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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1909
Page
7
Envelopes will be opened shortly before the awards. Judges examine answers and award prizes: First $285 piano, $150 purchase check and $10 gold. Second $125 purchase check and $5 gold. Third $125 purchase check and $5 gold. Other contestants receive Baldwin purchase checks. ties determine winners by penmanship and appearance. Checks transferable with proper endorsement.
Western champion Miss Vida Llewellyn and Mrs. E O Belknap of Evanston travel to Philadelphia to practice for the national women's golf championship. Isabella Smith of Evanston, joining the Chicago group, is already in the east. Mrs. E S Colburn of Evanston is in Detroit and will go to Philadelphia for the meet.
In St. Louis on Sept 29 the National League game ended after the seventh due to light, with the locals triumphing 8 to 4 as electric lamps provided sufficient illumination for top play by both teams.
Directions for contestants specify one prize per family and exclude employees and their families and judges. Each family may enter unlimited contestants, with coupons limited to one per piano. Winners may apply coupons toward Baldwin line pianos and pay the rest on easy terms. All pianos carry Baldwin warranties. The contest closes Thursday October 14, 1909 at 9 am with entries due by then.
Union hall in Winona has been chosen by the entertainment committee of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement association for its October 7-8 convention. The New Masonic temple, planned for the entertainment space, will not be ready, so Union hall offers a large central hall and adjoining rooms as committee rooms. The banquet hall location is still to be decided.
The Parker shows draw crowds in La Crosse with acts on Haymarket square and at the fair grounds. Attractions include the Human Roulette wheel, the Parker Belle troupe, a strong minstrel act, the Superba illusion show, Kansas Cyclone, Cora Beckwith the champion swimmer, Katzenjammer Castle, the Ferris wheel, and The Old Maid's Convention attracting couples and families alike.
Sparta Wisconsin September 29 Special Michael Blakowski a deserter from the U S navy is jailed in Sparta awaiting transfer to Norfolk Virginia Sheriff Henry to transport with an officer Blakowski confessed to vagrancy and desertion Carl Schmidt of West Salem fined for disorderly conduct after an incident on a porch and yard Marriage licenses issued to Fred Kouhler Alma Kriske Oscar Oren son Martha Martinson Luella Westphal Adrien Henry Grenel Wisconsin house taken by W M Frazer Andrew Johnson heads to Northwestern University Mrs H Webb and daughter visit Sparta relatives C H Parks returns from Bismarck Typhoid illness Timothy Thorbus ill Cora Wells birthday party noted Money woes line.
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