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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1906
Page
2
Nature spares the stricken and explains hair loss in women as caused by a germ. Nowbro's Herpicide claims to destroy the parasite in hair follicles, allowing natural growth. Sample offered for 10 cents by The Herpicide Co. Detroit with C. T. Erhart as special agent.
In Wisconsin standings La Crosse leads with 12 5 record 0.687 while Green Bay Oshkosh Eau Claire and others follow. Yesterday results see Freeport 4 Green Bay 2 and La Crosse 10 Eau Claire 4. Upcoming games list La Crosse at Eau Claire Freeport at Green Bay Wausau at Oshkosh.
G. R. Oberholzer, head of the local weather bureau, has been promoted from observer to forecaster. He will have wider duties and will issue La Crosse forecasts independently of Chicago predictions. The promotion honors his long service and varied postings with the bureau.
In a Letter to the Editor the writer objects to the label Eddyites used for Christian Scientists in a London dispatch. The letter stresses using proper denomination terms and cites Dr Alfred Farlow's note from Boston about Br Adcock in London amid manslaughter rumors.
Letter argues Dr Adcock's possible manslaughter charge would rest on grounds other than Christian Science practices. It notes his morphine addiction and possession of poisonous drugs, while stating he is not a Christian Science practitioner. Public record on his relation to the church remains minimal.
In New York on May 24 the hearing for Albert T. Patrick's motion for a new trial ended with the Recorder ordering briefs to be filed Friday. The decision sets the schedule for continued appellate action in the Patrick case.
WARSAW May 24 Revolutionaries and cossacks clashed at Pulawy. Three were killed and many revolutionaries were arrested.
May 24 Fond du Lac Wisconsin reports a county board committee that bought the courthouse square monument turned over 560 dollars to the county treasurer after purchase. The grand jury reportedly prepared a report for the June county board session with no prosecutions anticipated. The tin monument has drawn ridicule and an extra plate was added to cover committee names. The G A R members have refused memorial services in the square.
In Battle Ground Indiana two interurban cars carrying elderly veterans collided. Thirty people were transported to hospitals. Fifty veterans were injured with ten seriously hurt. The motorman of one car is reported to be dying.
May 24 burglars dynamited the Lexington post office safe and escaped with about $500 in cash and stamps. Local authorities pursued leads as the building suffered damage described in the incident report.
War rants for the arrest of seven anarchists will soon be issued in Baltimore and their deportation is planned. The Commission of Immigration and Baltimore officials uncovered the leaders’ headquarters, and authorities believe late arrivals are plotting an anarchists' international congress.
The Reed Cross hospital on Central Park West near 99th Street held its cornerstone ceremony with President William T. Wardwell. He noted the facility’s policy of no alcohol in any form, joined by Archdeacon George S. Nelson praising the elimination of beer rations and all alcohol from the hospital diet.
Paris May 24. While Charles Bollar of Hildreth was in this city filing bond on several charges for selling intoxicants a fire destroyed his cold storage business and stock at Hildreth. The blaze is believed sparked by strong anti whiskey sentiment in the town.
Westinghouse has secured the final contract in a series to electrolyze about fifty seven miles of St. Petersburg street railways. The total value of the contracts now stands at seven million dollars.
News from Washington May 24 reports a fresh insurrection at Macoris Santo Domingo with prisoners released and rebels withdrawing. No American interests were endangered.
A forty eight second earthquake shock was recorded in Cleveland on May 24. The initial movement originated from the east with a return tremor from the west as logged by the local seismograph at St Ignatius college.
Edna Buglee a 14 year old Pittsburg girl sought by police at Coney Island was arrested in New York City. She said she came with Livya Rodgers a former Pittsburg teacher who promised marriage but they were not yet wed. Rodgers was arrested last Saturday.
The Milwaukee Foundrymen's Association issues a poster stating that Milwaukee plants will operate on open shop principles, with no agreements with labor unions and work in all departments conducted without union requirements.
Odessa reports the Black Hundreds organizing petitions against amnesty and provoking Liberal resentment. Tensions rise as clashes between the two factions are feared across Odessa and southern Russia.
A mob robs the jail of suspect Georgea Younger who killed Rector last Sunday and lynches him in Columbus. The incident follows a prior arrest by local authorities and underscores racial violence in the area.
In Oskaloosa Iowa on May 24 Representative John F Lacey won renomination for a tenth term by the Republican convention of the Sixth Iowa district. Secretary Shaw was endorsed for the 1908 presidency.
A vintage medical advertisement extols S. S. S. as the king of blood purifiers. It claims the tonic cleanses impurities, cures skin diseases, rheumatism, scrofula, and hereditary taints, and is safe for all ages. Endorsements from a Lebanon, Pennsylvania resident Charlotte P. Thompson are included along with an offer of a free book and medical advice.
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