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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1909
Page
6
Public health warning against mercury containing catarrh treatments from unreputable sources. Article notes dangers of internal use and mucous damage, promoting genuine Toledo products by F Eve y & Co and Ball's Family Pills for constipation.
The Germania Turnverein schedules an annual picnic at Dresden Park with the Badger making two trips at 9 and 11 a m to ferry turners to the grounds. Activities include a base ball game tub races and a novel event called battle of boats featuring oarsmen and warriors in skiffs and a cotton batting lunge pole. Gund and Michel will provide music.
A majority of La Crosse post office clerks are granted a July 1 salary raise per a Post Office Department notice received by Postmaster W. B. Tscharner. Twenty five local clerks gain $100 annually, reflecting length of service. Two head clerks nationwide boosted from $1,200 to $1,300.
Commissioners of Public Works convene to set a reasonable time for contractor Hildebrand to resume laying the Mississippi street sewer or forfeit the contract and have the job reassigned. Hildebrand halted work after city denied tunneling method, but his bond covers potential expenses, minimizing city loss.
After returning from a state municipalities convention in Marinette Mayor Sorensen ordered continued work to extinguish the Isle la Plume fire nuisance started by Acting Mayor Rose. Alderman Goddard George Bedessem Houska and City Attorney Doherty accompanied as La Crosse delegates. the convention discussed civic matters but took no legislative action.
August Vidani, formerly at 912 Hood Street, escaped from West Salem asylum a week earlier and wandered toward La Crosse. He stayed at his parents’ home but could not be controlled. Police detained him this morning and planned to return him to West Salem. his trousers were torn during arrest, though he was not violent.
The text advertises scenic routes to Niagara Falls Muskoka Kawartha Lakes Georgian Bay Temagami and more via the Grand Trunk Railway System. Mentions double track Chicago to Montreal to Niagara Falls with special low round trip fares for the summer season and provides contact for copies of tourist publications and fare details in Chicago.
The Brotherhood of American Yeomen held a regular meeting at Nicholson-Scott hall with seventy new applications for the August picnic class. The Yeomen orchestra provided music for about 150 members, and a new ladies drill team performed a surprise exhibition. Uniforms ordered for the team will be worn at the rescheduled August 18 picnic as Wm Koch and Dr O G Winters plan a site visit to Hot Springs the week of August 11.
From fifteen to twenty local automobilists will start in the La Crosse Automobile Club’s first club run to Winona tomorrow. Cars assemble at the Stoddard hotel with two divisions, smaller cars leaving at nine and larger at ten. Jake Zimmer will act as pilot.
Navin of the Detroit baseball club denied today that he was negotiating for Frank Bowerman former Boston Doves manager. He said the report is news to him and no action has been taken nor contemplated.
Mrs M A Schwerin of Detroit details her daughter V ivian s severe skin eruptions from six months to eight years old. She cites prickly heat boils ear infections and scalp eruptions cured by Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills with continued use until full recovery. The letter promotes Cuticura products and offers free Cuticura Booklets on skin diseases.
London on July 24 saw the largest mass meeting here with 400000 laborites and liberals gathering at Hyde Park. The crowd split into 13 meetings addressed by 109 MPs in support of land taxes and the budget, signaling strong labor support for forthcoming legislation.
In Portland Dr R A Miles Collins, a 34 year old physician, was shot in his basement. His wife, the arrested suspect, told reporters she had taken much medicine and may have killed him amid a planned separation after a quarrel. The body was found by Dr Frisbvy after Mrs Collins summoned help.
President Taft seeks full Republican support for the tariff bill. He plans a dinner with ten progressive Republicans who opposed the bill in the Senate and has invited Senators Borah Burne Jones Dixon and Curtis to join.
Philadelphia July 24 engineer Saltner of Norristown was killed and fireman Welder, believed fatally injured, in a Reading Railroad freight train collision near Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park today.
