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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
7
Local society notes list visits and guests in La Crosse with appearances by Mrs Merwin and children Lan sing Mrs Bourne Retreat Wis Mrs Airwood Spokane Mrs Smith Ford Madison Iowa and others. Travelers include John Smith French Creek Emmet Amundson Galesville and H Evenson Lanesboro. A humorous quote closes the column.
Reported in Chas e area that about 50 armed farmers surround an assailant named by 12 year old Sarah Smith. The girl lies dying and crawled to the home of the accused before collapsing. A posse organized by the father searches the country as a bicycle theft claim surfaces.
The undersigned express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during the death of our mother. Mr. and Mrs. L. Engaas. Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Hanson.
Washington, Oct 23. Miss Katharine C. Harley of Fall River defeats national champion Miss Margaret Curtis 3 up 2 to play in the third round of the women’s national golf championship at Chevy Chase. Curtis’ 267 yard drive at No.7 stands as the longest by a woman. Mrs Caleb F. Fox beats Miss Georgiana Bishop 3 up 2 to play. Close, weather favored a day of tight matches and upsets.
Mrs A L Meigs and Mrs J A Griesdale entertained at a 5 o clock tea at the Griesdale home on Vine Street with forty guests. The decor featured autumn leaves and white chrysanthemums with pink accents. Assisting ladies included Mrs George Wheeler Mrs B C Smith Mrs Julius Westby Mrs Frank Sisson and Miss Ruth Parks. A 6 o'clock dinner followed for the assisting ladies and their husbands.
Mrs A Oakes hosted a quilting bee at 1314 Jackson Street with lively chatter and much sewing. A dainty lunch followed as invited guests including Mesdames Otten McCool Romanowsky E M Lockman L K Lockman Howard Tucker Grayburn Cunningham Anderson Keizer Redfuss Horton Chatfield and W L Lockman attended.
Miss Helen Lavake returned from Madison last evening to a home gathering of friends who offered congratulations on her birthday. A dinner for fourteen covered was served. Guests included members of the M. E. church choir and a few other invitees.
Mrs C E Winslow entertained the Birthday club at her home Wednesday afternoon. Members carried their work and discussed news of the day with light gossip. Attending were Mesdames Hartley Dean Lester Nichols Gedney Onalaska O J Sorensen Leissring Savage Bailey Savake Wilson Moll and Winslow.
Mrs W D Iden entertained at a dinner Wednesday evening in honor of her sister Mrs William Schultz of Williams Ia who has been her guest for a number of days. The guests were old friends of the guest of honor. They were Mrs J L Pettingill, Mrs Alfred Harrison, Mrs E L Spicer, W F Benton, Miss Gertrude Heydon, Mrs Alex Hyslop, Miss Elizabeth Livingston, Mrs Schultz and Mrs Iden.
Tuesday evening Mrs. Alex Hyslop and Miss Gertrude Heydon hosted a party with forty guests who brought small prizes. Packages neatly wrapped in tissue paper were laid out on the dining table, each prize awarded by high score and including guest and high prizes. Berries added to the table’s festive look as attendees exchanged and opened their gifts with evident delight.
In Sparta on Oct 23 police chief Martin Holmes raided a late night poker game in a vacant downtown room. Eight offenders were arrested and fined after the surprise door breach. Bert Sturdevant, foreman at Sparta Grain Separator, suffered a temple wound from a flying board while on the job, requiring stitches and risking eye sight.
John Fowler counsel at Chefcoo China called on Secretary Root to protest the downgrade of his office from consul general to consulate, signaling a formal diplomatic dispute in Washington.
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