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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
5
Fragmentary text describes a fundraising effort to sell stamps to meet a pledge of 1,500,000 stamps and a midnight deadline. It mentions a person in Wisconsin, a pauper, and a fund tied to a list of enrollees as part of the drive. The exact details and dates are unclear.
The passage urges Wisconsinites to support a state led effort against consumption, praising early donors who have already contributed time and money. It calls for broad public backing and emphasizes the importance of immediate action, ending with a push to buy a stamp today.
A city council committee will recommend placing additional polling places in school houses for the spring election and to replace movable booths. If April elections cannot accommodate the change, booths will be disposed of in several wards. The plan, praised as economical and convenient, aims to make all voting places permanent.
The La Crosse club held a regular tournament yesterday between Hankerson and Hart. Hankerson won after a brilliant performance, posting a new high average of 3.65, while Hart managed only 43 points. The event featured several players including Goddard, Van Steenwyk, Colman, Skinner, Kurtenacker, Salzer, Allerton, Colmar, Mitchel, Craft, and Allerton among others.
The sentence discusses outcomes of fruit visibility within foliage, suggesting that fruits remain not hidden despite leaves. It reads like a fragment, lacking clear reported event, participants, or location to anchor a news-style summary.
Ford ads call for men to report for Saturday work at Arctic Ice and Fuel Co. Local and visiting residents are listed, with dozens of social notes from La Crosse including visits to Caledonia, Trempealeau, and Owen. Mentions include P. H. Peterson of Houge Ridge, Jan 4 1909 term start at Keefe College, and various visits and parties across the region.
Leo F. Zeinski of 68 Gibson St Buffalo NY reports curing the most annoying cold sore with Bucklen's Arica Salve. He applied once daily for two days until every trace vanished. Sold with guarantee at O T Erhart's drug store for 25c.
A wealthy member of the Syrian colony paid his taxes yesterday and asked why his bill had not changed from last year. He was informed that an additional tax of one mill was levied for park purposes.
An advertisement urges families to keep Pape's Diapepsin for stomach trouble and indigestion. It claims the 50 cent case digests any meal, ends sour stomach, belching, and heartburn within minutes, and provides relief from headaches and nausea, with a physician-like prescription to take one triangle after supper.
The La Crosse Normal school is to be completed by June 15 in time for the September 1 opening. Inside work continues rapidly after roofing, with plasterers on the first floor and an internal heating system aiding the drying process. West Salem sewer contract finished. New Year reception at La Crosse club. Shelby Farmers Insurance directors discuss ahead of next month’s annual meeting.
Miss Elizabeth Drake hosted her music pupils on Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 5, with music and amusements. The rooms were festively decorated and refreshments served before guests departed. Attendants included Misses Marie Kleinsmith Lillian Faas Evelyn Faas Meta Will Aletta Boma Sarah Groves John Kleinsmith and helpers Miss Mathilda Faas Lena Bedessen Anna Drake Marie Drake Mrs C Kleinsmith and Mrs A Drake.
The Alpha Omega fraternity of La Crosse High School held its annual dance last evening in Coren’s hall. The hall was decorated in the society colors and pennants from colleges and universities. About fifty couples attended and all reported an enjoyable time.
For the first time in its history the Deutscher Verein will open its doors to non members for a Sylvester ball tonight. Invitations went to friends of members to attend the New Year event, held despite last night's fire. The society has long celebrated New Year's with this dance as a season highlight.
Friday afternoon and evening the La Crosse Commandery of the Knights Templar will host a reception and ball at the Masonic temple. Committees are making extensive preparations for the affair.
The Misses Mary and Anna Ford of Minneapolis, visiting their parents Mr. and Mrs. BE. W. Ford, hosted a pleasant informal coffee Monday afternoon for a few old friends. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. George Powell entertained four tables at bridge with prizes won by Mrs. Alex Hyslop and Mrs. Alfred Harrigon.
Mrs. Mary Austin traveled to Chicago for New Year’s with Mrs. C. D. Hill. Miss Frances Clarke enjoys holidays in California. Mrs. J. W. McConnell hosted a neighborhood quilting event. Miss Emma Josten hosted the Tuesday Afternoon Embroidery club. Mrs. E. R. Spicer hosted the Tuesday Five Hundred club dinner. An afternoon of cards followed these gatherings.
New York faces midnight as 1909 arrives with mass dining and drinking, hotel cafes and cabarets packed, music filli ng streets, and police pledges leniency for after theater revelry while avoiding real rowdyism.
At first he remonstrated yet agreed after learning a North Side park would be near his home. He warned he would allow a deduction from funds if money was tight and then departed City Hall in a happy mood.
Supervisors Davis Kindley and Aiken were named by Chairman Keppel yesterday to form a committee. They are to investigate and report on the needs of Judge Brindley’s court.
An ad promotes Cascarets as a simple way to clean out the system after drinking. It claims hundreds of thousands know the product, offers a 160 cent box, and urges taking one or two before bed for a pleasant tomorrow. The copy markets the remedy as a worldwide best seller with million boxes sold.
Rev Haas, longtime head at St Josephs Ridge, named assistant to Rev G Sluyter at St Josephs Cathedral. Bishop Schwebach approves arrangement adding a third mass on Sundays in the cathedral schedule.
A compact timeline lists Etna eruptions from BC 467 the first recorded event through AD 1882. It records major eruptions and impacts including AD 1169 with 15,000 killed in Catania, AD 1669 with 20,000 killed, and AD 1693 with over 20,000 casualties, plus multiple lesser events and long gaps.
Maxine Elliott’s New Playhouse in New York opened last night with The Chaperoon a new comedy by Marion Fairfax. Elliott was warmly received by an enthusiastic audience Mrs De Navarro formerly Our Mary Anderson attended as guest and received a cordial welcome.
An advertisement urges readers to stop the hack and restore health with Gray's Yerba Santa sold at Beyschlag's Drug Store on Main Street. It recommends taking one teaspoonful every two hours, claiming rapid cough relief and personal serenity as the main payoff.
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