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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
8
A sensational 1900s style promotion claims Protone boosts nutrition, increases cell growth, and builds muscle for thin people. The firm offers a free 50c package and a free book "Why You Are Thin" upon sending name and address to Detroit based Protone Company, with no dieting required.
The so called Wild Man of the Woods was found dead in a brush and earth cabin about twenty miles northeast of Virginia Minnesota. A notebook bearing the name William J Hill Massey Ontario was found in the shack along with a stove made of stones and a tin can chimney. Authorities sent a letter to Massey Ontario to locate relatives or information about the man who lived reclusively for years.
A reader from Buffalo New York reports Bucklen’s Amica Salve cured a persistent sore in two days after a single daily application. The seller O T Erhart’s drug store guarantees satisfaction and offers it for 25 cents.
Frank Smith 24, son of a Lily Lake area farmer, was arraigned in Stillwater municipal court on a grave assault charge against Clara Holtza 16, alleging the act occurred on November 26 while she was intoxicated. The county attorney delayed until Wednesday, bail set at 1000 dollars with his mother seeking to post it.
Hugh J. McCullough filed a claim adjoining one he proved up a year before. Neighbors noted a resemblance leading to a contest by Charles Finn of Portal. Porter fled when hearing of a marshal’s arrest. His wife remains to guard the homestead proved up last year.
Detroit dispatch reports a temporary currency shortage in Michigan's state treasury. State officials including circuit judges have let a monthly payroll pass without remittance and the December payroll may also be deferred until new taxes arrive. Only about $900,000 of the $1,330,000 railroad taxes devoted to teachers' salaries has been sent to county treasurers, signaling strained finances.
In Belle Fourche South Dakota on December 1 a fire of incendiary origin destroyed two ranches belonging to Ernest Merritt and Eugene Carrington in the Slim Buttes area. Tracks led deputies to J. B. Ranch where manager Bruce Jones and employee Louis Montgomery were arrested. Montgomery confessed that he and an unnamed colleague set the fires while intoxicated.
Thos W Lawson of Boston, an admirer of Gov Johnson, contributed 1000 to the campaign expenses. The committee reported total expenditures of 18017 and receipts of 16331.44, leaving a debt of 1685.56 as of the sworn statement filed with the county auditor by Treasurer F B Lynch of the democratic state committee.
Coroners jury in Sturgis finds Henry Bohnsack’s death accidental after a gun was being removed from a wall by Emerson Eichler during a quarrel. Eichler relieved of responsibility as Bohnsack is buried today.
The Supreme Court ruled today that a seaman's wages are exempt from execution and attachment by law. The decision affects sailors' earnings, safeguarding pay from creditors under federal protections. The ruling clarifies prior ambiguities and sets a clear standard for how maritime wages are treated in legal actions.
Washington Dec 1 The comptroller of the currency issued a call for reports on the condition of national banks as of the close of business Friday Nov 27.
Page Champagne of Duluth Minnesota vanished December 1 after leaping from the Duluth and Northern Minnesota train about 30 miles from Knife River in a state of temporary insanity. He had been returning from the Alger Smith camp and was last seen near Knife River. Friends and relatives fear he perished in the woods as searchers combed the district for days.
In Mankato Minnesota the Southern Minnesota German Lutheran Hospital association begins a four story addition to Immanuel hospital and plans to raise 30000 in five percent five year bonds via popular subscription.
The Pastors union proceedings report a paper by the Rev. Olmstad of Bangor read at the Monday morning meeting. No other business was recorded.
An early 20th century promotion touts Rengo as a fat-reduction remedy claiming one pound lost daily with no harm. It promises easy chewing, nerve-strength effects, and reliance by physicians for obesity, selling for 1.00 per box from The Rengo Co. Detroit and via local drug stores in La Crosse, with trial packs offered by mail.
Walter Benjamin, a publisher, claims a document challenges the legend of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. A letter from John Hancock to Elbridge Gerry, dated April 18, 1775 at 9 o'clock, suggests Hancock knew troops had moved along the Concord road and Lexington was alerted before Revere’s supposed ride.
Herman Billik faces execution on December 11 after a try by the state supreme court was dropped. Attorney Hinckley says the appeal to the supreme court is abandoned for now and he relies on Governor Deneen to grant clemency. Gov Deneen’s action remains pending as the case proceeds.
The governor gave no direct reply about commuting the sentence. It is believed he has private assurances. Months earlier Billik said he would rather hang than life imprisonment but has since changed his mind and would accept any form of commutation.
Billik's wife and Edna travel to Cleveland for Billik's mother's funeral. Four Minnesota officials, led by Auditor Samuel G Iverson, visited Madison on Monday to study Wisconsin methods for auditing and maintaining state accounts, public land sales, and institutional records. The party included Wm Joe, B Pets tijohn deputy treasurer, and Frank N Stacy.
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