Blood disease remedy ad from early 20th century paper
An advertisement extols the treatment of anaemia with Dr Williams Pink Pills. A testimonial from Mrs Geor Stearns of Junction City Wisconsin describes long illness after childbirth, extreme weakness and pale lips, improved after using the pills. The piece promotes requesting a free booklet and purchasing the medicine from Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY.
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Geor Stearns
Junction City
Wis
Qheen
County weighs sending Rogers back to Pueblo case
District Attorney James Thompson and Chief John Webber discussed whether to spend money to extradite Harry Rogers the silk thief from Pueblo to face trial next week. Local authorities have not decided, and no requisition has been filed. Belle McCue is said to be involved, with the effort likely to be dropped.
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James Thompson
John Webber
Pueblo
Colo
Harry Rogers
Thompson
Rogers
Belle McCue
Morris & Hartwell
State Department
Meadison
Girls Held Over Questionable Conduct In County Jail
Agnes Stoquist and Ruth Barnes aged about sixteen were arrested yesterday for visiting places of ill repute. Both have prior reprimands. Stoquist from the North Side and Barnes with her parents on the South Side await a county court hearing before Judge Brindley tomorrow.
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Agnes Stoquist
Ruth Barnes
Ruth Nimocks
Miss Stoquist
North Side
Brindley
La Crosse Tribune Office Note Office Personnel
The La Crosse Tribune notes staff roles with manager C F Achweigert and reporter Stanton Baylis from the local office. Reading room staff and advertising notes appear in the column.
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THE
LA Crosse Tribune
BORTH
News Baylis
North Side to Receive Paved Streets and Improvements
The special street improvement committee recommends paving 500 feet of the causeway from the Burlington tracks northward. Clinton street would be paved from Rose to George with one block caledonia to avon already paved. Berlin and Charles streets get sections paved linking to Gillette Logan and St Paul streets.
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Burlington
Clinton Street
Rose Street
George Street
Caledonia
Avon Street
Berlin Street
Gillette Street
Charles Street
Clinton
St. Paul Street
George Sreet
Gillette
Logan Street
North Side in Brief
Stewart Murphy resigns from La Crosse Rubber Mills and plans to move east soon. Several residents travel for visits and business, including Fred Morley in St Paul and James Cambridge visiting in St Paul. Local layoffs hit C B and Q railroad with fifteen brakemen laid off. Bowling club plans evening session at Kisselbach alleys. Various residents visit friends and relatives in Stillwater Aurora Cash ton Chicago West Salem Berlin street stillwater and Tonnen City notes.
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Stewart Murphy
la Crosse
Fred Morley
St. Paul
James Cambridge
John Gund
Kisselbach
J. Densmore
Tunnel City
Charlies Shutter
Rose Street
F. Mills
West Salem
North Side
Mr. James Calling
Henry Calling
Charles Street
Helen Smith
Stillwater
Minn
Harry Mahlum
Aurora
Harry Groth
Berlin Street
Chicago
Otto Hiller
Cashton
Snow Storm Hides Path of Youth Evans Vanishes
Friday evening John C. Evans of French Island disappeared during a heavy snow storm while attempting to reach Round Lake. The wood hauler took a different route and Evans wandered for hours through marshes despite lantern aid. Detective McGrath helped recover him and he returned home with his parents.
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John C. Evans
French Island
Round Lake
Evans
John T. Evans
Chapmunk Coulee
McGrath
Surprise Party For Mrs Smith At Charles Street Home
Mrs. F. Smith hosted a pleasant surprise party at her Charles street home yesterday afternoon. Guests included Mrs. A. Shaede Mrs. D. Norton Mrs. L. M. Race and Mrs. J. A. Pettinger. Refreshments were served and the afternoon was enjoyed.
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F. Smith
Charles Street
A. Shaede
D. F. Norton
L. M. Race
J. A. Pettinger
Breaks a Cold in a Day and Cures Any Cough
A home remedy claims to treat acute colds and coughing by mixing Concentrated pine compound with glycerine and whiskey. The mixture is taken in small doses every four hours and reputedly strengthens lungs and heals bronchial tubes, with ingredients available at druggists.
