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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
5
Chas Beyschlag, 503 Main Street, La Crosse, thanks his customers for their patronage through the La Crosse Tribune. He pledges to ensure satisfaction and invites any complaints to be rectified, wishing all a happy prosperous New Year.
Dr. William Gloyd, a Minneapolis dentist who vanished on October 29 after a hunting accident involving his cousin, is believed found. A man answering his description reportedly stayed overnight at a Brinson hotel and departed after identification tests. Mrs. Gloyd has alerted authorities within a thirty mile radius.
DeWitt C Moon rose from farmer boy to Lake Shore general manager through steady work and public service. He began as Moon's station agent after railroad surveyors won a right of way through his land. He became telegrapher, dispatcher, then superintendent and finally general manager, crediting his mother for support and urging others to work daily and consult their mothers.
An advertisement urges readers to switch from coffee to Postum to improve digestion and steadiness of mind. It claims caffeine disrupts digestion, and a two week trial shows a marked improvement in work capacity, ending with the line There’s a Reason. Read The Road to Wellville in packages.
County Treasurer William Weimer forwarded 1 754.41 to the state treasurer at Madison Wisconsin for fines suit money and inheritance tax for the last quarter of last year. The report lists amounts including 1 393.11 in fines and miscellaneous items and 189.30 for a separate category with unclear labels.
Notice indicates a new lot of ladies tan button shoes in sizes to be offered next Wednesday at a price of 3.50 dollars. Contact L. F. Gautsch at 522 Main for details.
A seller touts an inexpensive pie mix named Our Pie Preparation Lemon Chocolate or Custard that yields tasty pies with one piece prompting another. The scene mentions a girl in sable furs smiling, adding a touch of mood to the ad.
Mrs S J Edwards of Union City Tennessee says she remains healthy at seventy seven after using Peruna for five to six years and can work as well as forty years ago. J R Prince of Cattaraugus New York notes a cure for forty five years of suffering and upcoming sixty six birthday. Martha Avery of Leominster Massachusetts recalls nervous breakdown and stomach trouble cured by Peruna after using several bottles. Henry Merz of Evansville Indiana reports bronchial trouble cleared and feeling ten years younger after Peruna. The notes promote Peruna tablets for those who object to liquid medicine.
Mrs. Kate Belle Downing of Marshalltown Iowa, divorced from A James Bailey, married Langdon W Place in Peoria Illinois after failing to obtain a license due to not yet one year divorced. Place was her former lover who lived in Marshalltown until recently. Bailey managed the Sioux City branch of Downing's wholesale furniture business.
Watertown South Dakota January 11 John Keifer a reputed 117 year old veteran of Civil Mexican and Blackfoot wars was adjudged insane and committed to the Yankton asylum by the board of insanity He has lived in the country since the earliest settlers and once homesteaded near Lake Kampeska before losing the farm to mortgage
Frohsinn Singing Society invites members and friends to the 24th anniversary celebration on Sunday evening January 12. The program includes comical speeches songs by Frohsinn and mixed choir with Kreutz's orchestra. Refreshments will be served. Per Committee Frohsinn Society
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