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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
8
An advertisement asserts Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds. It warns against substitutes and notes the genuine product comes in a yellow package from O. T. Erhart.
At a National League meeting in New York Charles H Ebbets president of Brooklyn offered Chicago for Hofman the Cubs general utility player He proposed 10000 and later revived an offer of 16909 plus 59 reward for a Hofman caliber player Chicago refused both bids indicating continued interest in adding a high profile star to the Brooklyn lineup
Park roller rink will stay open only on Wednesday Friday and Saturday after this week. A rink will be started at West Salem for three nights weekly. Warmer weather reduced interest so manager Willing cut back hours while remaining evenings stay well attended.
At the executive committee annual meeting of the Wisconsin Sunday School Association it was decided to try to obtain William Jennings Bryan as the speaker for the closing night of the twenty second convention to be held at Neenah May 26 27 and 28.
William Baumgart(s) identifies the grain thief in Colby Wisconsin after oats stream from granary to the suspect’s home. He tracks the culprit and hopes to land the thief in county jail this week.
Senator La Follette is expected to deliver a major speech on the Aldrich currency bill this Thursday. Despite illness, he aims to focus on railroad valuation and its impact on the bill’s fate, a move that could delay a Senate vote. A related note reports a lighthouse project for Lake Superior nearing approval.
Milwaukee march 10 special the Wisconsin automobile reliability contest is on More than twenty motor cars start at 6 am on a 300 mile sealed run with penalties for any seal repairs The route covers West Bend Fond du Lac Oshkosh Ripon Brandon Waupun Beaver Dam Columbus Madison Oregon Evansville Janesville Beloit and Milwaukee over three days The Rambler vehicle aims for under sixty hours despite poor Wisconsin roads and this marks the first northwest contest of its kind.
Fritz Kievitz the Stevens Point hermit once deemed insane at Oshkosh has been pronounced incurable. He will be moved to Marathon county asylum in Wausau, ending years of notoriety as a solitary figure thought to have lost his sanity due to isolation.
A testimonial advertisement claims neuralgia pain stems from nerve irritation and congestion and promotes Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as effective relief. It cites Mrs Barton and Mrs Ferrier from Carthage Missouri and Lincoln Nebraska, and notes druggists may refund the first package if it fails to help.
The Lawrence University board creates a new chair of rhetoric and elects O. P. Fairfield of Alfred College New York to fill it. He starts duties in September funded by a general education board grant and a local $150 000 fund leveraging $50 000 from the Rockefeller foundation. Wisconsin delegate Naylor of Appleton attends international missionary convention in Pittsburgh as a speaker with a focus on Africa.
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