetery. Fessler and Dahl in charge.
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August C. Kunitz
Oakland Street
la Crosse
Germany
Odd Fellows
Andreas
Oak Grove Cemetery
Fessler & Dahl
Lafayette Holmes Dies Much Loved in La Crosse
Lafayette Holmes born January 10 1834 in Jefferson County Ohio died aged 68 in La Crosse Wisconsin. He served as city comptroller from 1899 to 1905 and was a Mason, Knight of Pythias and Elk. Survived by son Walter and brothers James and William with two sisters. Oak Grove Cemetery will receive the burial. Pallbearers include Moulton Hyde Allen Funke Copeland Gotterdam.
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I. H. Moulton
8. Y. Hyde
N. D. Allen
Jos. B. Funke
F. A. Copeland
E. A. Gotterdam
Oak Grove Cemetery
Ohio
Lafayette Holmes
Jefferson County
William and
Eliza (Voorhees) Holmes
Senator Voorhees
Indiana
Iowa
Pittsburg
Iroquois County
Ill
Galent
California
Scales Mound
Galena
St. Paul
Davidson Lumber Company
Big Davidson Properties
Davidson
Val Bigelow
City Comptroller
Holmes
Sarah Lee
Walter
la Crosse Can Company
James
William
Alaska
C. L. Butcher
J. H. Sargisson
Ft. Callina
Colo
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows and
the Elks
City to prosecute draymen over graft complaints
A traveling man at the Stoddard hotel accused a drayman of overcharging 75 cents for depot transport and pocketing prior fares. Mayor Sorensen and Chief Webber will act, with plans for licensing hacks and drays and requiring visible identifying numbers to curb grafting as investigations continue.
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Stoddard Hotel
Ori J. Sorensen
John Webber
la Crosse
Sorensen
John Newman Dies at 70 After Poultry and Fish Market Career
John Newman aged 70 died Tuesday at 11 30 p m at his home 2004 Green Bay street La Crosse. He was 32 years a resident and retired from his poultry and fish market business 14 years ago. Survived by his wife seven children James John F Charles Robert Mary Margaret Angeline all with him except John F in Colorado Springs and a sister Mrs Mary Hyland of Worthington Minn Funeral services set for Thursday at 9 a m from St Mary's church with burial in Catholic cemetery.
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John Newman
Green Bay Street
la Crosse
James John F
Charles
Robert
Mary
Margaret
Angeline
John F
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mary Hyland
Worthington, Minn
St. Mary’s Church
Funeral services for Nick Jarvis to be held at St Marys
The funeral of the late Nicholas Jarvis will be held from St. Mary's church at 9 a m Friday. Friends may view the remains Thursday after noon at the residence of E H Derr 314 South Sixth Street.
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Nicholas Jarvis
St. Mary's Church
E. H. Derr
South Sixth Street
Pretty Girls Vie in Sale of Little Red Buttons
A civic meeting led by George Blackstone Irving announces a La Crosse theater lecture on October 21 to raise funds via 25 cent buttons. Proceeds support advancement efforts with Gage and Wohlhbuter donating the theater and Krentz and Andre bands volunteering. local papers offer free support.
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George Blackstone Irving
Chicago Dry Goods Reporter
Irving
la Crosse Theater
Gage
A. H. Schubert
H. N. Boehm
Frank Sisson
WM. Doerflinger
Christmas Tree Case Takes Court Time In Wisconsin
In United States Court today the Muntz versus Bradley case dominated the session as witnesses testified about Christmas trees seized in Wisconsin. Damages claimed total about 6000 dollars as carloads are involved and disputes center on ownership of the trees and rights to the land. Davis case may plead guilty to a mail order fraud charge with a possible four and a half year sentence and 150 indictments are expected from the grand jury proceedings referring to liquor cases.
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United States
Muntz
Bradley and Company
Bradley & Co
Wisconsin
Bradley Company
Davis
F. L. Davis
F. K. McGovern
Milwaukee
Inheritance Tax Paid on Thomas K. Allen Estate
Tax of 154.11 paid to the state inheritance tax after settling Thomas K. Allen’s estate which totaled 12,200. Bequests to churches and societies incur 5 percent tax: Protestant Episcopal church 1251 tax 57.59. Seabury Divinity school 500 tax 20. Domestic and Foreign Missionary society 500 tax 20. Evangelical Educational society 500 tax 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas K. Allen
Protestant Episcopal Church
Seabury Divinity School
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Episcopal Church
Evangelical Educational Society
Typhoon kills hundreds on Chinese coast
Dispatches from Macao report hundreds killed as a typhoon swept the Chinese coast near Hong Kong. Interior damage is unclear because communications have been severed.
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London
Macco
Hong Kong
Sheriff arrests man after brick-throwing incident at Cushner's
Sheriff Duncan served a John Doe warrant at Cushner's saloon on West Salem Road to arrest a man who allegedly threw a brick through a window after being ejected last night. The arrest targeted the suspect following the disturbance at the road house establishment.
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Duncan
Cushner
West Salem Road
Would Murder De Lara at Once
New York records show intense interest in the fate of Mexican exile L. Gutierrez De Lara of Los Angeles, linked to John Kenneth Turner and Turner’s Barbarous Mexico. Socialists expect possible swift execution on return to Mexico and pledge support.
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DE Lara
New York
L. Gutierez de Lara
Los Angeles
John Kenneth Turner
Turner
Mexico
Danish explorer backs Cook pole claim in Greenland dispatch
Copenhagen reports Rasmussen confirms Eskimo accounts support Frederick Cook reaching the North Pole before Peary. Rasmussen sent details to Copenhagen and will reunite with Cook’s two Eskimo companions, awaiting final confirmation from Danish authorities.
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London
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Peary
Rasmussen
Greenland
Cook
Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
Cape York
Denmark
Godthaab
Elks Urged to Attend Funeral of Brother Lafé Holmes
Members of the B P O Elks are asked to meet at their hall at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to attend the funeral of Brother Lafé Holmes. G B Fredericks, Secy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ELKS
B. P. O. Elks
Lafé Holmes
Knights of Pythias Members Attend Funeral Service
All members of the Linton Jody Knights of Pythias are asked to meet at their hall tomorrow at 2 PM to attend the funeral of Brother Lafayette Holmes. H. T. Cole, C. ???
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Knights OF Pythias
Linton
Lafayette Holmes
H. T. Cole
Splendid 40 Acre Farm For Sale At Sacrifice Price
Describes 40 acre A-1 loam tillable land 15 cultivated with timber pasture near Taylors Falls. Includes good buildings, cattle, horses, hay, crops, and tools. Owner selling at sacrifice with $2,500 price, half cash, easy terms, immediate possession. Also mentions 80 acre dairy farm with similar features and prices. Contact FRANK FREDEEN, Taylors Falls, Minn. Ticket 98 cents from St Paul.
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St. Croix Falls
Taylors Falls
St. Paul
P.O
Paul
Frank Fredeen
Minn
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Mary T. Goldman
Geldman i Bidg
St. Paul, Minn
Fries-Olsen
St. Mary’s Catholic
Rev
Shute
Kunitz
Draymen
Nick Jarvis
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G. S.S
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U. S
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