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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1907
Page
4
A testimonial from Wayne Paglusch of 207 N Robey St recounts using Cuticura Soap Cuticura Vent Pills and one cake of Cuticura Remedies to cure eczema after severe itching. He praises relief and offers to refer friends and share his cure details from 1906.
Cuticura Ointment is touted as the most successful treatment for skin and scalp troubles including hair loss. The ad promotes a regimen of Cuticura Soap and Ointment with Cuticura Resolvent, and offers a free book on skin disorders from Potter Drug & Chem, Boston.
In Freeport Minnesota R T Radford the village marshal shot and killed John Toenyan during a disturbance with five companions. Radford says he fired to scare the group and the death is deemed accidental with no arrest yet. A deputy coroner reported no inquest due to clear evidence. Toenyan was about 33, tall and heavy.
Twenty were injured, five seriously, when Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Train No. 2 crashed into a handcar half a mile east of Keystone Iowa. The engine and four cars plunged down a 20 foot embankment. Serious injuries included C. C. McElwaine a railroad expressman F. C. Meyers a postal clerk and F. W. Stockton a conductor. The handcar was left on the track by Italian section men and relief trains rushed to the scene with patients moved to Cedar Rapids.
Gov Buchtel of Colorado blasted Denver Juvenile Court Judge Lindsey as a contemptible little cuss and a ban tam rooster after a Chautauqua Roosevelt lecture. He called Lindsey’s one juvenile correction speech a bid for publicity and quipped that Lindsey’s gubernatorial run spoke louder than words.
In a humorous exchange Mrs Wigwag complains her husband seeks independence while Mrs Henpecks retorts she lets him sew his own buttons. The light chat captures home life banter and the era’s social gallantry.
Victor Huot and Edward Firetrault, Duluth businessmen, hunted a bear from their car along Miller Trunk road near Whiteface and Paleface rivers. They halted the vehicle when the bear appeared. Firetrault fired from the seat at about fifty yards, hitting the bear in the heart. The 360 pound bear ran into the woods and died. it was brought into Duluth by auto.
The unconscious body of Albert Cameron of Hibbing, surface boss at the Buffalo and Susquehanna mine, was found in the woods near the railway at Hibbing. He had been shot. his condition was listed as very critical.
In Boone Louisiana a collision left six people trapped under an automobile and a buggy with injuries not life threatening. In Sauk Center Minnesota George Engals shot in the leg while hunting chickens. In Mankato a carpenter fell thirty feet but survived without serious injury. Lake Jefferson reports floating islets threatening vessels. Atlantic Illinois claims a record cucumber. Virginia Minnesota reports two deaths and a severe bruise from a broken rail on the Great Northern line.
A cloud of visits and travels fills the Virqua region as residents and guests attend medical, shopping, and social engagements. Notables include the Boyle Thompson and Chase households camping at Mapledale, and Miss Josie Thompson with Miss Beile Smith planning a Chicago shopping trip for fall stock.
Sunday visits include Mr. Emil Guethner and Lafe Whitehouse family while George Potter returns from Eureka Falls. The La Crescent baseball team defeated Independents 10 to 2 and later beat Dakota 2 to 0 for a purse of ten dollars. Sophia McArthur visits her sister in La Crescent as a Lewiston party assists auto breakdown nearby. A Catholic church benefit social drew a good crowd. Mrs. Tucker plans a two month vacation. A. Thompson loses a horse entangled and suffocating in halter chain.
The column lists local visitors from Wabasha Anoka and Indianola and reports Dakota bridge damage from a flood with repairs underway using riprap and piling. It notes harvest finished and campers enjoying lakeside life while several residents visit relatives in La Crosse Winona and Minneapolis.
Captain John Streckfus of the Ac me Packet company plans year round operation for the J S and W W excursion steamers. After the upper river season ends, the boats will ply the lower rivers from New Orleans southward. Company offices move to Quincy under Captain Walter Wisherd and winter bookings cover all months. The J S will not return to La Crosse until next season. overall year shows prosperity with higher receipts than last year.
Ann Arbor, Aug. 21. The Michigan football outlook for 1907 is more encouraging than in 1896. The schedule improves and the team is about 60 percent stronger. Capt. Magoffin at half back is experienced and a strong ground gainer. Rumney, last year’s M. man, is a strong punter and solid defender. Wasmund, previously at Lafayette, is a fast ball carrier. Douglas, formerly of De Pauw, is another promising candidate for half back.
A. D. Maxwell and family travel with Mrs Royal of South Dakota and Miss Hill in a community notice listing names and connections.
The Stockholm report says Rudyard Kipling is expected to win this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature ahead of Mark Twain. A joking broker burst in, quipping about smoking and Deadwood Dicks as coworkers referenced Kipling’s anticipated award.
In Lucerne Aug 20 Miss Leary and her mother, Mrs. James D. Leary of New York, were robbed of jewelry worth $50,000 after a burglar entered via a balcony. Mrs. Leary confronted a man in a long coat and peak hat who fled when questioned. Police arrested a man matching the description, who claimed to be a Russian prince.
A witty note suggests the underdog can best the leader, using a schoolyard metaphor about the bottom student defeating the top pupil. The line implies a reversal of expectations in competitive settings without naming individuals or places.
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