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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
4
Mr W E Barber will act as toastmaster and toasts will be responded to by Prof A H Schubert Prof Harry Spence Paw W Mahoney Rev L L Sanders and Senator Morris.
The Franklin club hosts a debate on municipal fairness with Rev L L Sanmwers leading the affirmative and Mr P W Mahoney and Senator Thomas Morris assisting. The negative is led by Mr G B Marvin Jr with Prof Harry Spence and Mr W E Barber. The banquet committee will present its final report and a club banquet is likely.
The body of a man believed to be W. W. Kelley of East Rockford Illinois was found Tuesday morning by school children along the C M S P railroad near Adams Street Drive Bridge in Freeport. Remains strewn 400 to 500 feet, with most of the trunk in several parts.
Foley's Honey and Tar soothes irritated throats and inflamed membranes and ends stubborn coughs. It claims to heal sore lungs and expel the cold from the system. The advertisement warns to refuse imitators and to choose the genuine yellow package from O. T. Erhart.
A grand ball hosted by the Carmakers Union at Fijelstad hall St Paul and Caledonia streets Friday Nov 20 features Kreutz orchestra. Local notes include injuries and personnel changes such as Charles Leaser improving after leg injury, John Downs returning to switching foreman, and several residents visiting or moving homes.
Felzer shows rapid strength gain after injuries from Jenks ice house collapse. Doctors report injuries remain painful but not life threatening and expect him to resume work soon.
Fred W. Carpenter will be Taft’s private secretary, a role shaping Washington political and social life for four years. The post demands quick decision, strong will, and diplomatic skill, serving as the president’s mouthpiece and buffer to the outside world. Carpenter, yet little known, is energetic and well qualified to interpret Taft’s ideas and guide public affairs.
The first annual flower show in La Crosse drew praise for private greenhouse exhibits by W. W. Cargill and L. F. Easton and an admired candy display. The event ended last evening, proved financially successful, and promoters plan a return next year.
The Ladies Aid Society of North Presbyterian Church plans a hard times social at Professor Harry Spence's home on 1353 Kane Street this Friday evening. The event invites community chatter with old Bill Smoots noted for political talk, among others.
The General Demand for a known value laxative is met by Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Co. It emphasizes ethical production, wholesome ingredients, gentle yet prompt action, and physician approval. Sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
The body of Gustave Krose killed in the Jenks ice house collapse will be taken to Spring Grove this noon for funeral services. A separate note suggests complimenting a homely man by saying his baby resembles him.
North Side residents voiced support after a theatre talk by landscape artist Mr. Nolan about a proposed park. Progressive League members, previously unaware of local park facilities, now feel confident a north side park can be achieved.
An old advertisement warns that winter illness brings pneumonia pleurisy and consumption and urges curing coughs with Foley's Honey and Tar. The ad claims the product strengthens lungs and prevents serious results, attributed to QO. T. Erhart.
The City Union of Woman's Baptist Missionary Societies will hold their first quarterly meeting Friday at 3 o'clock in Tabernacle Baptist Church North La Crosse. Mrs Mary S Smith of Lodi Wisconsin will speak on her Jerusalem visit and engage the audience throughout the lecture.
A quirky remark notes boys show less interest in clairvoyance and palm readers because they are told to wash their hands whenever palm reading is mentioned. The line suggests gendered social cues influence curiosity in superstition and self-presentation.
A feminine fashion writer predicts the bustle will reappear in contemporary style, pondering where new silhouettes and railway-curve levels might influence modern wardrobes and runway trends.
The statement suggests that perceived superiority rather than genuine virtue drives much so called satisfaction from being good, implying a critique of moral posturing and inner motives behind ethical behavior.
Attorneys will petition Governor Deneen next week to commute Billik's sentence to life imprisonment. His daughter Edna cannot attend due to an appendicitis operation and is unable to personally appeal to the governor.
Great Falls Mont Nov 19 A man pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the raid on John Hayes home killing Hayes and his daughter fourteen others in the gang await sentence in the penitentiary They resented Hayes refusal to leave his claim which he is said to have jumped
In Rome on November 19 a slight chance of Archbishop J J Glennon of St Louis becoming a Cardinal was reported by Mg Bressan the pope's private secretary. Bressan said there is fear that creating another cardinal could worsen a supposed dualism with Cardinal Gibbons.
Word reached New Orleans that the United Fruit steamship Cartago was stranded on Utile reefs off the Honduran coast. Passengers and crew are reported saved with no immediate danger to life or further details available.
In Philadelphia on November 19 one hundred of six hundred invited ministers accepted invites to witness tonight’s production of Samson and Delilah at Hammerstein's Opera House, marking a rare religious observer presence at the curtain.
Gifford Pinchot chief of the forest service addressed the Atlantic Deep Waterway association in Baltimore on November 19. He urged a broad approach to waterways development calling for a single gauge, a unified plan, and national cooperation across all interests to begin work immediately.
A desperate manhunt in Burlington and Mount Pleasant, Iowa, pursues an escaped Fort Madison penitentiary convict named Valentine. He is armed and feared dangerous, with authorities expecting a confrontation between Burlington and Mount Pleasant as officers close in.
A collection of historical legal maxims discusses living avoidance of courts, the magistrate’s role, and the swift but precise sword of justice. The lines reflect enduring tension between administration, law, and moral accountability in governance.
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