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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1908
Page
5
An advertisement pitches Pape's Diapepsin as a cure for indigestion and stomach misery. It claims five minutes relief from gas belching heartburn and nausea, purifying and sweetening the stomach and intestines without laxatives. A 50-cent case is recommended for household use and for family members with sour stomachs or excessive gas.
An advert asserts that when lungs are sore pneumonia and consumption germs settle in, Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy cures the worst cough heals the throat and prevents serious outcomes. The genuine product is in a yellow package by O T Erhart.
The Lincoln Douglass Debating Society at the high school held an evening event with farmer costumes and corn baskets. Girls bid on baskets containing boys names to choose partners while professors gave talks on farming and science.
The Cuban people favor nationhood over empire and opposes annexation. Officers on the island note popular aversion to annexation and expect closer commercial or political ties with the United States rather than integration. November 9, 1908.
Walter Jamon, a Jersey City butter producer, was shot and killed at 12:30 yesterday afternoon at the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal. An unidentified man fled the scene and is at large.
John Kelly of Juneau was elected president of the Wisconsin Teachers' Association over C. H. Hemingway of Janesville by 805 to 715 votes out of 1,520 cast. Kelly succeeds H. C. Buell amid surprise at the vote and a campaigning surge by Kelly supporters. Professor L. P. Benezet returns to La Crosse as talks at the convention proceed.
Harvey T. Wells, former First National Bank teller in Kenosha, was sentenced to five years at Leavenworth after embezzling $3,200. The case followed a romance with Florence Winniston, elopement to New York and marriage, a cross country flight, and pursuit by Pinkerton agents across the U.S. and Europe before Wells’ capture in Boston.
Dell Oborn faces murder charges in Marinette Wisconsin as experts debate insanity linked to alleged wife’s affair with Toboltz. Trial slows with medical witnesses for both sides while Mrs Oborn asserts her husband was sane at the time.
In Milwaukee on November 14 192? Eugenia Pawinski eight from a pool of 100 juror candidates chose fourteen names in Judge Brazees court. Jury Commissioners Anson Echloemer and Schmidt witnessed as Sheriff Knell received the list for service.
An advertisement states hexamethylenetetra mine is a German chemical and uric acid solvent in Foley's Kidney Remedy. It urges taking Foley's Kidney Remedy at first signs of irregularities to prevent serious malady.
State notes report Kraemer named postmaster in Elkhart replacing Goldammer, with rural carriers appointed in Ashland Cashton Oshkosh. Manitowoc group elects E L Keller as president and calls for state convention in Madison. Madison land commissioner to advertise abandoned lands from 1904. A Beloi committee seeks ban on firecrackers. Lake Mills fire destroys Jacob Breitenbach residence. Neenah workers to ten hours days with higher pay. Neenah coal shipments rise as river levels fall. Fond du Lac reports Clara Brose found John Giebel dead by hanging at a deserted barn. Madison and Langlade counties campaign spending tallies. Neenah planning church nursery for mothers.
Sarah Bardson aged 88 died by hanging at Mendota asylum. Her body was found suspended from a sheet strip attached to a ventilator about nine feet above the floor.
A Battle Creek agent cites four years of constant headaches eased by Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills. Another user from Alton, Illinois reports neuralgia relief and praises the product. The Miles Medical Co advertises a money back offer on the first package.
A fossil specimen illustrating octopus like forms from an era when Wisconsin lay under a deep sea has been presented to Lawrence University. The discovery highlights marine life such as argonaut and nautilus in early seas and marks a notable educational artifact for the campus.
An advertisement urges readers over fifty to take Foley's Kidney Remedy to cure kidney and bladder disorders. It claims the product stops drain on vitality and restores vigor, urging commencement of use today.
A remarkable orthoceratite fossil nearly twenty feet long and twelve inches in diameter was discovered recently in the O. F. Smith Stone and Brick company quarry near Neenah Wisconsin. Dr W J Brinckley curator of Lawrence University identified the fossil as an orthoceratite from an ancient group.
Ivan Ballard a 25 year old machinist in Appleton killed himself after claiming navy life pressures drove him to the act. He wrote to his widowed mother describing his first night aboard and asking Congressmen Kuesterman and Senator La Follette to investigate the matter.
The boat crew and officers mocked and intoxicated, while Young Ballard reports he was forced to drink. He refused and faced repeated assaults as drunken officers and seamen pressured him to drink.
Medford reports Harry Kyle killed near Miller's dam as part of a hunting party led by Henry Liberty. This marks a third hunting casualty in the county within three weeks. Another note from Medford recounts a 15 year old boy shot in the side and shoulder while deer hunting ten miles northwest of town. Additional line references Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, dated Nov.
A Rudyard telephone note reports Silas Hare of Kentucky was shot in the arm by Deacon of Ross village Michigan who mistook him for a deer. Hare wore a gray sweater as Deacon whistled and fired. Henry E. Dixey recounted gag culture among actors at a New York dinner, including a staged collar gag and a sharp rebuttal.
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