Almost Giving Away Art Embroidery Goods
A small shop advertises significant discounts on embroidery art items. Limited stock and steep markdowns draw attention from nearby shoppers seeking affordable craft pieces and unique designs.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1909
Page
6
A small shop advertises significant discounts on embroidery art items. Limited stock and steep markdowns draw attention from nearby shoppers seeking affordable craft pieces and unique designs.
In New Ulm Minnesota a posse of twenty five men in six cars cornered one of three robbers who had held up Night Operator W. H. Wilder and Conductor E. A. Hutchinson at the Northwestern passenger depot. The thief was overpowered after a nap by Henry Hein and surrendered with $121.91 on his person. He confessed to the robbery of $236.73 from the depot safe.
A guarantee accompanies Chamberlain's Cough Remedy promising a refund if customers are not satisfied after using two thirds of a bottle as directed. The offer invites trial and asserts buyer discretion.
The La Crosse city council discussed attending police and fire chiefs’ conventions with stipends, reducing circus licenses, hiring an electrical inspector, and transferring funds to pay mayor and council salaries. Measures on taxes, dam ages awards, fair improvements, city hall decoration, and printing bids were also considered. The council noted fast roll calls and aimed to curb rushed routine bills.
The La Crosse council moves to issue 30 bonds of 100 dollars each at four percent for twenty years with a ten year redemption option. It adopts vacancy filling laws, grants fair and market privileges, and approves licenses for gun powder sales and hotels while planning a city picnic and water works improvements. Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy praised for curing bowel complaints worldwide.
The Slavonia and Batavia sailed from this port after the Prinzess Irene bound for Gibraltar Genoa and Naples. The Batavia followed New York bay closely, while the Slavonia hung near the Cunarder without wireless contact. The Slavonia, built in 1903, is a 10,600 ton gross steel twin screw liner, 6,726 tons displacement, 22 feet 2 inches deep, and is equipped with wireless.
Foley's Orino Laxative is promoted as a gentle stimulant for the liver and bowels and a remedy for constipation and digestive troubles. The ad claims it sweetens the stomach and breath and asserts superiority over pills and ordinary laxatives. O. T. Erhart.
At a meeting of eligible players Ralph Bradish was elected captain of the track team and Alfred Olson captain of the baseball squad for the next year. The notice also endorses Foley's Honey and Tar for throat and lung ailments by O. T. Erhart.
The W E U prepares young people for high class employment and sent five hundred students to positions last year. It notes growing demand for skilled office help and higher salaries across the United States, inviting readers to send for the catalogue from Wisconsin Business University in La Crosse Wisconsin.
In Viroqua Judge Higbee’s court, Jerome Fish paid a $500 fine for selling obscene pictures. Wes McDaniels pleaded guilty to abusing a 14 year old girl and drew a seven year sentence. William Allen and Minnie Campbell were found guilty of adultery and each jailed two years at Waupun. Roy Rumsey received a $100 fine or six months for assault and battery. Higbee will visit La Crosse next Wednesday to review cases and calendars. O’Niel will hold Mauston court June 15 to finish the term. C. W. Graves’ Seattle return may trigger Viroqua session June 22 for about a term.
Naples police say Holland Bennett, a young Boston lawyer who vanished from the steamship Berlin between Genoa and Naples, is likely alive and held for ransom by the Camorra. He and his new wife married a month ago. she found him missing after dinner as the ship sailed.
The body of the drowned man from the St Paul packet accident was found afloat near Cass street and taken to Miller Bros morgue. It remains uncertain who will bear burial costs between the county and the packet company. The other injured man at La Crosse hospital is recovering and expected to be discharged within a week.
The Shearwater a small passenger and freight steamer turned turtle in the Delaware river off Chestnut street at 11 o clock today. About 150 passengers were thrown into the water with one unidentified woman reportedly drowned. the remaining passengers were rescued.
In Detroit on June 12 four men perished when a factory floor at the Peninsular Stove Works collapsed. Reports say four floors caved in, though this is disputed. The incident caused a panic among workers and several were lightly injured while fleeing the building.
Nerve prevented a horror after the Arundel steam passenger ship with 300 excursionists ran on a sand bar ten miles east of Ashtabula. Captain George M. Jones kept calm, averting panic. All passengers were rescued safely.
John O. Melby, prominent Whitehall banker, died at 10 a.m. of stomach cancer after a brief illness at 64. Born Oct 15 1845 in Askim Norway he came to the U.S. in 1869, settled in La Crosse then Ettrick Trempealeau County, later joining Galesville and Whitehall banks where he remained since 1888. He was married to Jennie L. Beach and leaves widow three children, Mrs Robert S Cowie, Mary Melby and Charles Melby. Funeral arrangements are under way with services likely Tuesday.
Children’s Day exercises planned for Sunday morning at West Avenue M E Church feature an opening chorus, prayers, scripture from Hebrews, Bible class, and a series of recitations and songs by primary and later classes. Notable participants include Claire Bovee, Percy Weber, Leslie Hilton, Forest Russell, and Ruth Crook with multiple student performers.
An advertisement notes that men over fifty find relief from enlarged prostate using Foley's Kidney Remedy. L. E. Morris of Dexter Ky recounts his father’s kidney and bladder troubles and prostrate gland enlargement, who improved after two bottles. O. T. Erhart.
London authorities refuse to reveal depositions from the Marie Ruiz case tied to Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. A reporter admits being paid to suppress the facts while an unnamed American reportedly spent about $25 000 to seal the affair. Meanwhile Mme Marie Agnes Ruiz, identified as Charles O Brien’s daughter, is traced to St Louis with a contested childhood.
In South Bend on June 12 Rt. Rev. Jos. Aldering bishop of Fort Wayne officiated at Notre Dame for the ordination of nine candidates to the priesthood. Priestly offices were conferred on those named in the ceremony at the university chapel.
In San Francisco both sides in the Calhoun case of the States Railways company are not clear on details as they face bribery allegations connected to securing passage of a trolley ordinance after 1995. The case centers on bribery claims aimed at city officials and the outcome remains unsettled.
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