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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1908
Page
5
Miss Mabel Brownell of The Great Divide company discusses contentment in a talk ahead of the Monday October 26 performance at La Crosse theater. She shares a fable about a restless satrap seeking peace from a Persian physician.
An advertisement touts Gray's Yerba Santa Cough Cure as a superior remedy. It claims reliability, mass use, and easy dosing with 50c or 1.00 bottles and urges readers to purchase from CHAS BEYSCHLAG, Druggist, 503 Main.
A collage of short notes from La Crosse and surrounding towns details visitors and residents. Mentions include W H Blumentritt en route to Milwaukee and Chicago, E J Keen serving on grand jury in Bangor, Mrs Wm Kischner and Maud J Boyd, piano teacher, 902 Pine St.. Dr George Powell and Mrs E M Button visiting relatives. multiple regional residents in town on business. a free Christian Science lecture by Clarence A Buskirk. Sun Sentinel improvements. and several mentions of patients and operations at St Francis hospital.
The Board of Public Works will auction two horses at No 1 Fire Station on State Street between Fourth and Fifth streets on Wednesday October 21 1908 at 2 o clock p m.
A tale follows a satrap seeking strength by swapping shirts with a contented cobbler. The cobbler agrees to help for a price, but reveals his own shirt is missing. The episode ends with the satrap lacking a shirt of his own.
The text recalls Reverend Father John O'Brien of Lowell Massachusetts endorsing a recommended prescription named Father John's Medicine. It is described as pure wholesome and free from narcotics. It claims to restore health strengthen the body and cure colds throat and lung troubles for fifty years.
At a recent meeting the St Paul of West Avenue Methodist Episcopal church voted to affiliate with the newly constituted Methodist Brotherhood. The broader fellowship spans all of Methodism including the South branch and the Wesleyan church in England, extending to its various Methodist offspring. The move aims to provide a unifying wedge for men’s work across the denomination.
Rog ers and R. Wallace make are the best and wear a lifetime. We have the genuine and have handled them for over 20 years. In boxes of 12 pieces priced at $3.25 to $4.50. W. T. Irvine, Jeweler, La Crosse's Greatest Jewelry Store.
Farmers report a bumper corn crop and fair grain yield in the area this fall. Several summer cottages near Winona were entered and robbed of valuables. detectives are pursuing the thieves. Work began on setting poles for a Hatfield La Crosse power line, with crews hired by the La Crosse Water Power company to transmit power from Hatfield to La Crosse.
The West Avenue chapter is reorganized as a pioneering Wisconsin unit linking united Methodism with other Protestant brotherhoods. The next meeting features a symposium on The Real Issue with speakers Alderman Redfuss Norman Peterson R. C. McCaleb and W A Oakes representing GOP Democratic Socialist and Prohibition perspectives. All men welcome.
A playful dialogue between a woman and George about a loan ends with a kiss after he agrees to advance funds. The exchange features her securing payment with a humorous pretense of security and a promise of shared thinking after marriage. The clip closes with a quip contrasting ancient prophecy and weather forecasting.
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