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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
8
Baraboo reports Ringling Bros circus uses camels to pull a snow plow, with a trainer harnessing four dromedaries to clear sidewalks and roads. The camels tolerate Wisconsin winter as the harness anchors on the hump, a novel method for removing heavy snow in the town.
Milwaukee reports three days of silence after a wedding as a custom of the Assyrians. Lizzie Herra and Richard Frenn, both Assyrians, married on Sunday with separate male and female celebrations. About 200 guests from Michigan and Illinois attended the ceremony with Assyrian pipes and traditional viands prepared by Assyrian cooks.
Navigation closed as ferry No 3 and No 4 reach port for the last time this winter. Ice no problem for trips but freight flow determines future voyages. Warmer temps melt snow and threaten pineries jobs while baseball and outdoor sports are planned in Marinette county including a Niagara open air concert if weather holds.
TO TEST GAME LAWS BARRON Wis Jan 22 W W Deitz charged with shipping venison out of season to a Chippewa Falls friend has been found guilty fined 25 He will appeal to the circuit court to test the constitutionality of the law that restricts how venison given by the state may be disposed of.
Mrs Knute Tempte hosted an afternoon at her home for the ladies of the Charlies Street Lutheran church. A large number attended, refreshments were served, and all enjoyed a good time. Mrs James Abell assisted.
In Dothan Alabama on January 22 Cleveland Franklin, a Black man who had struck A. C. Faulk, was seized by a mob and hanged. About 200 bullets were fired. five hit him but did not kill. The sheriff cut him down and found him living. the noose failed to strangle him and whites reportedly will not lynch him again.
A playful remark notes that clothing choices do not reveal a person’s disposition or integrity, arguing against judging based on attire. It stresses that cheap undergarments do not imply weakness or cowardice.
Beloit reports an alleged assault with a butcher knife after excessive reading of sensational novels. Meighan pleads guilty with suspended sentence. Colby loses electric power plant to fire. uninsured loss. Eau Claire sees arrests and trials for assault and larceny. Fond du Lac notes sky reflection from Eldorado marsh and prairie fire scare. Green Bay police seek glass cutter window vandal. Gillett arrests for horse theft. Marinette reports illness of Mrs. Walker and priest Fr. Perrin. Swanson heals ear after foreign object removal. Rock youth bitten by puppy. hydrophobia confirmed. Superior burns threaten Mrs. Harvey. Tony boy shoots himself while rabbit hunting.
A comic tale contrasts two men, one with dyspepsia and the other well, as the afflicted man is urged to use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. The ad promises relief from heartburn, nausea, indigestion, and other stomach troubles, with a free sample offer from VF. A. Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan.
An advertisement touts a home remedy labeled Dan delion treatment combining Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Syrup of Sarsaparilla. It claims to ease backache kidney and bladder trouble and rheumatism with gentle rapid results, urging use after meals and at night.
In Madison Wisconsin the anti saloon league rallies to close saloons on Sundays and 10 pm weeknights. W J McKay former Madison pastor is named for mayor with incumbent Mayor J C Schubert also running. An organization forms under business and citizen leadership as funds are raised for the campaign. The league cites a brewer funded opposition of about 200000 and seeks county option laws for next legislature.
Four year old Marian Roberta Bleakley, known as the incubator baby, faces a custody decision in Tokea Kansas with possible transfer from her mother Clara Bleakley to foster mother Stella Barclay of Buffalo. The case has spanned the child's life in court and an appeal is considered unlikely.
Lieut. Gov. Sherman is confined to bed with grip. Gov. Deneen Mayor Reece and Chief Seago are also ill in bed with the same illness.
A speaker argues that repeating a harsh remark about another man is more damaging than the original insult, highlighting the social harm of echoing denigrating words.
Mrs. Barclay failed to secure federal jurisdiction over the fight for custody of Marian. After Illinois and Kansas rulings the child remains with Mrs. Bleakley, who has fought tenaciously though her funds are nearly exhausted.
Secretary J. M. True compiles state crops from county clerks with 1907 figures showing 1,327,766 acres of corn and 2,106,768 oats. Wheat 145,643 acres, sugar beets up, apples 1,387,083 trees, and large stocks of cattle, horses, sheep, and swine valued overall for tax estimates.
Mrs John Van Loon is seriously ill at her Shelby home with blood poisoning. She is the wife of the president of the La Crosse County Agricultural Society.
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