Swamp Root Ad Offers Free Kidney Remedy Sample
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for lame back kidney liver and bladder trouble. It claims wide testing success and offers a free sample bottle and a book by mail to readers who mention the paper and send their address to Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. Regular bottles sold by druggists are fifty cents to one dollar.
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Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Dunn Arrested Here In Hotel Fraud Case
J. M. Dunn, sought in Rockford Illinois for defrauding a hotel man, was arrested at the Hotel Stoddard and will be held for authorities in Rockford. Dunn is said to be involved in organizing several insurance companies across the state.
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J. M. Dunn
Rockford
Ill
Man Killed Wrong Man In Roodhouse Inquest Belief
In Roodhouse Illinois the inquest into a fatal shooting reveals William Barnhart a switch foreman at Alton killed his wife and Charles Clapp believing they were too intimate. The staged alibi for Clapp is presented as likely false and the tragedy shown as a terrible mistake.
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Roodhouse, Ill
Wm. Barnhart
Alton
Chas
Clapp
Plans For Tournament Set By Directors At Terry's Alleys
Directors finalize arrangements for an upcoming bowling tournament at Terry's Alleys with state bowlers prepared to compete. Event details remain subject to local scheduling and participation confirmations.
Elliott Returns and Medwizky Sale Shake Up Wisconsin Bowling
The Wisconsin Bowling association set the 1909 series for Terry's alleys with six lanes across venue. Henry H. Harpke will run a women’s tournament Jan 23 to Jan 30 alongside the men’s, with a $25 state team prize. Medwizky sold to the St. Louis Nationals for 323060, Elliott re elected to the La Crosse directors, Mahoney ousted, and funds aimed to lift a treasury deficit with a Jan 15 Linkerhall ball targeting at least $500 profit.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Bowling Association
Terry's
Henry H. Harpke
Milwaukee Bowling Association
Jane
Elliott
Mahoney
Medwizky
St. Louis Nationals
Ball
George Linker
Mr. Linker
St. Louis
la Crosse
Eddie Konetchy
Saile
St. Louis Cardinals
Med
la Crosse Association
Pink” Hawley
Cardinals
Linkerhall
Boosters top Y M C A league standings reshaped
In Saturday Y M C A basketball action the Boosters beat the Cubs 49 to 13, Giants defeated Hustlers 38 to 22, W B U Red Sox beat Monarchs 22 to 19, and Iroquois overwhelmed Wisconsin Telephone 28 to 21, altering the league standings.
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Boosters
Cubs
Giants
Hustlers
W. B. U. Red Sox
Monarchs
Iroquois
Wisconsin Telephone Co
P. W Pet. Boosters
Errrerer
Red Sox
Peter
Etree
W. B. U. Cubs
Wis. Tel. Co
Notter to ride on coast in winter deal
Joe Notter, last season’s star jockey, accepts Charlie Ellison’s offer to ride Ellison horses at Oakland. He must weigh 1190 pounds and be ready to ride by Christmas Day, with $1000 for six weeks’ work plus winning and losing mount fees. Notter had not planned a coast season but chooses the opportunity.
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New York
Joe Notter
California
Charlie Ellison
Oakland
Joe
Ellison
Notter
Herman Holds Scalping Report on Cubs Case
Chicago dispatch notes the national commission on the Cubs scalping case has not yet announced its finding. Garry Herrmann as chairman may choose when to reveal the opinion, with the result likely lingering in minds of President Johnson and Executive Pulliam for days or months.
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Chicago
National Commission
Cubs
Garry Herrmann
Cincinnati
Garry
Johnson
Pulliam
Ball charity hopes fuel La Crosse baseball drive
Directors plan a summer fundraising ball to cover team costs. Tickets will be sent to fans and business leaders with suggested contributions based on means. The event aims to be a major season highlight and profitable, as fairs in other cities showed large returns.
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Elliott
Freeport Bulletin
la Crosse
John A. Elliott
la Crosse Association
Friends of Baseball
Freeport
Rockford
Tech
Ban Johnson and Comiskey Host Game Dinner in Chicago
Ban Johnson and Charles Comiskey held a game dinner at the Automobile club in Chicago where moose and caribou from the north were eaten, the extinct game defied by the queters who ate all but the hoofs and horns. Artie Hofman arrived at club HQ en route to St. Louis for holidays, gaining fifteen pounds and praising the Cubs as winners. He predicts Evers will rejoin the team on the training trip and notes Charley Murphy shares the optimism. John runs a Troy popularity contest for a best liked citizen automobile prize, seemingly leading.
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Chicago
Ban Johnson
Chas. Comiskey
Automobile Club
Artie Hofman
Club
St. Louis
Arthur
Cubs
Johnny Evers
Charley Murphy
Cub
Evers
John
Troy
La Crosse Defeats Salmites In Big Victory
A La Crosse team overcame the Salmites with a decisive win. An accompanying ad promotes Pazo Ointment promising cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days with a money back guarantee for 50 cents.
