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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
7
Overstated testimonials promote a pile cure named Pyramid Pile Cure. Readers are urged to mail a coupon for a trial package and later buy boxes from druggists at 50 cents each. The ad claims cures without further treatment and pressures immediate action.
A vintage coupon ad invites readers to fill blank name and address lines and mail to PyY Drug Company at 190 Building in Marshall Michigan. A package described as the great Pyramid Cure would be sent by mail free of charge in plain form.
John Smies tex remains in slow recovery a week after a stabbing at Finekiger's on the north side. Suspects Eg Farrel Joe and John Kinsalas are jailed on bail set at $2,000 awaiting next week’s preliminary hearing.
A unclear report notes an incident where a man receives an injury during a social event described as a dance or courting mishap. The fragment mentions a girl and a misaligned offer leading to harm. No further names or places are readable.
Wisconsin lawmakers move to form joint committees to study workingmen's insurance water powers bank deposits and income tax. States Michigan Minnesota Illinois and Wisconsin weigh cross state data sharing and cooperation as the committees pick members and scope.
Ex Governor William R. Taylor, who led Wisconsin during the era of the granger movement in the legislature, died yesterday in Madison. He previously served as chief executive during stormy political days shaping state policy.
Governor Taylor aged 89 who served from 1874 to 1876 lived at the Gischolt home for the aged since 1905. Once wealthy, he lost his fortune through ill fortune and speculation. He rose to office amid the 1873 granger fusion, headed the ticket, and saw the Porter law on railroad rates pass then repealed.
In Rome on March 18 threats echo the Petrosino murder in Palermo as Italian criminals vow death to any American investigators and emigration curb measures provoke anger from the Mafia and Camorra.
Representatives from the University of Wisconsin urged large appropriations at a joint hearing before claims and education committees. President C R Van Hise argued for a tax increase from 27 to 138 of a mill to produce 300000 yearly for seven years for buildings and 200000 yearly for four years for dormitories for women and men.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsia as a cure for sour stomach indigestion and fermentation. It claims relief within five minutes, purifies an acid stomach, and ends discomfort from various digestive troubles with a fifty cent tablet from any pharmacy.
La Crosse residents confront a costly chain letter prayer scheme that spreads citywide. Calculations show postage for nine links at two cents each would balloon to over 8.7 million dollars if the chain continued unbroken through eight more steps.
Chicago March 18. Physicians treating Chas H Morton former president of the Ohio Pennsylvania baseball league report he is conscious and can speak in monosyllables but cannot form sentences. His memory is blank for the period of disappearance and doctors cite acute dementia with a good chance of recovery, likely tied to league worries.
An advertisement urges readers to choose Foley's Honey and Tar, stating it costs two cents more but is a safe remedy with no harmful drugs and a cure for stubborn coughs and colds. It warns against experimenting with health and promotes O. T. Erhart as the source.
Applications for post office clerks and carriers must be made by March 29. Examinations are scheduled for April 3.
Rochester Indiana goods dealer P M Shore touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as universal, claiming it cures coughs colds and whooping cough. He says it prevents pneumonia when used early and warrants every bottle with a money back guarantee.
In Jefferson City on March 18 a Missouri senate bill to disfranchise illiterate voters passes, with emphasis on its likely impact on Black voters. The legislation centers on literacy tests as a barrier to voting.
The Booster, the high school paper, is issued yesterday and contains several features that mark it as a delightful school publication.
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