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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1909
Page
10
A traditional testimony promotes Cardui as a safe vegetable tonic for women. The ad cites decades of use and appeals to ailments like headaches dizziness and female disorders. It includes a customer letter from Mrs. R. C. Berry praising improvements after five bottles and notes availability at druggists.
The west channel bridge on La Crescent road has been condemned as unsafe by President James T. Day of the board of public works after a stringer failure. Two guards warn drivers and aid crossings until repairs. A new concrete bridge similar to Pettibone park is recommended.
A heated high school debate last night centered on teachers pensions with students to decide if the pension plan is advisable. Debaters argued for and against, highlighting cost, security, and future funding concerns in a lively campus forum.
The Lincoln-Douglas society debate at Wausau last night awarded fifth place to Irving Teuter and seventh to Edward Mable for La Crosse. The jury ruled against teacher pension after 25 years service with Weimar Rauhlfuss supporting the affirmative and Roddy Weisbecker the negative. Schubert spoke on parliamentary practice and next Friday the boys debate prohibition’s benefit to the United States.
At the next council meeting Alderman C. F. Lang will introduce a resolution asking the mayor to appoint a special lighting committee to work with the regular committee in drafting an ordinance to establish a municipal lighting plant in line with the voters mandate from the recent referendum.
A crowded scene shows numerous workers printing the golden rule onto electro yard sticks for distribution. The effort highlights a civic message project with participants scattered around the workshop and a communal goal.
The Chicago production A Stub Born Cinderella opens in La Crosse on May 19 at the Princess theater. Homer B. Mason leads the cast with Grace Edmond as Lady Leslie, supported by Harry Pauli Frederick Truesdell Richmond Kent Lincoln Summer Jack Raffael and more in this musical comedy from the team behind The Time the Place and the Girl.
Eugene W. Presbrey hails the dramatic adaptation of Sir Gilbert Parker’s The Right of Way praising Theodore Roberts as Joe Portugais for inspiring audience sympathy toward a confessed murderer. The piece lauds Canadian habitant portrayal, fidelity, and strong characterizations by Roberts and Guy Standing in the production.
A historical ad line offers $100 reward for an incurable case of catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites Cheney & Co of Toledo and Welding, Kinnan & Marvin as associates. The text also mentions internal use of the cure and distributes free sample coats and pills for constipation.
Ted Woodruff and his associate players begin their summer engagement at the La Crosse theater with David Higgin’s play At Piney Ridge. The well known author returns after previous La Crosse appearances, continuing a local theater tradition.
The Chattanooga setting and 1885 mountain atmosphere anchor a stage version of At Piney Ridge with real mountaineer characters. Ted Woodruff as Jack Rose showcases his acting, and the cast is praised for strong, lifelike roles and steady storytelling. Special scenery promises atmospheric detail.
A vintage advertisement notes Foley's Kidney Remedy as a tonic for kidney strain after winter. It claims to purify blood by stimulating kidneys and removing impurities, and adds it imparts new life and vigor. Endorsed by O. T. Erhart.
Mayor Sorensen and Secretary Ut ermoeh of the board of trade receive circular letters urging support for a Lake Superior Mississippi river canal. J. G. Arm of Stillwater Minnesota, vice president for Minnesota of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement association, signs the notices to mobilize public sentiment for the project. The aim is to prompt citizens along the river to bring the issue to Lieut. Col. Braham D. Fitch of the engineers corps who oversees the proposal.
Firefighters respond to a blaze at A A Rice 225 to Sixth street Friday afternoon when a chimney sparked fire along the run of the dwelling. Small roof flames are extinguished with chemicals. damage is slight to the old P S Davidson dwelling.
Mrs. Caroline L. Ondicot, formerly a La Crosse resident, died at Dayton Oregon at age 80. She lived in Burt Oak Melrose and other parts of La Crosse county before moving west two years ago. Her sister Mrs. Pauline Jacobs died two years ago and she leaves no family.
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