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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
8
Crookston deputy creamery inspector condemned ten cans of milk and cream at the Great Northern depot as unwholesome. Prosecutions will begin against shippers along the Greenbush and St Vincent line for diluting shipments with water.
Savor Tabitha raised biscuits praised for using Gold Medal Flour. Samantra notes a common flaw as many critics cannot replicate what they preach.
At Winona Minnesota the annual Red Men convention ends with officer elections and the next convention city to be chosen. Stillwater and Brainerd compete. a social session features a playlet The Mock Adoption. Great Sachem Reid speaks on Redmanship as P C Seeberger chairs judiciary matters including a proposed saloon ban rule.
A truckload of 22 Montana cattle burned roof of their transport during a slow trip to South St. Paul. Many cattle suffered severe burns on backs and heads. Agent Ebner arranged unloading at Anoka. Sheriff Palmer notified the board of health as cattle disposition is planned.
A railroad agent arrived this morning and every cow was shot and the bodies burned. The animal loss is estimated to exceed 1200 dollars as a result of the incident and fires.
Gustaf Nothnagel drank carbolic acid at 305 East Alders Street Stillwater Minn early yesterday. He had been released from Rochester hospital for the insane as cured four years ago but had shown strange behavior for a year. He worked at a saw mill and was employed yesterday. his wife heard a disturbance and found he had left the bedroom.
R A Gray J P of Oakville Indiana says ten years bedridden by kidney disease left him unable to move part of his body. After exhausting doctors Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended and he calls it a God send in this testimonial.
At the Faribault hotel in Fargo North Dakota a guest named John Schultz fired a .38 caliber pistol at his reflection in a mirror. He shot again blasting the partition into the next room. Panicked guests alerted authorities and Schultz was arrested. he offered no excuse and appeared rational at the station.
In Bismarck on August 13 Joseph Miller admitted guilt to grand larceny and was sent to the penitentiary for three years. He stole a farmer’s horse near Ellendale on August 2, prompting a high speed chase of nineteen miles by Dickey County Sheriff using an auto. Shots were exchanged before Miller’s horse failed and he fled.
Twin City capitalists plan to develop extensive peat beds near Fer tile Minnesota along the Northern Pacific. The peat, a relic of prehistoric lakes and swamps, is abundant in the region and a leading authority says it is valuable for commercial development.
In Iowa Falls, the year-and-a-half-old child of Mr. and Mrs. James Hogan died yesterday from peritonitis after severe burns caused by a teapot spill about a week earlier. The accident occurred when the child pulled the teapot, spilling hot tea down her back and shoulders.
A lifelike oil portrait of the late Bishop Sagen of the Norwegian Lutheran diocese was placed Tuesday evening in a prominent hospital location in La Crosse. Trustee meeting featured remarks by E. O. Vik and attorney O. R. Skaar praising the bishop’s work in founding the new Lutheran hospital. The artist Lars Haukaness, formerly of Madison, created the painting, already noted for its realism and linked to other civic portraits.
In Iowa Falls Reverend P C Nelson resigns from Hampton Baptist Church and will move to Indianola by September 1 to devote his work to evangelists efforts. Sioux Falls Reverend F P Leach may speak at the Lyon County Sunday School convention at Highmore next Sunday. In Mitchell a planned Sanborn county drainage ditch faced injunction action after a protest from a nearby farmer. Mason City Dougherty Township picnic set for August 15 with J J McGuire of Richland Center Wisconsin delivering the day’s address. Belmond and Dougherty to play a pig running ball game.
A Chicago blaze destroyed fifty eight cars and damaged the vicinity for a half million dollars at C A Coey's garage and shops on Seventeenth street and Indiana avenue. The flames spread to adjacent frame buildings and threatened the whole block before being checked. Investigators suspect a generator exploded in an overheating automobile as the cause.
Wilbur Wright of Dayton Ohio, aeronaut, made a splendid flight at Le Mans France yesterday looping the field five times and staying aloft six minutes fifty two and a half seconds. The altitude reached was about 90 feet as spectators cheered and crowded to view the ascent from the shed.
Cardinal Gibbons announced health improvement and says relapse report greatly exaggerated. He received visitors and attended a church function as he prepares to carry out European plans.
A gentle Sunday night rain revived vegetation near Pickwick Minnesota and raised farmers hopes for a better corn crop. Mr. Will Irvine and Miss Rose of Galesville stayed with Mrs. Frank Griffin, marking a visit noted in local society circles.
Over the past three weeks several residents returned home Sunday while others left for jobs on steam shovels in Hastings Miles City and Minneapolis. Mrs. Smith and daughter Marion of Aitkin Minnesota visit J C Johnston this week. Local W C T U held an afternoon meeting at Mrs Jennie Cox home electing officers Mrs Cox president Mrs Suffrins vice president Mrs Willard secretary and Mrs Johnston press superintendent.
John Mitchell and Ralph M. Easley arrived at Oyster Bay for talks with the president on trade agreement matters. They refused to divulge details until after their Sagamore Hill consultation.
The Woodmen of the World will initiate a large class at their meeting Friday evening. A sizable delegation is expected from surrounding towns where the order is represented to assist in the proceedings.
The advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for hay fever and summer colds, promising immediate relief from difficult breathing and inflamed air passages even if it does not fully cure. It notes the genuine product is in a yellow package. O. 7. Erhart.
In a note on Victorian etiquette the writer insists widows be addressed as widow followed by their surname rather than as Mrs. The guidance reflects older social norms about honoring widows in public life.
J P Dunlap of St Paul and Judge Leonard Kleeber fished the river south of town Tuesday in the Reitzel launch. They returned Wednesday evening with twenty bass.
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