Jenks Expects 20 000 Tons Of Ice This Winter
The north side ice harvest is unusually large and clear at 18 inches thick with little snow ice. Owen Icehouse filled today, owner confident no ice famine next summer after Li stores 3 500 tons. L C Jenks of Arctic Ice and Fuel Co expects houses filled by week end and a total of 20 000 tons, ensuring supply for a warm season.
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North Side
Owen
L. C. Jenks
Arctic Ice and Fuel Company
Foley’s Orino Laxative Promised to Cure Constipation
An advertisement claims Foley’s Orino Laxative will regularize bowels and end the need for constant purgatives. It asserts the product “positively cures chronic constipation” and is pleasant to take.
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Foley
O. T. Errt
Lemon trade crippled by Sicily earthquake toll
New York importers tell the Ways and Means committee that Sicily lemon production will collapse after a devastating earthquake. They warn 150000 lives lost and 300000 workers displaced, urging substantial duty cuts to keep imports viable.
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Washington, D. C
House Committee On Ways and Means
New York City
Italy
Sicily
Calhoun Jury Moves Slowly in San Francisco Trial
The second venue of 100 calls in the trial of Patrick Calhoun, accused briber of supervisors, appeared in court today. At the current pace the case is likely to span several months.
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San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
Tae
Epitaph Collector Displays Indian Battle Tomb Verse
A collector shows a photograph of a marble tomb bearing an epitaph about Iroquois chiefs slain near Cooperstown. Composed by clergyman W. W. Lord, the verse declares the land once ours and now yours, a statement echoed in the Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt.
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Cooperstown
W. W. Lord
Philadelphia Bulletin
Last year’s passion fades to memories in fashion
A fragment from Smart Set reflects on fading romance and the difficulty of letting go of past styles and loves. The speaker laments how memories linger while present desires grow faint.
Brewmasters to Fight Prohibition at Midwest Convention
The Upper Mississippi Valley Brewmasters Association held a banquet and convention at Woodman Hall and voted to cooperate with the National Brewmasters Association against the temperance movement. About sixty attendees from cities between St Paul and Dubuque, including Winona and Red Wing, planned to meet in Dubuque next year and elected officers and a three member committee to attend Indianapolis in the near future.
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Upper Mississippi
Louis Silversmith
Gund Brewing Company
la Crosse
Michael Schrick
Bub Brewing Company
Winona
John Schiel
Michel Brewing Company
England Pleased by Teddy's Praise
In Washington Roosevelt lauded English rule in India before Methodist missionary workers. British papers hail his knowledge and praise, noting the tribute strengthens Indian policy and broad Anglo American understanding, with The Times and Pall Mall Gazette predicting wide reading across the empire.
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London
Roosevelt
India
Washington
Globe
Philippines
England
the Times
Pall Mall Gazette
18 This Girl the Missing Grafter
London authorities hesitate to arrest Miss McLeod of Oban Scotland amid suspected frauds linked to Violet Gordon Charlesworth. Creditors press for arrest, fearing she still possesses funds from victims. Miss McLeod and Violet Charlesworth’s sister Lily Charlesworth deny the match.
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London
Miss McLeod
Oban
Scotland
Violet Gordon Charlesworth
Miss . Charlesworth
Miss Charlesworth
Lillian Charlesworth
Violet
Two Names Circulated for Proposed League
Local baseball officials discuss forming a spring league and consider Mississippi Valley league or Northwest league as viable names. Kuehnaw and Wilcox are unclear on plans while Milwaukee and Wausau moves may affect attendance and the timing of a conference to decide on organizing a league.
