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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1909
Page
2
Young men urged to apply for railway mail clerks post office clerks city carriers and rural carriers with pay from 600 to 1600 yearly and life positions. Examinations in La Crosse on November 17 with free scholarships in October. Apply to Central Schools Dept 927 Rochester NY. Foley's Honey and Tar pitched by O T Erhart for throat and lung relief.
The V Tausche Hardware company adjusts loss on its Favorite stove stock, covered under separate policies. A new roof protects the building and stock from further weather damage.
Wendell-Phil lips Debating Society of the high school opens its season with a debate on whether Congressman Fowler was justified in writing his open letter to Speaker Cannon. Brandenberg and Stevenson take the affirmative while Swennes and Krause oppose. Another debate on October 15 considers corporate tariffs with Johnson and Engelhard for the affirmative and Brown and Boyee for the negative.
La Crosse's football squad held a spirited scrimmage with five first half touchdowns and a strong showing from Captain Shaw's group. Tomah is expected to challenge the locals next, with a two hour practice planned before the upcoming game. A request to play at Minneapolis on November 20 was declined due to Thanksgiving preparations. A reception for the Tomah team follows Saturday at the Elks hall with Andre's orchestra.
The La Crosse club trustees voted against hosting the state billiard tournament this winter despite assurances from C. L. V. Craft. Some directors opposed the plan, though private billiard enthusiasts may raise funds and prizes. Judge E. C. Highbee resigned as president and director. A. W. Langenbach became president, E. J. Evans vice president, and John C. Kroner named director.
Pink Hawley, longtime manager of the La Crosse team in the Wisconsin Illinois league, has been fined 50 dollars for an alleged assault on umpire McDermott in Oshkosh. He will be suspended until the fine is paid.
A young man learns much in college that takes a lifetime to forget. A little success tends to make a small man dizzy.
An advertisement asserts deafness is due to inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining. It offers a $100 reward for any deafness from catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In a baseball or football style clash, Chicago defeats the Cardinals twice in a sequence. The report notes the brisk pace and decisive finishes with Chicago showing superior execution.
The Brooklyn and New York teams split a doubleheader with scores 4 1 and 8 to 1. Chicago Nationals and St Louis closed their season with the Cubs winning both ends. Philadelphia beat Boston in a 12 inning opener and a second game. Brooklyn and New York exchanged wins in the nightcap as new recruits played.
Mr F G Fritz of Oneonta New York writes that his little girl benefited greatly from Foley’s Orino Laxative calling it the best remedy for constipation and liver trouble. He says it is mild pleasant and effective and cures habitual constipation.
James J Jeffries, in London, says he is fit to fight and will force Jack Johnson to a bout upon returning to the United States next week. He predicts the match will be in the US, with the largest purse likely there, and vows to brand Johnson a coward if he refuses. Jeffries notes public pressure will push a clash, while hotel noise from his training unsettles Waldorf guests and the management hopes for his sailing.
In Annapolis St John’s College beat Navy 16 to 6 as Navy backfield struggled against a faster line. At New Haven Yale defeated Holy Cross 12 to 0 in an unexciting season opener.
In a hot yesterday game Holy Cross and Yale played a sluggish match with Yale scoring only in the first half. Other results include Princeton 12 over Villanova 0 and Brown 17 over Bates at Providence.
Lewis Nixon, leading U.S. ship contractor, says aircraft pose no threat to battleships in war. He foresees an electric gun that fires a thunderbolt capable of shocking and killing every man aboard, as the real future danger.
Advice urges immediate use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at first hoarseness or onset of croupy cough to prevent a attack.
The state supreme court upheld a four year prison term for Joseph Ruth, former cashier of the State Bank of Arcadia, convicted last October of filing a false report to the state examiner. Ruth, convicted at Whitehall, remained free on $8,000 bail pending sentencing on transfer to Law.
The article argues that a woman’s health and appearance reflect the state of her feminine organs. It notes that without proper health, red cheeks and a good figure fail, and suggests the Favorite Prescription from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association by Dr. Pierce as a confidential home remedy for sick women.
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