Man Cured After Ten Year Battle With Scaly Eruptions
A man endured a decade of itchy scaly skin covering his body. He scratched until blood, tried doctors and medicines, including Cuticura, with no relief before finally being cured.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1907
Page
6
A man endured a decade of itchy scaly skin covering his body. He scratched until blood, tried doctors and medicines, including Cuticura, with no relief before finally being cured.
B Hiram Mattingly of Vermilion South Dakota recalls a decade long battle with widespread sores and itching that defied arsenic salves and other remedies. After trying numerous treatments he found relief and hair restoration with Cuticura Gintenenk following use of Cuticura Soap, spending $50 to $60. He invites inquiries and notes Potter Drug & Chem Corp markets it worldwide with free literature.
The La Crosse Manufacturers & Jobbers Union elected directors Henry Gund H J Hirshheimer John C Burns J W Bryant and L C Colman for the year. Vice-President J W Bryant delivered an annual report urging a permanent committee to boost home made goods and enhance excursion programs linking manufacturers jobbers and retailers.
Peter Gullickson, Mindoro town official, presses suits to enforce the no license law after Farmington voted dry. Warrants issued for three alleged violators, including A C Hanson known as The Duke of Mindoro, who previously faced a blind pig charge and was acquitted. Pfaff and Elange also charged. arrests expected soon.
City baseball chief Paul W. Mahoney returns from the Wisconsin baseball association annual meeting in Milwaukee. He notes Freeport was respectful and denies prejudice toward La Crosse or other clubs. Attendance rule threatens to drop clubs failing to reach 25,000, salaries set at 1,200. Elliott stays in Milwaukee briefly.
At Evans ton Illinois a 6 o'clock Chicago & Northwestern train roared into the station with a damaged baby carriage wedged on the cowcatcher. Mary and Elizabeth Hayes of 1715 Emerson street were scared by the engine and left the laundry filled carriage on the tracks. Onlookers gasped as clothing mangled and skirts stained by oil littered the scene.
In a letter the vice-president J W Bryant expresses gratitude for cordial support in his dual capacity and praises the organization as valuable and necessary. The message closes with respectful regards and signs off as J W Bryant vice-president.
On October 31 Span is h war veterans plan a grand ball on Main street Woodman hall marking the ninth anniversary of homecoming from Porto Rico. The arrangements committee includes A H Engelhard chairman A M Toeller A Buchmann A C Munson Max Affeldt A Iverson and A B Chandler. National officers elected at Sandusky Ohio include Commander in Chief W S Hale California Sr Vice Commander H W Busch Michigan Jr Vice Commander J J Cairns Illinois Chaplain in Chief Rev Fr W H S Reany New York Judge Adv General J McGrath Massachusetts Paymaster General F C Jones Pennsylvania Commander General C W Elvin Washington Chief of Engineers E Layman Indiana Chief Signal Officer H Bass Kentucky Chief of Ordnance W A Ashman Wisconsin Chief of Artillery S Canning New York Chief Mustering Officer W K Lyons Kentucky National Historian J W Mitchell District of Columbia.
The Rev James W Irish pastor of King Street Methodist Church obtained a license to hunt small game becoming the first local minister to declare intent to hunt. The incident followed a report that ministers enjoy the chase through the woods after game.
Columbus Oct 9 Mrs Cassie Chadwick was baptized in the Roman Catholic faith while on a hospital bed in the Ohio penitentiary. This is her first religious interest. Her condition is unchanged but it is stated she will not leave the prison alive.
Vicksburg Mississippi October 9 President Roosevelt's hunting trip reports a pair of rattlesnakes skinned by Ben Lilly to become trophies. The party has had lively hunting with two bears and two cats spotted on Monday. Will Coon, a Black hunter, killed a fine buck and another was jumped yesterday.
Robert Harrington pleaded guilty before Judge Brindley to stealing a coat worth 3 dollars from M. Evans in Bangor Wisconsin. He was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail. The theft occurred yesterday.
The Euterpean society formed in La Crosse last winter will start its new year with a meeting on Friday Oct. 18. The program features nine lessons in art music literature and painting with topics like Nature Wagner Rubens Schubert Mendelssohn and more. Officers include Rev. Henry Faville grand master and Rev J W Hoag vice grand master. Meetings occur biweekly until the course ends.
The Ladies Bowling league played its first morning game with six players and two teams rotating daily on Wednesdays. High scores were Mrs. Lester Keene 149 and Mrs. Frank Williams 138, with a low 87. The group plans a championship challenge after weeks of practice.
Ex-Congressman Herman B. Dahle of Mount Horeb near Whitehall Wisconsin arrives in the city with aide Lingaard to arrange a new bank in the Lienlokken building on South Fourth Street. He expects full operation by month’s end.
The case against John Kreutz of 221 South Third Street, charged with practicing barbering without a license, was continued until Monday afternoon at 2 o clock. Attorney E C Higbee is absent from the city, called to Sparta Wisconsin, causing the continuance.
The regular meeting of the common council will take place Friday evening. No questions of especial importance will come before the board.
Jose Gutierrez died at 117 in El Paso after a century of smoking cigarets and whisky until he quit at age 100 once he learned it was not good for a man. He reportedly remained alert and engaged in life through his final years.
Mr I Schilling and Edward Schilling arrived home after a four months European trip. They visited Karlsbad Weisbaden Osten and other seaside resorts and report an enjoyable tour.
John Blajasky, an assistant at the city scales, purchases the property at 1535 Denton Street from C. A. Osberg for 1300 dollars. He plans to build a home on the site soon.
A poor man asserts that money cannot buy true happiness, arguing fulfillment lies beyond wealth and possessions. He contends that simple joys and personal relationships hold real value over material riches.
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