Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim and Reward
A historical advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the universal cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, promises a $100 reward for any failure to cure, and directs readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney and Co. in Toledo, Ohio, noting the sale price of 75 cents and recommending Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Hull
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Rhea
Panic in Fire in Foreign Tenement in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati Ohio on June 17 a gasoline explosion on the second floor of an old riverfront tenement caused a chaotic blaze as more than 100 Hungarian residents fought for escape. Ten people were slightly burned, the building was destroyed, and a dramatic rescue by firemen and police prevented a worse catastrophe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Man Climbing Too High Faces Loneliness
A reflective line notes that when a man rises above others he may become isolated and lonely, suggesting the cost of elevated status and the thinning of companionship as fame or success grows.
Pythians Finish Grand Session In Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Grand lodge of Knights of Pythias elected officers including Supreme representatives Joseph Schroeder Racine R S Wittee Milwaukee M M Gillet Fond du Lac Grand chancellor A C Conway Antigo and others The session saw a contest for Grand Outer Guard with C W Hitchcock Berlin T H Robinson Washburn F E Bump Wausau prevailing The retiring Grand Chancellor Gottery spoke on a paid lecturer fund and the new officers were installed before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Joseph Schroeder
Racine
Theodore Zillmer
Milwaukee
V. J. Schoenecker, Jr
Grand Inner Guard
A. C. Taylor
Portage
Grand Outer Guard
H. L. Halstad Baraboo
L. W. Halsey
Supreme
C. W.hitchcock
Berlin
T. H. Robinson
Washburn
F. E. Bump
Wausau
Gottery
E. C. Gottery
C. A. Still
Beloit
Ray S. Reid
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Ogden H. Fethers
Janesville
Orin Thompson
Neenah
Pettibone Park
Judge Reid
Wright Day Brings Dayton Residents Appreciation
Continued from Page 1, the piece describes residents announcing the “kings of the air” are valued by townspeople. Factories coordinated to blow whistles on schedule, with exhausted boilers triggering the next dozen to take over. Morning speeches in Van Cleave Park, brief under five minutes, precede a review of federal and state troops and a fire department parade.
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van Cleave Park
Wright brothers receive honorary science degrees
Earlham College in Richmond Indiana awarded the Wright brothers Orville and Wilbur Bachelor of Science degrees at the annual commencement. The brothers did not attend, saying they were too busy to receive the honors.
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Richmond
Ind
Earlham College
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers
Wright brothers parade through crowded downtown
Wilbur and Orville Wright rode in an automobile escorted by the reception committee to Van Cleave park for a celebration. Police squads flanked the vehicle as crowds jammed downtown streets, with some eager residents attempting to shake hands with the famed brothers amid the orderly procession.
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Wilbur
Orville Wright
van Cleave Park
Make-Man Tablets Promised To BoostHealth
An advertising notice touts Make-Man Tablets as a cure for nervous prostration and related ailments caused by impure blood. It claims quick, rational health gains, offers 50 cent boxes, six for $2.50, and mail delivery from Chicago company offices. Readers are invited to order via druggists with a coupon and price partial payment.
You cannot build a frame house unless you have the rocks
A terse proverb notes that without rocks, a frame house cannot be built. It emphasizes the necessity of foundational resources before beginning a project.
Going to Seattle Special Reduced Rates Exposition Tours
GOING TO SEATTLE Special low reduced rates from all points daily via The Chicago & North-Western Ry to the Exposition at Seattle Yellowstone Park Yosemite Colorado and the Pacific coast Choice of routes and splendid service of electric lighted luxuriously equipped trains daily between Chicago and all principal points west and northwest Illustrated folder descriptive of the Exposition booklets maps and itineraries of personally conducted tours to all points of interest free on application to any Ticket Agent The North-Western Line.
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Chicago & North- Western Ry
Seattle
Yellowstone Park
Yosemite
Colorado
Pacific Coast
Chicago
West
Northwest
North-Western Line
Day Stops Work on Mississippi Street Sewer Contract
Commissioner James T. Day ordered Milwaukee contractor Fred Hildebrand to halt tunneling work on the Mississippi street sewer over concerns the method and workmanship endanger crews and produce weaker joints. He will request a return to standard ditch construction with properly laid pipe.
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James T. Day
Fred Hildebrand
Milwaukee
Mississippi Street
Margaret Gordon Dies at 85 in La Crosse
After three months with heart failure, Margaret Gordon died at 7 p.m. Wednesday at 509 North Eleventh Street in La Crosse. Born January 1, 1824 in Aberdeen Scotland, she moved to La Crosse in 1859 and was a charter member of the First Presbyterian Church. Survived by sisters Mrs Barbara Paul of La Crosse and Mrs Anna Mackintosh of Aberdeen.
