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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1909

Page

6

Father John's Medicine Promises Body Nourishment

An advertisement extols Father John's Medicine for supplying nourishment to the body and strengthening organs to drive out impurities and build health, with a guaranteed claim.

Won't Celebrate Independence Day by local Norwegian groups

Monday May seventeenth will not be observed locally by Scandinavians as the Norwegian independence day. Norden society will give no celebration this year due to inability to agree on who should host. The Daughters of Norway will hold a public ball at Nicholson-Scott hall tonight with dancing as the main event.

Norden Society Daughters of Norway Lodge of Sons of Norway Nicholson-Scott Hall

Kuhn Plant to Start Operations Next Week

Will Ott, president of Segelke Kohlhaus, announces the Kuhn plant will enter operation next week. Cabinet makers, stair builders and machine men are in demand as production is planned to continue through the summer.

Will Ott Segelke- Kohlhaus Company R. C. Kuhn Company Kuhn

Forty-Four Will Graduate In June From La Crosse High

La Crosse High School announces that Forty-Four students will graduate in June. The list includes the names of the senior class slated to receive diplomas at a commencement ceremony.

Eighteen Take High Honors At Commencement

A class of forty four will graduate from the high school in June one of the largest in years. Eighteen finish with average 85 or better for four years. Six seniors will give orations: Paul Esch Nathaniel Tourtellotte Minnie Knight Myrtle Bangsberg Will Freehoff and Marguerite Anderson.

Paul Esch Nathaniel Tourtellotte Minnie Knight Myrtle Bangsberg Will Freehoff Marguerite Anderson

Burglars Enter Drug Store Steal Cash and Stock

Thieves rifled the cash drawer of 5.50 and stole about 25 dollars worth of cigars perfumery and cutlery from Charles Euler’s drug store at State Street and West Avenue. They entered with a skeleton key and left without locking the door. A gum machine missing for two weeks remains unrecovered. Police notified and on the hunt.

Charles Euler State Street West Avenue

Aldrich Tariff Bill Debate Over Structural Steel Rates

Senate debated paragraph 119 of the tariff bill on structural iron with stemmed votes on rates and classification. Aldrich accepted a $6 a ton Payne rate for structural steel, while punched and fitted steel faced 45 percent ad valorem under his plan, later discussed with Cummins and Smoot. The Aldrich schedule passed.

Washington Senate Aldrich Finance Committee Cummins Smoot Utah New York Belgium England Germany

La Crosse to meet Wausau Sunday in postponed game

The La Crosse versus Wausau game at the league park was called off at noon and fans must wait until Memorial Day when Winona comes here again. Umpire Magee and players clash in yesterday's game as fines and suspensions surface.

la Crosse Winona McCarthy Wausau Roberge Duluth Hundt Eau Claire Lew Schoonhoven Magee Lew Drill Bryan Elliott Watsou Romaine Watson Lett Wilhelm

Mad Woman Dances on Perilous Roof in St Louis

Mrs. Charles Tice danced on a narrow roof ledge at her home in St Louis. Police, summoned by her husband, beat Tice to pretend to subdue her. The ruse lured her down and she was taken to the county hospital under observation.

ST. Louis Charles Tice Tice

Seibert Vanishes as Mazuma Disappears with Firm Funds

Robert Seibert proprietor of Standard Electric disappeared last Saturday on a supposed business trip. Partners state he is out of town and the police confirm notification of his absence. Several hundred dollars of the firm’s money is said to be missing.

Robert Seibert Standard Electric Company Richard Roth Siebert

McGregor Sees Second Flood After Heavy Rain

May 15 report from McGregor Iowa describes a repeat of last year seen as a near disaster. A foot of water swept Main street as the sewer reached overflow and another inch of rain could have caused major damage.

Mcgregor Main Street

Pioneer Hokah Resident Dies at 77

Levi T. Lyon, longtime Hokah settler, Mason and veteran, died at home at Hokah aged 77. Funeral set for tomorrow at Hokah residence with Masonic rites at Kokah cemetery, Rev. Bailey of La Crescent to officiate. son John D. Lyon of Heckle, widow surviving. Burial arranged by Yessler & Dahl.

Levi T. Lyon Hokah Kokah Rev. Bailey la Crescent Yessler & Dahl John D. Lyon Heckle, x. D

Cure of Dry Eczema by Cuticura Remedies

Captain George P. Bliss of Morris Manitoba reports relief from a persistent itchy leg condition after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He describes years of irritation and sores ending within ten days to three weeks of treatment while on police duty.

