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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1912
Page
7
Julius Sett of Chicago will have an X ray today after swallowing a bridge and four teeth in his sleep last night. The unusual incident prompted a medical evaluation to locate the objects in his stomach.
Five men killed and one seriously injured when a boiler exploded at a saw mill in Wilsondale Wayne County late last night. The accident occurred in Huntington reporting through December.
An advertisement extols Newbro's Herpicide as a scalp prophylactic that kills dandruff germs and leaves hair lustrous. It urges women to mail 10 cents for a sample and booklet, notes availability at barber shops, and lists Hoeschier Bros. as special agents with refund if not satisfied.
W. H. G. Bullard named chief of the Navy Department radiotelegraphy office, a new post created by Secretary Meyer due to rapid growth of the wireless service. The office handles all wireless statistics for the department.
The shah of Persia reportedly ordered decapitation for soldiers found with tobacco. In the same era Massachusetts banned public tobacco use and imposed a penny fine for each conviction, reflecting harsh colonial-era penalties for smoking.
A brief cartoonish exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal jokes that a breakup leads to a reward as one speaker says they will receive a five pound box of candy in about an hour.
Grumbling is a potent cause of ill health as it keeps nerves vibrating with discord. It harms the grumbler and everyone who hears it, making the body susceptible to illnesses already present in the environment.
The Wisconsin Fish Commission finished collecting 68,000,000 eggs from brook trout lake trout and bluefin. Cold snaps and storms ruined nests on Lake Michigan and in Minocqua delaying hatching and reducing bass production. River bass stocks suffered with Mississippi efforts failing, while 360,000 fish were salvaged from ponds and sloughs for distribution.
In Joliet Illinois on December 7 George Houser a teamster tried to drink a schooner of beer in one gulp. He finished the drink and collapsed dead on the saloon floor.
A brief line notes that beautiful sunshine equally warms both optimist and pessimist, presenting a reflective moment on perception and mood.
Monaco’s coast hosts a dramatic race between Renaux the French hydroplane ace and a fleet of 800 hp Ursula and other top motor boats. Lyman H Howe will present the event at the La Crosse theater with a starry supporting cast including Marie Bates and Thomas Meighan.
Augustin MacHugh’s sensational comedy of heart throbs and laughter titled Officer 666 arrives from Cohan and Harris for a single performance Monday evening December 9. The farce centers on a clever imposter confronted by the real man, delivering a rapid sequence of humorous situations and dramatic tension.
David Warfield will headline at the La Crosse theater on Friday December 13 in The Return of Peter Grimm by David Belasco. The production travels with the original Belasco company and promises a major year end theater event.
A playful riddle answers when Mary will depart and return. She says she starts on the day after tomorrow, leaves for a week from yesterday, and will not return until the day five weeks after a fortnight plus three days before a couple of days before her start.
Reports note trout and other fish in tanks and pools dying from lightning effects even when storms are distant. Observers describe a peculiar sensitivity in aquatic life during electrical events.
The fish Paratilapia multicolor hatches her eggs in pockets in her mouth. This unusual parental behavior highlights a rare mouthbrooding strategy observed in this species.
Mrs. Gertrude Winslow of Lemmon D. D. was struck down and assaulted by an unidentified man near Kasota Minnesota. She lies in critical condition as 500 armed men searched late yesterday for a dark mustached assailant described by the victim.
Loganport Ind Dec 7 An indeterminate sentence to the Women s reformatory at Indianapolis of from 2 to 21 years and a fine of 25 and costs was the punishment handed out today to Mrs Elizabeth Lang the young bride who killed Mrs Mary Copple a gossip in defense of her good name
A historian asserts Gongru Hrolf, later Duke of Normandy and ancestor of William the Conqueror, was the first woman suffragist and sounded the first call for women’s rights a millennium ago. The claim is presented as speculative and unlikely to be credible.
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