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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
4
Mr and Mrs Christian Geisler of 3434 A Street Philadelphia celebrate their fifty year marriage. He claims chronic bronchitis and she grip and indigestion were cured by Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey in a testimonial praising the tonic stimulant for health improvement and long marriage.
An advertisement claims Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is a pure distillation of malted grain producing a predigested malt essence. It is presented as a tonic stimulant suitable for sensitive stomachs. Sold by druggists grocers and dealers or direct at $1 a bottle with a medical booklet and testimonials from users. Rochester New York company.
The notice provides a local office address and management names R P Stanton and Jos K Kidder at 11 Rose Street for the North Side edition of the La Crosse Tribune.
Articles filed with the State Secretary reveal Parlor Border Co with W B Tscharner A W Langenbach and Senator Thomas Morris as incorporators. Capital stock is 5000 with a plant on Mill street 500 block to begin on a small scale for imitation hardwood flooring patent by R C McCaleb. A new La Crosse plant to be opened on the North side in about two months. Officer Alois Yehle makes a bowling bet challenge claiming a local champion can be beaten tonight.
Harvey Hazel a 17 year old boy who brutally murdered his mother in Aurora Illinois has broken down and shows repentance. His aunt Mrs. George L Chambers visited him at the police station and he expressed fear of the death penalty. He admits to wanting money for his girlfriend and tries to feign a burglary after the slaying. His father has disowned him and refuses to obtain counsel.
Chicago delivery grain and pork futures show Wheat at July around 101 percent with slight variations across May and July contracts. Corn trades near 60 percent for May and July with modest shifts. Oats hold around 53 percent, while Pork figures hover near 30 to 32 dollars per hundredweight with loan data from Minneapolis noted.
A cold snap and market shortages drive dairy butter wholesale prices up by 3 cents per pound while egg prices rise 30 cents per case due to short receipts, keeping farmers away from the city and leaving products scarce.
Lottie L. Tillotson of the Hawaiian Islands gave a marked successful program for the Ivy Camp of the Royal Neighbors. She is described as a capable lecturer and eloquent speaker whose world travels yielded detailed, instructive descriptions and graceful presentations.
Wilbert Irwin superintendent E G Perkins trainmaster and conductor E I Thomas of the Southern Minnesota have been summoned to appear before the Minnesota state railroad and warehouse commission to answer complaints that passenger trains lack sufficient coaches and that outbuildings are in unsanitary condition. They will go to Albert Lea Friday for the hearing.
A brief note reports De Luxe Studio holding greater purchasing power at present, highlighting stronger buying position and potential market leverage compared with rivals.
Ed Burdett of 525 Hagar street suffered a broken arm in a fall from the platform while working at the 2 freight office yesterday. He returned home alone and Dr Luk set the injury.
Fresh bottled cream arrives daily at Stuber Bros. and aunties visit Miss Effie Genson on Kane street. Several residents suffer illnesses from bronchial trouble to grip and neu ralgia. A Desoto veteran, Col Campbell, visits his daughter on the North side as schools face a substitute teacher. Community notes recount travel to Florida and La Crosse, resignations, and local errands.
A testimonial from Hale Bordwell of Cedar Corners Tipton Iowa describes an eight month treatment with Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills that cured a severe eczema with boils and intense itching. He credits Nelson R Burnett for recommending the remedies and invites letters to verify the claim.
Professor Monaghan spoke to students at St James School on the North Side. Thanks to Father Murphy, he shared how perseverance lifts ordinary youths to great heights, citing Louis Pasteur as an example of a poor boy who became a leading scientist and authority through study and effort.
Gentle anointings with Cuticura, the at Skin Cure, preceded by warm aths with Cuticura Soap, followed in the severer forms, with mild doses of Cuticura Resolvent Pills, afford instant relief, permit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy cure of torturing, disfigur ing, itching, burning, and scaly humors, eczemas, rashes, and inflammations, from infancy to age. Cuticura Soap 25c to Cleanse the Skin. Cuticura Ointment 50c to Heal the Skin. Cuticura Resolvent 50c or chocolate coated pills 25c per vial of 60 to Purify the Blood. Sold throughout the world. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Props. Boston, Mass. Free Cuticura Book on Skin Diseases.
North Side bowling team defeats South Side 529 pins at Mint alleys on Kane Street. Reading of scores lists Rens, Hocks, Jenks, Yehlee and others with totals noting strong showings by North Side. visitors Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. Knabe visit Dowell home on Kane Street.
Northwest in brief reports Ole Chris tenson shipped 500 fatted sheep to Chicago, the first carloads ever from Pine county. In Fargo Mrs John W Miller in critical condition after rat poison ingestion amid marital disputes. At Bird Island a Sunday school institute heard addresses by state secretary A M Locker and E A Cook. In Brainerd Minnesota and International railroad to begin mail service to International Falls Feb 3 to Big Falls. In Des Moines Mary Coggshail claims the liberty bell was cracked by a lie asserting it favored male liberty and delays equal suffrage. In Fergus Falls James Elliott injured by ice hook at icehouse, nose broken, throat torn. In Ivanhoe Joseph Helvige loses a thumb leading a horse as a rope, dog, and horse cause the loss.
A compressed ledger lists groceries produce oysters and other goods with prices from John C Burns and Mill Co. lists include apples oranges cranberries potatoes cabbage strawberries celery lard butter eggs and fish plus hay wood and fresh meats. The page ends with a wry aphorism about gossip and lawyers.
In Becker county Lake View Township Andrew Munson a 56 year old farmer who had lived there 25 years killed himself by hanging in his barn after a hearty dinner his youngest son aged ten found him when the boy peered through a window and saw the body swinging from a rafter no reason for the act was known Munson was described as prosperous and in usual health prior to the tragedy.
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