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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
8
The Tribune announces a $3,500 prize contest with 18 winners. District winners receive first prizes and grand prizes include two 1909 cars, a $400 piano and gold purses. Votes come from subscriptions, with 16,000 votes for a one year prepaid subscription and 24,000 for two years.
A long district one voter roster lists dozens of residents by name and address across Wisconsin towns such as Read, La Crosse Street, Adams Street, South Binth Street, and South Third Street. The list features voters from Vera Rose Route No. 3 to Laura Larson at Theater Candy Store and Celeste Rupp on Adams Street, reflecting a broad community enrollment.
A compiled list shows residents in District Three including Rae Bueno Spoter Wie and Wille Hoge Cashtom Wis Adell Boorman Stockholm Wis Mies Cora Berkholtz Soldiers Grove Mrs T F Shields Steuben Wis Woods Pee Gee MIM Wit and Pera Hon Onalaska Wis Mrs A J Blashfield Boscobel Wis with assorted earnings and regional placements. Figures next to names indicate income or value alongside town affiliations like Stockholm Soldiers Grove Steuben Onalaska and Boscobel.
In Pittsburg, Peter Leibauch, a hermit and beggar, is confined to an asylum as searchers comb his 35 year old hovel. They removed $26,000 in coins and cash and found bank books showing at least $25,000 deposited. the fortune is believed to total $75,000 to $106,000. Coins and small bills spilled from dusty clothes, trunks, and cigar boxes.
The La Crosse District Dental Association held its quarterly convention in Tomah with about twenty dentists attending. Meetings occurred in the Business Men's club rooms, with both afternoon and evening sessions and a supper at the Sherman house. The group toured Tomah and praised the town, noting plans to add a third story to the Sherman house to double guest rooms.
When digestion runs smoothly and bowels move regularly a natural appetite returns. If this is lacking a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets may help. They strengthen digestive organs, improve appetite and regulate bowels.
A humorous line defines a man’s home as the place where his clothes hang neatly on the right hooks and all buttons remain firmly sewn. This witty remark highlights tidiness as a notion of domestic comfort.
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