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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1915
Page
2
Russell Lucas and Waddell Hall of Toledo were carried out on floating ice in a forty mile blizzard on Lake Erie. They saved themselves by acting like Eliza crossing the ice and reached shore near Lakeside, Michigan exhausted and nearly frozen.
P. J. Martin, 25, of Marshalltown, shot and killed his wife, 25, at her mother’s home near Given, then fatally shot himself. Domestic trouble and a divorce suit preceded the tragedy. Two small children orphaned.
Wisconsin health officials promote motion pictures as a modern tool for health education. Films dramatize the fight against tuberculosis, infant mortality, birth registration, immunities against fake cures, and safe farm practices, with lantern slides supplementing school health lectures.
Edward B. Clark, journalist and naturalist, reports that Theodore Roosevelt would accept a presidential nomination. Clark lists candidates Roosevelt will not back, including Weeks, Fairbanks, Root, Burton, Sherman and Knox, following Christmas at the Roosevelt home in Washington.
Major Moraht, a German military critic, declared that the war is nearing its end. He argued England and France strain every nerve and resort to tactics like the Derby recruiting campaign to push their armies forward.
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of the president urged that schools become the vital center of the community before the American Civic association in Washington on December 30.
Mr Peck, unaware it is Monday, scrambles at home to prepare dinner for club day while his wife Tillie argues for or against hiring a maid. She questions spending five dollars for help, insisting he owes thirty dollars weekly and wants payment now.
A long reading blends a testimonial for Deans Kidney Pills with a humorous kitchen farce. Mrs Phelps testifies to relief from rheumatic pains while a neighbor Mrs Harmon helps Mr Peck cook chicken a la king awaiting his wife and guest. A final moral hints the mother in law shapes the wife.
Mark H. Jackson of Syracuse New York claims a complete cure for muscular and inflammatory rheumatism after three years of suffering. He offers a free trial by mail with no charge and only asks payment if fully satisfied and cured, later requesting a one dollar price.
Albert W. Hewson a wealthy Oklahoma farmer shot and killed his wife and his crippled stepson at their Wichita home yesterday. Police say Hewson fled the scene but later surrendered to authorities without incident.
Fond du Lac Wisconsin December 30 The Soo line officials deny plans to use wireless dispatching stating a toy device was shown but never used A Delaware Lackawanna Western test system operated briefly during a storm tie up and experts deem wireless impracticable due to limited reach and coach attachments.
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