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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1908
Page
7
Sheriff Holzhammer captures Charles Lowry after a chase toward the river near Prairie du Chien. Lowry stands trial for larceny of a spark coil and a dozen dry cell batteries. he pleads not guilty and seeks counsel. Additional local notes cover church moves, travel, and social visits.
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin officials announce the Dousman House will host a Thanksgiving ball to inaugurate a festive season event. Organizers aim to attract local residents and visitors for a community celebration with music and dancing.
A switching crew failure derailed a Green Bay extension passenger train No 50 at Manitowoc causing extensive damage. Engineer Wright and Fireman Bay escaped by jumping. The engine and tender were demolished. three cars derailed and the main track torn up. Passengers in a nearby coach were shaken but unharmed. Conductor Brown led No 50, while the Two Rivers freight train was under Conductor Langlois.
A terse quotation discusses forgiveness, asking whether withholding mercy defiles the observer more than the foe. It frames moral contrast and self-judgment without external actions or events.
Plans for the Wisconsin Farmers Institute season 1908 09 are set by Supt George McKerrow and approved by the state university regents. There will be 120 two day institutes from December 8 to March 12 and a three day round up March 16 to 18 with a special potato institute at Rio November 24 and 25. A cooking school will be held at Rio each afternoon with potato cooking demonstrations. About forty cooking schools will be held at various institutes and 10 000 copies of a Farmers Institute Cook Book will be issued for free distribution. Six regular work corps and two cooking school teachers will lecture over ten weeks, with support from the state dairy and food commission the state horticultural society and the highway division of the state geological and natural history survey.
One of the essentials of happy homes is information on health and good living. A well-known product, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, is described as an ethical remedy approved by physicians and well informed buyers. Genuine manufacture is by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
Supt McKerrow will choose 121 participants for upcoming meetings and submit them to the board of regents. Interest in cooking schools at the institutes is high with many requests for that feature.
In Bloomer Wisconsin Frank Spitzig 60 was found dead beside his dog with over $2000 in currency drafts and mortgages hidden in his clothing He planned a Virginia trip and Milton McDonald was named administrator of Spitzig estate by Judge Lebeis Spitzig had hunted for a meager living and grieved his dog’s death leading to a fatal heart failure.
A. F. Hardy of East Wilton Maine credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing sores boils ulcers and burns for fifteen years and saving doctor bills. The product advertised at O T Erhart's drug store offers 25 percent savings.
Arthur W. Shelton aged 49 died suddenly in Rhinelander Wis He led the Rhinelander Power company and the White River Power company of Ashland owned and published the Rhinelander Herald a Wisconsin University 1883 graduate He leaves wife Mary Howe Shelton daughter Margaret a Wellesley College student He previously served as district attorney of Oneida county for two terms.
Timothy E. Ryan national Democratic Committeeman received a gold headed solid ebony cane from the national committee. presented by Co. B. Schunk son of Dubuque mayor H. A. Schunk. The cane bears Ryan name and the inscription Presented by Democratic National Committee. Illness has kept him from campaign activity.
After a six months in the county jail J OBrien, upon release, took the sheriff s hat and canned fruits from the jail cellar. He was rearrested when the missing items were found under his bed at his home. In Crandon Emil Hagberg fell about twenty feet from a bridge and died instantly while being moved by two companions toward Iron Mountain for surgery. In Oconomowoc the Milwan-
Three La Crosse baseball players Harry Tracy Frank Du Chien and Joe Safford will remain in La Crosse during the winter Tracy leaves for St Paul in spring while Du Chien and Safford will report for practice next spring Du Chien has a job with Elliott Loeffler Tracy is foreman at Wisconsin Telephone Safford is a traveling representative for La Crosse Ceiling and Cornice company and his wife will join him here soon
A compact adage warns against seeking guidance from a thief and urges prudent, trustworthy sources for reliable tips. It cautions that clever phrasing by rogues counts for little when deciding whom to trust.
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