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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
6
An advertisement asserts nerve energy controls respiration digestion and elimination and claims Dr Miles Nervine has cured thousands. It urges readers to try the product, noting druggists sell it and offering a refund of the first bottle if it fails. Miles Medical Co. of Elkhart Indiana backs the claim.
J H Vesey of Chicago son in law to former Police Chief Hugh Byrne died suddenly in Chicago after a five day illness. Fatty degeneration of the heart was the cause. Mrs Vesey Mae Byrne was in the city but left for Chicago. Vesey, about 35, leaves a wife and two young children. Funeral expected in Chicago Saturday.
In a continuing testimony the Standard Oil official discussed tariff policy and export trade, noting reductions in export share from 70 to 18 percent since 1870 and admitting Europe’s duty status. He argued reciprocal advantages in tariff talks and defended the company’s role in global oil placement.
A 1920s style home remedy claims granulated sugar syrup with Pinex makes a cheap pint lasting a family. It promises to conquer deep seated coughs within a day and is good for whooping cough hoarseness and chest pains. It notes Pinex is a refined Norway pine extract and urges asking a druggist if not in stock.
In Chicago five state railroad commissions from Illinois Indiana Ohio Wisconsin and Michigan met to form an organization to discuss railroad problems in central western states. They will focus on rail accidents prevention train operation and eliminating grade crossings.
New York announces the permanent retirement of actress Margaret Illington, after recent near breakdown from the nervous tension of her heavy role in The Thief. She began her stage career with James K. Hackett in The Pride of Jennico.
On December 11 the Germania Turners will host an exhibition concert and dance. Actives perform horizontal bar routines and the ladies present a wand drill and dance. Kreutz's orchestra provides the music with Miss Solon singing. Attendees are assured a cordial reception and a pleasant evening.
Wisconsin breeders fared well at the international livestock show with a first prize for a Hereford bull two years old or under three awarded to John C Robinson and Son of Evansville. W Harding of Waukesha won numerous prizes, and Cargill and McMillan of La Crosse won first for Hereford junior yearling bull.
A concise reflection on budget constraints and frugal living highlighting how limited funds strain daily decisions. The line implies financial pressure shaping relationships and choices without listing specifics.
Chicago clergymen debated Prof. Geo. B. Foster's assertion that Christianity is not of divine origin but a human creation. Foster called religion a human organism, developed like music and science, while Bishop Fallows denounced the view as unchristian and echoed Ingersoll's idea that God may be man’s greatest work.
Irvine announces a remodeled store packed with a larger, complete line of watches rings cut glass silverware clocks and jewelry plus a surplus stock. Eighteen clerks will operate through the holidays as he buys direct from wholesalers to undercut rivals and draw shoppers with Monday sales.
An injunction was served on W. E. Barber owner of the Modern Steam Laundry after Henry and Frank restaurant owners sued to stop coal dust. They claim coal dumping in the laundry basement pervades the restaurant and dirtying meals and belongings. Barber’s attorney Frank Winter seeks to modify the injunction to permit limited coal use.
A Lacrosse County pair, William Hartley and Sadie Hardy, wed quietly in Chicago witnessed by no relatives. They returned home yesterday. The bride had been studying nursing at Mercy Hospital in Chicago. Both residents of Campbell, they are well known locally.
Colonel O Holway returned from Eau Claire where lumbermen and landowners adopted resolutions to revise five state laws including a 2.5 percent tax on owners of wild unimproved land to fund forest fire protection. They favored dividing the forest into five districts each with an inspector and at least 36 sections, recommended an experimental station at Madison with funding, and heard a closing address by State Forester Griffith.
Advertises Madam Gowango a celebrated palm reader at 130 North Sixth St offering readings of past present and future. Services cover business matters family affairs and love, with marriage timing and circumstances. Hours 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. call and consult.
Crowds filled the Omaha courthouse as Abbie Rice testified in the Davis case. Judge Estelle ordered a probation officer to keep minors from listening. Rice described her affair with Dr. Rustin and Austin’s financial strains and drinking, while Davis watched closely as testimony began.
Report proposes granting police powers to railroad workers citing thousands of railroad trespass fatalities in 1901–1907 and 1908. Commission notes state sovereignty vested in railroads and contends expanding authority could shape an interstate railway policy.
A well dressed man aged about fifty stole a $22 coat from Reuter Mader yesterday afternoon. The coat was noticed missing twenty minutes later and found sold for $5 to Krist Hagen on the north side. The thief was later arrested at a second street lodging house with about $4.75, identifying himself as Henry Bennet.
The police and fire commission conducted its regular meeting last evening and transacted routine business.
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