Frank KH Drops Dead WELKS Club Hotelman and Democrat Leader
Frank KH, prominent La Crosse hotelman and longtime Democratic figure, died suddenly after finishing dessert at a Welks Club gathering. He served three terms as alderman and was internal revenue collector under President Wilson's era. Funeral at St Joseph Cathedral, May involve Elks members. Survived by siblings and extended family.
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Express rates authorized for Badger State Roost
Wisconsin officials announce an increase in express rates for the Badger State Roost, with details of the commission’s decision and effective date. The action follows an American Express company application and is set to take effect next week, impacting freight charges and service costs.
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Workers Agree to 10 Percent Pay Cut at Herbert Hosiery Mills
In Conshohocken Pennsylvania on September 11 workers at Herbert Hosiery Mills voted to accept a ten percent wage reduction to keep the plant open. The announcement by head L. S. Herbert said had the workers refused, they would have faced a shutdown. All employees are women some earning up to 54 dollars weekly amid widespread mill closures in the region due to canceled orders.
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Five Hundred Examined At Chest Clinic In Wisconsin
More than five hundred forty one people were examined yesterday at a chest clinic held at the courthouse under La Crosse County and the Wisconsin tuberculosis association. Officials call it the largest and most successful clinic in the state, with about eight percent showing active TB or suspicion. Residents from La Crosse and surrounding counties up to sixty miles away joined the effort, aided by county and city nurses and volunteers led by Miss Marion Gorse and Theodore Werle, with praise for local organizers and the Oak Forest sanatorium admissions triggered by the day’s investigations.
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Safety Street Cars In Operation Today On Badger Street
Report describes one man street cars now running along Badger Street in the town business district. They are lighter and quicker than heavier double truck cars and are expected to please travelers. Additional safety cars are to be added on other south side avenues next week.
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Political interest centers on state platform meetings
Wis Sept 11 Interest in politics centers on the coming Republican platform convention to be held Sept 21 in Madison. The effort is focused on who controls the convention with Nonpartisan league endorsed candidates renominated in some districts. A prediction shows 88 to 43 against the league in the platform makeup, signaling regular Republicans will name electors and committeemen.
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Harding Planning Speaking Tour to the Pacific Coast
Marion Ohio September news item notes Senator Harding plans a Pacific Coast speaking tour with addresses in western states where campaign events are planned. An additional four to five speeches are expected in the East in late October, with the western trip likely beginning in late September including Indianapolis Chicago Louisville St Louis Omaha Boise City Spokane Seattle Portland San Francisco Los Angeles Salt Lake City Denver Oklahoma City and other cities.
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New Evidence On Republican Funds Presented By Cox
Governor Cox reading letters from H F Alexander purporting to show Republican subscription allotments and a corruption fund. He cites Chicago senate investigation as corroboration while outlining his western campaign route through Washington Oregon and Seattle toward Portland and Salt Lake City.
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Gold Transfer To New Assay Building Behind Sub-Treasury
On September 11 the United States planned to move a vast sum of gold bars totaling 900,060,060 to a new assay building adjacent to the sub-treasury. The transfer would create the world’s largest single concentration of gold.
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Senate Panel Drops Cox as Witness in Chicago Drive
The Senate committee investigating campaign expenditures adjourned in Chicago after finishing work. It declined to subpoena Governor Cox, citing a representative from Ohio who testified, and planned to reconvene September 22 in New York or Washington. The hearing exposed a Chicago drive with divisions and 3,000 workers, and noted alleged solicitations of Democratic funds from Aberdeen girls via $400 asks.
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Woman named commissioner for Columbia District
Washington Sept 11 President Wilson named Mabel T Boardman long time American Red Cross executive to be a commissioner of the District of Columbia effective next Wednesday upon Brownlows retirement. The appointment makes Miss Boardman the first woman on the district governance commission.
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Baby survives fall in cushioned carriage from fourth story
New York authorities report an infant fell from a fourth story fire escape onto a cushioned baby carriage and escaped unharmed. The incident surprised onlookers and prompted comparisons to natural selection.
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Socialist Revolt in Trieste Quelled by Italian Troops
Socialist uprising in Trieste featured barricades and heavy weaponry with machine guns and bombs. Italian troops and naval forces regained control by nightfall, patrolling streets as a destroyer anchored in the harbor. Civil Governor Mosconi issued an ultimatum, prompting socialist leaders to withdraw and rioters to dismantle fortifications.
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MacSwiney near collapse in Cork bulletin
London Sept 11 Te rence Mac Swiney lord mayor of Cork remained conscious early today though exhausted and in great pain with back and leg trouble and dizziness A 3 o clock bulletin reported he was prostrate and mind dull but still awake Villa followers threaten trouble in Mexico Felix Diaz allies move across Chiapas Oaxaca and Tobasco fears rise from Vera Cruz misantia reports
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Lemberg Offensive Still Rages In War Tactics
Bolshevik forces renew attacks in the Lemberg sector as fighting continues near Warsaw. Reports say Bolsheviks repelled assaults on the town of Bysk, with combat ongoing across multiple fronts and stocks of arms and troops being marshaled for further operations.
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Council ends lengthy fight over city school building plan
The common council voted unanimously to bond the city for 375000 to finance construction of the Hogan, Washburn, and Lozan junior high schools. Plans for Hogan were approved and bids authorized. building on Washburn to begin next June, with use of barracks for toilets and repairs at Washburn. Logon school site facing Avon street under debate, parking ordinance repealed, and work authorized to dredge a channel near the Isle La Plume bridge.
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