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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1907
Page
4
An advertised home remedy Mix one ounce of Obitrut Compound Extract with seven ounces port wine or unfermented grape juice. Take a dessert spoonful three or four times daily after meals and at bedtime. The article touts natural relief from chronic constipation and nerve weakness, claiming no alcohol or narcotics and universal safety for women.
Appleton, Wis August 21 Fratney Koran a 625 pound Appleton negro just past twenty is dumped by Miss Elisha Golden of Chicago who weighs 114 pounds He has a stage past as a vaudeville performer but weighs heavy and doctors predict a short life His weight rules him yet he charges fortunes to see him for readings after leaving Chicago he grew heavy after typhoid and now sleeps on his stomach for breathing reasons
Milwaukee reports a government led deportation plan to remove hundreds of Greek boys held in peonage. Justice department orders aim to send captured youths to New York then back to their towns of origin with Milwaukee’s state aid targeting boot blacking stands fruit stores and restaurants.
Milwaukee news notes a special school for embalmers under Prof W P Hohenschuh starting sessions today August 27 through September 2. It trains embryo embalmers to become undertakers while seasoned undertakers seek further proficiency. The Wisconsin Funeral Directors Embalmers association holds its 26th annual convention September 4 with speakers including Dr W A Gordon Dr C A Harper Prof Hohenschuh and B M Hoppenyan.
Appleton Wisconsin Aug. 27 The latest word on a prospective merge of paper mills places the new company’s headquarters at Neenah with M H Ballou of the Menasha Paper Co named president The center of Wisconsin’s paper industry and Kimberly Clark’s large mill presence influence the choice John G Hanrahan promoter surveys mills and may attend a Milwaukee meeting of manufacturers within a week or ten days
H N Adair a local machinist paid a stranger 100 dollars and received five small typewriters with plans for agency rights and a future shipment of twenty five more machines. The stranger registered as Wle vick of Chicago and fled to Beloit. City Marshal Apleby followed and compelled him to return the money.
In Berlin Wisconsin a few days old calf with no eyes and no tail attracts visitors to Fred Lear’s farm. The calf is active and follows its mother, with observers suspecting it relies on smell to move. It is regarded as an interesting nature study item.
Crandon Wisconsin August 27 a bear farm is planned Wallace White of Crandon is gathering black bear cubs to raise them in large numbers He believes it is cheaper to raise bears than other carnivorous animals as they sleep seven months a year The fur market is improving and he expects a profitable venture
D. C. Stover, a local manufacturer, claims the first gasoline car that ran on a railroad in the United States. The three passenger vehicle can reach fifty miles per hour and is designed for officials on short trips.
Wisconsin briefs report Byron J. Castle challenging Rep Nelson in ongoing campaign coverage. Other items note St John’s Military Academy’s potential artillery unit, a German Baptist conference in Racine, pine cone purchases in Grand Rapids, a missing man case in Beloit, fee dispute over publishing state laws in Madison, a launch explosion on Mirror Lake, a bicyclist rescue at Fox River, and Madison’s first arrest under a statewide under-16 smoking ban.
Arthur Ricard awoke to a three and a half foot rattlesnake on his pillow near Interior South Dakota. He used a salmon can to bludgeon the snake after it coiled around him, killing it and saving his life as the reptile threatened his bed. Witnesses note the incident occurred after a salmon dinner.
At Whitefish Bay road on Saturday night all automobilists arrested for speeding pleaded guilty in district court. Each was fined 10 dollars plus costs. The group included Mrs. T A Jacob of Wausau the first woman charged here and laughed as she pled guilty. Other fined defendants were G H Ingalls of Chicago W B Scott of Detroit and Louis E Best and Charles Meyer of Milwaukee.
Tests on the Illinois Central between Freeport and Madison Wisconsin introduced a new railway motor car built on the automobile plan and powered by gasoline. The vehicle is designed for general use on the railroad and represents an experimental step toward motorized rail service.
A lawyer praised Samuel C. T. Dodd founder of the Standard Oil trust for his legal skill and Sabbath strictness. A Franklin minister, boasting of hunting prowess, is teased by Dodd with a quip about hiding in the minister’s study. The piece shifts to explain saline solution as a blood substitute and its physiological rationale and past use in transfusion.
A 91 year old man from Rockport Missouri reports relief after taking Foley's Kidney Cure for enlarged prostate and kidney issues. The ad claims many older men are affected and touts the remedy as correcting irregularities and curing the condition. The testimonial also mentions another user, O. T. Erhart.
A reflective, aphoristic note on maternal love and skepticism about clever deceivers. The quote contrasts a mother's steadfast care with the fragility of other affections and warns that pride in wit can precede manipulation.
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