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Margaret Gordon
North Eleventh Street
Gordon
Aberdeen
Scotland
la Crosse
First Presbyterian Church
Barbara Paul
Anna Mackintosh
Lane's Family Medicine Tea Advertisement Headline
An old style testimonial ad promotes Lane's Family Medicine Tea as a tonic to relieve head pain, back and side aches, and general fatigue. It claims to strengthen stomach and bowels and mentions it is sold at druggists and dealers for 25 cents.
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Lane
The Safe and the Doubtful in Watch Buying
A cautioned guide on buying watches, urging to avoid doubt and choose a safe store. Parker's is presented as La Crosse’s reliable option, cited for consistent quality. The piece promotes customer trust by encouraging shoppers to ask others about their experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker's
la Crosse
Commencement at La Crosse Theatre
The thirty-fifth annual La Crosse high school commencement will be held at the La Crosse theatre this evening. President Luening will present diplomas to graduates from a class of 45, with eighteen earning averages above 85. The program features orchestral pieces, choirs, readings, and speeches, including addresses by class members and the presentation of diplomas.
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la Crosse High School
la Crosse Theater
Luening
Board of Education
Martha Rollins
March Pontificale
Gounod
Nathaniel Tourtellotte
Red Scarf Veazie
Consumer’s League
Marguerite Anderson
Kentucky Babe
Geibel
Today
Minnie Knight
Martha
von Flotow
Wm. Freehoff
Pinders
Myrtle Bangsberg
Paul Esch
Gloria
Lois Halik
William Luening
Fred Straus
Glen Halik
Harry Runge
Reuben Thompson
Edmund Cronon
Herbert Moss
Albert Weimar
Eugene McNeany
Fred Holbrook
William Strauss
Harold Davis
Stanley F. Anderson
Marguerite S. Anderson
Edna M. Anderson
Sadie L. Allen
Myrtle O. Bangsberg
Nora E. Beust
Helen G. Bock
Ruth M. Bradfield
Edmund D. Cronon
Alice Cecilia Crowley
G. Arthur Dahlgren
Grace M. Denney
Fred William Dickens
Laura Emery
Myrmie O. Embury
Paul Herbst
Esch
William A. Freehoff
Stanley George Gordon
Marjorie Venice Hammons
Herbert Stanley Harrison
Agnes Mary Hayes
Ethel Margaret Herrington
William Johnson
Carl Jungbluth
Minnie A. Knight
Margaret Angeline Lawler
John D. Moore
Marion RB. Moss
John Hugh Moss
Frank John Novak
Edith Clara Pryor
Palmer Rogers
Beth Ryan
Agnes B. Schalier
Florence Nichols Scofield
Vivian L. Shute
Margaret F. Simmerling
Edyth Clare Swarthout
Marjory H. Taylor
Leonad S. Techner
Mabel C. Thorsen
Nathaniel M. Tourtellotte
Allan C. Werner
Marstons to Perform at the Bijou
The Bijou will host Chas. F. Marston and wife in the act I'm Glad Im Married next week. Marston, born and raised in La Crosse, has many local friends and acquaintances eager to see his progress in the theater.
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Bijou
Chas. F. Marston
Charles Marston
Marston and Wife Star in I'm Glad I'm Married
A well known Chicago writer crafts a vaudeville act for Mr Marston and his wife. She performs singing and dancing charmingly while he showcases dramatic scenes to display his versatility. This marks Mr Marston’s vaudeville debut with management predicting a packed house for Charley and the new act.
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Charley
Foley’s Orino Laxative Advertisement Claim
The ad promotes Foley's Orino Laxative claiming it eases constipation and stomach troubles, sweetens breath, gently stimulates the liver, and regulates the bowels, asserting superiority to pills and ordinary laxatives. It urges immediate trial from O. T. Erhart.
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O. T. Erhart
Hot Fight On The Taft Stock Tax
Senators Borah and Bristow attack the proposed stock tax as unfair to small investors and to private fortunes not tied to corporations. Cummins predicts a hard fight to defeat the plan, arguing the tax hits many stockholders and shifts cost to the public. He favors the income tax over a corporate levy and warns Aldrich may oppose its passage.
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Borah
Bristow
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Finance Committee
Cummins
Rakey
Taft
Aldrich
Gang
Senate
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Pythians
Yeomen
Wright
Gladdens
Make-Man Tablet Co
Make-Man Bldg
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LA Crosse Theatre
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