Motorists warned on provisions of new ordinance
City of La Crosse announces a new ordinance effective Friday restricting turns to travel opposite the original direction at Main Street intersections with Front Second Third Fourth and Fifth and Sixth streets. Drivers must signal intended direction, fail to comply may face fines from one to ten dollars. The measure governs turning rules and requires remaining to the right through intersections.
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Police Department
Arciniitee
Forrth
Possinia
City of
la Crosse
City of la Crosse
Employee awarded compensation for work injury
Henry Krueger, an employee of La Grosse Box, was awarded disability compensation, hospital and surgical aid by the industrial commission. Krueger alleged a hernia from pushing a 9 track loaded with materials at work. The Employers Mutual Insurance Company contested under the old statute but the new law allowed a broader claim. The award totaled 235.61 for disability plus 97 hospital and 124 for surgical treatment. F KE Withrow served as Krueger's attorney.
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Henry Krneger
la Grosse Box Company
Lisability
Industrial Commission
Krueger
Elzia
Ariod
Te Commission
Employers' Mutual Insornance Company
Bat
Commission
F. KE. Withrow
Root declines to be considered for world justice court
New York. Etihu Root has declined nomination to the international part of justice under the league of nations because of his advanced age. The Tejan consulate announced Friday that Root sent a letter to President Titten of the Italian senate as chairman of the Italian nominator. Members of the court will be chosen this month by the assembly and the council of the league of nations meeting at Geneva from candidates proposed by various countries.
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New York
Etihu Root
International Part of Justice
Reague of Nations
Tejan
Wood Accepts Governor General Post in Philippines
Major General Leonard Wood announced his acceptance of the governor generalship of the Philippine Islands. He said he would retire from the army to take the role, citing the seriousness of the situation in the Philippines and the duty to act. The move follows tender from President Taft and a formal notification to the War Department.
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Manila
Associated Press
Leonard Wood
Ceveral
Philippines
Yarding
Greera Wand
Camp Dis
N. 7
A9th
Camp Sherman
Fort Benjamin Haxison
Ind
Camp Knox
Louisvill
Gener
Bandholt
Philippine Constabulary
AEF
France
War Department
Arcizioz
Bandholtz
Morgan files suit against Milwaukee detective agency
Madison Wis Salt started by Attorneys General Morgan Friday against the Howard W. Russell agency of Milwaukee for 2500 alleging acting without a license. The complaint seeks to deterdetermine if detective agencies employed strikebreakers and used labor without licenses. Twenty five causes of action list claims against the agency for supplying strike breakers under contract with the Warsau shop association.
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Madison
Wis
Attorces
Morgan Friday Amiun
Howard W. Russell Bower
Milwaukee
Interneteipl Commission
Etsa
Eithoyt Ucenae
A. M. Hoyt
Ue Circuit
Taue County
Defendent
Warsau ‘Ope
Michigan plans bridge across Mackinaw Straits
The Michigan State Good Roads convention named Grand Rapids the 1922 meeting site and announced plans to connect the lower and upper peninsulas with a bridge across the Mackinaw Straits. If finances allow, construction could begin within a year, with emphasis on safe linkages but few details on backers or funding.
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Michigan
Mackinaw Straits
Punt
Mich
Grand Rapids
Dub B. Doolle
Marquetta
State Board of Agricu Fire
Upper
Depa Ridge
Straits of Mackinaw
Two wives and one husband seek divorces in Iowa suits
Vera Sagear accuses her husband Floyd Sagear of beating her and leaving home for days with their three year old son, while claiming custody of their two children. Burkhalter and Sagear seek divorce on grounds of desertion. Clare Allen seeks divorce from John Allen citing desertion and alleged infidelity during marriage from 1903, with ten children and custody sought. Attorneys Higbee and Swentes listed for Mrs Allen. Sunday Norwegian services announced for Holmen church at 10 morning and Norvegian service at Bove afternoon.
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I. Kleeber
Mironit Comrt
Vera Sigear
Winona
Burkberg
Betrur
Iowa
Nebraska
Allen
Holmen
Bermum, Naslor
Up, OLDIE ON WAY TO THE BATTLE FRONT
Meager reports from the Blair Mountain area indicate heavy firing along the front near Blair Mountain Mill Creek and Crooked Creek. Logan County authorities report a wounded man and several enemy dead as planes patrol Boone County while forces mobilize toward martial law.
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Oldie
Spruce Fork Ridge
Logan County
Stagnant Sewage Pools Threaten City Health
North and south side residents push for action as stagnant sewage pools foul air and threaten neighborhoods along the river. Resolutions to dredge Isle La Plume and redirect flows to Black River await council action, while health officials plan meetings to address the crisis.
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Black River
Isle la Plume
South Side
Missisines Street
Worth Side
Hagar Street
War Department
Isle 2 Plume
Common Council
Counts Board
Hammond and Dodge
Mississippi River
Tribune
Leader-Pross
Mississippi
Front Streets
Women and children flee war zone amid ongoing fighting
Aligned with Spruce Fork ridge clashes and rail disruption, civilians from Little Coal River region seek refuge in St Albans West Virginia. Trains halted on Little Coal line. wires cut. hospitals opened for wounded. guards report sporadic firing overnight. two arrests and a fatal shooting during transfer at county jail. Local business and work suspended as authorities assess the crisis.
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Albans
W. Va
Little Cowl River
Spruce Fork Ridge
Hote’s Wi
St. Albans
Panining
West Virginia
Tagan
Logan County
Cotonci W
Eubanks
West Virgfinia National Guard
Lacan
Isheriff Chafin
Caddock to Meet Ahyzko in Des Moines Showdown
Earl Caddock of Walnut, Illinois, former world heavyweight wrestling champion, is slated to meet Stanislaus Ahyzko, current champion, in Des Moines on October 18. The match follows reports of Caddock’s recent watching for the bout and builds a marquee heavyweight title clash. In New York, the American Smelting and Refining Company raised lead prices from 4.40 to 4.50 cents per pound.
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Caddock
Zbyzko
Omaha
New York
American [Smelting and Refining Company
Denunciation of Near Beer Sales at State Fair Stands
Milwauk ee Wisconsin observers denounce near beer sales at fairground refreshment stands as a violation of the Severson law prohibiting malt liquors. Prohibitionists call for enforcement while officers note prices target saloons and question whether counters may be legally classified as sale points.
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Milwayterd
Wis
Severson
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Wyoming County
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