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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
6
A reader recounts Adelaide Hyde’s decadelong skin illness starting four months before, after two doctors failed to help. Using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills the eruption cleared rapidly, hair regrew, and the patient slept better. The testimonial from Essex dated March 1907 praises the remedies’ effectiveness.
River expert Capt. Geo. Wat recounts seeing powerful gas launches at Wiseona and Sabula, Iowa, praising Mississippi boat houses near Moline while lamenting local craft. He vows to push hard to improve the city’s motorboat scene and urges workers to build better boats and launches.
Hearing for Capt. Hains and his brother is postponed a week after talks between District Attorney Darrin and Hains' chief counsel J F McIntyre. McIntyre seeks discharge via habeas corpus if no dismissal. rumor says Mrs Hains may visit tomorrow or Monday.
Dr. W. E. Alton of Fort Dodge plans a motorboat journey from St. Paul to the gulf down the Mississippi with eight companions. The 44 foot craft, now at Lake Ceylon Minnesota, will travel about 12 mph. The voyage, starting in November, will take roughly two and a half months with Dr. Alton’s nephew as engineer.
New Ulm Minnesota August 22 Joseph Styler a section hand was killed one mile west of Hudson when a Northwestern work train struck a handcar on which four men led by Foreman Michael Kuku were en route to a job. Styler died at the hospital from a fractured skull and internal injuries. Authorities search for a man identified by a number and linked to a Chicago employment agency.
Congressman John J. Esch reports the mescale bean belief among Wisconsin Winnebago Indians remains limited while Nebraska Winnebagos embrace a new religious practice. An Indian student named Hensley, a Carlisle graduate, preaches that a coming Comforter is the mescale. About 70 Nebraska Indians attended a Black River Falls celebration.
Freeport directors voted to hold a booster day this September when Freeport faces Madison. Admission will be $1, aiming to reach 25 000 paid attendance and raise about $2 000 for the team’s aid.
A 25 cent family excursion sails on the Rutledge from La Crosse to Lansing on Thursday August 27. The steamer leaves La Crosse at 9 30 a m and makes a two hour stop at Lansing. It arrives back home at 7 p m.
In Chicago Bryan approves Norman E. Mack’s strategy to outsource fund raising to state committees, build Bryan Kern clubs nationwide, and mobilize top speakers in the Midwest. A series of conferences with Bryan starts in Des Moines, with a Monday noon departure for Indianapolis.
The Fond du Lac Commonwealth suggests President Moll of the Wisconsin Illinois league should publish official standings and batting averages at intervals during the season. It notes current laxity leaves clubs misinformed and fans unable to compare papers. The proposal highlights Moll as having an original idea for the league.
Health notice warns that men over sixty risk kidney and bladder disorders from enlarged prostate. It touts Foley's Kidney Cure as effective, citing Rodney Burnett of Rockport Missouri, age 91, who reports relief after two bottles.
Post master General Meyer Forester Gifford Pinchot Theodore P. Shonts and G W Painter a missionary from China meet with Taft in Hot Spring Aug 22 Meyer plans to golf with Taft and discuss campaign strategy Pinchot returns from a western trip to report on prospects beyond the Mississippi.
The Noxalls meet Midway at league park tomorrow afternoon at 3.00. Midway has lost two of 72 games. Noxalls’ batteries are Swayt and Nelson. Midway’s are Nutting and Sandbergen.
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar relieves hay fever and summer cold symptoms by easing breathing and soothing inflamed air passages. It asserts quick relief and notes the genuine product comes in a yellow package with the trademark Erhart.
A lighthearted scene under a linden tree ends abruptly when a prank by a young man cuts the rope holding a hammock, leaving two people in the initial moment and then none after the mishap. The brief parlor tale appears in an exchange and reflects a cautionary note on seemingly playful risk.
Commissioner George Falk announced revised voter booth locations for registration next Tuesday. The list covers wards and school houses including the old high school, Caledonia area, new high school basement, and various street corners, with more changes expected before the primaries.
Lawyer C A Dorville of Caledonia Minnesota reports at the Democratic state convention in St Paul that Johnson is the favored leader. He notes the crowd cheered for Johnson a full hour and ten minutes surpassing previous records. Dorville adds Roosevelt carried Minnesota previously and Republicans hold power, but Johnson is the man they want.
Advertisement warning that Foley's Kidney Cure will positively cure all kidney and bladder diseases, urging readers to avoid trouble and blame to themselves for not using the product.
Congressman John J. Esch says the Republican nominating race in Wisconsin will be close and fast. He predicts Stephenson and Hatton will contend most, with McGovern strong in Jackson County and Cook strongest in his own territory.
R. A. Gray of Oakville Indiana writes that ten years in bed with kidney disease left him immobile until Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended. He credits it as a God send after exhausting top medical skill without relief.
An anecdote recalls Bishop Dudley moving to Kentucky and a friend fretting about danger there. The bishop shrugs, saying he won’t tread on a dog. Also a comic exchange between Dead-Beat and Swell about lending money ends with a quip on spending it.
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