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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1908
Page
6
An old advertisement urges readers to recall Procter and Gamble's Naphtha Soap, praising it as the best naphtha and laundry soap and promising savings in time effort and money. It highlights the white soap in a blue and white wrapper priced at five cents a cake.
Winona Minnesota June 8 unusually large changes in the faculty of the Winona normal school are planned for the coming year with ten teachers retiring and others taking their places. Dr John C Thackston new to the staff succeeds Miss Kate Sprague as mathematics teacher. Nora Atwood becomes kindergarten director, Harriet Packard returns as assistant, Helen Ford Staples and Frances Smith take model rooms, Edna Merriam and Maud Thompson move to Minneapolis primary rooms, Bertha B Hanson replaces Alice L Pratt, Agnes G Storis comes to be sixth room critic teacher, Frances W Barrows becomes text book librarian and assists in English, Theda Gildermeister becomes full principal, Virginia T Jarman resigns from reading and physical culture.
The Taft faction shapes a convention platform with planks on Roosevelt policies tariff revision railroad trust restraint labor protection and court rulings, plus supports national control of railroads new statehood for Arizona and New Mexico and a ship subsidy. Proxies and committee moves surface as infighting and strategic seating decisions unfold ahead of the vote.
A hospital matron endorses years of use for constipation relief. The Compound Essence Cordial, Aromatic Fluid Cascara, and Aromatic Syrup Rhubarb are recommended in a simple mix with a dose of one half to one teaspoon after each meal, adjusted for children by age.
In Lisbon on June 8 police thwart a plot to blow up King Manuel and the royal family at a June 18 religious feast. Three ringleaders of the Society of the Black Cross are under arrest. bombs were found at their rendezvous and correspondence links them to the February murder of the king and crown prince. The affair causes great excitement.
Edward Orvis 3-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Orville Orvis of La Crescent died at five thirty yesterday morning. Funeral services set for Tuesday at two oclock from the residence with interment in La Crescent cemetery. Fessler and Dahl in charge of arrangements.
Boats up W. Weyerhauser and North Star led by Fronte nac and Clyde in a lively regatta as vessels gained ground and fell behind. The event showcased teams from multiple yards competing for position and title honors across the harbor race.
The ladies of Trinity church plan an excursion to Miller's farm near Holmen tomorrow morning at 8 o clock.
The families thank neighbors friends pallbearers and Rev Julius Gamm for assistance and floral offering after a bereavement. Names listed include Mr and Mrs Young Mrs C L White Brainerd Minn Fred Tucheck George Tucheck Mrs Ed Mouche of Milwaukee Mrs Albert Throw and Mr and Mrs Joseph Tucheck.
The Pure Stock Show at the Park Roller rink opened its second week with events including Spaghetti Day and Flour Day. Manufacturers from Donovan and La Crosse Trade Journal will discuss local production, growth, and success, highlighting ongoing interest in area firms.
The Tribune carrier boys will be guests of the Vandyke & Ea company at the theatre tomorrow evening by courtesy of the management of this popular company.
A portrait of Joseph Cannon, famed as Speaker of the House, blending blunt humor with solid logic. Anecdotes cover his cigar moment with McKinley on election night 1890, bid for votes through a street chew, and his plainspoken faith in the people over formalism. Cannon’s honesty, humor, and Irish ties endear him to colleagues across parties.
James Howard alias alleged yeggman was sentenced to six years in the state penitentiary at Waupun with hard labor and solitary confinement on the first day of December each year. He was found guilty of stealing an overcoat from a school teacher near Mindoro and implicated, though not proven, in a Mindoro post office robbery committed in September 1907. He claimed innocence, showing little emotion as he was handcuffed and sent to jail pending transfer. A clerical error had flagged a 1908 charge, but the judge ruled the crime occurred in 1907. A 35 cent excursion to Winona and Fountain City on the Rutledge steamer leaves at 9:30 a.m. next Thursday.
Police nabbed W. M. Parson and A. Benton after they were seen about a car loaded with oranges. About half a box was taken. The pair were arrested in a Front Street saloon between State and Main. Agent Craft said he would prosecute.
The feature focuses on Marvel flour aiding housewives with bread and biscuit making. A sample batch will be served as an inducement at the Marvel booth all day, with hot biscuits offered. Housewives anticipate tomorrow as a banner day of the event.
Congressman Jno J Esch has received a guide to the Canal Zone published by W C Haskins a former La Crosse man now with the Isthmian commission and in charge of canal records
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