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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1907
Page
6
The ad touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a safe non alcoholic tonic for women with demanding duties. It claims better pregnancy outcomes and easier childbirth, with full ingredient disclosure and endorsements from medical writers. Also promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation, stressing cure of the cause.
James Magistad and family awoke to a door rap by a man claiming to seek Joseph Nigg. The intruder fired a double barreled gun, hitting Magistad from chest to knees with over seventy pellets. Peter Nigg was arrested as a suspect as sheriffs investigate in Wabasha Minnesota.
In New Haven Connecticut Rev. Thomas McKay former pastor of the Taylor Congregational church faces a major trial before the general council of local Congregational churches. He is charged with wrecking the church plagiarism and untruthfulness after resigning last January amid threats of dismissal. His application to preach elsewhere has sparked the proceedings as opposition from former congregation leaders follows him.
Thomas Warhurst a longtime theatrical manager died of the grip at age eighty one in New York. He helped promote Artemus Ward and later managed pianist Robert Helle and the Haviland minstrel companies. He launched Billy Barry and for nineteen years guided Blind Tom in seasons with profits up to $20,000. He married Nancy Porter daughter of Rufus Porter inventor and first owner of Scientific American.
A man broke into James B. Elmore's henhouse in Marysville and took about six chickens. He left a verse on the door saying Christmas time is drawing near and that he would get the chickens there. Elmore is noted as a major poultry raiser in Indiana.
We feature chatelaine open face and double case watches in many sizes. Some with satin gold finish ideal for engraving, others with raised decorations or etched patterns. Elgin and Waltham watches are sold here, with Parker store offering quality assurance.
Reports on Pacific defenses show San Francisco and Puget Sound deemed impregnable while a Suez route for the fleet could leave the coast at risk. The torpedo flotilla bound for the Pacific rushed back from Rio Janeiro due to gear trouble on the Lawrence. W T Stead notes in the Daily Mail that while invulnerable on land the U S risks provoking Japan as the fleet cruises the Pacific.
New data from seventeen U S cities shows heart disease deaths rising in 1906 and projecting 1907 totals near 18 509 an increase of 2 346 from the cities reporting. New York leads with 7 059 victims followed by Philadelphia 2 632 and Chicago 2 497.
Berlin December 24 The Harden Von Moltke trial resumed with a morning closed session. In the afternoon Frau Von Elbe Count Von Moltke’s ex wife testified anew and altered prior statements. Her changed testimony shifts the defense position and softens earlier accusations.
A December report from the comptroller of the currency shows national banks total loans and discounts at 4.583 billion dollars, individual deposits at 4.177 billion, cash resources 660.8 million, capital stock 901.7 million, United States deposits 223.1 million, with net balances of clearing house certificates at 64.3 million and a legal reserve ratio of 21.31 percent.
A well known scientist promotes a fruit juice and Paw Paw Melon compound claimed to safely move the bowels and boost digestion. The recipe mixes Obitrut Compound Extract with port wine and is sold by druggists, with Runckel and Erhart named among sellers and distributors.
Willis G. Doud, of 409 North Eighth Street, went to the basement to tend the furnace last evening. Flames burst out when he opened the door, setting his clothes ablaze and burning his head and arms. He grabbed a nearby coat and smothered the fire, suffering serious facial burns but improving after a physician treated him.
Ames Iowa December 24 The faculty at Iowa State college failed to resolve a dispute between Vice Dean Meeker of the engineering department and his wife leading to a separate court action. Mrs Meeker sues for separation and Story City default was entered against Professor Meeker but no fixed alimony set. The case sparks campus gossip and raises questions about the faculty sifting committee and moral oversight of students.
Calloway Sebastian was released from a Lexington hospital after an election day shooting in Lee City Wolf county. Doctors found his heart is located lower than normal, averting a fatal path the bullet would have taken if the heart were in its typical position.
Members of the Methodist Preachers Association report that the state department in Washington has assured a diplomatic inquiry into alleged Congo Free State butcheries.
Captain Henry Scribner and his wife perished when the barge New Haven foundered off Woodmont in the sound. They had attempted to row ashore as six crew members were rescued.
Mrs Annie M Bradley sues to contest the late United States Senator Arthur Brown's will. She seeks half his estate, $150000, for the two sons Arthur aged seven and Martin Montgomery aged four. A 1905 acknowledgment of paternity is read from trial records and guardian Mrs Maddison is named for the children.
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