Cuticura George P. Bliss Morris Manitoba

Cuticura Soap Promoted for Baby Care and Skin Health

Warm baths with Cuticura Soap and mild Cuticura Ole ointment soothe infants and children. The combination, with Cuticura Pills, claims to treat eczema, rashes, and itching while purifying and beautifying skin scalp and hands. Sold worldwide by US Drug and Chemical Corp and other distributors.

Atria R Rose d Xralia Africa Lennon, Ltd Cape Town U.S

Indications Point To Death By Own Action In La Crosse

Miss Holbek a trained nurse and linguist with Danish studies and a published Danish translation. Her family, prostrated by the news, cannot fathom self harm as she left no warning in a recent letter. She had a bank cushion and had planned to be home in June after attending the opera. Her brother William C Holbek will bring the body here for burial at 1510 Vine Street.

Miss Holbek Copenhagen Pittsburg William C. Holbek Burlington Limited la Crosse Mass Holbek Marie Holbek Laura C. Holbek Arthur Holbek Pacific Electric Company Vine Street City

Franzen on Trial for Watered Cream Sale

Albert Franzen pleaded not guilty in county court to selling cream with under 18 percent milk fat. He testified he worked for the La Crosse Pure Food company and his hearing was set to proceed.

Albert Franzen la Crosse Pure Food Company

Tornado Toll Rises Across Kansas Missouri Towns Hit Hard

Reports from storm swept districts indicate five deaths and more than fifty injuries. A series of tornadoes followed by heavy rains devastated Kansas towns Hollis and Great Bend with widespread damage.

Kansas City Kansas Missouri Hollis Great Bend

Wheat crop saved by soaking rains across Nebraska

Soaking rains end a prolonged drought threatening the Nebraska wheat belt and the crop is reported saved. The weather relief comes as widespread rainfall from the eastern to western districts improves prospects for harvest and marks the end of a damaging dry period.

Lincoln Neb Nebraska Wheat Belt

Senators clash over tariff talks and Cummins vote

The debate on the Cummins amendment to the tariff bill features sharp exchanges as Senator Root defends committee information limits and Senator La Follette challenges New York influence. Money criticizes Root’s style, Lodge defends free speech, and the Cummins proposal to cut round iron duty fails 35 to 42 with a bipartisan mix of votes.

Root Aldrich la Follette Committee On Finance Senator Root Senate New York Money Mr. Money Ooot Lodge Mr. Root McEnery Beveridge Borah Bristow Brown Burkett Clapp Crawford Cummins Dolliver Nelson

Pullman Plans 3 Million Expansion to Boost Cars Output

Richmond Dean announces Pullman company will spend 3 million dollars to build new plants at Pullman Illinois. The additions will raise annual car capacity to 30,000. The moves reflect optimism of near unprecedented prosperity and reinforce the firm’s back of its judgment.

Chicago Pullman Company Richmond Dean Pullman

Wisconsin assembly advances Dunn ballot opt option

Madison May 15 The assembly advanced the McConnell bill making Dunn ballot optional for counties with no debate. Also moved the Stewart bill requiring safety devices on corn shredders and the Ingram bill to ban adulteration in malt and spirits.

Dunn Madison Wis Assembly McConnell Stewart Ingram

Caldwell Shooting Sparks Court Hearing Postponed

In Columbus Indiana on May 15 Charles W Caldwell a 40 year old attorney wounded in a confrontational encounter with Gustave Remy’s family had his hearing postponed to Monday evening. Caldwell admitted being wounded and said Remy shot him as he approached a trysting place to meet Belah Remy aged 16. A divorce petition against Caldwell has been returned to court.

Columbus Ind Charles W. Caldwell Caldwell Gustave Remy Elizabethtown Remy Cox Belah Remy District of Columbia Knox Taft Court House Cincinnati

Boiler Explodes Aboard Steamer Colgate Hoyle

Steamer Colgate Hoyle's boiler exploded two miles offshore of Fairport in Lake Erie. Four firemen the engineer and two oilers were badly scalded with some possibly fatally hurt.

Painesville, O Colgate Hoyle Lake Erie Fairport

Jimmied Tariff Bill Sparks Senator Johnston Debate

Denison, Texas, May 15. Mystery surrounds the murder of Mrs. Lilly Hooks 18 wife of George Hooks. She was attacked in her bedroom through a window choked and killed with a butcher knife. Police have made no arrests or motive public.

Denison Texas Lilly Hooks George Hooks

Dean's Kidney Pills Ad Promises Kidney Relief

La Crosse readers report back pain and urinary troubles eased by Dean's Kidney Pills. Mrs T Bramwell of La Crosse testifies her husband used the remedy for years with relief, and her sister was cured of kidney complaints. Sold by all dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.

la Crosse Deans United States Dean's

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