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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1908
Page
5
Fragmented classified items show multiple help wanted notes including barber shop training and various job listings. Some entries reference recruitment for military service and general labor with unclear details and partial contact hints.
A fragment from a La Crosse Wisconsin page lists numerous rental ads including rooms for rent in various buildings on South Sixth Street and Division, plus listings for furnished rooms, a five room flat, and a brick house. Also notes a large property listing, insurance services, loans, a solicitor wanted, and a legal notice about a bicycle sale for unpaid repair charges dated 1908.
Fire of mysterious origin swept through New Ulm damaging the Summer and Boasch blocks near the heart of the city. Rummel Brothers clothing and Pfefferle grocery were destroyed along with stocks and buildings estimated at 15000 dollars. Fire fighters prevented a larger blaze despite strong winds.
Spicer Minnesota village recorder and editor of the Green Lake Breese drowned while bathing at Green Lake. Report states the body has not been recovered, with local remarks noting tranquil scenes and seasonal insects.
Minnesota town Crookston experiences a four hour cloudburst from 4 to 8 pm with 6 to 7 inches of rain causing widespread basement flooding in the business district and hundreds of homes. Losses run into tens of thousands with many merchants named among the affected, and damage tallied as crews salvage stock. A local physician warns about insidious kidney disease linked to malarial exposure.
St Paul Minnesota The forty ninth annual Minnesota State Agricultural Society fair opens at Hamline with promises of the greatest state fair in history. The 1908 semi centennial celebration spurs unusual efforts by the board of managers to ensure a bigger and better event, weighing extension to two weeks against the traditional six days.
A detailed portrait of Senator Levi Ankeny and challenger Wesley L. Jones in Washington’s primary race. The piece traces Ankeny’s background from an adopted name to banking, farming, and frontier life, while praising Jones as self-made and a seasoned congressman opposed to party machines. The article notes mudslinging and voter expectations for the September 8 primary under a new system.
The piece notes a nationwide revival of interest in spiritualism with leading magazines and newspapers reporting on evidence that the dead may live. It cites mediums and scientists who question materialist disbelief, referencing Fox sisters and lectures by Frank Ripley at Silverman Hall, corner Fourth and Main, on Sundays in September at 9 40 a m and 9 30 p m.
A modern adventure tale in which two Chicago businessmen join an old guide to reach a hidden interior mountain realm. There a giant, advanced civilization reshapes energy, communication, and time, provoking thought and wide discussion about science and imagination.
A fragment recalls a writer who crafted a tale and mailed it with exact postage. On the wrapper flap she signs Reta toe Mise Jones, prompting the editor named Kippinéett's to respond. The brief, archival note hints at an old manuscript era and editor interaction.
Thayer Bass and William D Harris, both residents of Minnesota, disappeared after their canoe overturned in a heavy gale on Cass Lake near Cast Lake. The incident occurred three quarters of a mile from the Cass Lake dock as observers watched a futile rescue attempt unfold.
A blaze in the Great Northern yards at Barneaville Minnesota destroyed six thousand railroad ties. Bark from the ties was burned in the yards and wind aided the spread. The loss is estimated around one hundred thousand dollars with shops threatened. {Note: interpretation of garbled text retained as best available facts}
Prices at wholesale and retail markets show no changes this morning amid favorable weather. Farmers continue late harvesting with tobacco expected to be housed before the first killing frost. apples, lemons, peaches, grapes, potatoes, and various produce listed with quoted prices.
Markets opened with quiet buying in New York as stocks edged higher led by Southern Pacific Union Pacific and Illinois Central with government bonds steady. Kansas City cattle and hogs showed mixed declines while Chicago cattle and sheep moved lower. hay traders report several loads moved in towns across Wisconsin and Illinois as farmers sell produce yesterday.
Fargo North Dakota September crowds greet William Jennings Bryan as he tours the state fair. He pledges to personally see that every Democratic platform promise is carried out, calls a special congressional session if elected, and criticizes the Gannon rule. He plans further speeches in Grand Forks Sioux City.
Thousands of land seekers from western Canada and the United States gathered at multiple land offices as a new law took effect opening the Dowinton lands in eastern Canada. Applicants formed lines about 30 hours before the deadline, marking a brisk start to the program.
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