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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1907
Page
2
The notice extols E Burnham's Hair and Scalp Tonic and Gray Hair Restorer as world standard remedies for hair growth and color restoration. It claims simple instructions can yield beautiful hair and offers a free sample bottle with cucumber cream upon paying mailing costs.
WM. DOERFLINGER & COMPANY announces E. Burnham will be in the city from August 12 to 24 to teach ladies how to use Burnham's Toilet Requisites. The demonstrations promise the same results as visits to his Toilet Parlors at 70-72 State street, Chicago, Ill.
The Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox both secured decisive victories as strong teams kept rolling. Hoodoo or bad luck could not derail St Louis as the Cardinals fell again while Konetchy played a standout role for Missouri.
In Wausau at the Aug 24 opener, Wausau beat La Crosse 2 to 1 amid costly La Crosse errors. Nagle allowed six hits for La Crosse. Flynn starred for La Crosse with good work, while miscues decided the game.
President John A. Elliott reports Charles ODea cannot join the team as director rejection blocks his resignation. Umpire Henry Murphy, recently resigned, to be replaced by Jack Pickett with Gannon umpiring until his arrival. Cuppy from Logansport sends good wishes to Hazel at Madison hospital and Elliott lauds Coney for La Crosse’s baseball fame.
Tomah Wis Aug 24 heavy windstorm reduces attendance as Tomah ball team beats La Crosse Athletics 3 to 2 for $100 purse. Races lead with Major Tyler 3-year-old trot and pace winning with 2:29 best, Little Jim 2:16 pace with 2:15% best, Port Jarvis one mile dash 1.45% time. Mineral Point and Rhinelander fairs report record gate receipts and notable wins by Homie and Tessie Roun in local Oneida county programs.
Scores show American League games with Chicago beating New York 4 0 and other results including Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 0 and Detroit 1 Boston 2. National League tallies include Chicago 9 Boston 3 and Cincinnati 10 Philadelphia 6. Series matchups list eight road and home pairings.
A fragmented OCR snippet lists several teams with partial scores and records across cities. Names include Louisville Minneapolis Kansas City Indianapolis Milwaukee and others with inconsistent figures, suggesting a midseason standings table.
Summary of scores shows Columbus defeating Milwaukee 8 to 7. Other results list Indianapolis 5 over Minneapolis 4 and Toledo 5 over Kansas City 4. Matchups indicate Toledo in Milwaukee Columbus in Kansas City Louisville in Minneapolis and Indianapolis in St Paul.
Wisconsin sent two regimental teams to the Camp Perry skirmish match. First regiment included Schlick Alien Ahnert Anlesbrook Osmuth Oleson. Third regiment counted Comer Behnke Bailey Crippen Fowler Huntzecker. Comer Schlick Ahnert won 90 percent medals at 600 yards as the regimental event concluded with Second Infantry Washington taking overall honors and Third Wisconsin finishing fifth. Fifty-one teams competed and Third Wisconsin scores followed.
The Maple Bluff Golf Club of Madison defeated Sinnissippi Club of Janesville 42 to 7 in Madison. Frank W. Jacobs, the state champion, was defeated by A. L. Schaller of Sinnissippi. Individual matches listed show Jacobs 0 for Maple Bluff and Schaller 1 for Sinnissippi along with other scores.
M T Lynch editor of the Philipsburg Daily Post writes that his family has tried many medicines for coughs and colds but nothing matches Foley's Honey and Tar. He praises its effectiveness in strong terms. O T Erhart.
George B Daily learns his wife Maude Daily attempted suicide after eloping with C E Martin six weeks earlier in Chicago. Daily, who says he will forgive her if she lives, goes to Chicago after receiving a letter from Belle Honan stating Maude arrived half insane and drank carbolic acid. Martin is missing, believed to have returned to Decatur.
Walter Wellman reports from Spitzbergen that his airship hall survived a week of gale force weather. The crew focused on repairs after a July 4 storm damaged the structure, believing they have won the battle for safety and continuity of operations.
A quip contrasts a man’s second wife seeking acceptance from three kin groups—the husband’s first wife and her own relatives—with the suburbanite who treats matters with skepticism. The line plays on a grain of salt versus a couple of grains of quinine for comic effect.
St Louis owner Jimmy McAleer purchases Dode Criss from St Paul for 3000 dollars with first call on the youngster if he fails to make good. Criss attracted interest from several big league clubs including Cleveland Cincinnati and Boston.
Pittsburg reports General Coxey plans a revived movement not marching on Washington but riding in Pullman coaches. He aims to convert the public to municipal and state ownership of public utilities, with recruits educated for the cause.
Lincoln in the Western league pitcher Eddie Cicotte has been sold to the Boston Americans for 2500 dollars. President Roosevelt is considering a hunting invitation to Abyssinia extended by Sir John Harrington, the British minister, effective after Roosevelt leaves office.
A historical note on trousers facing strong opposition from religious groups in the early 1800s. It cites Chambers's Journal on Wellington era adoption, a 1820 Sheffield chapel trust deed barring preachers in trousers, and quotes from a Primitive Methodist founder and Father Reese about attire and piety.
A New Englander hired a gardener after choosing the shorter man over a well presented applicant. The tester asked why, and the owner explained that the key is the overalls patches. If the knee patches are worn, he is fit to hire. seat patches indicate unreliability.
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