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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
6
The Young People's Christian Federation of La Crosse plans to adopt its by laws at the March 23 meeting in the U S O A building. Membership is open to Evangelical church societies with an executive committee of officers and one representative from each society.
Reported killings occur as Jove, in‑law of the chief of police, and Dr. La Mothe along with Paul St. Fort and two others are shot near the cemetery. France faces a demand to surrender all refugees, with threats of action against consulates and a German warship's arrival noted as tensions escalate.
The article recalls Bach discussing Taft, Bryan, and La Follette in Billings. It notes unrest in Haiti with Gen. Villardouin Le conte and foreign ships approaching Port-au-Prince, plus Bach’s reflections on politics, a vanished dog named Coween, and Bach’s plans to stay in La Crosse as a family rendezvous.
A sensational claim advertises Pape's Diapepsin as a five minute cure for indigestion sour stomach and related ailments. It promises rapid digestion of foods and relief from symptoms such as bloating gas belching and nausea while urging readers to ask their druggist to show the formula on the case.
Dr J Schleiter of the McMillan building received a mounted golden eagle from his brother Frank Schleiter of Artesian South Dakota. The bird shot near the Big Jim river measures eight feet wingspan and will be kept in the doctor's office as a trophy. Some actresses view matrimony as a progressive game.
The Board of Public Works discussed erecting permanent election booths to replace yearly setup and repair, estimating about 1000 dollars in annual savings. Officials noted sanitation issues with current booths and potential lease options for permanent sites, with council action unknown for the next meeting.
Saturday afternoon a blaze broke out in the Fay Lewis Brothers cigar store at 413 Main Street causing significant damage to the rear. Manager Meiklejohn cites a cigar stub matched against draperies as the likely cause, disputing a gasoline lighting machine theory since the tank and piping area was least damaged and had not exploded.
The board of public works started a crew at work this morning erecting voting booths in wards across the city. The booths are being overhauled and improvements made ahead of the judicial election on April 9. They will stand until after the election a year later with a location change in the Fourth ward from Burns park to the vacant lot north of the old high school.
Root River flooding has caused havoc for nearby farmers and made the Brownsville road impassable. The river is receding and the road should be passable in a few days unless another heavy thaw occurs. Cold weather the past two days contributed to the thaw.
La Crosse lodge No. 300 B P O Elks will hold its annual election of officers Thursday evening March 19. Several candidates for exalted ruler are in the running and a large attendance and active voting are expected across the lodge posts.
The regular monthly meeting of the Humane Society will be held tomorrow evening in City Hall. The officers report will be read and minor matters discussed.
Excitement rose in Barcelona as a bomb exploded in the central market injuring a woman and wrecking stalls. A second unexploded device was found outside the market.
Fire sparked a panic at the Holyoke opera house injuring no one as 1,500 patrons including men women and children fled during a moving picture show yesterday afternoon.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Family Medicines with claims of known composition, alcohol free formulas, and glycerine as extractive agent. It argues medicines are sourced from American medicinal roots and backed by physician and dealer credibility, warning against substitutes lacking record of cures.
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