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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
7
New Yorkers await the Thaw trial as major court cases of fame and social prominence draw crowds. The piece recalls notable figures like Stokes Fisk Patterson Patrick and Molineux, highlighting the era’s fascination with wealth, love intrigue, and high profile murders.
A narrator encounters Professor Simotheus Tinker and his makeshift flying machine built from household items. They fly to Mars where Martians speak English via a language device and warn of Gorillarias who cause the village to plunge underground for safety. They return after an eventful, humorous expedition.
Pending recovery of Marshal Wonderly of New Lisbon Wisconsin Thomas Ryan charged with murder in the first degree for killing a rural route agent in a pitched battle near New Lisbon. The trial was not held this term. Judge Fruit likely to hear the case at the spring term.
Local notes report Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Schall leaving for Seattle to reside. Visitors include Mrs. J. P. Wartz of Missouri to her nephew Mr. F. G. Aitken. L. S. S. to host church fair and dinner at Woodman hall on December 6. Dances planned December 7 and a masquerade held November 31. G. W. Hawkins is seriously ill.
A man cannot attract attention by other means so he chooses to go without a coat in frigid weather.
Misadjustments of the spine cause disease by pressing on nerves and disturbing body regions served by them. Osteopathy aims to correct displaced vertebrae and other joints. The healer promotes a new healing world with free consultations. Literature available from Dr. A. U. Jorris in Mc Millan Building.
The sec iee filing shows W. D. Connor led expenditures at 17 334 for lieutenant governor campaigns. Irvine L. Lenroot spent 7 753 while John A. Aylward. Frank L. Gilbert and Martin L. Lueck list lower totals. Congressman Babcock, defeated for re election, spent 7 621.
The Boot and Shoe Workers' union reads 15,000 members across the country vote again for national officers after a disputed referendum. The board of inspectors voided the previous result and awarded the top posts to Hickey and Murray, while Tobin and Lowry led the prior administration. Tobin and Lowry defend their long-held posts amid internal factional split.
Mrs Muggins asks about joining the sewing circle this afternoon. Mrs Buggins replies she has a bad cold and cannot speak above a whisper.
King Friederich August of Saxony donates a full size reproducing sandstone pulpit from Wechselburg church near Leipzig to Harvard’s Germanic Museum. The 13th century piece stands fifteen feet tall on Romanesque columns and is hailed as the museum’s most significant addition since the emperor’s cast collection.
Missouri Republicans back George B. Cortelyou for president while Vermont debates municipal women suffrage. Columbia University president Nicholas Murray Butler is named as a possible U S Senate successor to Thomas C Platt. Delaware eyes a smooth Senate race as Judge Pennewell weighs stepping down. Harry A Richardson may be chosen if Pennewell declines. Hughes plans to stay near Albany during New York governorship.
The Rev. Philip Von Rohr veteran pastor of St. Martin's German Lutheran church is rapidly recovering from recent surgery. He has walked six blocks from his home and greeted friends since his return from Europe. Another procedure awaits but he shows steady progress and is expected to handle it well.
An advertisement notes that frequent coughing at public speeches is caused by colds and pneumonia risks. It touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for coughs and consumption, claims no opiates, and describes a yellow packaging by O. T. Erhart.
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