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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1906
Page
6
The attorney general holds that information can be filed against a corporation without arresting it or granting bail or a preliminary examination, noting the impracticality of arresting a corporation as a legal entity.
The coming engagement of Mabel Barrison at La Crosse features her pocket edition of a musical score and hits like Sammy across The Land of Nod and The Wizard of Oz. She headlines The District Leader with a forty-strong company, under Joseph E Howard, for one night. Lillian Russell debuts in The Butterfly at Atlantic City and Philadelphia next week. Nat Goodwin ends a tour due to illness and plans January return.
Lyman H Howe brings new moving pictures to La Crosse Theater on Thursday December 20. His twelve years of popular success guarantee an evening of rare pleasure with a program filled with fresh humor and educational content suitable for every family member.
The leading role in The rists passes from Julia Anderson to Madge Crichton while Eleanora Duse’s Berlin run draws record crowds, with all five performances sold in advance. Antonio D’Annunzio, brother of the Italian playwright, is writing Cupida an American comic opera with libretto and lyrics by H Dorr and Frank L Free
Neighbors report John D. Rockefeller plays golf at Pocantico Hills with Italian laborers as caddies after dropping winter caddy boys to let them attend village school. He sometimes plays against them when no other company is available, though language is limited.
W. L. Hill, a boy once weighing 90 pounds, has grown to over 180 pounds after using Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He credits the cure to the medicine after doctors had given up on him. Guaranteed by O. T. Erhart. Trial bottle available.
Madison Wisconsin December 1 The attorney general rules that a corporation can be prosecuted criminally by filing an information and need not await indictment. District attorney Lehner of Green Lake questioned the process for a corporate charge over an unsanitary creamery. The opinion allows service on a principal officer and requires the corporation to appear in court.
Dr Andrew Stephenson head of DePauw University history department declares red mandatory for all students. He advises incoming students to accept the rule or not enroll. In residence his household decor follows the fad with rooms in red and a red dress day in class.
A special election is underway in Worcester Massachusetts Third district to choose a successor for the late Congressman Rockwood Hoar. Charles G Washburn, already picked for the Sixtieth Congress, is assured the seat.
The Pastors' union gathered Monday morning to discuss civic problems and their impact on the community. Reverend J. led the session, outlining concerns and possible actions.
S Lowe of First Universalist led a discussion on municipal needs at a La Crosse meeting. Rev W E Biederwolf's recent La Crosse evangelism influenced pastors to seek common sense reform on saloon and gambling issues, without arguing for abolition or regulation. A vote thanked La Crosse press for revival publicity.
Followers of the green table await a Grand Central Palace match between Willie Hoppe and George Sutton to decide the 1892 title currently held by Sutton. The winner will be challenged by Jacob Schaeffer in the next bout.
A compact message laments the shortage of housing, noting that apartments or flats would improve living conditions if available. The remark underscores housing scarcity and the desire for usable dwellings.
Prof Sir William Japp Sinclair denounces Andrew Carnegie's ten million dollar gift to Scottish universities and its liberal aid policy. He notes Aberdeen graduates oppose it as scholars abuse the fund, raise tutor fees, and lose independence, changing Scottish higher education for the worse.
Historical note recalls Oliver Wendell Holmes keeping a horse chestnut in one pocket and a potato in another as remedies against rheumatism, reflecting quirky 19th century health beliefs.
The census bureau reports insanity increasing in the United States and growing faster than population. More insane males than females overall, with more insane foreign-born than natives. Germans and Scandinavians account for about 65 percent of the foreign cases, and native born mixed-blood individuals show rapid increases.
Contractors R A Stor mont and James Stor mont return from several months work on a major tobacco warehousing project. The facility, owned by the Pretzfield company of New York and managed by Frank Macintosh, marks the third large packing plant in Viroqua, a center known for handling leaf tobacco.
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