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John A. Elliott
Henry Rooney
Kuehnan
Duluth
Roy Wilcox
Eau Claire
Kuehnaw
Milwaukee
Wausau
Rooney
Coop ers to Start With 500 Talesmen
Five hundred talesmen have been subpoenaed to appear in the criminal court at 9 o'clock tomorrow for the murder trial of Col. Duncan B. Cooper his son Robin J. Cooper and John D. Sharp in the Carmack case. Attorney General Jeff McCain says this will be a fraction of the total needed to select a jury and notes widespread public opinion. The occasion comes as the legislature acts on liquor bills linked to Carmack's death.
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Nashville
Tenn
Talesmen
Duncan B. Cooper
Robin J. Cooper
John D. Sharp
E. W. Carmack
Jeff McCain
Carmack
Petition Drives for Parole of Noted Convicts
In Joliet Illinois on January 19 petitions for clemency were filed with the state pardon board. Paul O. Stensland, convicted of wrecking the Milwaukee Avenue bank and defrauding depositors of hundreds of thousands of dollars, seeks release. Evelyn Romadka, former wife of a Milwaukee millionaire, also seeks discharge in a related case.
Injury to Holley delays hearing in estate case
The accounting case of Sam McMillan against trustees over his father's estate, before Referee Baldwin, was postponed indefinitely due to injuries sustained by John M. Holley Jr. The hearing will resume once Holley can attend, with a decision expected shortly after.
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Sam McMillan
Baldwin
John M. Holley, Jr
Holley
Mills Funeral Set For Tomorrow in Chicago
Laflin Mills, famed author and orator, died last night of apoplexy after months of illness. The funeral is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon in Chicago.
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Chicago
Laflin Mills
Why Wells Was Wrathy
Charles E. Wells known as the groundhog senator of West Virginia slept at the Grand hotel in a budding village. An overzealous night clerk pounded his door at 5 am waking him for a train he did not plan to catch. The clerk apologized after realizing he had rapped the wrong door.
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Charles E. Wells
West Virginia
Delegates Applaud Wausau Y M C A Meeting Honors
After Wisconsin Y M C A state convention in Wausau, delegates P. M. Brink F. J. Corey and Oliver J. Ash praised the event and its host city. International secretaries C. V. Hebbard and C. S. Phelps and Fred B. Smith drew large audiences as the Wisconsin Y M C A chose Sheboygan for the next gathering.
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Wisconsin
P. M. Brink
F. J. Corey
Oliver J. Ash
Wausau
Wisconsin Y
C. V. Hebbard
Tokio
Japan
C. S. Phelps
Kyoto
Fred B. Smith
First Presbyterian Church
New “Yy
Arthur Jorgenson
University Association At
Madison
Whitehead
Wausau “Y
Ladies’ Auxiliary
la Crosse
John M. Holley
State Board
J. M. Whitehead
Janesville
C. B. Willis
Sheboygan
Smoking Advocacy Notes Amid Racial Age Doubts
Among other pipe lines are those written in favor of smoking. The age of a colored woman may be a dark secret.
Gauss Catarrh Cure Promoted By Marshall Resident
An advertising notice offers Gauss Catarrh Cure as a radical permanent remedy for catarrh claiming to cure breath ulceration and related ailments. It promises a free mail package upon sending name and address and urges readers to report results to spread the word.
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Marshall
Mich
Boy Remitted $5 Fine For Driving On Rockefeller Tree Lawn
Joseph Kidd, 16, jailed briefly after being fined $5 for driving over John D Rockefeller's tree lawn. Wife of Kidd paid $4, Juvenile Court looming. Judge Murphy relented citing family poverty and returned the money.
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Cleveland, O
Joseph Kidd
John D. Rockefeller
Young Kidd
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A. J. Eberbart
Mgr
Webber
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C. F. Achweigert
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Calhoun
Poor Leo
Brewmasters
Cers
Lincoln Hall
Association
John Neuken
Chris Diwachter
Chris Chithi
Teddy
Grippe
Erhart
Cold
Mississip
PI Valley
Coopers
Mills
Wells
C. E. Gauss
Kidd Kid
John D
Batchelder
Main Street
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