Dances, Visitors, and Local Business Active in City
Prof Falls and W H Evans visit McGregor Iowa for business and friends. Oscar Bielat and wife Waureka Wis. visit. J C Frazer returns to Sparta after city business. Miss Cantelin Ettrick Wis. tourist. Frank Weymiller New Albia Ia. T A Donahew Dorchester Ia. A Z Schwartzhoff Dorchester Ia. J M Sexton Canton Ohio returns home after city business. Local calls include Gateway City Transfer Co 179 and others visit brief hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Falls
W. H. Evans
McGregor
Iowa
Oscar Bielat
Waureka
Wis
J. C. Frazer
Sparta
Ellis E. Langdon
Jay St. S. Borah
Mt. Ida
Josie E. Cantelin
Ettrick
Falls
K. P. Hall
Frank Weymiller
New Albia
T. A. Donahew
Dorchester
A. Z. Schwartzhoff
C. J. Jacobson
Winona
Minn
J. M. Sexton
Canton
Ohio
Gateway City Transfer Co
C. G. Marken
Spring Grove
Catherine Martin
Jackson
A. Nelson
Lansing
Lizzie McCabe
Caledonia
Plot Said to Discredit Chief in Racine
Friends of Racine Police Chief Baker claim a plot to undermine his administration. They allege women detectives were used to approach officers and lure them into compromising situations. Patrolmen reportedly faced invitations from a landlady who exposed the so called detective. Chief Baker dismissed the conspiracy as a joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Baker
Nottingham resident mounts wireless telegram on motorcycle
A Nottingham man sets up a wireless telegraph plant on his motorcycle and reports receiving messages while moving over the Toads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nottingham
Eng
Queen Tango Buried as Chicago Bans Tango Cafes
In Chicago the funeral march marks the burial of Queen Tango at 1 a m as a new city ordinance shuts cafes at that hour and bars tango bunny hug and other dances. Spectators at the States restaurant join mourners, while crowds in the Loop observe the tango obsequies before dispersing when the law takes effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chopin
Queen Tango
New City
States
Sylvia Chankee
Loop
Mrs George Schweizer Hosts Bridge Party With Guest Miss Miriam
Mrs George Schweizer entertained two tables of bridge Friday evening with Miss Carrie Miriam of Minneapolis as guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schweizer
Carrie Mirriam
Minneapolis
Hay and livestock trades listed at city market
Saturday reports show John Welch and John Shriver selling hay at the market. J P Miller and Henry Koethe also sold hay, while Hartman and Theodore Humpfeldt disposed of scrap iron and cows respectively. Dan Levitzky visits Minneapolis. Emily Johnson returns from Chicago. Miss Ada Maud Richmond takes Mills College post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Welch
la Crescent
John Shriver
Brownsville Road
J. P. Miller
Hokah Road
A Hartman
Hokah Ridge
J. Evans
Pine Creek
H. Hunt
St. Joseph's Ridge
Henry Koethe
Theodore Humpfeldt
North Ridge
Dan Levitzky
Minneapolis
Emily Johnson
Chicago
Ada Maud Richmond
H. T. Richmond
Campbell
Mills College
California
Lydia
Esther Nelson
Lanesboro
Myrtle
Nora Ruden
Division Street
O'Neil Olson
Willa
Colon
S. D
Jewell
Griffin
Jenkins
1611 Pine Street
Simon Johnson
la Crosse
Mr. C H Greenwood Leads Ladies To Bluff Park Outing
Mr C H Greenwood drove a party of ladies by car Saturday to Winona via Galesville. They paused at Bluff Park, a scenic resort just outside Winona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Greenwood
Winona
Galesville
Bluff Park
Neighborhood Coffee Gatherings and Local Movements
Mrs. M Martinson hosted neighbors on Wednesday afternoon at 402 North Sixteenth Street with guests including Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Schuda, Miss Schuda, Mrs. Novak and Mrs. R Jenks. Mrs. O Mydell held a small gathering on Eighth and Johnson Streets with Emid Schultz, H Bertelson and Mrs. Jenks. A two course luncheon was served at five. Francis Wickware and infant son left for New York after visiting Mrs. Wickware’s mother Mrs. W R Sill. Frances Egbert heads to Boston to attend Sargent School and Camp Hancock in New Hampshire for a month of school work. Edna and Maud Darling returned from Peoria Illinois after visiting W H Becker. Carrie Larson returned from Viroqua and Sparta. Mr. and Mrs. A W Larson go to Waukesha for a horse show. Mrs. Frank Davis and Mrs. C W Levis travel to Minneapolis to attend the Minnesota State Fair with drivers Homer and Harold Davis. Margaret Marston of St Paul expected home for a month with her mother Mrs. E E Marston. Mrs. F A Cotton returned Friday from Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Martinson
North Sixteenth Street
Nelson
Schuda
Novak
R. Jenks
O. Mydell
Eighth and
Johnson Streets
Emid Schultz
H. Bertelson
Jenks
Francis Wickware
Peoria
Ill
W. H. Becker
Carrie Larson
Viroqua
Sparta
A. W. Larson
Waukesha
Frank Davis
C. W. Levis
Minneapolis
Davis
Messrs
Homer and
Harold Davis
Margaret Marston
St. Paul
E. E. Marston
F. A. Cotton
Indianapolis
Hints to Young Authors from a Successful Woman Writer
A Manchester Guardian report recounts a young aspirant asking a famed female author for advice on literary success. The reply offers a curious twist on a famous line, stressing perseverance, a typewriter, and a mangle to smooth manuscripts so editors cannot tell they are new work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Manchester Guardian
Dream lore and social quirks from old Detroit club tale
A Grand Rapids club anecdote explains a man drinks nightly to know when to go home by counting stairs. The piece mentions ancient and medieval dream interpreters Artemidorus Aristotle and Cicero on foretelling events by dreams and notes the social habit of smoking cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Plato
Aristotle
Cicero
Artemidorous of
Ephesus
Osskosh Publisher's Aide to Wed Teacher Next
