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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1909
Page
8
The Tribune details a 3500 prize contest running until Sept 11 with 1969 model autos as grand awards. Local contestants vie within districts to gain votes by subscription numbers, urging accurate subscriber names and addresses and daily ballot counts. Standings update each noon as votes flow in.
A list shows district residents with addresses and values, including Rose Keefe and Alfrieda Ikert, alongside numerous names and street details. Totals and partial sums appear for properties and holdings, reflecting a district record or assessment ledger entry.
A long list of names from Lansing, McGregor, Caledonia, Hokah, Spring Grove, New Albin, Harmony, and nearby areas appears alongside scattered financial figures and crop or tax related entries. The fragment combines resident names with numeric totals such as 25,960 and 19,216, and resembles a district census or local ledger excerpt.
The text presents a light verse about Jack at home and walking with Ann around a city park, attributed to a judge. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with a money back guarantee if not satisfied after using two thirds of a bottle per directions.
Otto Knaak returns from Bowdle South Dakota and others visit relatives in Trempealeau Winona La Moille and Minneapolis. A rain boosts crops and a Pickwick baseball game ends 5 to 4 for Winona. Multiple residents visit, travel, and attend picnics with detailed local names and places.
A Batesville India na man named A. S. Nausbaum reports a three month summer cold improved after using Foley's Honey and Tar syrup. He notes prior prescriptions failed and his wife later used it with success, per O. T. Erhart.
Mrs. John R. Ramsey drove a Maxwell touring car into city hall to cap a New York to San Francisco crossing. She was accompanied by Mrs. N. R. Pow and Miss Jack of New York. The trip is described as largely successful with plans for rest after the journey.
Wisconsin militia Battery A arrives by special train to Camp Robinson near Sparta for a week of artillery instruction. Officers cover gun and carriage care, instrument use, firing data prep, and harness work while enlisted men learn maintenance and stables. Local events include Sparta baseball win and a factory reopening under a receiver.
Sam Bergey says the Jeffries Johnson fight will be staged on the Pacific coast with James Coffroth of San Francisco and Tom McCarey of Los Angeles regarded as top match sponsors. Hugh McIntosh has bid $50 and McCarey has submitted a bid as competition for the bout.
A fragmented item notes delays in settling long distance trade involving millions of dollars and touches on health topics. The text references stomach liver and kidneys and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for distress, indigestion and fever related issues.
The annual Illinois swim held in Chicago features a long distance craft race with 10 seats per boat and non expert swimmers. Runners start at the saving station by the mouth of the Chicago River and finish at Boulevard Bridge with boats manned by volunteers and several paddlers accompanying the swimmers.
Fragmentary OCR notes urge seeking constant remedies for costly symptoms. It references doctors bills and suffering while praising an unspecified product with claims of repeated doses and warnings against substitutes.
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