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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
8
A vivid advert touts Shoemaker's Poultry Book and Almanac for 190 featuring large colored plates of fowls, breeding guidance, disease treatment, poultry houses, incubators, brooders, and supplies. It promises an encyclopedia of chickendom mailed for 15 cents with a money-back guarantee.
Taft managers warn the black vote could swing the coming campaign and mobilize a nationwide effort. J I Waldron, president of the National Negro Political League, says unless Chicago pledges stricter enforcement of the fifteenth amendment and Brownsville issue resolution, less than 10 percent of blacks will back Taft. The league plans Chicago presence to push planks on racial rights at the convention and organize in key states.
Chicago June 12 veteran referee George Siler is out of immediate danger after a six day battle with heart trouble. He is weak and confined to home for the time being but shows no signs of relapse as long as rest is maintained.
Mrs Orr demonstrates the Universal Bread Maker No 8 at 9 10 and 11 am with dough for loaves and tiny souvenirs. At 3 pm she showcases the Universal Cake Maker turning in 1 ½ minutes with six eggs butter sugar and flour. From 4 to 6 pm she distributes about 300 souvenir loaves. visitors can see the device in action.
Promoter Sam Berger has signed four fighters for two fifteen round bouts on Friday night June 25 in San Francisco. Kyte Whitney and Jimmy Gardner meet at 144 pounds, while Jimmy Walsh and Jimmy Carroll contest the bantamweight coast title at 116 pounds. Both fights seen as evenly matched.
Chetek Minn June 12 H R McIntyre of Chetek is praised for rescuing Theo Olsen a farmer on Sunday afternoon in a dramatic water rescue. The act earns consideration for a Carnegie medal and cements McIntyre as a local hero.
A youth jumped about twenty feet from a bridge to dive sixteen feet under water and brought Olsen to the surface. He went down a third time but efforts at resuscitation succeeded.
Secretary Taft, a Unitarian, is a regular attendee at All Souls' Church in Washington, with a prominent past and present involvement among notable figures. His wife Mrs. Taft is Episcopalian of St. John's, known as the Church of the Presidents, while Taft and family attend St. John's Sunday school and Bryn Mawr plans for Helen Taft. An excursion service advertises Crosby Line steamers and Grand Trunk connections for trips to Michigan and beyond.
A man trialing a horse with purs chase aims noted after three miles of driving the animal that it required a steady strain, constant watching, and fairly hard pulling to maintain pace.
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