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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
2
Mrs Lillie Wilcher of Chattanooga Tennessee testifies that Cuticura products cured her facial tetter and wrist sores after other medicines failed. She reports one set of Cuticura Soap Sheen and Resolvent healed relatives as well and praises the remedy for persistent skin troubles.
The ad promotes Cuticura Ointment as a remedy for itching burning eruptions and skin lesions including eczema and hair loss. It claims immediate relief with mild doses of Cuticura Pills and mentions Potter Drug as a seller.
In Illustrated Bits a joke notes Dolly recalls Miss Oldgirl stating she would marry only on an excellent proposal. A twist follows with Dolly quipping that now the standard has changed, dropping the word excellent.
Fond mother praises her seven year old son Willie in a Woman's Home Companion note, noting he has never had a formal art instruction and compares her artist visitor to Willie's budding talent.
Kentucky trots meet features Uhlan winning the Walnut Hall farm cup 2 15 trot in straight heats as Spanish Queen falters. Dan Patch fails to threaten world pacing mark at 1 56 while other 2 12 pace and 2 18 trot events go unpressed. Wisconsin faculty elects anti athletics trio for the athletic council while Indiana-Chicago notes spark Badger concern as coach Barry scrimmages reserves after a tough weekend.
Headaches and neuralgia from colds are relieved by Laxative Bromo Quinine, a world wide cold and grip remedy. Call for full name and signature E. W. Grove. 25c.
Cubs overpower Detroit as Mordecai Brown holds the Tigers and Chicago bats pile up hits. Summers and Winter toil without relief, despite Detroit’s varied pitching. Schulte, Evers, Hofman, Tinker lead a Cubs attack. Detroit strands runners and misplays defense. Brown earns win, Summers and Winter charged with runs in a 3-0 final.
Dialogue notes a classroom exchange about the globe population and a family event. A teacher asks the total population, a boy responds with one and a half billion, and a girl mentions a new baby brother. The exchange blends math and everyday life.
Chicago notes Marshall field lit by electric light and late practice for the Maroons. Urbana reports Jimmy Cook and Harvey McKinley aiding a team showing its best form. Madison notes nightly hard scrimmage and a rumored tough game with Indiana, with captain Charlie Miller possibly returning. Ann Arbor says Michigan secretly training and seeking speed after Saturday’s result. Notre Dame prepares for Michigan with a hard scrimmage today. Iowa City reports Iowa aiming to win all games this season and warned against overconfidence. Chicago announces John Beall of Logan Squares signed by President Comiskey and set for a spring tryout after .400 batting.
Topeka Oct 14 The piece analyzes Kansas politics as normally Republican by about 30,000 and explores how W J Bryan's personal popularity, reform versus conservative factionalism in the Kansas Republican Party, and a promised bank deposits law could tilt the state toward Democrats. It details Stubbs and Botkin as gubernatorial candidates, the party dynamics, and forecasts for the legislature and US Senate.
A fragment quotes a flirtatious exchange about beauty and tears, attributing it to a New York column. It hints at sentimental styles and urban humor while preserving the dialect flavor.
John M. Nelson of Wisconsin told the City Club of Chicago that the Senate is more liberally governed than the House. He traced how House rules have concentrated authority in the Speaker, making the Speaker nearly the entire body in practice.
Mr Nelson spoke on parliamentary reform in the House of Representatives. The address centered on reform needs and related constitutional considerations.
The passage contrasts two old opinions about danger and folly as a workman discusses gunpowder and a girl mirrors social manipulation. It notes a cautionary act with a lighted candle and contemplates marriage prospects and clever deceit in relationships.
La Crosse high school football held a 30 minute scrimmage with several regulars out injured. Two touchdowns were scored as Holbrook center and Keeler Brindsey Shirley among others practiced new plays and signal work. Star tackle Jungbluth sidelined but hoped ready Saturday for another victory over Winona. standings not counting this Minnesota city game. Elks reception tonight features dancing from 8 to 12 with Kreutz’s orchestra.
In Los Angeles and Francisco fans press for Packey McFarland vs Bu rling Nelson. Promoters claim Nelson fears the bout and avoids him while Nelson trains and plans to leave boxing for auto work. The Dane has just completed a troubled theater run with no future engagements booked.
Beloit Wis Oct 14 The third annual Big Hill day at Beloit College suspended classes and closed buildings as the entire college attended the Rok river site four miles away. The pink feature was a campfire dinner with stunts speeches athletic sports and a woods parade.
Harvard's 1910 football outlook is cautious after nine of last year's eleven players graduated. Captain Burr and Fish remain, with Wendell and Haughton guiding a youth-filled squad. Early plans show Burr at guard, Daly coaching backs, and Sprague as a capable kicker, while heavy coaching focus centers on line play and developing a steady quarterback.
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