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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1909
Page
7
An advertisement touts Gold Dust as a modern alternative to washing dishes with soap. It claims the product cuts grease and dirt, acts as an antiseptic, and sterilizes dishes and glassware in minutes, making chores easier and hygienic.
D A Kalvestran transacted a business deal at Westby Tuesday. Miss Jennie Anderson, guest of Miss Vallame for six weeks, returned to Minot North Dakota. Miss Irene Suttle traveled to Lancaster to see her ill mother. Harvey Owen visited from Coon Valley. Miss Valesca Preus shopped in Westby. Register of Deeds T O Mark and wife visited Readstown. M J Salander was in Retreat for business. Roman and Felix installed a new cash register. Mrs T B Snell hosted M E Aid society. Synod Y P society met at the parsonage. Ethel Atwood returned from Milwaukee after buying millinery stock. A B Parkinson of La Crosse attended to city business. Mesdames J W Henecka and O Sime visited Mrs N Solverson in Readstown. Attorney C J Smith returned from a Dakota business trip. Mr and Mrs Boyd Hall hosted Mrs John Hall Cashton and Miss Wheeler Hillsboro this week.
A provocative line suggests some claim to fight sin by inflicting violence on sinners, challenging readers to weigh whether zeal can justify brutality and how communities define moral action amid turmoil.
Prairie du Chien high school will be represented by Miss Ida Martner and Mr. Roy Hurley at the Wisconsin Valley Oratorical league annual meeting in Spring Green on March 26. Other league schools include Spring Green Muscoda Lone Rock Richland Center and Boscobel.
The itemized notes report residents and visitors such as Mr. Frank Smrcina at the bedside, Mr. Evert and Mrs. Smrcina visiting Madison and Chicago, Seward Besch recovering in Minneapolis, and Ed Bondurant ill with pneumonia. Also mentioned are Mrs. Leo Martin in Blue River visiting relatives, a house move by Mr. Cole, Blanche Melvin’s return from Eastman, and the Vilas estate real estate sale to Leonard W. Gay. County Treasurer Hammerly processes tax rolls with several town officials named. The St. Patrick’s ball at the Grand opera house drew a large young crowd seeking leisure from Lent. Dr. and Mrs. Clarke visit from Dodgeville, with Dr. Harry Clarke and Mrs. Armstrong hosting, plus updates on local social visits and tax-related traffic.
The Abbe Spallanzani and Beaumont laid the foundation for understanding gastric juice. Beaumont, an army surgeon at a Michigan post, treated Alexis St Martin’s gunshot wound and studied digestion using a gastric access opening. His work, and a later Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets advertisement, highlight early physiology in medicine.
A Bangor Wisconsin community note highlights visits from Gretchen Esch Pearl Richardson Mrs A Wohlhoefer Hugo Hussa and other Sparta Green Bay La Crosse residents. The town welcomes guests and marks birthdays while a March 13 birth is reported for Pete Cook.
Lansing observers report visits and departures among residents. Mrs Gus Kerndt and sister visit La Crosse to see Cleveland in hospital. Agatha Keffeler returns from Wheatland district teaching. Rosie Reik returns from La Crosse. Fred Peacock returns for home visit. Mrs C A Beeman and children visit relatives. Attorney Conway takes son to La Crosse for treatment. Herman Halbroeder seeks La Crosse hospital care. Also mentions a pre-nuptial shower for Miss Clara Rudd and marriage of Miss Rudd to Anton Ripple. local clergy prep for a two week mission.
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