Central League managers selected for Wheeling and Terre Haute
In Fort Wayne on December 15, it was reported that Dick Padden may become Wheeling manager replacing Tom Fleming. Wheeling used fifty seven players last season. William F Cuppy Groeschow bought a sixth stake in Terre Haute and will manage.
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Fort Wayne
Dick Padden
St. Paul
St. Louis
Wheeling
Tom Fleming
William F
Cuppy) Groeschow
Terre Haute
Marked For Death By Cough Healed By New Discovery
Mrs A C Williams of Backy credits Dr King's New Discovery with curing a grave yard cough that haunted her for three years. She claims the remedy increased her weight by 58 pounds and restored her health. The medicine is advertised as a world healing record for coughs colds and lung throat diseases and is sold with guarantee at O T Erhart's drug store with trial bottle free.
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O. T. Erhart
Papke and Kelly Set for Twenty Five Round Fight
Hugo Kelly and Billy Papke have trimmed to weight and await the result of their twenty five round bout at the Jeffries Athletic club in Los Angeles tonight. They weigh in at 3 o'clock with Papke the favorite and odds reported from 10 to 9 to 10 to 6 amid strong betting on the Thunderbolt.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Hugo Kelly
Billy Papke
Jeffries Athletic Club
Papke
Thunderbolt
Papke Kelly bout draws even money in Los Angeles
Betting for the Hugo Kelly Billy Papke fight in Los Angeles favored Kelly slightly. The winner is set to meet Stanley Ketchel in a forthcoming bout. Money talks but cannot buy conversation, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Los Angeles
Cali
Hugo Kelly
Billy Papke
Kelly
Stanley Ketchel
Cleveland Plain _ Dealer
Big rush in Cupid permits at county clerk office
A land office surge produced several marriage licenses yesterday. Notable pairs include Herman F. Schmaltz and Anna Pappanfuss of La Crosse, Charles L. Gegnn of Green Bay to Maud Gaylord of Rockland, James Pierce of Campbell to Alma Johnson of Campbell, Ole Oleson of Farmington to Alma Mickleson of Farmington, and May Callahan of Minneapolis to John F. Hurley of Georgia.
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la Crosse
Herman F. Schmaltz
Anna Pappanfuss
Charles L. Gegnon
Green Bay
Maud Gaylord
Rockland
James Pierce
Campbell
Alma Johnson
Ole Oleson
Farmington
Alma Mickleson
May Callahan
Minneapolis
John F. Hurley
Georgia
Time-Saving Wisdom: A Man’s Value Grows When He Kills Less Time
A proverb notes that when a man’s time is valuable, he wastes less of it. The fewer minutes he spends idle, the greater the value of his remaining time becomes. This compact observation links efficiency to worth.
It costs nearly as much to educate a son as to support him later
The remark notes the high financial burden of sending a boy to college and argues the ongoing costs after graduation match or exceed the earlier tuition, highlighting the long term financial strain on families.
Ogden Mills Denies Beatrice Mills Engagement
New York Dec 15 Ogden Mills father of Miss Beatrice Mills denied at his Hudson home that the reported engagement to the Earl of Grannard had any foundation He confirmed the Earl announced the news through the Central News Agency but said the engagement was not true The elder Mills stood firm in his denial despite the public assertion of the engagement by the Earl.
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New York
Ogden Mills
Beatrice Mills
Earl of Grannard
Mill
Central News Agency of
London
Dangerous Operation Remedies Sold at Drug Store
An old advertisement touts Dr King as a surgeon removing the appendix in a dangerous operation. The copy promotes Dr King's New Life Pills as a quiet cure for constipation headaches biliousness and malaria. Available for 25 cents at O T Erhart's drug store.
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Dr. King
O. T. Erhart’s
Three Fingers Crushed in Shaper at Elk and Kohlhaus
Injury occurs Friday at the Elk and Kohlhaus factory on Pond Street as James O suffers crushing damage to his fingers while operating a shaping machine. Wife of a worker worried about the future of her child.
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elk@ and
Kohlhaus
James O
Woman's Joy Peaks With Unique Possession
A woman's happiness rises to a peak as she attains a possession that no other woman can attain, marking a rare personal milestone and fulfillment of a long sought goal.
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Spectadan
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Doerflinger
Terry’s
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Consid
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Fred Thomas
Lanaser
Racine
Belle City
Mr. Woodbury
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Port Washington
Madison
Beloit
Janesville
Watertown
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Kenosha
Columbus
Juneau
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Sheboygan
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North Milwaukee
South Milwaukee
Neenah
Menasha
Merrill
W.I. League
P. W. Mahoney
Linker
Herman
J. E. Geiwitz
Salemites
West Salem
Hunt's Alleys
Bondmar
E Shaw
Klawitter
Fries
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Eere
M. Gullickson
Waite
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