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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
8
Rear Admiral W. L. Capps chief constructor of the navy argues in his annual report that the Newport conference validates his battleship construction ideas and rebukes critics. The document was made public in Washington today asserting the department’s course remains sound.
Leo F. Zelinski of 68 Gibson St Buffalo NY says he cured a severe cold sore with Bucklen's Arica Salve. He applied it once daily for two days and the sore vanished. The product heals all sores and is sold under guarantee at O T Erhart's drug store for 25 cents.
Tonight at 8 o'clock a lecture will be given at the English Lutheran church in connection with the Luther league meeting Rev. W. M. Hunton Ph D of Philadelphia will speak Hunton is the literature secretary of the general conference of the Lutheran church in America Everyone is cordially invited to be present.
One and one half fare for the round trip from Dec 12 to 17 for the National Corn Exposition in Omaha. Return limit Dec 22. Full particulars on application to Ticket Agents.
Chicago December 3 The Russian government through its attorney W C Rigby issued a public statement repudiating reports that it seeks to return political refugees to Russia. He said the government wants only the return of a common murderer.
Wise Churchill’s religion mirrors his holdings, prompting questions. Green critiques, noting the stake appears tied to his wife’s name. The exchange highlights tensions over faith, ownership, and marital arrangements in a local dispute.
Official publication of the condition report for Security Savings Bank of La Crosse Wisconsin as of November 27 1908 under the banking commission. It lists resources including loans and discounts furniture and fixtures other real estate owned and cash items with totals and liabilities showing capital stock surplus undivided profits deposits certified checks and cashier's checks with attestation by the assistant cashier and notary public dated December 1 1908.
Calumet Mich Dec 3 Seahgar Stimac of the Globe mine area is lost while deer hunting and feared dead after a 48 hour blizzard. Rev Father Doser of Ontonagon found after 24 hours in the woods. John Mirran of Kensenaw county located after three days, sleeping in a bear's lair two nights.
An elderly Forest Lake man brought to the Rochester state hospital has forgotten his name and where he lives. He wandered from Forest Lake for days and cannot recall his wife, his farm, or any personal details. He appears mentally sound otherwise and no clues to his identity have been found.
Mrs A C Williams of Backy says three years ago a graveyard cough threatened her life. After taking Dr King s New Discovery she gained 58 pounds and recovered fully. The medicine is touted as a world healing record for coughs colds and lung throat diseases and prevents pneumonia. Sold with guarantee at O T Erhart s drug store 50c and 1 trial bottle free.
Mrs Evan McPherson aged 42 was found dead in the woods near her home in Nagaunee after wandering away in a deranged state. She likely died from hunger and exposure as searchers had passed within twenty feet of the remains. Survived by husband and four children.
Hume Hahn son of S A D Hahn proprietor of a Helena business college quarrelled with an employee on the Hahn ranch near Townsend and in the melee shot a man believed to be Williams. Hahn fled to a nearby ranch to summon help but his home then burned with the wounded man inside. The flames prevented rescue and he died. Hahn is under arrest.
Abner B. Allen of Bemidji filed a bankruptcy petition in the U S court at Fergus Falls listing assets of 350 dollars exempt and liabilities of 1853 50 dollars. Twin City creditors include John Leslie Paper company Charles Miles American Type Foundry company of Minneapolis and F G Leslie M H Evans G Sommers & Co C N Johnson Manufacturing and Wright Barrett & Stillwell of St Paul.
C M Havens a young barber from Viborg South Dakota was arrested by a deputy U S marshal on a Collier Post Office Inspector complaint for taking 97 cents from a postal money order made out to another man C W Havens The hearing before Commissioner T White in Yankton bound Havens over to the next Sioux Falls term of court
A mother’s rare admission of feeling sorrow about not remaining single surfaces in a social interaction. The line hints at expectations of married status and the tension between motherhood duties and personal identity.
An advertisement extols Rengo as a fat reducer and health booster, arguing anti fats fail and tropical fruits regulate digestion. It claims Rengo’s tropical fruit blend ensures complete assimilation, cites a $1 price, lists Detroit makers The Rengo Co. and local La Crosse distributors, and offers a free trial by mail.
The La Crosse Medical Society plans to adopt the Red Cross tuberculosis stamp campaign at tonight’s meeting. Stanley A. Douglas of Milwaukee will address doctors on the anti tuberculosis association and statewide efforts. Doctors will speak at city schools to educate children about the disease while George Mariner of the Retail Druggists’ association will speak. Officers for the coming year will be elected. a smoker and lunch will follow.
Bertha Doud Macx known as Miss Mack delighted crowds with a three day run at the Park rink last evening reproducing Anna Held’s famous roller skating dance. The big rink was thronged and Miss Mack’s performance was an excellent one.
The board of public works awards the chemical and hose wagon contract to C. Graves and company for 1685 dollars. The existing hose wagon from station No 1 will move to No 4 on the North Side. The new gear makes La Crosse state’s most up to date fire department outside Milwaukee.
Matt Stork, injured Tuesday when knocked off the pier of the wagon bridge, is rapidly improving.
A girl first critiques her mother for being too patient with her father and notes the father's failure to appreciate the mother at her worth, revealing tensions in the parental relationship and how these perceptions shape the daughter's view of family roles.
One hundred sixty feet of Boyds Point opposite the city was cut away by dynamiting. The river now flows over protected lowlands and three hundred feet of the point have washed away since Monday. The flood has shifted currents toward the courthouse and Jefferson Hotel. Panic followed the blasts as residents fled homes, believing the flood would destroy them.
G W Traer of Chicago, president of Whitebreast Coal, addressed the American Mining congress in Pittsburg as it opened its second session. He urged state tax laws to fund relief and pensions for mine accident victims, with John Mitchell participating in the conservation discussion. Secretary Garfield opened the Arsenal park testing station. E H Harriman sent a telegram declining attendance.
Rioters clash as four are killed and a seminary is attacked. Troops intervene and calm returns briefly while Gen Simon marches on Port au Prince with 5,000 armed men. Legitime negotiates, anti American sentiment grows, and Des Moines Marines stand ready to protect American interests. Alexis to Jamaica with funds secured.
Julius Miller a north side barber was accused of drunkenness since July and diverted $3 from razor sales to support his wife and seven children including a rheumatic eldest. Judge Brindley adjourned the case 30 days to allow Miller to reform and dismissed if progress continues at the end of the period.
The river fills with early ice this morning and along the west bank it is solid. Old residents expect an early freeze up and note last year’s delay. An early ice means plenty for ice men to cut and prepare soon.
A succinct Provocative line noting that clever dogs can be paired with naive or misled owners, reflecting on judgment and companionship in human canine relationships.
Paris report says Mme Steinheil, accused of complicity in the murder of her artist husband and her stepmother, nearly collapsed but was excused after the investigation resumed. She allegedly furnished police with information expected to lead to two confederate arrests and solve Paris’s greatest murder mystery in years.
Ed Fitzgerald of Stratford died at his sister Mrs. Thomas Hughes home in Halder from injuries suffered while attending his brother John Fitzgeralds funeral in Wausau. He fell from a wagon.
Four masked robbers armed with revolvers held five townspeople at bay during a bank safe explosion at the State Bank of Crowder. Four other bandits calmly looted the bank, searching the building and carting off every cent of cash and checks.
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