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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
8
A matter theater ad touts a large and excellent company with a love story running matinee for 50 cents and night shows from 25 to 100 dollars? Seats available Thursday at Miss Larson's Candy store theater building.
Chas. C. Byers, Clinton Iowa born Albany Il town clerk, met a terrible death when kerosene poured on a stove flare ignited a can causing an explosion. He ran through the village streets burning, then collapsed at a friend’s home and died five hours later.
Mrs. Courtright wife of former State Senator O B Courtright died in Waterloo on Walnut Street when the electric runabout she operated sped in circles. She was crushed after either falling or jumping from the vehicle. Her chest and head were fatally injured as witnesses reported the loss of control.
A fragment notes a social quip about lawn dresse restrictions for widows, mentioning Maudie in a conversational tone. The brief item reflects social norms or fashion chatter from the period without asserting formal policy or broader context.
Two earthquakes twelve minutes apart shook Virginia City Minnesota causing pandemonium as plaster fell and a brick school building cracked. Witnesses say ground rent with fissures and aftershocks struck at 6 30 and 6 50 PM amid speculation the tremors came from Yellowstone Park or Crater lakes to the south. Frank Pace reports lake like ground heaved near Crater lakes six miles south of town with wide fissures up to two and a half feet.
Pasadena, December 23. Dr Eliza Beach attending Innes and Vaughn Brokaw declared she believed they would live after Leonard Brokaw died of ptomaine poisoning from starvation. Leonard was buried today in a service without ministers or religious rites. Prof Vail gave a brief oration before the body was cremated.
Aberdeen December 23 Carrie Nation is to be the principal attraction in London music halls if ongoing negotiations succeed A proposition has been made to the famous reformer to headline stages in the British capital later this season
Christmas letters arrive as youngsters flood the city post office with wish lists for toys. Carmel Neeland, six, asks for a magic lantern, steamboat, engine, talking machine, Humpty Dumpty circus, and a rideable toy car, while David Stellick seeks a steam engine, rocking horse, skates, and more. Doris Wager requests a red riding hood cap, doll dress, a Teddy bear suit, and an 898 doll.
Virginia City residents panicked after six quake shocks struck yesterday and last night. Reports from Montanans indicate widespread fear as tremors rattled the town and nearby areas.
An article argues hurried bolting of poorly chewed food is the main cause of dyspepsia and offers a home remedy. It recommends eating slowly, avoiding rich foods, and using a neutralizing elixir made with sodium phosphate essence of peppermint and baking soda, to be taken before meals.
Washington dispatch reports Northwestern milling interests petition the interstate commerce commission to curb railroad and water rates to the Atlantic seaboard. Forty mills with 117 million barrels annual capacity accuse 28 railroads of discriminatory pricing, noting past exports and current higher costs, urging rates dropped to 20 cents per hundred pounds.
Robbery occurred at the German Lutheran church in Mankato as boxes near the vestibule for church offerings were broken into and the collected money Taken. This incident was discovered when services opened on Sunday morning December 23.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson announced that the quarantine against hogs and cattle in Michigan will be raised in a few days, except in four counties currently under state quarantine.
John Curry rides a drifting cake of ice from Iowa to Nebraska in the Missouri River near Sioux City. The current carried him about a mile and a half before the cake struck the Iowa bank and he escaped by jumping ashore. Eliza of Uncle Tom's Cabin fame is referenced as a contrast.
A major blaze in Mentor destroys the W Weidecamper general store A Coffey hardware Jens Olson feed store a barber shop a warehouse and a dwelling. Total loss around 20000 with about 10000 covered by insurance. Fire origin and cause are under investigation by local authorities.
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