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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1908
Page
12
W. W. Keeley of East St. Louis is sent back to Carrollton, Georgia to answer a desertion charge filed by his separated wife. Georgia pays extradition, Keeley treats it as a vacation, and past trips end with dismissal of charges after Christmas. He plans to be free in January until next Christmas.
Tuskegee Alabama December 32 New Year's day set by the Negro Tuberculosis crusade with support from every Negro physician teacher and editor pledged to spread fresh air and clean homes January to be health month with Negro newspapers nationwide publishing tuberculosis editions.
Berlin reports King Otto of Bavaria bound in a straight jacket in a padded room at the palace. He raved in violent insanity, with four guards assisting his valet to restrain him. Physicians were summoned as the monarch’s condition worsened and death was feared.
John T. Fay husband of Eva Fay the mind reader who toured with his wife’s act committed suicide in his Oakland hotel room after a dinner hour. The couple had finished engagements at a local theater and planned to proceed to Denver.
Mrs. Joseph Conrad, 60, of Fountain City, Minnesota, was found dead in the Winona Burlington yards. A carbolic acid bottle was found near the body, and the coroner ruled death by self-inflicted poisoning after she had shopped in Winona and appeared in good spirits earlier.
Frank S Lahm pioneer aviator arrives from Paris in New York to enlist American capitalists for Wright brothers projects. He predicts aeroplanes will become engines of war and commerce. Cortland Field, president of the Aeroclub of America, accompanies Lahm aboard the La Provence and shares optimism after witnessing Wrights' success.
In St Paul Minnesota on December 22 a freight train crash left one man fatally injured and two others with lesser injuries while three cars were wrecked in a rear end collision between trains.
L L Neilson of Mason City Iowa a freight conductor died at Minneapolis city hospital after a collision near St Louis Park All his legs were broken his foot crushed and he was scalded in the incident.
Washington reports Representative Stevens of Minnesota has filed a formal complaint with the treasury over nearly $8 million in wages owed to government employees. He notes no valid excuse for withholding pay beyond protecting bank balances and says an amendment to the sundry civil and military appropriation bill would require payment of wages when due.
In Fergus Falls Minnesota the Water and Light commission announces a rate reduction for electric lights from 10 to 7 percent per 1 000 watt hours after the first of the year. In Grinnell Iowa citizens rally to raise 350 000 endowment for Iowa College with potential extra Carnegie funds bringing total to 500 000. Marshalltown Iowa plans a new 49000 Elks club house to rise next summer in Gothic two story design. Mitchell South Dakota at the State Corn Show in Sioux Falls opens Monday with a push to obtain 1000 from the state legislature for the institution.
Mrs. A. C. Williams of Backy recalls a graveyard cough that resisted doctors until Dr King’s New Discovery, which improved her health enough to gain 58 pounds. The ad claims this medicine holds the world’s healing record for coughs colds and lung throat disease and prevents pneumonia, sold with guarantee at O T Erhart’s drug store. Trial bottle free, priced 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Chas Todd Hayworth, a former U S Navy surgeon, chose to marry Daisy Hornberg of Chicago over a New York heiress. A local newspaper ad quoted as Anything you say Plenty money, only come back. Read Tribune want ads.
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