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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
2
In a May 14, 1907 letter from Farley of 50 South State St H I, the writer declares Cuticura a household god after treating a severe ponnee breakout and itching with the remedies. He credits swift relief and swelling reduction within days and says he would have saved weeks of suffering without them.
The ad promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for infant skin issues including eczema rashes itching and chafing. It claims rapid permanent relief and economic cures for infantile humors and scalp problems with the Resolvent and other Cuticura products offered by Potter Drug & Chem with a free Cuticura Book on Skin Diseases.
Ann Arbor Mich Dec 16 It is believed negotiations have opened between Michigan athletic authorities and Wisconsin directors for a football game next fall Director of Athletics Charles Baird had a conference here last Friday with the board of regents and is believed to have discussed a Wisconsin Michigan game Baird recently visited Madison Wis and has since returned to his Leavenworth Kansas home
Snippets from Boston Transcript and Brooklyn Life show a humorously hedged exchange. A poet muses on an aching void while a teacher asks a boy about an elephant’s country, with a tongue in cheek joke about Central Park.
Brooklyn pitcher Ed Kelley, nicknamed the Tramp, departs the bullpen faster than star Rube Waddell in a dramatic display. The lineup shifts signal a bold move as Kelley seeks new form and impact.
In La Crosse a rough fellow named Kelley interviews Carl Bond about baseball hopes with the local team. Bondy recalls Ed Kelley of Brooklyn three years ago and a penitentiary stint, while other chatter centers on glowing talk of Muggsy McGraw, Pink Hawley, and the West Coast scene as bonds between players and managers form in late 19th century baseball.
The La Crosse club billiard tournament reports scores for players such as Van Auken Lyndh and Wager across multiple rounds while Elks members Hosley Schrank Taylor and Jarvis post scores. The piece ends with a rhetorical question about changing school discipline practices.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as common sense relief for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims the tablets supply nerve force and digestive fluids, support gastric juices, and aid digestion by delivering active ingredients into the blood. The copy urges readers to mail for a free trial and notes pricing at 50 cents per package from F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall Michigan.
Dorando faces collapse after 25 miles as Longboat holds steady with water and support. Dorando drinks from Chianti flasks and sponsors splash him to keep going. Longboat leads and finishes with a time of 2 45 05 25, 45 seconds behind Hayes Dorando. A potential match race with Shrubb may be arranged soon.
Chicago December 16 The McFarland Erne boxing match set for December 23 in New Orleans may be canceled as Erne clings to a 133 pound weight at 3 o clock. Gilmore and Packey prepared to travel south but waited another day to learn if Erne would concede. If Erne does not yield, the bout will not occur.
In Los Angeles Hugo Kelly and Billy Papke fought a 25 round bout with Kelly floored in round four but dominating later rounds. Referee Jim Jeffries awarded a draw drawing mixed reactions from about four thousand spectators. Kelly shown superior ring generalship and landed many blows while both men wore down after the twelfth.
An old advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine as a worldwide cold and grip remedy. It claims to remove the cause of headaches and neuralgia from colds and urges readers to call for the full name and look for the signature E. W. GROVE. Priced at 25c.
Frank Birmingham, freed from Waupun two weeks ago, has been adjudged insane and committed to the Mendota asylum. Shortly after release he threatened to kill his mother and tried to rob several people in saloons. Two medical commissions affirmed his insanity after the first found only depraved mind indicators.
Henry H Rogers is a prominent American businessman from Fairhaven Massachusetts. He built a grand summer home in Fairhaven and travels there by his steam yacht from New York. He funded civic buildings a Masonic hall a Unitarian church a grammar and high school and a notable public library. He also built the Virginia railway a 442 mile line to improve coal transportation to tidewater. The $36.5 million project aims to move 2.5 million tons of soft coal annually with new passenger traffic once bridge work completes by February 1.
Sioux Falls, S D December 16 Judge Jones fines Norman Rygmyr five hundred dollars for pleading guilty to running away with another man's wife Mrs H Bishop of Marshalltown Ia The couple were tracked to Sioux Falls where the husband of the woman led to their arrest on July 4 while in a room on a city block Read Tribune wants.
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