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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
2
Readers are urged to request a free sample of Swamp Root Dr Kilmer’s kidney liver bladder remedy. The copy highlights back pain as a sign of kidney trouble and cites Bright’s disease risks, urging readers to send for a sample bottle and information booklet from Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
Five players keep perfect percentages Taylor Evenson Hanson and Irvine stand undefeated in Class A while E C Raymond drops another game to A M Brayton in a hard fought match. New entrant E F Munn ties Hanson in Class C as rounds at the La Crosse Club yield tight scores and shifting standings.
New York Dec 12 Harry C Pulliam was reelected president of the National League for the sixth time Frank DeHaas Robinson of St Louis received one vote Secre tary Treas urer John Heydler was reelected and the board of directors named including Barney Dreyfuss Charles Ebbetts Garry Herrmann Charles Murphy and George Dovey Presidents discussed rule changes and league constitution amendments A pitcher box level proposal and a three pitch ball rule were debated with no action taken plus a recommendation on minor league drafted players and a two year contract for Joseph Kelley with the Boston club
Joliet December 12 Howard T Kelitie alderman of the Seventh Ward and a well known contractor has been missing for over a week. Friends fear financial troubles may have driven him to mental distress. No definite clue exists though one report claims he is in Canada with relatives.
SEEK EDDIE CO CHEMS OF ST LOUIS DECLINES COLO RADO COLLEGE COACHING OFFER. The St Louis university coach said he will enter a law office this winter and thus cannot take the football post for next fall. Colorado college, while matching St Louis in student numbers, faces teams not in its class.
Beloit college president Edward D. Eaton has gone to New York to press for more time to raise 15000 dollars from Beloit citizens to match 50000 dollars offered by the Rockefeller educational board. The deadline to secure the fund is January 1, but little progress has been made due to money stringency.
A dubious advertisement touts a single Bromine Quinine remedy claiming to cure eight colds in one day and two days for all. no medical proof is provided and such broad claims are unsubstantiated. The piece notes the extraordinary cure language common to sensational ads.
Beell, Wisconsin middleweight champion, defeated Clarence Bouldin, The Cuban Wonder, for the title in Cleveland. Beell won the first fall by default and the second after Bouldin ceased resistance, delivering a disappointing match that had been highly anticipated.
Dodgeville Wis Dec 12 Special Miners at the McKinley shaft say they have tapped a cavern rivaling Kentucky's Mammoth Cave. While tunneling they opened an aperture and fled as they nearly dropped into a bottomless lake. A stone splash reveals deep darkness and faint torch light.
Eleven carloads of Christmas trees weighing 46,000 are cut from the Edgar and Marathon City forests. Henry Steckel travels to Milwaukee Chicago and St Louis to market them. A crew of forty worked four weeks harvesting with total local cuts at least 50,000 trees. Cost runs 5 to 10 cents and market prices range from 25 cents to $1.
At St. Francis hospital Dr Evans led multiple operations. Tuesday Rev Father Beach of Belleview Iowa underwent surgery for a small tumor. O S Larson of Rising Sun received a skin graft from his lower limb after a serious scalding. Yesterday Dan Sullivan of Lanesboro Wisconsin and Fred Tillman of St Lucas Iowa were also operated on.
In Carrolton Alabama on December 11 Will Low a Black man jailed for stealing cotton was killed by his own brother who led a mob of about fifty to rescue him. Constable Wiglowe was wounded but survived while the mob left him for dead. Fifteen arrests have been made and officials fear further unrest among Black residents.
Milwaukee report states Battling Nelson posted $500 at Reno to bind a match with Packy McFarland and cover Joe Gans posted $500. Nelson aims to insure remaining $4,500 side bet of $5,000. Gilmore says Gans backs McFarland to trigger own bout. weight set at 131 pounds.
Madison Wis Dec 12 officials of street railway companies were led to believe they would be taxed ad valorem this year. The state board of assessment sends circulars stating assessments this year will follow the license fee system as usual. The ad valorem plan will begin next year.
The enormous oak resembling the Charter Oak near the Sweetland home was cut down by careful, limb by limb removal to ensure safety. The tree had become a menace to the homestead, and the work proceeded with ropes lowering each branch.
An advertisement extols Pyramid Pile Cure as painless and effective for piles, asserting free sample mailings by Pyramid Drug Co. and urging readers to try the treatment at home. It includes testimonials and a Marshall Michigan address for orders.
Miss Winifred McKenzie of Hampton sues in district court in Des Moines Indiana for 25000 alleging a broken heart. The action names J as the defendant. details of the claim and parties are limited in available text.
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