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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
2
Women and men suffer from kidney and bladder trouble and need a cure. Swamp-Root by Dr Kilmer promises mild quick relief and offers samples by mail from Binghamton New York with testimonials and the notice to mention the paper.
Swiss lacrosse star Lors Schweizer opens with a 54 run as the tournament begins. He showcases classic moves and sharp passes to push his team into early contention, drawing attention from rivals and fans alike.
High school football captain vote looms with Shaw and Brindley as leading contenders. Candidates include Tourtellottes Dickens Jungbluth Teckmer and Grimes, with rules limiting eligibility to last year’s lettermen. Team outlook remains bright with seven returning players and fresh talent. Regular basketball practice starts after holidays as Miller coaches and plans for games with several area schools.
Martin Sheridan of the Irish American Athletic Club is hospitalized at Bellevue with a broken collar bone and a dislocated shoulder after a pole vault mishap at the A A U championship at Madison Square Garden. The fall occurred as the pole slipped near the apex of his leap. Recovery unclear, may affect his record goals.
Urbana Dec 1 Sixteen football I s have been awarded to members of the 1908 eleven by the Illinois board of control The players honored are Captain Van Hook Sinnock Baum Richards Butzer Hull Twist Wham Railsback Watson Pettigrew Gardiner Bremer Gumm Ritchey and Wright.
Chicago December 1 Manager Chance and other Cubs players push for higher pay for next season. Star pitchers Mordecai Brown and Orval Overall reportedly demand raises. Brown reportedly offered $5,000 by Tom Keelin, the club owner, prompting uncertainty about their participation.
West End semi pro club proposes to place Brown at the helm to sign and manage its affairs. The plan mirrors Logan Squares and would involve Brown signing for a big fee. The idea hinges on Brown drawing crowds on Saturdays and Sundays, with other expenses small, promising both artistic success and financial gain.
Fielding H. Yost Michigan football coach is named trustee and general manager of the Great Falls River and Power company to operate an electric line linking Chattanooga and Nashville in a rail sparse county. Yost, who married a Tennessee girl, is expected to assume duties at once.
Chicago officials report Cornell track team will visit for an indoor meet with the Maroons this winter. Director Stagg, back from the east, has begun negotiations with Cornell authorities and a Chicago venue is planned before season’s end, marking the first indoor clash between a Chicago team and an eastern college.
Dr Edward Evans presented a fine football to La Crosse High School Athletic Association after their victory. He had promised Paul Esch, team manager, a ball if they won, and announced the ball went wide on Jefferson's last goal kick, confirming La Crosse's win.
New York readers are told they will know the results of the Burns versus Johnson heavyweight title bout before it occurs in Sydney on December 26. The article explains the time difference of fourteen hours and forty minutes, with local ringside time at 11:00 a.m. Sydney time equating to 8:20 p.m. in New York on December 25.
W. W. Wittig of Milwaukee and Minneapolis received a London cablegram from Frank Gotch asking him to go to England to promote a bout between Gotch and Hackenschmidt. Wittig arranged the Gotch Hackenschmidt match.
Schmidt in Chicago last year outlined plans to travel to London and assess the scene. If impressed, he will endeavor to bring the wrestlers together and coordinate potential collaborations.
New York December 1. Dorando Pietri the Italian distance runner and Olympic Marathon champion Johnny Hayes will meet in another endurance race. Pietri appeared on stage at the Victoria and was challenged by Hayes who claimed Pietri won the recent Madison Square Garden race fairly. The match will be arranged at once.
An advertisement promises to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or offers a money refund. The product is labeled as 60 cents and claims guaranteed results.
Hugo Kelly, preparing for his December 15 clash with Billy Papke in Los Angeles, trains in Chicago and exudes confidence. He credits the Ketchel Papke result for boosting his resolve and vows the German fighter will outlast Papke’s earlier foe in Colma.
Mrs. A C Williams of Backy recounts a grave-yard cough that resisted treatment for years until Dr King’s New Discovery eased symptoms, added 58 pounds in weight, and restored health. The medicine, claimed to hold a world healing record for coughs and lung diseases, is sold with guarantee at O T Erhart’s drug store in 50 cent and one dollar sizes with a trial bottle offered.
Emporia Kansas December 1 robbers Monday blew the safe at the State Bank of Olpe ten miles south of here escaping with 2000 dollars in cash. Access gained with a skeleton key and nitro glycerine charges used on the safe. Explosions heard by many but no interference. A handcar was used to flee.
Elks club tournament results list Chas Rawlinson scoring 35 to win one game while 24 by A Holbeck. Hanson 30, Farland 44, Frye 46 and Gotterdam 93 in a 95 point game. Burns won a 60 point match with 73.
Hayward Wis Dec 1 Foreman Frank Ostberg and office employe Ivan Nelson wrapped coats around a 5 year old girl whose dress caught fire during a bonfire started by several children. The two men acted quickly preventing probable death.
A personal appeal urges talking to Dr. O. T. Erhart about Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles. It claims a forty year record of cures and warns against unknown preparations that may contain harmful drugs.
Trial package by mail. Pyramid Pile Cure advertised as fast acting relief for piles with testimonials of long cures. Consumers urged to buy a box or send 50 cents for mail order, with free trial offer and plain wrapper shipment from Pyramid Drug Co.
Knights of Pythias will meet this evening for work in the rank of knight an election of officers and refreshments will be served.
A rural advisory note encourages farmers to engage in politics but prioritizes practical work, noting corn husking should come before political action. It frames civic duty alongside agricultural labor and community needs.
Cincinnati reports a proposed change to the Merkle rule to allow a man to score from third on a hit even if a man on first does not advance to second. The umpire would decide if a hit was made, affecting the play in New York last season.
One man is dead and four seriously injured after a freight train derailed on the Baltimore & Ohio line near Bakers town. A passenger train struck the derailed cars causing the engine to leave the track. Local investigators seek the cause.
Hamilton Fish Jr of Garrison-on-the-Hudson New York a Harvard senior was unanimously elected captain for the next season. Fish has played right tackle on the varsity eleven for two years and leads the 1910 class.
Clark Walworth Tobin of Boston was elected captain of the Dartmouth football team for 1909 at a meeting in Hanover. The onetime Dartmouth sophomore led the team this season and was elected last night as captain for the next year.
TRI BUNE WANTS invites readers to place sale notices for items they wish to discard or monetize. The notice emphasizes prompt results and broad readership in the community classifieds.
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