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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
8
New York March 9 Miss E Laura Todd attracts attention for her heavier-than-air flying machines and for forming a Junior Aero club of youths interested in aeronautics. She is the only woman to design and build working aeroplanes and is completing a new improved model.
Secretary John M True of the Wisconsin state board of agriculture announced twenty seven thousand dollars in purses for harness races at the state fair to be held September seven through eleven. Entries close June twenty two for major pacing and trotting events with seven races plus eight others closing August seventeen. Wisconsin and nearby states may enter colts races with ownership and training limited to Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Minnesota Nebraska the Dakotas Montana and Manitoba.
The lineup lists bouts from March 16 to March 18 featuring fighters such as Bill Parke Hugo Kelly Steve Kinney Walter Parker Jack Dougherty Chicago Logan Jack Redmond Kid Allanson Morris Granger Tommy Burns Jem Roche Marvin Hart John White Eddie MeceGoorty Richard Ferrell Bill Herron George Dempsey Leo Ryan Kid Morris Grover Hayes Owen Moan Jimmy Gardner Harris Lewis with venues in Milwaukee Tamaqua Dublin Hot Springs Fond du Lac Columbus Minot Philadelphia Boston and more.
A. H. Zechiel of the Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League was attacked and egged in Lena Oconto county on Thursday night. He has gone to Oconto to secure warrants for the arrest of several assailants.
A terse proverb notes that a person who attends to his own affairs learns what matters most. The saying emphasizes self sufficiency and practical wisdom over external chatter. It underscores trust in personal diligence as a path to knowledge and success.
The Wisconsin Tuberculosis committee released a bulletin outlining twelve rules to curb tuberculosis. Emphasizing early care, fresh air, outdoor activity, and strict hygiene, the guidance urges patients to avoid coughing into others, sleep apart, and seek competent medical treatment to improve outcomes.
Washburn residents anticipate Assemblyman L. Clausen announcing his candidacy for Republican National Convention delegate and note his La Follette leaning with possible support for War Secretary. Other items cover a Cameron post office stamp robbery, logging delays due to warm weather, a drowning near Kekoskee, a Leg injury from falling logs in Ladysmith, a Guernsey meeting to be held in Barron, Carroll college adding a philosophy and education chair, and the sailing schooner Lydia E Raesser dragging its anchor in Sheboygan River amid ice.
The weekly schedule lists church circle meeting at 3 p m Monday and a first class moving picture show at 8 p m Thursday under Standard Bearers, with 50 cent course tickets and 20 cent admissions. Other events include a Friday and Saturday film show and a Central W C U meeting at 1334 State street Monday at 3 p m to elect officers. The pastor begins a women’s sermon series on Mothers Widows Young Women Wives under Y W C A guidance.
Frank Wick aged 37 in Manitowoc Wisconsin was injured after a thirty foot fall from a scaffold at the Northern Grain company elevators. He may die from the injuries sustained.
In Faribault Minnesota on March 16 Gilbert Somdahl and D Y McDaniel nearly died from inhaling ether used in a dyeing and cleaning operation. An employee locking up found both unconscious on the floor and provided timely aid to prevent a fatal outcome.
Monroe Wisconsin March 16 Nick Geiger of this city was blown up by dynamite while seven men excavating for a cold storage plant. It is believed Geiger struck a box of dynamite caps causing injuries from which he died later.
A two and a half month old baby died from scalding suffered at a farm home near Voorhies Iowa. The parents Mr and Mrs Uridel were present at the time of the accident. Police and local authorities initiated an investigation into the incident.
Four laborers were injured and a gas plant wrecked when a workman repairing a leak lit a lighted match. Frank Chrisler, the superintendent, was blown through a window with burns but hopes for recovery. three others injured near the head and face. The adjacent manufacturing plant also caught fire. The blast was heard two miles away.
Hans Peterson was fatally injured while working on the Eau Claire river bridge of the Omaha road by filling. The accident occurred in Eau Claire Wisconsin on March 16.
The article explains that modern labeling requires accurate content descriptions, with "Baked" on tins indicating true baking. Heinz Beans, produced by the H. J. Heinz Company, are highlighted as a premier example, baked in a large oven and sealed without solder after sterilization.
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