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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
8
The text promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a simple pleasant laxative trusted by well informed readers. It asserts ethical production by the California Fig Syrup Co and urges purchase only from genuine manufactured product via leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
John F. Schulte, 20 years at First National bank Racine and the paying teller, vanished after a $15,000 shortage was found during a semi annual audit. Charlies Mertens alerted federal authorities Milwaukee and police traced a northbound interurban to Milwaukee with possible Canada destination.
George McKerrow, superintendent of Wisconsin Farmers Institutes, spent six weeks in England and Scotland buying 191 imported sheep. Prices ranged from 25 to 305 dollars, with many varieties quarantined in Quebec before shipment to the United States. He notes English fairs focus on agriculture and expects about 180 sheep to reach Wisconsin, some heading to Maine or other states.
In a lighthearted church scene, teachers and students discuss the animals in Noah's ark. Smarty Williams jokes they only loafed and scratched themselves while Sandy Toole scornfully questions why they scratched fleas with only two aboard.
G B Burhans of Carlisle Center New York writes that four years ago he was cured of a severe kidney trouble after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He says brick dust sediment pain and all symptoms disappeared and have not returned in four years. He recommends the remedy to others with kidney or bladder trouble. C T Erhart.
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on July 30 engineer Robert Buckstaff of the Wisconsin Central was badly scalded by steam when an engine toppled after rails spread near Colon Springs. Foreman John Bryer sustained a broken leg and internal injuries after being struck by swinging timber on the Wisconsin Central bridge project at Abbottford. He was taken to a local hospital.
George Field 83 walking home from Kellogg Public Library was struck by a street car at Walnut and Jefferson streets. He died within ten minutes after hospital transport. A Green Bay pioneer, he leaves a widow and son William and lived in the city most of his life.
A historical note observes that women often send party invitations to a social favorite, even without having hosted that person before, suggesting underlying social motives and etiquette norms of the era.
Kenosha Wis July 30 visitors arrive in droves for the state's greatest golf tournament in history. About 120 entries expected, a 50 percent increase, with scoring anticipated as the best ever on a Wisconsin course.
In Rhinelander Wisconsin fifty workers walk out over a dispute with Night Foreman Coyle of the Rhinelander Paper Company. Machines one and two are idle with the sulphite and ground wood departments spared. The firm plans to use other mills to fulfill contracts as the paper market cools. An official of the International Brotherhood of Papermakers is due in town today.
Guender of Lake Harbor Michigan, 26, staying at Chicago’s House of Providence, sought a brother who left home a year ago. After learning he might be in Milwaukee, she rode a streetcar there, then returned and grew weak from heat and fatigue, collapsing in the streets. She planned to ride to Kenosha then return to Chicago by train, claiming she was well educated and reasonably well off.
Advertisement copy claims Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup cleanses and stimulates the bowels without irritation. The note attributes the product to O. T. Erhart and emphasizes gentle action.
Six workers collapsed from extreme heat in Green Bay Wisconsin on July 30. Three telephone operators were overcome at their desks and had to be carried from the building for relief.
A young woman found unconscious on a Racine Main Street sidewalk was taken to St Mary’s hospital where she was identified as Miss Helen. Police continue investigation into the incident and her condition remains uncertain.
In a city heat record, Joseph Minnie an ice dealer was prostrated and remains serious. Mrs William Dupont and an asphalt paving workman were also overcome as the thermometer climbed to 91 degrees.
The Steamer Island Queen carrying Judge William H. Taft and guests was shot at last night on the Ohio River near Cincinnati. Mrs. C. B. Russell was struck by shot but not seriously hurt. The shotgun, fired from a shanty boat on the riverbank, had an unknown shooter. Taft was unaware of the incident during the voyage.
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