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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
8
Dr Herbert L Flint claims millennial calm is near and laughter can ward off disease and death. He advises audiences to smile on waking, force cheerfulness, and let brighter thoughts uplift daily life in his La Crosse interview.
Duluth native Harry Woods, boy dockside drummer, conceives a novel instrument from old anchors. After years of study he patents the “musical anchors” that can accompany bands with variable volume. The item lampoons Secretary Taft with burlesque scenes, promising hearty humor.
The well informed world favors a simple pleasant laxative knowing its wholesome, gentle, and prompt action. The California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as an ethical, trusted remedy for family use. Buy the genuine product from leading druggists, price fifty cents per bottle.
A long quotation extols constant smiling as universal medicine. It argues smiling reduces quarrels, crime, illness, and war, and even lowers funeral costs. Dr. Flint envisions a utopian world where good nature governs, and happiness arcs through diplomacy and daily life.
A public notice asserts kidney disease is the leading killer because it goes undetected until advanced. It promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as preventive when taken early, attributed to O. T. Erhart.
Sleep restores energy for brain muscles and organs, while continued sleep loss weakens the body. Dr Miles Nervine promises soothing nervous relief without opiates, claiming after one bottle users sleep better and resume tasks. Mrs May Scott of English Indiana testifies to profound improvement after Nervine. Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind
Al G. Field, famed minstrel, showcases a Taft character in his skit. The act is a highlight of his minstrel program. The La Crosse theater hosts the performance on Saturday May 16 with both matinee and night showings.
Irvin Riley returned home from Madison and will leave for Milwaukee for a job. Several traveled to La Crosse to see the ball game. The Dansville company show ran three nights and drew good crowds. Mrs Blanch Bartel’s son and nephew visited Brownsville relatives. Miss Gussetti and Miss Pedretti visited country relatives. Tony Buzzetti returns to Missouri after inspecting his farm north of here. Hettie Morelli recovers from tonsillitis. Dr Gundlac of De Soto treated Mrs Peters Pedretti. A J Latimer went to North Dakota. Mr and Mrs John Bar lina visited Trempealeau relatives before returning to Superior.
West Salem Wisconsin residents include Will Bradley and daughter Cora in La Crosse on Wednesday. The W S H S team will play the W E U team of La Crosse on May 9 at the local diamond. Various residents travel to La Crosse for business and errands.
Manager Gage plans Friday presentation of Brewster's Millions at the La Crosse theater with Cohan Harris backing. Robert Ober stars as Montgomery Brewster alongside a noted cast including James Montgomery Louis Haines Brinsley Shaw Edmund Mortimer George Crossette John Alden Richard E Webster and actresses June Mathis Olive North Ada May Talbot Ida Lee Caston Nellie Black in a polished stage adaptation praised for witty dialogue and staging.
The Milwaukee German Theater Company, linked to the Pabst A Theater group, brings a German stock company to La Crosse on Monday evening May 11 to stage the clever farce Die Logenbrue der. The troupe features Hedwig Beringer Lizzy Forster Gertrude Mueller Berth Sprotte Conrad Bolten Julius Schmidt and Ludwig C Kreiss among others with strong dramatic reputations. On Tuesday night gala performance presents Herman Suderman's drama Die Ehre in the original Milwaukee cast, a road success amid cheers.
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