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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
4
An advertisement extols P. and G. Naphtha Soap as the cheapest and most effective laundry soap. It argues a five cent cake lasts longer and cleans better than two bars of ordinary soap, saving time labor and clothes costs, urging readers to seek the product even if it means going ten blocks out of the way.
The infant son of D L Wartinbee died last evening from blood poisoning. Funeral is Sunday at 2 PM from 1332 Charles Street with Rev Randall officiating. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery, Sletten in charge.
A horse owned by Arctic Ice and Fuel collapsed and died in the heat on the north side while hitched to a wagon. Roscoe Gould has been promoted to ticket agent at Crawford.
The Trow mill, last in La Crosse, will begin its final run next Tuesday with about 2,000,000 feet of logs from Black river and government channels. The season will last six weeks, ending permanent lumbering in the city as the old era of saw mills ends.
Miss Mattie Sern and Miss Anna Davidson of Onalaska head to Wino na for a week with friends. Mrs. J. C. Dean travels to Chicago to visit relatives. Mrs. Pat Ward returns from Lang don. Mrs. Frank Wall back from St. Paul. Miss Clarabel Farnham visits Frank Farnham in Fenimore. Miss Catherine Allen returns to McGregor after visiting H. V. Schneider. Mrs. George Marvin hosts a gathering for sister Mrs. Omar Dawson of Chicago. Miss Carrie Harland visits Gillette. Mrs. H. J. Partridge’s class heads two weeks to camp at Watterson cottage. Miss Agnes Webster returns to Aberdeen with aunt staying there awhile. B Y P U club meets at Mrs. F. C. Lampman’s home. about forty present. Maude Miller visits Cadet. Caledonia M E church boards host ice cream social with large attendance. Mrs. J. LaRue plans a launch party for Carrie Harland and May Hayward of Wilton. Mrs. A. L. Rhodes of Sparta visits her mother on Caledonia street. Miss Eva and Alice Camberlick travel to St Paul to visit friends.
The La Crosse Tribune lists the North Side office at 831 Rose St with R. P. Stanton and E. A. Bailey as editor and manager. It notes North Side Advertising and News are handled from this office and provides a new telephone line 785 A.
Hilda Thompson a 13 year old girl drowned in deep water while playing with siblings along French Lake shore near West La Crosse. Her body was recovered after a strong current carried it about 600 feet from the accident site. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 PM with Rev Vik officiating.
The Japan Advertiser report cited by Public Opinion claims a Mr Hyde, linked to life insurance scandals, fired two revolver shots at hotel staff at the Hotel Des Wagon Lits in Peking. The incident caused hotel disruption with no punishment noted.
Washington reports a complicated national race shaped by local GOP struggles in Wisconsin, South Dakota, Kansas and Illinois. Factions like La Follette, Crawford, and anti-Long push intra party tensions as August primaries loom, risking a split vote and unsettled senatorial outcomes.
A New York house insured Judge William H. Taft's life with Lloyds of London for 100000 against a death within one year. The policy carries a 5 percent rate.
An article describes children dressing in blue serge bathing suits at home, using water hoses and tubs as a makeshift lakeside. Mothers note joys of simple play, urging natural growth and balanced supervision without neglect. The piece praises letting kids explore in safe, imaginative ways.
An analogy on guiding a child like tending a vine, stressing gentle shaping and ample nourishment. Also a simple Ice Cream Cake recipe with sugar butter water flour eggs and vanilla, plus tips for evenly baked cookies using a flipped greased pan.
John Siemsen and Louis Dabner leaders of the so called Gas pipe thugs were hanged in the San Quentin prison yard for the 1906 murder of Muna Kata a Japanese banker. They were sentenced June 2 after several failed attempts to save them. They are believed to have committed many other killings.
President Roosevelt and his son Kermit rowed across Cold Spring Harbor to a wooded shore camp. They carried rifles and amused themselves with target practice before spending the night in the open air.
Miss Billa North arrived in Minneapolis today, accompanied by Miss Susie Kennedy.
The Milwaukee Light, Heat and Traction company will receive 8,000 horsepower from the Southern Wisconsin Power company at Kilbourn dam on the Wisconsin River. Power will be used by next spring to operate western interurban lines, delivering electricity to Milwaukee about 120 miles away.
Pensacola Florida July 31. More than 100 members of the mob that lynched Lee Shaw in the public square after storming the jail were arrested today. The sheriff said he intends to prosecute every mob member. Two were killed by the sheriffs posse and scores wounded, several of whom are dying.
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