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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1914
Page
8
The article promotes a store with Quality Guarantee and Tillman reputation offering unique gifts for winter. It highlights adjustable Reading Lights, wired and floor-standing, and a new Library Table finished in mission styles including golden oak mahogany and Circassian walnut with affordable prices.
D C Dewey superintendent of the Rescue Mission responds to claims that able bodied beggars are panhandling after being refused help. He states the Mission never turns people away and offers a remedy tested by housewives, noting beds are sometimes full and that men can earn aid by work or use Mission tickets to seek care.
In Idaho the Palisade national forest supervisor coordinated fire detector updates and notified five to ten local settlers, with the process led by the supervisor and supported by nearby residents.
Chicago reports encouraging progress in suppressing foot and mouth disease. Secretary John J. Ferguson of the United States Livestock Sanitary Association says there have been no new outbreaks for several days, a sign of favorable development in the government effort.
An advertisement claims discolored and wrinkled complexions vanish with mercolized wax. It says the product removes a thin skin layer to reveal clear skin, and that saxolite formula public property can erase lines with a hazel wash.
Sacramento police hold David Fountain the church sexton in the killing of Margaret Milling, 10, whose body was found in the Evangelical Lutheran church basement. He cites blood on his trousers from killing chickens for the pastor, Rev. Charles Oehler, and hair on his coat from lifting the girl’s body. He admits burglary charges and an escape from an asylum, with prior sentences.
John McCormick, 80, was discovered dead in his Loop district tailoring shop at noon with a bruise above his right eye. Police investigated a possible foul play as the mystery surrounding the death formed.
Jank Pizekop, 21, in Milwaukee, bet $2 he could drink a quart of brandy without removing the bottle. He won the bet but died in bed the following day. His mother found him dead, and the $2 will go toward his funeral expenses.
Justice Pendleton in New York supreme court denied Horace L Brand’s bid for a receiver of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad. Brand had sought appointment arguing directors mismanaged railroad affairs.
Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh claiming it treats the constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Offers one hundred dollar reward for any failure to cure and advertises accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The New York World accuses James Mark Sullivan, attorney for Rosenthal murder figure Bald Jack Rose, of being chosen as minister to Santo Domingo due to bankers and builders with schemes there. The paper says partial proof and ample indications have been shown to Secretary Bryan over ten months, while critics push for a clean up of Santo Domingo scandal.
The Supreme Court voided a Commerce Court order that barred Southern railroads from Nash ville rebilling in transit grain privileges. The decision reverses the I C C finding of illegal rate discrimination favoring Nashville Tenn. and overturns the commission's injunction.
The U S Supreme Court refused to review Leo M. Frank's murder conviction. With no further federal appeal, the only remaining path to save Frank is a gubernatorial pardon sought in Atlanta.
The Tea and Coffee Trade Journal extols Maté as the chief beverage of twenty million South Americans and superior to chemically prepared substitutes. It cites health benefits, notes no deleterious effects, and urges Woodley's and Wey's Maté as satisfying health drinks available from grocers.
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