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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1909
Page
12
Spring remedies warn of impurities in blood from winter. Hood's Sarsaparilla claimed to cleanse blood and restore stomach liver kidneys and skin function. It touts a 100 doses for one dollar and urges against inferior substitutes.
Early today a masked robber halted a Milwaukee street car on the Fond du Lac avenue line at 4 30 in the morning. He fired wounding conductor Oscar Schultz in the right arm and stole 35 dollars plus tickets from Schultz and the fare box before fleeing. a lone passenger was aboard but not robbed.
A man warns car workers to avoid carrying cans, claiming he is armed and will shoot if orders are not followed. He exits the vehicle and vanishes into darkness, leaving the scene unsettled.
Madison moves to legalize sparring under athletic clubs with limits. Matches capped at thirty minutes with padded five ounce gloves. Milwaukee and other cities may license one club monthly for 25 dollars, with a 1 bond required. violations carry 160 to 1000 dollars fine and 1 to 5 years imprisonment. No alcohol, no bets, and Sunday holidays ban exhibitions.
Madison May 15 The legislature has approved a bill making kidnapping an offense punishable by life imprisonment, the same as murder.
Milwaukee Wis May 14 The Lutherans of the state speak through Rev Carl Eissefeldt authorized to express the sentiment of the United Lutheran conference declare their position against prohibition and the anti saloon league Prohibition is opposed because it aims at forbidding the use of what is not wrong in itself but made wrong by abuse Strict regulation is offered as the cure for this condition The anti saloon league is opposed because it professes to stand for the elimination of the abuses of the traffic while in reality it declares against the use manufacture or sale of intoxicants
Attendance at a boys campaign in Boston from April 21 to May 2 has Milwaukee considering losing Bert Hall, former Milwaukee truancy chief, who spoke 42 times in 10 days. An offer to lead Boston's boys work has been reported, boosting Hall's fame as a truancy reformer.
Fred D. Underwood president of the Erie railroad and Wisconsin consistory member announced a $1,000 nucleus endowment for Springbrook farm at Dousman used as a Masonic home. The remark came at the ninety second session banquet with 800 plus 32nd degree Masons in attendance led by Commander in Chief Wilmot F. Miller. The Henry L. Palmer class, numbering 96, was the largest in Wisconsin consistory history, meeting since 1863.
Mrs. Gertrude Haupt died in Appleton aged 90 after a life spanning Germany and the United States. She was born in 1819 and married in 1841, emigrating to Milwaukee in 1843. Survived by seven children, sixteen grandchildren, twenty four great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren, with one sixth generation child having died in infancy.
Capitalists in Milwaukee Chicago and Madison organize the Interstate Light and Power company with $750000 stock. The firm will transmit electricity to cities and towns in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, aiming to provide cheap power to develop zinc mines in southern Wisconsin.
The Boyleston prizes elocution contest at Harvard awarded first prize to Hans von Kaltenborn of Madison Wisconsin for his selection Gentleman the King by Robert Barr. The item also touts Foley's Kidney Remedy as a tonic for kidneys and blood purification.
The new musical comedy Mutiny by Mort Singer comes to La Crosse on Wednesday May 19. The show features a Fairy Prince and a desert scene by an open fire, with costumes by Mason and a chorus of 60. Singer directs the production in Chicago, promising a unique, earnest performance unlike any prior comedy.
A pamphlet invites those unhappy with other treatments to visit an office where a method is promised to cure them safely and permanently. The seller offers the first visit free and charges per cure only as agreed to by the patient, asserting mutual respect if roles were reversed.
Racine Wisconsin May 15 Prof E S Martin principal of MaeMynn school will get the citys highest public school principal salary despite the board of education refusing a raise from 1400 to 1500 a year Residents who petitioned for the increase now agree to raise 200 yearly to add to Mr Martins pay
Grand Rapids Wisconsin May 15 Frank Reimer Louis Haydock and Eugene Crotteau of Biron were aboard a boat near the Grand Rapids Pulp and Paper mill when it ran out of control and went over the dam and rapids. They escaped without injury.
Huntington West Virginia resident Rev Tt W Williamson testifies to using Foley's Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble and says it will do all claimed. The ad states the remedy restores health and strength to thousands of weak people and contains no harmful drugs while being pleasant to take.
Madison May 15 Professor J B Parkinson vice president and emeritus professor of constitutional and international law announced he will retire at the close of the current school year under the Carnegie pensions for retired professors plan.
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