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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1909
Page
7
Trusted by customers in Rochester Indiana and many others Cham ber lain s Cough Remedy is advertised as the best today for coughs croup and whooping cough. The ad cites verified results over forty years of use and offers a money back warranty if not as stated.
Milwaukee Frank A Walsh a member of E R Wolcott post stands out as a leading candidate in the Wisconsin Grand Army of the Republic commander race. Current indications favor Walsh against C E Grinnell of Beloit L H Crane post as the Beloit candidate holds the edge.
A reader questions why anyone would try unknown cough remedies when Foley's Honey and Tar costs little and is advertised as safe with no harmful drugs. The notice promotes using Foley's Honey and Tar and mentions T. Erhart as a source.
In Milwaukee and Dorchester notes, Louis Skruvani and his wife Fanny Livingston surface in a tale of marriage, separation, and writing plans. Skruvani secures a syndicate agreement to provide material for a book amid a chaotic personal chronicle from 1908 onward.
Milwaukee Automobile club announces its first annual auto show at the Hippodrome from March 10 to 13. Nearly forty five agencies will exhibit over 110 1909 cars plus accessories and motorcycles. Special entertainment is planned each afternoon and evening as 100 workers transform the venue into a premier show palace.
John Mathews, a Prominent citizen, entered Anthony Schwartz's shoe store in Neenah Wisconsin with a revolver and fired four shots. Charles Solomon a contracting mason, was hit in the temple and died. Mathews fled but was captured later.
Milwaukee police crack down on street corner oglers with fines and public shaming. In three months thirty mashers were fined five dollars each. Offenders endure a patrol wagon ride a night in a steel barred cell and a roasting from Judge Neelen the next morning.
Deputy Sheriff Lucas H. Riedel and chauffeur Herbert Behrens with two reporters confront a delirious man, believed to be C Heym, who sprang from a moving auto on Grand avenue at 6 30 PM while en route to the Emergency hospital. The incident occurred after the man had been drinking.
August Messenberg an 83 year old pioneer farmer on the Green Bay road has prepared his own coffin and shroud and made complete funeral arrangements. He calmly awaits death with good health and full activity, aiming to live beyond his self imposed limit of 85 years.
Captain T. M. Potts, U. S. N., will take command on the Battleship Georgia in the Atlantic fleet succeeding Captain E. F. Qualtrough who was recently court martialed and sentenced to ten numbers loss and six months suspension. Captain Qualtrough accompanies the fleet on its return voyage.
Minnesota entries at the Omaha corn and grain exposition scored top and near top in wheat judging. Minnesota won pastry flour, finished second in baking bread flour, and placed second in cracked flour from eighty four submissions. Samples were milled in Minneapolis laboratories for testing.
In St Paul Minnesota a senate bill by Senator A L Hanson Ada proposes to separate banks by size. City banks face an eight times capital and surplus deposit limit while county banks may take deposits up to ten times. If deposits exceed limits a receiver is appointed by the public examiner.
In St. Paul on March 2 a bill by Representative Rowe fixes the Ramsey county sheriff’s salary at 7500 dollars annually in lieu of all fees. The measure aims to standardize compensation for the office.
Rev Joseph H Fesperman of Salisbury North Carolina, author of several books, recalls years of kidney trouble and a severe winter attack. After eight days bedridden with thick white sediment in urine, he began Foley’s Kidney Remedy, the pain eased and urine returned to normal, and he gladly recommends the product.
Six Lawrence College students were injured in a coasting accident in Appleton Wisconsin. Passengers included Gladys Parker Fennimore Francis Dach Viroqua Helen Dick New London Louis Hess Cleveland Harry Checky and Chester Buckland Appleton. Two girls will be laid up several days.
Mrs Carlson and her son were moved after visiting a neighbor when a March storm hit. The boy froze to death while the mother, found wandering on the prairie, dragged him on a sled as they searched for shelter.
Local notices show visits from La Farge Westby Readstown and Soldiers Grove residents as well as Chicago and Milwaukee trips. A baby named Arne Slack is born March 1. Rev Sylibard will be pastor for United Lutheran in Viroqua and Westby moving in June.
An advertising article touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a superior digestive tonic for stomach trouble. It claims appetite variations and chest pressure signals heart disease, urging a tonic over pre digested foods to strengthen digestion via blood and nerves.
Godhef Wenzel who underwent a major operation about two months ago at the Lutheran hospital and who has been recuperating at his daughter Mrs Hans Hanson home in Mindoro was brought home today. The operation was very difficult but he survived though complete recovery is doubtful.
A colonial era column mocks foreign adventurers and American women described as dull despite wealth. The piece tars a group with stinging stereotypes, noting they cannot express more than simple answers and mocks their social status.
President Roosevelt initiates steps to inaugurate the industrial peace foundation set to create a Washington tribunal likened to The Hague for international peace. He donated the Nobel Prize money to fund a permanent industrial reach committee aiming to foster just relations between capitalists and wage earners in industry and agriculture.
Millionaire Lewis Ginter Young, 26, famed for backing A. O. Brown and Co. to a $500,000 loss, weds Leona Anderson daughter of Henry H. Aronson of St. Louis. The religion note contrasts with modern urban living as the piece ends with a quip about Sunday School and neighborly love.
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