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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1905
Page
4
A satirical slice traverses odor as Webster defined it and as modern life smells it. Jokes on politics, industry, and culture mix with a Kansas corn tale and sharp quips about public figures and events. A farm accident caps the quirky survey.
A health education piece urges balanced eating with small portions and avoidance of luxuries, repeating that most illness comes from overeating. It advises two quarts of water daily, proper air by deep breathing, regular sun exposure, and eight hours of sleep, noting Napoleon as an exception.
Ned Frame proved that George W. King a traveling salesman at Peter Newburg's store raised a postal money order from seven to seventy six dollars and cashed it in La Crosse. King later fled by train after using forged identification to obtain seventy dollars and paying his hotel bill before leaving.
An inquiry disclosed that an order to Mr. King was originally for seven dollars and likely raised to seventy dollars by an official. The change appears to be part of a suspicious payment sequence under review.
A ten year old girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beech, died after a buggy accident near Lewiston in Winona county. The Dugan family driver had taken several children home when the Beech girl toppled from the moving buggy and was run over by the rear wheel. She died a few hours later from internal injuries.
Paul Hiehl departed on the noonday train today bound for St. Louis for a two week visit.
Mary Rogers, 22, plotted with Leon Perham to kill her estranged husband Roger by chloroform and drowning in Morgan's grove. Perham testified detailing the trap and escape attempts as Rogers suffocated. A note claimed suicide. Perham received life imprisonment while Mary Rogers faced hanging after repeated reprieves.
A vintage advertisement explains heart function like a clock and promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure as the remedy for palpitation and fatigue. It features a patient testimonial from Joseph Broadhead of Findlay Illinois praising quick relief and guarantees the first bottle will help with a money back offer.
Demurrer to a suit for an accounting of the Alex McMillan estate was argued before Judge Fruit this morning. Samuel McMillan's counsel was Bleekman and the defense was by Woodward. No decision was rendered today.
The quote notes that during uncertainty the smallest impulse sways the shopper toward one store over others, determining which retailer she visits based on a subtle cue. The idea centers on choice behavior influenced by minimal internal triggers in consumer decisions.
The fragment lists resources for The National Bank of La Crosse dated 9th 1905. It mentions cash resources including deposits with banks, with the U.S. Treasury, vault cash, and securities such as U.S. Bonds and other bonds. It also notes loans and overdrafts, banking house and other real estate, and avacadoes (likely avocados) value entries and totals.
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