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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
3
After half an hour the jury returned a verdict acquitting Clara Miles colored in the larceny from the person of John Ellefson of Mabel Minnesota. Judge Fruit instructed acquittal and noted weaknesses in the state case. Attorney A P Parsons represented the woman.
Milwaukee notes report the Harmony Male Quartette formed at the Y M C A with Albert Hegge Real Russell Roy Marshall and Orlando Hegge as members. Also mentioned are Bijou theatre shows holiday events weddings and local notices across Milwaukee and surrounding cities.
An advertisement from CHAS. BEYSCHLAG'S Drug Store at 503 Main St promotes a Yerba Santa cough cure claiming superior effectiveness and novelty. It markets a California yerba santa based formula, offered in both 50 cent and one dollar bottles, asserting high price reflects quality.
Victor Malowicki is jailed in Winona charged with stabbing Frank Geisel through the lungs and F. O'Brien in the arm after a street dispute that moved into Erpelding's saloon. Malowicki says he acted to defend himself as others men threatened him. He was arrested at home while ready to leave town. Geisel's condition is uncertain but may recover.
The postmaster general orders a suspension of new rural free delivery routes for six months. Wisconsin officials have not received notice, and authorities plan to improve existing routes. Special agents will readjust routes and strengthen county service in Wisconsin to boost overall postal efficiency.
Wallace Wheeler aged 18 and Mary Tomlison 15, both of Paynette, eloped a week earlier and evaded officers by boarding a Southern Minnesota train at La Crosse. They reportedly married before being caught, traveling with $55 Wheeler had saved for the wedding trip, and were seen returning to Poynette with the girl’s father and village marshal in pursuit.
Jacob Johnson, a Superior hotel proprietor, killed himself by leaping from a second story hospital window. He had been at the hospital about an hour and was temporarily insane, his neck breaking on impact and causing instant death.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a premier throat and lung remedy for colds. It claims rapid relief and prevention of serious illness, sold by J. A. Erhart & Son.
The article touts Newbro's Herpicide as the sole remedy to kill dandruff germs, preventing hair loss and promoting glossy hair. It claims hair strength depends on removing dandruff, urging purchase through druggists and mail order to The Herpicide Co in Detroit with special agents J. A. Erhart & Son.
W F Gallagher popular Bijou manager will not depart to Duluth or La Crosse as Amalgamated Theatre Co plans. Superior house still unfinished. Gallagher likely to stay in Duluth city city position while he has built Bijou success.
Green Bay reports negotiations between Brooklyn Rapid Transit Surface Railway and attorneys to use John C. Wigman’s electric switch signal in winter tests. Inventor asserts winter trials will prove utility. device allegedly unique and warns engineers of approaching trains regardless of switch position.
Advertisement for Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup promotes relief from biliousness and sick headache. It claims to sweeten the stomach aid digestion and gently stimulate the liver and bowels without irritation. It asserts cures for biliousness and habitual constipation and notes it does not nauseate or gripe. Sold by J. A. Erhart & Son.
Kreutz's La Crosse Orchestra furnished delightful music for the Assembly dance at K of P hall last night. The dress affair was one of the season's most enjoyable events to date.
Clark & Clark Palmer Livery lists funeral service rates with hearse at 1.60 pallbearers wagon 1.00 and carriages 1.00. Notes Sundays excepted and lines up service offerings for white or black hearses and associated items.
Chicago surgeons discuss mouth and throat cancer linked to tobacco while citing President Ulysses S. Grant as a cautionary example. Grant, a constant smoker known for holding cigars in the mouth’s side, developed cancer and died July 23, 1885.
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