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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1910
Page
2
Washington report states Senator Robert M. La Follette has filed a claim on Senator Nelson W. Aldrich's seat amid a widening political confrontation. The move signals a major challenge within party leadership as factions maneuver in the capital.
A newspaper advert claims rheumatism stems from weak kidneys and touts Dr Derby's Kidney Pills as a guaranteed quick cure. It asserts rapid improvement and lists testimonials and a low cost, offering mail order from Derby Medicine Co.
The publican side of the senate chamber lacks a fixed seating routine. Upon vacancy the first claimant gets the seat. La Follette sits on the Cherokee strip on the democratic side, while the Doliver death vacancy in Iowa went to Senator Bradley of Kentucky, who has joined La Follette’s circle.
Former Sawyer County Sheriff Charles E. Peterson, a key witness in the Dietz cases, was brought to St. Joseph's hospital in Ashland in critical condition. Peterson earlier faced removal from office, fines, and a jail term in 1904 after attempts to serve a bench warrant.
William E. Powell longtime immigration commissioner for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul road died of heart failure in Milwaukee. He arrived in 1868 as general immigration agent and retired in 1903 to enter land and colonization, shaping settlement in the Dakotas and northern Wisconsin and helping extend the railroad into that region.
Augustus W. Smith aged 79, longtime Sparta resident, died. He crossed to California during the 1852 gold rush, helped build the first house in Lafayette township, and later built a boat in 1859 and traveled down the Mississippi to St Louis with partners.
In 1861 he grew restless and moved west toward Montana with an ox team. By 1865 he came back and settled down here, resuming life in the community.
In Sparta Wisconsin on December 2 1910 workers drilling an artesian well at the rifle range struck a layer of swamp grass and woody fiber about eight feet below the surface indicating this was once ground level before erosion formed the present land.
Madison Wis Dec 2 The state board of health in Madison partially discredits the existence of cholera at Almena Wis The quick death of the victim is a key indicator but the health office remains cautious about the outbreak claims The report centers on Gottlieb Jenschke a case at Almena and notes uncertainty in the diagnosis
One day after colonist arrival, doubts arise about a cholera scare as officials trace immigrant flow through ports to Wisconsin. The state board of health forwards immigrant lists to districts, enabling immediate surveillance and swift quarantine actions.
The passage notes that the disease enters through the mouth and has caused a great epidemic with a long-lasting rage in Russia, indicating a widespread health crisis and ongoing public health concern.
A Civil War tale from Youth's Companion recalls General Cleburne on a fence rail with stolen apples. He joked he was peddling apples to his troops, then had each man who took one carry a rail for a mile. General Granbury saluted as the cheeky discipline unfolded.
An old fashioned remedy tale praises sage tea for dark glossy hair now sold as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur by leading druggists for 50 cents to 1 dollar. The Wyeth Chemical Company in New York promotes it through O. T. Erhart.
A survey shows the public discusses outrages more than any other topic. Researchers note strong emphasis on dramatic events and social media reactions across age groups and regions.
sensational testimony opened in the Whitford M Hall murder trial of Oda Crook s husband with Dr C E Bigelow of Madison Lake describing Hall restraining him and Hall taking a shotgun to Crook stating he would finish him if alive. the doctor found Crook dead beside the house and the gun nearby.
A Minneapolis court holds the estate of John Zignego valued at more than 30000 dollars. Zignego traveled with a hand organ and a monkey across the continent and died November 19 at the home of his nephew Joseph Zignego. The will, kept for years, directs distribution between charity and wealthy relatives.
M A Naylund of Kansas City returned home after giving $60 000 to charity and avoiding public praise. At 71 he said he gave away three quarters of his fortune because he saw many worse off and wanted to help. He faced a pile of appeal letters awaiting him.
Lansing Iowa fire department is called to Mrs L Lewison residence on North street Wednesday morning for a chimney fire. No damage reported. Local notes mention travels and health cases including Miss Clara Stubb La Crosse visitor W O Severson Minneapolis business John Weihe La Crosse trip and Mrs Kennet Hanson sick in Minnesota. Burial planned for William Pfender.
The Birkenfels was beset by a gale when a lion from its cargo escaped its cage. The beast injured a crew member and terrified the Lascars aboard as Second Officer Henry Petker recounted the event at sea, with the crew vowing not to sail again on such freighters.
Nashville Indiana December 2 Albert Merida aged ninety died at his home from typhoid fever. His log house holds rattlesnake skins worn as belts he credited with his long life.
A reflective line notes that persistent fault finding toward a person can provoke eventual rebellion. The idea frames authority dynamics as a pressure build up when critics are unyielding. The aphorism highlights how sustained pressure can flip a relationship into resistance.
An advertisement claims Rexall 93 Hair Tonic can regrow hair on bald heads even after long baldness. It guarantees the trial costs nothing if unsatisfied, offers two sizes 50c and 1.00, and asserts the product’s success in thousands of cases. Only at The Rexall Store in the community.
Meredith Nicholson’s new play Rosalind at Redgate in dramatized form opens at the La Crosse theater with a buoyant romance. Larry Donovan stars with two charming heroines in a tale of adventure and an unusual climax, praised for witty dialogue and Nicholson’s hopeful tone.
Miss Miller stars as Dixie in The Sweetest Girl in Dixie a strong southern drama with a big cast band and orchestra showing at the La Crosse theater in matinee and night performances on Sunday December 4.
In Des Moines on December 2, Lafe Young accuses Senator A B Cummings of broken promises as the Iowa legislature prepares to choose a US senator to replace Dolliver. The charge follows Cummings’ departure for Washington stating he supports a progressive elected senator, while Young contends the opposite.
Catarrh is a deep seated blood impurity not cured by sprays or inhalations. It inflames mucous membranes causing head noises throat mucus headaches and deafness. The remedy SS S purifies the blood by cleansing the circulation and head symptoms fade with impurities removed.
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