Oshkosh Wisconsin September 1 report follows the marriage announcement of Col John Hicks publisher of the Oshkosh Northwestern to Miss Mary Powers a local teacher now comes news Oscar J Hardy the Northwesterns business manager will marry Miss Gertrude Weidner a school teacher and daughter of Julius Weidner local job printing proprietor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh, Wis
Col
John Hicks
The
Oshkosh Northwestern
Mary Powers
Oscar J. Hardy
Northwestern
Gertrude Weidner
Julius Weidner
Public examination for La Crosse police members
The Police and Fire Commissioners announce a public examination of applicants for La Crosse Wisconsin police department membership. The exam will be at City Hall 7:30 p.m. Wednesday September 3 1913. L. C. Colman Secretary. La Crosse Wis August 26 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
City of
la Et Wis
City Hall
Board OF Police and‘ Fire Commissioners
L. C. Colman
la Crosse
Wis
Crushing the Golfer and a Rude Encounter in London Punch
A London Punch cartoon caption shows a golfer asking a woman to move from the line of a drive. The woman refuses, accusing the golfer of rudeness and insisting a gentleman would yield in the face of her position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Seven Firemen Injured in Janesville Crash
Seven Janesville firemen were badly hurt when an auto truck collided with a hose wagon en route to a fire. None died. The fire started by a lamp explosion in a bedroom delayed the department. Two children in the bedroom were saved by neighbors who put out the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Wis
Professor Kerr Opens New Studio on Third Floor
Professor James R. Kerr announces the opening of his studio at a new location on the third floor of the Majestic building. He will greet old pupils and welcome new ones beginning Tuesday September 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Kerr
Majestic
Government to manufacture ammunition at Rock Island arsenal
Representative Clyde H. Tavenner of Illinois introduced six bills in the lower house proposing a government cartridge and field artillery ammunition plant at Rock Island arsenal. The proposal argues the government can save millions by producing its own ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde H. Tavenner
Ilinois
Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island
Zionist congress opens in Vienna with on to Palestine keynote
About 500 delegates from 25 countries attend the Zionist congress in Vienna led by Professor Warburg. The debate centers on practical colonization of Palestine versus political safeguards for Jews in oppressed lands. Financial aims include the Jewish Colonial Trust with 110,000 shareholders and a Zionist National Fund seeking 250,000 this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Palestine
Warburg
University of Berlin
United States
Canada
Actions Committee
Congress
Practicals
Politicals
Max Norsdau
Paris
Palestine Movement
Russia
Roumania
Jewish Colonial Trust Company
Zionist Movement
London
Jewish National Fund
America
Baron Rothschild
Baron Hirsch
Bucklin and Stevenson Ready to Wed in Onalaska
A marriage license was issued for Miss Lulu Bucklin daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Bucklin Onalaska and William Stevenson son of Major John Stevenson 1626 Berlin street. Stevenson is principal of Union High School Holmen a La Crosse graduate and Bucklin teaches at Glenwood Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Bucklin
J.C. Bucklin
Onalaska
William Stevenson
John Stevenson
Berlin Street
Stevenson
la Crosse High
Union High School
Holmen
Miss Bucklin
Glenwood
Wis
Tramp Shot Wounds Youth in Portage Incident
Portage Wisconsin on September 1 1910 report William Riley 18 wounded by gunshot after Julius Gilbertson says he shot to frighten a tramp Riley grave condition described as alarming Gilbertson arrested and not denying the shooting standing trial pending further details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage
Wis
William Riley
Julius Gilbertson
Gilbertson
Riley
McReynolds Expected to Quit Post as Attorney General
Washington sources report that James McReynolds plans to resign as attorney general, saying criticism has made his cabinet presence a handicap to President Wilson's administration. He cites pressure from criticism over the Union Pacific Southern Pacific dissolution case and other actions, but insists he has been right in his conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James McReynolds
United States
McReynolds
Wilson
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific
Water Blister Cited as Cause of Death in Wausau
In Wausau Wisconsin Miss Ernestine Katz died after a small water blister on her finger was picked with a needle. Blood poisoning followed during a lake trip and she died Saturday afternoon in a Chicago hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wausau
Wis
Ernestine Katz
Chicago
England Tops World in Cheese Enjoyment
The article notes England as leading cheese eaters globally and suggests the habit may have spread from Wales. It emphasizes national taste for cheese without citing data or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Museum of Daily Facts and Freaks Plants Tree to Hang Self
Gideon Silvestre a retired railroad official hanged himself to an acacia tree he planted for that purpose and watched it grow to a sufficient size in Paris. The report includes other bizarre brief items from Europe and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Gideon Silvestre
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John C. Burns
Fruit House
the Fashion Shop
F. A. Reiman
J. H. Hengel
Winnebago St
Elliott
Loeffler CO
Beth
UU Seeits
Cass Street
Morris & Hartwell
Allege
Phillips Brooks
Wireless
J. Jensen
South Third Street
Main Street
Old State Bank
Conkey
Hoeschler Bros
Eee Market Square
Hicks
Uncle Sam
James A. Patton
We Lacrosse Theatre
Bill” Stevenson
Alice J. Carlsted
E. D. Hunt
Pine Street
M’reynolds
New York
Museum of
Leicester
Wilfred Powell
London Health Department
Totowa
N. J
Robert Yahn
Philadelphia
Zedd Hetzel Cepp
ST. Louis
John Creed
Jay St
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