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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
7
Willie Taylor eight and Walter Jesse nine, both residents of Mankato area, drowned in the Minnesota River after disappearing from home in the afternoon. Fire crews searched the river through the night, recovering both bodies near dawn.
John Tille a farmer near Parkston was instantly killed when a passenger train pulling out of the station ran over him after he jumped to the platform in an attempt to alight. His wife and three children were aboard the train and were notified of the tragedy.
Minnesota Republicans plan a statewide campaign tour for gubernatorial candidate J. F. Jacobson using an automobile to reach many towns. He will deliver a few large speeches daily in major towns and stop at numerous small villages between stops, starting before Sept. 1 with vigorous, steady campaigning ahead.
Mankato Minnesota reports a typhoid outbreak traced to backed up sewers and contaminated water. Since late June 137 cases and four deaths have been confirmed with more suspected. State health boards aid, water boiled for three months, milk watched, and city cleanup underway. Victims include Edgar Parker Rosa Snook Barbara Schulte and Herman Gerlich Jr.
A medical advertisment urges nations to fight consumption the so called white plague. It promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar as a safe cure for coughs colds and prevention of consumption noting the engine is in a yellow package and signed by O T Erhart.
A lightning strike at Moran, Booses & Porter general store ignited a blaze in Leon ard, a village on the Northwestern line 25 miles from Fargo. The fire destroyed a two story brick block, causing an estimated loss of $50,000 with only about $20,000 insured. It began at 2 o clock and was discovered three hours later as smoke billowed from the building.
Redwood Falls, Minn July 25 Sheriff Schueller in Mankato arrested Mrs J Dougherty a Madison Ind visitor on a warrant alleging she kidnapped ten year old Gagen from Redwood Falls. Dougherty says she paid the father 15 dollars and denies the charge claiming the father consented. The child returned with Dougherty to Redwood Falls amid unclear sentiment from the girl who lost her mother a week earlier.
An appeal from Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame Indiana invites sufferers of rheumatism to write for a free home treatment. The remedy claims to cure by banishing uric acid from the blood and easing joint stiffness without climate change, promising proof by thousands.
G B Burhans of Carlisle Center New York writes that four years ago he was cured of a severe kidney trouble after using less than two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure. He reports brick dust sediment pain and kidney symptoms disappeared and have not returned. He recommends the remedy to others with kidney or bladder trouble. QO T Erhart
In Anoka Minnesota on July 23 a pair of drownings occurred in the Rum River. Local authorities investigated the incident as two swimmers were found unresponsive and later pronounced dead at the scene.
Six boys aged under 14 acted quickly when Miss Gazel Goeldner and her young friend waded too far and began to drown. The youths pulled them to shore, where both women were resuscitated after being pulled apart by fear. The rescue was highly skilled and dramatic.
Marshalltown Iowa announces plans for a new bank with capital stock of 100000 and substantial outside investment. Principal organizers include former Representative B F Cummings N A Evans C E Hatcher and R J Elzy among other leading capitalists. In Minnesota the Nicollet county board approves 3000 to protect North Mankato from future Minnesota River floods. The village may add 2000 more and a boulevard will be built along the riverfront with dike work to prevent future overflows.
Maude Carr, sixteen, sister of Wilbur Carr who killed Gowries Marshal, grows violently insane from dwelling on the murder. The murderer remains in precarious condition with fears of insanity as authorities report he prays for forgiveness. Their mother is confined in the Cherokee asylum.
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