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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1908
Page
5
The circuit court will be adjourned at week’s end until November on Judge Fruit’s court at Sorta, which opens next Tuesday. County tyler W. J. Fries works on the budget to present to the common council at its next regular meeting. Nelson funeral noted in brief.
The doctor is essential in any community and should be consulted immediately for any family member. Delays can be dangerous as early disease signs go unnoticed and life may be lost. Preservation Drugist CHAS. BEYSCHLAG offers correctly prepared prescriptions with reliable remedies and claims over 106,000 prepared.
Bishop Nuelson newly elected to the M E church will address pastors at the Pastors Union meeting on Oct 5 at the Y M C A building. He is author of The Body and Some Recent Phases of German Theology and regular contributor to German religious reviews. All pastors are urged to attend.
Obituary notice for Johannes Nelson states his funeral is this afternoon at 2 30 from St Pauls Lutheran with Rev Anderson officiating Interment in Oak Grove cemetery Genoa Miss Emma Ott of Genoa wed H R Sherman of Pierre D 3 8 wedding tour through the East to settle in Pierre Snow falls east of the city several inches but cold expected to end Ice dealers relieved by new supplies Arctic Sea and Fuel importing ice from Wausau Rally at YWCA tonight at 8 with Lake Geneva conference report and Rev Ingram addressing the women
Pitchers Baillies and Carl Bond travel to Lansing for Harvest festival games this week while Pitcher Jones competes in Galesville during fair week. The column notes scarce heiresses and the burden on fathers to dress daughters, leaving little in the sugar bowl.
Miss Hazel Ryan and Miss Lucin da Mourning left for Winona to attend the normal. Miss Mae Van Wormer is left for her home in West Salem after a visit. Dr. George Powell is a consulting physician. Charles Vandelan returned home after hospital surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thorson visited from Minneapolis. Fo ley's Kidney Cure advertised. O. T. Erhart and Karl Kurtenacker returned from six weeks on the Pacific coast. Mrs. S Morikubo of Davenport visiting L. A. Harrison. Mina Wasch of Onalaska accepted a teaching post in Galesville schools. Millinery opening at Farlan's Monday and Tuesday. Midshipman Walter Heiberg to report for duty on the Mississippi in Philadelphia. Hack calls available at 179 Gateway City Trir Line. Erick Erickson of Mabel visiting. Dr. Will Powell noted for women’s diseases. Mary Torgerson and daughter in town shopping. Automobile batteries advertised. L. O. Rud of Lansing renewing business. Attend Farlan's opening Sept 28 29. Heimer and Jens Larson visiting. Edmund Null of Hokah in town on business. Laxative Orino promoted for constipation. Assemblyman J R Jones in town on business. Judge L Keeber in Oshkosh on business. Miss B Kjose opening fall millinery with Chicago selection. Marshal Emil Wenzel of West Salem in La Crosse on a matter. P A Wakefield of West Salem a visitor. Emim Olson barber hunting and bagging ducks.
Carrie Sheppard known as Mrs. Carrie Mosher pleaded guilty in county court to selling liquor to minors and paid a $25 fine plus costs. Officers failed to secure evidence for harsher charges and did not arrest Sokolik. Cushner also paid a fine for the same offense while the other women were released.
A witty note contrasts the terms for cleaning clothes, describing a woman’s at home act as a wash while a trip to a shop downtown refers to the same task as the laundry. The quip plays on regional language differences and social shorthand.
Miss Lydia Kre mers wed Samuel F Morris in a ceremony at the First German Reform church Milwaukee. A brief reception followed at the bride’s mother’s home. The couple will be at home after November 1 in Anniston Alabama. Mrs Morris is sister of Mrs Henry Salzer of this city and has many acquaintances here among the younger society set.
Saturday afternoon Miss Ethel Olbergig hosted a coffee as a complimentary farewell for several young women preparing to leave for their schools. Guests included Misses Anne Ray Harriet Ray Cora Schultz Agnes Nelson Nora Nelson Florence Scofield Kathleen Thornbury Dolly Tisdale Bessie Hodge Pernell Horner Beatrice Leissring and Mary Randall of Mauston.
Mrs Moller directs a Shakespeare class in Christ church guild rooms as Twelfth Night is begun. The session gathers residents for study and discussion of the play's themes and characters.
Mrs. Frank E. Smith of 1522 Main Street invites guests to a five o clock tea on Wednesday and Thursday. A parcel shower will be held tonight at Mrs. J S Colman’s residence for Mill Ollie McLees.
Miss Mary Randall of Manston is the guest of Miss Bessie Hodges. Messrs C J and A Bangsberg have returned to Viroqua after visiting their brother O C Bangsberg. Miss Ethel Scofield of Marathon has returned home after visiting friends. The M E church pastors Sunday school class meets at 8 in the church parlor for officer elections and business.
The court directed a verdict for the Independent Order of Foresters in the case A. E. Large vs. the Foresters. Large sought $500 on a policy held by his sister-in-law Miss Ida Seiler at her death. The insurer argued Seiler misrepresented her health on the medical exam.
A democratic club was organized in the eighth ward at Meinert's hall with a large turnout. Speeches by Bryan were delivered via phonograph. Ed Geinski was elected president, Wenzel Lapitz secretary, and Pete Hettinger treasurer.
Police could not trace a crook who swindled a young woman of 20 dollars near W A Barber's laundry yesterday afternoon. The thief likely escaped on the evening train, and officers may have lost the chance to capture him.
The American fleet remains about 1,000 miles from Manila with arrival unlikely before Saturday. A one day halt in Albany Australia caused the setback. Also included is an editorial remark warning readers to avoid dwelling on undesirable outcomes.
A woman impatient with her husband when he becomes angry intensifies the scene, likening her reaction to stoking a hotter fire as the kettle boils over.
La Crosse baseball president John Elliott reports that team presidents will meet Sunday at 1 30 in the Davison hotel Milwaukee. Key topics include a proposed salary cap to make the Wisconsin Illinois league paying and monthly director meetings with financial reports. The Madison protest over Sept 11 and 13 games stands for consideration and possible forfeiture to La Crosse if unsatisfactory.
Theodore Smith a Toledo tryout signee now released. Smith, a Tomah native, pitched for Eau Claire last year. The Wisconsin Illinois league cannot reach class C before 1910 due to officials refusing state census data. Higher class growth unlikely for large towns. Iowa league advanced last season as did the Central Association.
Representative Champ Clark recounts a 19th century cloak room moment where Senator Butler of South Carolina arrived, was introduced to new lawmakers, and a Mississippi senator remarks that Butler’s wooden leg is not apparent. The exchange ends with Clark’s astonishment at the claim.
The Philadelphia Ledger quote recalls a Confederate officer who lost a leg at war and later lost his artificial limb to shell fire. The senator remarks that if Butler had been a Union officer he would be drawing a double pension from the government.
A wife expresses happiness that her husband will borrow all her money if he spends a few cents on flowers to give her, viewing the gesture as a sweet token of affection.
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