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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1908
Page
18
The telephone business is open to entrants but many experts view it as a natural monopoly. One company, the Wisconsin Company, connects with numerous smaller firms to form a broader network. That approach already links over 30,600 telephones through connecting lines, reducing division among users and avoiding multiple ownership within communities.
Mrs Jennie Everson Dahl 38 wife of Theo dore Dahl of Fessler and Dahl died this morning at her home after bronchial trouble. A longtime La Crosse resident born in Vernon county she was active in church work and is survived by her daughter Esther 17 and son Edwin 14, parents two sisters and three brothers. Funeral Friday at residence 2 pm then Norwegian Lutheran church 2 30 pm with Rev Magelsen and Oak Grove cemetery.
The Doerflinger Store will close at 2 30 tomorrow Wednesday Sept 2 to allow employees to attend the Freeport La Crosse ball game. It will reopen Thursday morning at the usual hour.
Witnesses from a strained social circle tie a city wheel chair incident to a rich man and his wife. Rabbi Fisher saw three men flee toward a waiting car, and investigators suspect accomplices may have aided the shooter. Outsourced nurses replaced city staff as Dr. Parnell ordered visitors barred to keep the patient alive.
Teheran dispatches reported by the foreign office indicate army leaders may oust Sha Ali Mirza and set up a provisional military government while a new ruler is chosen. The shah plans to flee as forces in Tabriz rout his troops in a failed move to seize Sutar Khan, with heavy casualties and Amed Dowleh losing many killed and wounded.
Miss Johnson, a domestic at J. N. Searles, was held up and robbed on a dark road beyond Fairview while walking home from shopping. A masked man demanded her purse and took about seven dollars, then dropped the purse. Police and sheriff searched the area but captured no one.
Kermit Roosevelt left for a practice hunt in the northwest today. He will join John Greenway, former Rough Rider, now in charge of the Steel Corporation's nines in the lower Mesaba Range. Kermit was equipped with arms and ammunition for the trip.
Advice targets habitual constipation as a cause of appendicitis and promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a mild remedy. Claims it stimulates the liver and bowels, restores natural bowel action, and does not cause nausea or griping. Warns to refuse substitutes.
Hatton Leely leads in northern senate contest as voters head to polls amid tight race expectations. Democratic and Republican ticket details reveal candidates for US senator through local offices with several key counties and districts noted across crunch voting patterns.
Dr John A Reese conducted a post mortem on G D Reese in La Crosse aided by Drs Edward Evans S McArthur E N Reed and H G Miller to determine a mysterious incurable disease. Autopsy found primary adrenal carcinoma with secondary spread to kidney and liver. Reese aged 42, born in La Crosse, died at home 311 South Fifth Street. Funeral set for 2 PM at his brother’s residence with Masons directing services at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Ten thousand Continental passengers on the Canadian Pacific railway were held up between Winnipeg and Thunder Bay by washouts and cloudbursts. Floods disrupted grain movement and both freight and passenger service, with the company and strikers trading accusations over causes and concessions.
The document presents a list of candidates for multiple state and county offices. Notable names include Herbert Forward for secretary of state Linus Helm Park. Waldemar Ager for state treasurer. Jabez Burritt Smith for attorney general. Earl G. Staats and Martin C. Casberg for assembly. Oliver Needham for county clerk. Theodore Sidensol for county treasurer. Ellis R. Frank for sheriff. Andrew E. Smith and Eugene Ham for coroner. William Vahlloon for surveyor. Jacob Rummel for United States senator. Harvey De Brown for governor. Chester M. Wright for lieutenant governor. John G. Irwin for secretary of state. Henry M. Parks for state treasurer. Horace B. Bistorius for attorney general.
Henry Motz a baker at Fourth and King streets left his shop Sunday amid mounting debts and a German note stating he was going to Minnesota after trying to revive the business but failing. He took most money, plans to return only possibly from the old country, placing his shop likely into receivership for creditors.
A fire at the Platz Tannery was checked around 3 o clock with nearby residents helping extinguish flames. The plant suffered heavy damage but was not destroyed, with Chief Branfield estimating losses at two thirds of the plant value. The tannery, valued at about 100000 dollars, is 90 percent insured, safeguarding most of the stock and hides aboard.
Alfred Harrison came back last night from a vacation spent in New York and the eastern states.
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