La Crosse Council Adopts Speed and Street Repair Measures
North La Crosse speed enforcement gains support as police action expands to catch violators on the causeway and main streets. The board orders rapid repair of sewers and damaged pavements on Rose Gould Mill streets with rolling and roughing to restore macadam surfaces.
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Viva Voce
Causeway
Caledonia Street
North
la Crosse
Downs
City of la Crosse
Rose Street
Gould Street
Mill
Mill Street
Monitor Street
Board of Public Works
North la Crosse
Police Department
Police Committee
Goddard
Vive Voce
Wis
Jas. T. Day
Geo. Falk
Fred Schnell
Doarl of Public Works
Nerero Ore
Towit
Mormon Coulee Road
Green Bay Street
West Avenue
Common Council
Special Meeting Calls for Sewers and Street Improvements La Crosse
La Crosse Wisconsin council held a special session August 1909 to consider storm overflows with the intercepting sewer on Front and Second streets, authorize plans and estimates, and discuss a $1,000 water-supply investigation. Committees reported on curb and gutter work by La Crosse Plow Co and pole removals on South Front Street.
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Goddard
la Crosse Stone Co
Special
Bedessem
Viva Voce
Board of Public Works
Eleventh Street
Pine Street
la Crosse Street
Badger Street
11Th
12Th Streets
City Railway Co
City of la Crosse
Railroad Commission of Wisconsin
Sletten
Dan Moore
Miles Murphy
Houska
Jojade
Peter Kisselbach
Charles Street
C. M. & St. P. Railway Co
Joseph M. Sieger
Vollmar
la Crosse
Wis
Geo. N. Bedessem
John Vollmar
W. H. Tarbox
Tarbox
House
City of
South Front Street
Mississippi
Jos. C. Housea
Adam Kroner
Committee
City of la Crossa
Mississippi Street
Tyler Street
Dayton Street
Travis Street
Fremont Street
Barlow Street
Mississippi River Valley Improvement Association
Winona
Minn
John Gund Brewing Company
Mormon Coulee Road
Comon Council
Roth
Anton Reitzel
Madison Street
Seventeenth Street
Green Bay Tracks
Marvin
Anna Fay
Judiciary Committee
Downs
Casberg
J. F. Thomas
J. T. Thomas
Granke
Kohn
Kroner
Lang
Muenzenberger
Schneeberger
Slette
Sawmill Explodes in Wisconsin North Fork Fire
W. J. Bendixen's portable sawmill at North Fork Wisconsin was destroyed by a dynamite blast around midnight. The engine and mill were wrecked with debris thrown far, and the loss estimated between 700 and 1000 dollars. No suspects or crew were present.
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Prentics
Wis
W. J. Bendixen
North Fork
Man Dies From Burns in Crematory Fire
Paul Munsche aged 43 from Oshkosh died at a local hospital in Stevens Point Wisconsin from burns received Friday afternoon. He crawled into a small brick building used as a crematory for paper waste and refuse and the fire began while he was inside. the cause may have been self inflected or accidental.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Paul Munsche
Oshkosh
Locabh
Burns
Munsche
Scion of Prominent Family Found Dead in Janesville
Joseph Van Kirk, son of the late W. T. Van Kirk and a member of a leading Janesville family, was found dead in his mother's residence. He apparently died by his own hand, having committed suicide on Sunday while his mother was away in the east.
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Janesville, Wis
Joseph van Kirk
W. T. van Kirk
Dedication of Washington Lodge Masonic Building
The dedication of the new Masonic building of the Washington lodge of Masons in Green Bay Wisconsin occurred yesterday afternoon. Services were conducted by W. W. Peary of Milwaukee and other grand lodge officers.
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Green Bay
Wis
Washington Lodge of Masons
W. W. Peary
Milwaukee
Grand Lodge
Civil service exam set for federal census clerks
J M Shoemaker in St Paul reports an entrance exam for clerks in the next federal census. Applicants 18 to 50, with forms from Shoemaker or civil service offices. Oct 23 test date. Minnesota sites include St Paul Mankato Fergus Falls Duluth and Crookston.
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ST. Paul
Minn
J. M. Shoemaker
United States Civil Service Board
E. D. Durand
Washington
Shot in Back Dies in Sleeper
Angelo Benedato a 53 year old Italian laborer was found dead with a gun wound in the back on Great Northern train No 4 at Union depot in St Paul. Coroner Miller reported the body and a man identifying as Giovani Lucarine claimed to be an agent for eight fellow countrymen seeking medical aid for Benedato who said he was shot while hunting with a friend named Frank an accident.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Angelo Benedato
Great Northern
Union
Saco
Mont
Benedato
St. Paul
A. W. Miller
Physician Dead After Bicycle Assault in Moorhead
Dr Thrond S Egge prominent Moorhead physician was hurled from his bicycle and killed by a man with a large club. Frank Keathman of Fargo, reported to have recent trouble with the doctor, was arrested at his home as a murder suspect.
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Moorhead
Minn
Thrond S. Egge
Frank Keathman
Fargo
Priest Fights Duel With Bold Burglar in Home Invasion
Rev. Joseph Herr of St. Joseph's Polish Catholic church stood in his Jackson home window and fired five shots at two burglars who were robbing the house. The robbers returned fire with three shots as they fled, in a rare daytime gunfight.
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Jackson, Mich
Joseph Herr
St. Joseph’s
Watch the Individual Use of Said Too Freely
A brief note critiques a speaker or writer for overusing the word said emphasizing restraint and clearer attribution. The piece calls for precise dialogue tags and varied storytelling by reporters and authors.
Motorboating season near end with regattas in midwest states
The northern motor boating season ends as cold weather nears with regattas in Davenport and Peoria praised as among the best yet. Rain spoiled Burlington plans for a large Mississippi race, while other river cities hosted successful events.
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Burlington
Mississippi
Davenport
Tri-Cities
Peoria
Clinton
Bellville
Muscatine
Illinois
Paratrooper Survives 1000-Foot Plunge in DeKalb
A paratrooper plunged about 1000 feet when his parachute failed to open in DeKalb Illinois. He survived the fall and received emergency medical attention. The incident occurred on September 8 as the crew prepared for a training jump. Authorities investigated the circumstances of the failed deployment.
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Dekalb
Tramps Sentenced for Larceny in Drug Store Case
William Merrick received 20 days and James Fisher 30 days in jail after a yesterday afternoon trial on larceny charges. The two men were found with material believed stolen from a drug store in their possession.
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William Merrick
James Fisher
Cotton Crop Ginned 377552 Bales This Season
Washington Sept 8 census bureau reports 377552 bales of cotton ginned from 1909 growth by Sept 1, down from 402229 bales on the same date last year according to active ginneries reports.
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Washington, D. C
Census Bureau Today
National Banks Ordered to Report Conditions
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for statements from all national banks. Conditions must reflect business closing on Wednesday, September 1, with reports due shortly thereafter.
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National Banks
Washington, D. C
Comptroller of the Currency
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