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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
8
Five women were badly hurt when overhead equipment broke on a Winnebago Traction line on Doty street Oshkosh. A stampede followed as passengers jumped from a speeding car and were treated at nearby homes and hospitals.
Residents of Union Grove discover an attempt to burn the Methodist church, the town's largest house of worship. Two large holes were cut in the side, stuffed with paper and saturated with kerosene, shocking the community fifteen miles west of Racine.
Julius Schulz of Racine reports his 17 year old daughter Ida ran away Saturday with F McArthur recently arriving with a dog and monkey show. He says they went from Racine to Milwaukee then Chicago and that Ida is now in a vaudeville show on La Salle street.
A home remedy claim promotes a tropical fruit prescription to cure chronic constipation and rebuild nervous strength. It prescribes mixing Obitrut Compound Extract with port wine or grape juice, taking a dessert spoonful before meals and at night, and asserts safety with no narcotics or minerals. The ad suggests broad health benefits and urges constant family use.
Kenosha County judges, led by Judge O T Williams, cleared nine inmates on August 15 after pleas of guilty to forgery burglary and grand larceny. Milwaukee workers tied to North Western railroad faced one year at Waupun, while others received six months to two years in reformatories and state prisons. Sheriff Pfenning prepared to transfer the convicts to various institutions.
A Madison party of 27 touring Yellowstone was involved when an observation coach overturned last Saturday. Seven members were seriously injured and several narrowly escaped harm. The group returned to Madison with the injured.
Mayor R E Minnehan of Green Bay, president of the municipal league, urges honesty in city governance. He condemns unjust utility rates, praises truthful service, and attacks curbstone critics and disguised public sinners in church circles, stressing citizen power and accountability.
A admonition on punishing corruption within society. It argues that public service mirrors a community’s morality and urges branding betrayers as corruptionists regardless of status. It asserts that penalties deter rascality and that actions reveal true character.
Agents of the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway in Kenosha stated plans are completed for the company to run cars around the Chicago loop by the first of November. The Evanston line of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Evanston branch will be electrified to accommodate the cars entering Chicago.
From Wyandotte comes a curious report that Lee DuMond aged 3 expelled a two inch live lizard after a vomiting episode. The lizard died from heat in days and the boy reportedly eats better now.
The article warns that more than half of men over sixty suffer prostate and kidney disorders. It promotes Foley's Kidney Cure to treat irregularities, citing Mr Rodney Burnett of Rockport Missouri, age 91, who reports marked improvement after two bottles. Other testimony from O T Erhart is noted.
Jamestown Exposition tickets on sale daily through November 30. For details write R C Haase N W T P A St Paul Minnesota or B N Austin G P A Chicago.
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