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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1909
Page
2
A reader from Carthage Ohio reports curing children with Cuticura for milk crust and severe scalp encrustation at high desert elevations. The letter praises Cuticura as a blessing to mankind and asks others to publish their experiences.
An old notice touts Cuticure Ointment as among the most curatives for skin ailments. The text mentions the 4 humors of the skin and recommends Cuticure Soap as a prewash and a mild dose of Cuticure Resolvent after treatment to reduce inflammations and permit rest.
Davenport Jan. 13 A meeting of the Three-Eye League discussed the salary limit causing a potential temporary assignment of Ted Sullivan as manager by the league. Springfield's Kinsella wrote arguing for higher pay beyond $150 a month if desired. Sullivan attended the meeting and participated in the discussion.
Emergency Kelly of New York and Tommy Kilbane will sign to box fifteen rounds for the featherweight title of the middle west. Their last Columbus bout Monday ended after six rounds due to authorities intervention.
London Jan 13 E H Crowhurst arrived on the Lusitania to enlist English runners for a six day marathon at Madison Square Garden New York. He seeks sixteen two man teams with the race likely in March.
A bowling tournament attracted many entries including numerous two person teams and individuals. The event showcased broad participation from local bowlers seeking top scores and medals.
NEW YORK Jan 13 It is a baseball drama as Joe McGinnity known as Iron Man is waived back to the minors by Manager McGraw of the Giants. Once a top star and innovator of the spit ball and underhand raise, he may return to his iron foundry life rather than minors, with friends predicting a gradual exit from the game.
Managers of Company B and the Y M C A basketball teams at the armory hall organized a city league after a practice game in which the Y M C A team won 40 to 8. Planned teams include La Crosse High School Y M C A Company B and W B U.
In Chicago the clash between American league president Ban Johnson and Cubs president Charles Murphy over a $10,000 bonus for the Cubs continues. Johnson says players committee cannot seek a ruling from the national commission. Murphy argues players must obtain the proper dispensation from baseball's supreme court.
Hal Chase, star first baseman of the Highlanders, seeks reinstatement. President Pulliam backs the bid after California Harolds plea and Garry Herrmann forwarded it to him. Pulliam says Chase can return to organized baseball with extenuating circumstances noted in the petition.
Los Angeles, Jan 13 Packy McFarland, favored 1 to 2, faces Fighting Dick Hyland Friday night in a ten round bout. Hyland is fast and powerful, capable of ending a fight with a single clean shot. Packy trains hard, shows speed and ruggedness, and vows to win.
An eminent Russian physician credits laughter with aiding digestion and nerves in dyspepsia. The ad extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, claiming they digest foods, strengthen the stomach, and nourish the blood. Sold by F A Stuart Co with a free sample offer.
A plan to have every team play each other is outlined to stir interest in the indoor sport. Managers and captains will represent the city, Germania possibly excluded, at a Y M C A meeting tonight to elect officers and draft a league constitution. This marks a return to organized league play after years without such structure.
The stewards and representatives of Grand Circuit tracks set dates for the upcoming harness season. Detroit hosts July 26-30. Kalamazoo Michigan August 2-6. North Randall Ohio August 9-13. Buffalo Fort Erie August 16-20. Poughkeepsie August 23-27. Long Branch August 20 September. Hartford September 6-10. Syracuse September 13-17. Columbus September 20 October 15. Fort Readville track near Boston withdraws from racing after a quarter century.
Laxative Bromo Quinine cold cure claims to remove headache and neuralgia from colds. Advertisements urge readers to request the full name and signature of E. W. Grove as endorsement. Product priced at 25 cents.
Wood Hoffman announced from Los Angeles that racing will return for Chicago followers next June. Chicago bankers and businessmen have pooled 500000 to revive the Roby course in Indiana and a bill to legalize the sport will be introduced in the Indiana legislature. The promoters report backing from a majority of senators and the governor.
James J. Jeffries will do thirty weeks in vaudeville, an announcement says. Observers at the Los Angeles Athletic Club yesterday noted the trunks Jeffries wore in the Jack Monroe bout were displayed, the white silk sticking at the knees. Gossip says he must shed about fifty pounds to regain his former weight.
Featherweight champion Abe Attell and Ray Bronson of Indianapolis have agreed to a twenty round bout in Dayton Ohio on February 12 for the 126 pound world championship. The weight at ringside will be 126 pounds.
Dorando Pie tri the Italian Marathon ace arrives in Chicago after defeating Percy Smallwood in St Louis. He will train for his bout with Albert Corey at Dexter Park Pavilion a week from Friday night and will receive a welcoming reception at the Sherman house this afternoon.
John C. Doherty aged 27 from Alvord Iowa died in a Putney South Dakota office building fire that threatened the Atlas Lumber Company stock where he served as the local agent.
An irate subscriber protests an obituary in The Herald, insisting they are not dead. The editor replies that if the obituary is wrong they will publish a birth notice instead to correct the record.
Al Miller and C. R. Schermerhorn narrowly escaped serious harm when a street car collided with their cutter on Seventh Street. They were thrown in front of the car and rolled several yards before it stopped. Both suffered severe bruises but no major injuries. The cutter was wrecked and the horses were badly bruised.
A life long domicile once straddling the Virginia North Carolina line was found to lie a few feet south of the border after a re survey. The old lady learned she would henceforth be a Virginia resident and quipped that North Carolina had a reputation for being unhealthy.
A humorous exchange from the New York Herald about an engagement ending after learning she possessed an artificial arm. The remark frames the breakup as a reaction to the prosthesis rather than personal incompatibility.
The winter season features an organ recital by Mr. Harry Packman at the Congregational church on Thursday evening. He is accompanied by Master Ambrose Coughlin, soprano, and Mr. E. O. Forseth, baritone, performing a program of works by Wagner Franck Saint Paul Buck Mendelssohn Pearce and more.
The Cleeland Leader quotes a quip about curing a wife’s chattering by remarking that closed lips form a Cupid’s bow turning chatter into a playful remark. The item presents a humorous exchange attributed to a local newspaper.
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