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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
8
An old advertisement extols GOLD DUST as a superior dish soap that cuts grease with little effort. It claims the product cleans thoroughly, removes hidden germs, and sterilizes dishes and kitchenware for a wholesome, sanitary result. It urges using GOLD DUST in dish water to improve glassware and silver.
A maxim on property and accountability warns that taking what does not belong to you leads to inevitable consequences. The adage underlines moral cause and effect, emphasizing personal responsibility for actions.
In Beloit Wisconsin on November 20 Frank G Ensign from Beloit College and Anna Planck sister of Donald Planck from the class of 1903 wed after a touring car conversation with Lake Mackimbuxie and Rochester Indiana. Ensign is son of the late Frederic G Ensign district superintendent of the Wisconsin American Sunday School union.
The Opera House orchestra will furnish music for two Grand Free Orchestra Concerts at Doerflinger Store tomorrow Saturday afternoon and evening. The afternoon concert runs 2 to 5:30 PM while the evening program begins at 7:30 PM and ends at 9:30 PM. Everyone is invited.
The University of Wisconsin band, now 42 pieces and led by Captain and Conductor Carl A. Mann, appeared in regimental uniforms at a football mass meeting. The entirely student group will perform with the university regiment and at athletic events and will hold free public concerts every six weeks throughout the year.
Official returns nearing completion place Taft ahead of Bryan by 81,532 nationwide in Wisconsin. In Congress races Lenroot leads Konkel by 19,637 in the Eleventh, Esch by 13,727 in the Seventh, and Nelson by 3,178 in the Second. Davidson leads Aylward by 77,072 for governor with five counties still undecided.
Fay returns to Anglican fold uncertain as Bishop Grafton denies confirmation of plans. The piece notes only twenty women and one man from St. Elizabeth's parish joined the former rector William McGarvey in leaving for Rome, while 285 attended early services and the church remained packed later. McGarvey and Haslam are referenced with their seminaries.
Doerflinger’s Big Store begins daily free turkey drawings starting Saturday with eight chances per ticket. With every 10 cent purchase a ticket is issued valid for all drawings that day at 10, 11, 12 noon, 3, 4, 5 pm, and 8, 9 pm. Turkey prizes are described as big and plump for Thanksgiving.
University of Wisconsin Agricultural society has elected officers: President W E Thompson Summers, Vice President L F Graber Mineral Point 10, Secretary A C Baer West Bend 11, Treasurer W E Heineck Madison 10.
In Madison on November 20 the University of Wisconsin formed a Women’s Press club with 40 members. Officers include President Olive C. Tracy, Vice President Margaret Ashman, Secretary-Treasurer Elsie Bullard, Librarian Jewell Chase, and committee member Mrs Aubertine Woodward Moore. The club plans talks by notable newspaper and magazine writers.
Reports from graduates of the fourteen week short course in agriculture at UW College of Agriculture praise gains in earnings. Letters cite increases from 20 to 30 dollars monthly and a rise in earning capacity by 25 percent for several former students.
Superior and Duluth resume work on harbor protection with a joint push to advance Duluth's end of the project. Other brief items note Oshkosh merchants' excursions carried 8 543 shoppers, county workhouse head Robert Abrams defeated, Kenosha Railways sale talks, new postmasters in Boyleston and Momico, Soo railroad seasonal pause, Manty tow vaccination rule, Yellow Helmye society liquor license revocation, Max Goll captured, and Daner settler Joseph Thornton found dead.
A county resident, S. M. Scott, attributes tripling his earning capacity to a short course completed two years prior. The statement underscores the program’s impact on employability and income growth within a concise personal account.
J B Wood proprietor of Wood hotel in Amberg was found dead in bed by his wife in Waukesha. Heart disease is suspected as the cause. Wood had served as county board chairman and was a member of the congressional and county Republican committees at the time of his death.
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