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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1907
Page
6
An old promotional notice extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a potent restorative for nursing mothers and weak women. It claims to relieve headaches backache pelvic distress and irregular periods, promotes nourishment for babies, and offers a transparent glyceric extract with ingredients printed on the bottle wrapper. It urges readers to request a booklet for details and warns against secret nostrums.
Secretary Reid and hotel owner dispute a one meal charge at a July 26 La Crosse Board of Trade event honoring state regents. Names like Senator Morris and Regent Morris surface in a tale of a missing paid banquet, a blue dress suit, and sleuthing by reporters and officials.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar for hay fever and summer colds. It promises immediate relief from difficult breathing and healing of inflamed air passages, noting the genuine product comes in a yellow package and identifying O. T. Erhart as the distributor.
The La Crosse post office weighed all July mail under Washington instructions. Total mail weighed reached 123223 pounds with breakdowns for first and second class, subscribers’ copies, sample copies, free counts, and transient mail. Weighing continues in August as reports are mailed to Washington. The reason for weighing was not disclosed by local officials.
Mr and Mrs Horace W Avery and son Horace W Jr of Detroit arrive in La Crosse in the launch La Ella after a 339 hour 59 minute trip from New Orleans to La Crosse covering 1100 miles on the Mississippi. They navigated lakes and rivers from Detroit to St Paul with six aboard and plan further travel. The craft is 35 feet long with a ten horsepower engine and two rooms. The only major mishap was losing a propeller wheel near Lansing.
Chief Byrne plans to contact St. Paul authorities to confirm if the Minneapolis arrestee, jailed on forgery charges as Edward Schorer, is the same man who recently preyed on Third street saloonkeepers for about 70 dollars. Local police think the Minneapolis and La Crosse forgers are the same.
In a dispute at 1430 Adams Street, William Bachman accuses his son Adolph Bachman of assault. Adolph, arraigned before Judge Brindley, pleads not guilty and the case is continued to August 12. Mrs. Bachman claims the son is the breadwinner and denies the alleged strike. Bachman Sr. seeks to remove his son from the home, while the truth awaits trial.
Mississippi & Ohio River Pilots association plans a celebration and demonstration for President Roosevelt's Oct. 3 arrival in St Louis. Mayor W A Anderson was informed to arrange a La Crosse delegation, ideally aboard its own boat, joining a flotilla of steamboats and delegations from river cities.
John Ritter of St Joseph’s Rudge was fined $15 and costs after pleading guilty to assaulting William Weishaupt. Ritter allegedly struck Weishaupt in the mouth with a fist, knocked him to the ground, and caused additional injuries.
Washington Aug 2 Lieut Col William F Tucker paymaster of the department of the lakes with headquarters at Chicago will not be court martialed over a complaint by his wife Mrs Delly Logan Tucker. The inspector general report finds no violation of law or army regulations and discloses no improper relations with a woman in the Philippines.
A band of gypsies including an Indian squaw and a man, with a wagon of kids, chased by Officers Yolton and Taylor, stole canvas from A. A. Kob litz on Third and Main. They returned the canvas but were not detained. The group then took a large tent after asking Kob litz for scraps.
Street cars for the new North Side loop were shipped from St Louis on August 1 and should arrive today or tomorrow. The cars are entirely new with more space than current largest cars, comparable in size to Twin City cars, and are modern in every way except they will lack air brakes.
Chairman Gus Keller of the auditorium committee has called a meeting for Monday evening to consider armory and auditorium plans from five architects. The meeting will also consider employing an expert to review the plans and prepare a cost estimate for construction.
L Coren the dry goods merchant leaves Sunday for New York to buy a new stock of goods. He will be joined by buyers Miss Carolyne Hansen and Miss Marguerite Guertin. They expect to order one of the finest lines of goods ever brought to the city.
News arrives of the infant son of Mr and Mrs Guy Hebberd dying in Spokane Washington. He is the grandson of Mr and Mrs S S Hebberd and well known in La Crosse. The Gund’s Brewing company office force picnic is set for Sunday August 11 at a river park.
Robert Calvert secretary of the Manufacturers' and Jobbers' union has received printed copies of several bills passed by the last state legislature. No meeting could be called until the copies are examined and measures affecting La Crosse are chosen for board action.
Trial date Tuesday August 13 is set for Shegetaro Morikubo charged with practicing medicine without a license. Defense lawyers Morris and Hartwell named. Dr. Palmer of Davenport Indiana who runs a large chiropractic school met Morikubo in La Crosse. Palmer earlier faced similar charges, jailed for lack of bonds, and his case stalled for years.
Due to yesterday’s rain the Society Burlesque Circus will perform at League Ball Park Sunday afternoon and evening. Attendance was light yesterday but shows continued to satisfy the small audience. Highlights include the Loop the Loop stunt and a high dive, plus a side show featuring the smallest man.
Farmers along the State Coulee road report trouble from a large band of gypsies who passed through al Crosse yesterday forenoon wrecking fields and hen coops. Police received complaints as three wagons with men women and children were seen near the road.
Mr. P. P. Olson resigns after four years as department and floor manager at the Doerflinger store and will take charge of the office at Bergh Piano Company on South Third Street. He plans to start about August 15.
Tomorrow’s game at League Park features the Noxalls of this city against Ona laska, to be played at the old Gund’s field due to the baseball association’s circus event running one more day.
August G Hoppe of 1109 Badger street died yesterday after a four month illness from dropsy. He was 67 and had lived in the city 25 years. Survived by his wife and four children, all in the city. Funeral Monday at 2 from home and 2:30 at German Lutheran church Rev Gamm officiating. Interment Oak Grove cemetery.
Mrs Earl Mell visits mother Mrs R Thorn ton at Galesville. Wayne Gilfillian returns home from Taylor Texas to visit his parents. Miss Lizzie Bartle returns from two week east visit. Roy Lohmiller formerly of La Crosse now in Ann Arbor visits. Mrs Anna Corlett and children visit W W Herman at Sparta. Miss Lulu Klein returns from Minneapolis teaching to La Crosse for a visit with North Eighth street parents.
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