Railroad Men Warn of Coal Famine Danger in Wisconsin
La Crosse rail officials warn that unless Wisconsin and Minnesota residents stock coal now a repetition of the 1906 07 famine may occur. Storage is strained with 3 000 000 tons soft coal and 800 000 tons hard coal at the lakes head. Dealers expect no price rise Sept 1 except 10 cents on hard coal. soft coal later possible. Summer trade weak as rail cars scarce with grain movement and crop hauling looming.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Tce Lakes
Great Northern
North Dakota
Coil
Local Notables and Visits From Cochrane Wisconsin to Winona
A roundup of residents and visitors includes Elsie Tinelnburg returning to Winona, Aymond Guettinger and others heading to Winona for studies, and area residents attending the street fair. Birthdays and engagements are noted, and a tragedy unfolds as William Sass drowns crossing a slough near Buffalo City with services set.
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Elsie Tinelnburg
Winona
Aymond Guettinger
Edwin
Georg Rohrer
Eddie Schultz
Business College
Hfe
Wm. Huth
A. R. Mank
Henry Keilholtz
A. Pieper
H E. Kochenderfoer
Frank Rohrer
Ori White
Weaver
Minn
Ben
Hee
Telvidere Slough
William
Wm. Sass
Buffalo City
Rv. Schultz
Alma
Local Notes From Homer and Surrounding Towns
Mrs P Tuell of Winona visited her daughter and family in Homer last week. Chyley Hobart visited Winona Sunday afternoon. George Haling and his daughter from Rochester are visiting Mr and Mrs Nelson Breed. Charley Kosz’s daughter receives hospital treatment in Winona. School opened Monday with Brown of Winona as teacher. only nineteen pupils enrolled. M C Hammond of Pleasant is mentioned in local notes.
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P. Tuell
Winona
Chyley Hobart
Winona Sundy
George Haling
Dad
Rochester
Minn
Nelson Breed
Charley Kosz
Hogital
Scheol
Brown
M. C. Hammond
Pleasant
Local social notes and community updates from the village
Ridge and daughter Regina of Minneapolis visited friends Sunday. Mrs F L Tainter stayed with relatives in Winona. Elmer Tainter and Earl Green returned to Winona to resume high school study. A Woodmen basket social netted about twenty dollars. Village men are building a road at Shore Acres.
Local News From Alma and Nearby Towns
Mrs. Parr visited Winona yesterday. Clifford Dyer the night operator returned from vacation. Rudolph Faulds visits Arcadia. Prof. C. D. Donaldson returns home from Chicago. Miss Frieda Mataglia goes to Winona to attend school.
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Parr
Winona
Clifford Dyer
Rudolph Faulds
Arcadia
C. D. Donaldson
Chicago
Frieda Mataglia
American firms urged to enter Congo Free State trade
Consul General James A. Smith reports strong commercial prospects for American manufacturers in the Congo Free State now that Belgium has annexed the territory. He envisions a trading house with own river steamers, handling rubber ivory gum copal palm products and cotton goods, competing with German English and French rivals. Impor tations average about 4 million dollars annually.
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Washington, D. C
Congo Free State
James A. Smith
Bona
Congo
Belgium
mid-Africa
Leopoldville
Smith
United States
Mayors Discuss Municipal Matters in Wisconsin Convention
The Wisconsin Municipal League holds its annual three day session in Oconomowoc with welcomes from Mayor Eagerton and former Mayor Douglass. Speeches cover state highways, municipal sanitation, public utilities, and municipal bonds. A field trip to Pabst farm and lectures on parks, power gas, and landscape gardening close the program.
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Oconomowoc
Wis
Wisconsin Municipal League
B. G. Eagerton
Douglass
Monroe
Currens
Edgerton
Sand‘sten
Madison
Leonard Smith
United States Geological Survey
Wisconsin
John W.alvord
Chicago
Mexico
Bacon
Oshkosh
Cc. A. Harper
State Board of Health
RB. H. Meyer
Railway Commission
O‘meara
West Bend
Fred Pabst
Oconomowoc Lake
John Nolen
Cambridge
Mass
H. B. MacFarland
The Sign of the Power by Swami Vivekananda
A meditation on power and self control. Calmness signals superior strength while outward activity reveals lower strength. True strength lies in restraining the plunging horses of impulse rather than letting them run free.
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Swami Vivekannanda
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Cochrane, Wis
H. M Lindenthal
America
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
University of Wisconsin
U. of W. No. 2
Columbia
Southern
Henry N. Boehm
Swagger
Alma, Wis
Two Rivers
League
Kirchoffer
State Highway Department
A. R. Hirst
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