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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1909
Page
8
The Tribune contest offers double votes for subscriptions to boost a contestant’s lead. La Crosse subscribers gain up to 48 000 votes for two years, with generous outside-La Crosse shares, while smaller 5 week and 3 month subs still award hundreds to thousands of votes. Delinquent or updated subscriptions transfer votes, and contestants are urged to act before September 11.
District One covers the South Side with a long list of residents and values for property or assessments led by Frieda Skert and Ethel Olberg and many others. District Two begins with North Side residents including Minnie Tietz and Maude Fuller with values shown.
District Three covers the area in Wisconsin outside the city of La Crosse. The description defines the territorial boundaries for organizational purposes within the state.
District Four refers to the territory covered by The Tribune across Minnesota and Iowa. It outlines regional reporting scope for the paper.
A long list enumerates residents by name and street with rising property values. Names include Martha Smieszak, Emma Hirt, Elda Anderson, Ruth Granke, Bessie Iverson, Bertha Dobrunz, Molly Boyle, and many others alongside street addresses on Kane Avon George Cal Berl Berlin Loomis and numbers ranging from 1,000 to 65,145. The compilation resembles a census or local tax ledger.
Prairie du Chien Wis Sept 4 An new life insurance company named Crawford County Benevolent Society is being organized with a 1500 member limit. Members pay one dollar on each death to benefit beneficiaries. Officers are Will Wagner secretary and A G Kieser treasurer. The town also reports various local moves visits and appointments including school openings and community events.
Four members of a Chicago and Alton section gang were killed and one seriously injured when a loaded car bumped into them as they sought shelter under an empty car at Auburn in Sangamon County. The dead are foreman Wm. G. Wilson Earl Gilkl and Joseph Thompson Pat Water son. The injured, Clarence Satton, had both legs crushed.
An explosion at the Du Powder plant fifteen miles south of Denver today killed one worker and injured three others. Authorities investigated the blast and its cause as emergency crews responded to the site.
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