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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1909
Page
10
Shoppers leave parcels purses parasols and handbags on store counters causing trouble to themselves and management. Several hundred parcels were picked up yesterday and today anxious shoppers search from counter to counter for their belongings. Babies were also found and returned to mothers by floor walkers.
Tens of thousands engaged in the campaign with Dr. Ravenel to address the high school assembly tonight. Exhibits distributed 13 000 literature pieces and 5 000 safeguarding cards as Prof. Sandburg stresses prevention and public education against tuberculosis.
Captain Alberto Triaca of the Italian army says a sentry struck him with a rifle on Governor's Island while he tried to enter the aeroplane shed for his overcoat. He threatens to report the incident to his government for redress and is a personal friend of Glenn H. Curtiss the aviator.
A passerby reported an abrupt chest impact without warning that nearly knocked him down and led to a report to an officer, though details beyond that are unavailable in the fragment.
He planned a meeting with the reception he expected and declared his intention to report to the state department. He asked the government to take up the matter for action.
Dr. Armin Brunn 55 died at his home in South Woodstock as Constantine F. Brunn a successful farmer killed his sister Frieda then wounded his brother before taking his own life in a fit of temporary insanity. The incident happened at the Brunn estate near Constantine Brunn's residence.
In Paraguay the revolt continues to spread across the country after a month of smouldering. Insurgents seize strategic border points and a joint Colorado and Liberal faction led by Gen Caballero plans a concerted move on Asuncion. Rebels reportedly well funded and armed.
President Herrman of the National Baseball Commission announced that the Chicago American and Chicago National clubs will contest the city championship series beginning Friday October 5 in Cincinnati.
Charles Sandburg discusses the Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis association exhibit in Washington. A slide shows cuspidors washed daily with hot water to cut infection risk. He notes workshops with proper cuspidor use are safer than rooms with careless spitting. He cites sanatorium policy against willful spitting and cases of workers with undiagnosed tuberculosis.
The piece warns that careless spitting coughing and sneezing spread tuberculosis and urges simple common sense rules to curb the white plague. It notes consumption causes far more deaths than Asiatic cholera and compares yearly losses to Civil War casualties. It also cautions public drinking cups as disease vectors spread germs.
Oct. 1 reports the end of Misstherine Elkins romance with the Duke of the Abruzzi as the couple parts, ending their public love affair without any marriage.
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