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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1909
Page
8
Chicago October 4 Miss Odga Menn the society woman once engaged to Baron Oskar Rothschild is said to be in serious condition from acute nervous prostration and melancholia following the baron's death in Europe. Doctors fear for her recovery as doubts rise about her fate.
In Minnesota's First district Jim Tawney faces strong opposition over the tariff vote and the Cannon line. Taft's support at Winona has not quelled tariff foes who seek his nomination defeat. Tawney aims to stay in Congress and eye Speakership as Roosevelt ties and Northwest tariff papers weigh on his campaign.
A discussion on hiring and organizing for productive and selling success. The general manager must judge people quickly, place the right person in the right role, and drive involvement beyond machinery. System alone cannot ensure efficiency without capable leadership and motivated workers.
Clerk Alfred Harrison and Jury Commissioner Doherty named the fall term petit jurors for the U S court convening Oct 19. Listed are jurors from Bangor La Crosse Sparta Mondovi Tomah and other towns including E H Cooper Charles Scafe John G Damman Wm Kepanska Carl Kinder Olaf Matson and many more.
Eau Claire, Wis Oct 4 Local capital backs the formation of the Hoeppner Trunk company to build trunks in a large modern facility. The new concern aims to operate on a sizable scale with a substantial factory.
Madison Wis Oct 4 President Van Hise ordered all hazing of freshmen stopped on the hill and wearers of green caps are no longer compelled to kneel and propose to passing coeds The move followed a ruling by the student conference committee restricting hazing of freshmen attending or leaving classes or exercises
In Eau Claire Wisconsin on October 4 an unidentified infant corpse was found by two boys late Saturday afternoon near the river edge in the lower city. The body showed it had not been there long and authorities continue to investigate the mystery.
Minnesota and the Northwest report continued subscriptions to the John A. Johnson memorial fund as St. Peter residents participate in the fundraising effort begun in St. Peter Minnesota on October 4. The drive aims to honor the former governor with donations from local citizens and regional supporters.
Residents and former neighbors of Gov. Johnson are contributing generously as part of a movement to erect a monument in St. Peter. Newspapers statewide back the effort and a suggestion has been raised to name a public park after the late governor.
Fred W. Johnson of New Ulm may be the Democratic candidate for governor in 1910. He is the brother of the late Governor John A. Johnson and has drawn consideration from the kitchen cabinet and supporters of the late governor. Mayors Dan Lawler and James Haynes figure as possible companions, with some preferring a Scandinavian element and viewing Johnson as offering strong possibilities.
Fergus Falls has been chosen to host the next annual meeting of the Northern Minnesota conference. The event will be held in Fergus Falls, Duluth area note, on the forthcoming date announced by conference officials.
George Smith of Breckenridge Missouri was found lying in a roadside ditch three miles from Minneapolis on the Bloomington road after two nights and a day unconscious and unable to call for help. He was struck with paralysis and dying at the scene.
New York October 4. Sixteen year old Bernard Scharf returns to hypnotic care of Dr. Z Block of Brooklyn who produced the boy in prize court yesterday claiming hypnotism has completely reformed him from an incipient criminal in the last two months.
A well dressed man died after being found unconscious near the Lake Shore railroad tracks at Buffalo Creek Junction. He carried a Security Bank of Los Angeles passbook for 2099 dollars in credit to G. Fromm and a Pacific steamer ticket. He had a fractured skull and two broken legs and authorities think he fell from a moving train.
Professor F C L Van Steen dren of Lake Forest university argued that English cannot become a universal world language. He said it is too cumbersome and its idiosyncrasies outstrip those of other languages, and that a universal language must be developed in the future rather than today.
An article touts a home remedy for coughs colds bronchitis and hoarseness claiming no opium or poisons and urging a laxative syrup free from whiskey. It prescribes a home mix of wild cherry cardiac essence and white pine syrup with specific dosing for adults and children.
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