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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
6
An advertisement touts Stearns' Electric Rat and Roach Paste as a solution to rat infestations, promising to eradicate rats and cockroaches or refund money. It markets a 2 oz box for 25 cents and a 16 oz box for 1 dollar with nationwide availability.
A short dispatch notes that the tariff bill faces constitutional questions and sparks support from standpatters. it flags debate over legality and potential political impacts amid fiscal policy contention.
Senator Raynor of Maryland attacks the tariff bill as unconstitutional and a fraud, urges insurgent Republicans to go it alone, and says Democrats should fight their own battles. He mocks GOP divisions and predicts protectionist reforms if Democrats maintain conviction.
Julius Erickson learns his brother Albert Erickson formerly of this city died in Minneapolis after a long tuberculosis illness. He was 40, son of Hans Erickson a pioneer shoe dealer, and he worked as a bookkeeper for the Great Northern railway. Surviving are his mother, two sisters, and seven brothers. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth A Bemis of 202 North Sixth Street will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 30 from her residence.
A reader describes a three year old boy eating a box of Graham crackers with Cuticura Ointment contents and recovering from a cold. The letter extols Cuticura items as pure and harmless for infants and praises their use for skin and scalp care. Depots listed include London Sydney Cape Town Moscow Tokyo and Boston.
Madison May 26. Assemblyman Jones leads a party line vote to lay over the Morris bill funding normal schools and a dormitory, as farmers press to block bills and force reconsideration of the Waupun binder plant vote. Hudnall threatens resignation over a recall resolution as the senate debates binding twine bills. The Whitehead commission government bill also advances to third reading.
A late afternoon fire at Schwarzhild & Salzburger’s lard refinery in Chicago’s packing district caused a general alarm. About 300 workers were in the building and authorities believe most were safely removed, with the fire threatening nearby packing house structures.
In the American League game between Philadelphia and Cleveland, the first inning is 0 0 as Coombs and Thomas Berger address the mound. Isemis and Kerin also appear, with Varyre Sheridan noted in the field.
The La Crosse shop promotes its up to date jewelry store offerings for graduation and wedding gifts, featuring jewelry watches silverware and cut glass. It claims access to top world sources and ongoing growth driven by public appreciation.
Archaeologists report a new gold find from excavation sites that reveal valuable deposits. The discovery could affect regional mining plans and attract interest from investors and local authorities. Further field tests are planned to assess ore grade and potential yield.
Workmen at the Majestic Theatre excavation between Fifth and Sixth streets on Main find gold dust in sand at about fifteen feet depth. John Rosche and others report yellow flakes up to a sixteenth inch, claiming the material could be worth about $20 per ton, though streaks are small and hard to trace. This appears to be La Crosse county's first known paving quantity of gold dust in a sand vein.
La Crosse will host a major Fourth of July celebration with a regatta parade speeches and fireworks to rival a decade ago. Plans call for Myrick or Pettibone park events a giant industrial and military parade a sham battle morning parade river regatta and a grand fireworks display on the Mississippi with prominent local speakers and school chorus. The board of trade civic affairs committee will review final actions next week.
A large earthquake disrupted towns along Lake Michigan with felt shocks across Illinois and Wisconsin. Reports describe tremors topsy turvy instruments at Elgin watch works and at Yerkes Observatory. A Rockford interurban car plowed into a wagon injuring Francisco Bonzi. Cement cracks appeared in Freeport sidewalks.
Miss Mollie Lienheart of Jacksonville to marry Lige Fielden twenty years after she sent him to prison for her stolen ring. Fielden was innocent until recently proven. the couple planned a June 20 wedding after the ring resurfaced in an old spring.
William A. Gulick and Miss Alice L. Jones wed today at the bride’s home in Minneapolis after a long engagement. Gulick lay near death as the ceremony proceeded, preferring to share his fortune with his fiancée. His first wife died 26 years ago and his mother had been bedridden for 55 years. The mother’s death three weeks earlier left Gulick free to marry.
Washington May 26 Director S N D North resigns from the census office. E Dana Durand deputy commissioner of corporations succeeds him. The resignation follows a TaftNagel conference amid an investigation asking for North's removal.
An advertisement claims removing symptoms is insufficient. it urges complete blood purification to prevent reoccurrence. S. S. S. is marketed as a mineral-free remedy made from roots and herbs that supposedly cures Contagious Blood Poison by purifying the blood and eradicating the poison.
Crowds cheered as King Edward ridden by H Jones beat rivals in a tense finish at Epsom. Bayardo and Louviers battled for place while Sir Martin fell near the Tottingham corners. Jockey Martin escaped injury, and Harry Payne Whitney notched a second win with Bom Bin II in the Epsom Town stakes.
Madison Wis May 26 High license was killed by a decisive vote in the assembly 548 to 21 The bill by Assemblyman Chapple Ashland called for a 200 license in counties without incorporated cities The original plan set a 1000 maximum but an amendment to remove that feature failed and the measure was defeated in the end
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