Multiple civil cases and divorces were on the docket in Circuit Court. Gifford's damage suit from a firecracker explosion was argued and continued. motions for new trials and procedural orders were set for July 31. foreclosures and judgments were granted in several matters. several divorces were approved with custody awards. the Syrian case from the North side was noted. bail exoneration motions were held over to next Saturday.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers low round trip fares from Chicago to New York City Atlantic City Boston and other eastern destinations during July August and September 1909. Return limit thirty days. Stopovers allowed at Pittsburg Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia. For information contact R C Haase N W T P A St Paul Minn or B N Austin G P A Chicago.
Sydney H Hatch of the Illinois Athletic Club won a 100 mile endurance race at a Chicago amusement park in 16 39. Competitor Charles Lobert trailed by nine miles and Olaf Legal finished third. Hatch also set new western records for 50 and 75 miles, beating the 18 51 mark set by Albert F Corey.
Testimony recounts Bevan defiance as Adams faced assault while Sutton questioned actions. Narration notes Bevan stared at witness, asking what she would do after his denial of orders to stop the beating. Court records reference Willing's remarks about the incident.
Nationals visit Boston for first game with RHE Pittsburg with Leifield Brandon Gibson Ferguson Graham pitching. Batteries noted. National at Brooklyn St Louis game ends 4 to 0 with Harmon Phelps Bell Bergen.
Louisville American Association club sold to Hedges of the Browns and Wm Grayson Jr for 100000. The sale follows a 40000 profit last season. New owners plan to bring in several Browns players as they rebuild the roster.
Ole Erickson president of the State Bank of Escanaba his wife and Del Erickson his brother in law were struck by a passenger train on the Chicago and Northwestern railway shortly after noon today and were instantly killed.
Oscar Doering of the La Crosse Retail Liquor Dealers Association leads Henry Reget and W D Cameron as they travel to Sheboygan to invite the Wisconsin Retail Liquor Dealers Protective Association to hold the next state convention in La Crosse. Secretary Utermoehl and Mayor Ori Sorenson provided invitation letters. About 400 to 500 delegates are expected.
Golfers from Madison and La Crosse compete in the third annual Brittingham Hixon cup. The field lists Madison players including Max Mason Dr Wheeler T N Wooton and La Crosse entrants such as R P D Gordon George Burton and E J Evans as they face off in the final round at the Country Club.
A夜 fire at 11:40 p.m. at the Allison Wellington machine foundry in Niles is described as the most destructive in the city’s history. Incendiary in origin, the blaze saturated many buildings with kerosene. several firefighters were injured and aid was sought from South Bend.
In Forest Mississippi a white man M RH Hamilton charged with improper conduct toward a ten year old girl was seized by a mob. After several ballots they voted to spare his life and turn the case over to the courts for proceedings.
In Portsmouth England on July 24 torpedo boats Nos. 2 and 13 collided during high speed maneuvers in the Solent. No. 2 struck No. 13 amidships nearly ripping her in two and sending her to the bottom, but no lives were lost.
Dairy and Food Commissioner James Foust reports no sale attempt yet in Pennsylvania of a product labeled petrol butter. He has a sample for analysis and describes the mixture as 88 percent vaseline, two percent salt, and ten percent corn starch. He notes its greasy brown appearance and indifference to real butter in taste.
Henry Johnson, a farmer near New Douglas Illinois, was arrested on a murder charge after his wife, dead over three months, was disinterred. Her skull was fractured with bruising to the eyes and lacerations to limbs.
The Third regiment and the Tenth battalion staged a night attack at dusk with four and twelve companies respectively. Private Chas Hobbs of the Tenth was shot in the face by a blank cartridge during the sham battle and was hospitalized with serious injuries. He left camp yesterday noon for Chippewa Falls.
A special city council session is set for next Tuesday to grant saloon licenses. A total of 146 applications, unchanged from last year, likely will be approved with little opposition.
A terse aphorism hints that secrecy can cloak a silent partner in a speak-easy era and that true resilience comes from firm, restrained speech. The line suggests caution in who speaks and who remains tight-lipped.
A city street car strike ended after arbitration and calls for calmer disputes. The piece then shifts to health advice urging Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to prevent indigestion and related ailments, claiming it tones the digestive system and wards off various stomach complaints.
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