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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1907
Page
6
A Rock Island Arsenal report from November 22 1906 details a soldier S D Phillips who suffered skin scalp and blood humors for a year then found lasting cure using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. He notes two complete sets cured him and praises the remedy as unmatched for curing severe humors.
A warm bath with Cuticura Soap and a single anointing with Cuticura Ointment will give instant relief and refreshing sleep for skin troubled babies and may speed cure of eczema rashes and irritations. Includes Cuticura Soap 25c Cuticura Ointment 50c and Cuticura Resolvent 50c plus pills. sold worldwide by Potter Drug & Chem Corp. Free Cuticura Book mailed.
Trempealeau football captain E. S. Jedney protests a Blair Blair High School referee bias claim after a Blair vs Trempealeau game. He states the Blair article misrepresented the referee, defends Mr. Baird for a square, impartial decision, and says the criticism came from outside Trempealeau sentiment.
Wisconsin's literacy ranking fell from eighth to twelfth over ten years while population grows. State reports show 772,516 school age, 522,276 in attendance, with county enrollment at 322,478 public, 146,798 city, and 53,000 in private or parochial schools. Compulsory school weeks increased to 24, with enforcement of enrollment within opening month. Public funding totaled 9,594,012.86 for the year, with $2.26 per child this year from the common school tax.
La Crosse Water Power plans an interurban electric railway between La Crosse and Winona to be completed by 1910. The route may touch Galesville and Onalaska, with franchises expanding and bids for insulators and wiring to be awarded soon. Dam at Hatfield expected finished by late November. wheels and machinery from General Electric and S Morgan & Smith are en route.
Reports from New York describe a sweeping stock panic with the Trust Company of America at risk. Allied Trusts to advance funds while brokers Mayer and Co. fail for 6 million dollars. Cortelyou coordinates at the sub treas ury as banks brace for possible receivership actions and a broad market downturn.
The Davenport Times reports old-time riverman Captain C. M. Short of Medford is visiting Davenport on a trip from Stillwater to Muscatine. A Mississippi River pilot for forty years, he remains active in the lumber trade with seven boats operating from Stillwater to Hannibal. Short notes a drastic drop in river business from eighty-seven boats to eight, and plans to return to Oregon to oversee timber interests after a brief Muscatine stay.
Mrs. Theodore Arenz held a modest dinner last evening honoring her husband. Eight covers were laid and the gathering was described as a very enjoyable affair.
The piece notes sharply higher government salaries in select posts while many federal workers see no raises. It describes rising rents and scarce desirable housing in Washington, the challenge of winter living on $7,500 salaries, and a booming social scene drawing multimillionaires to the capital.
Wisconsin congressman Esch pushes to divert $150,000 from Camp Douglas to buy the Sparta site for a permanent national artillery range. A war department commission toured both sites, reporting readiness to choose after their findings, with Col. Allen's Sparta enthusiasm tipping the balance toward Sparta if approved.
Albini, a versatile entertainer and exhi bi tor at the Bijou, headlines a week of unusual vaudeville with telepathy acts. He locates people and reveals full names under bright light and promises a second matinee for women, plus an exposé of famous psychics. The bill blends vaudeville, moving pictures and illustrated song for a strong Bijou program.
The Federation of Women's clubs of Wisconsin opened its annual convention in Fond du Lac with delegates from all state clubs. By laws adoption and officer elections are planned. Mrs E A Soderberg represents the Twentieth Century club and Mrs H J Bullock the North Side Woman's club. The event ends Friday with a grand reception.
A long advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the premier tonic and remedy for female ailments. It claims forty years of cures, notes safety in all conditions, and urges consultation with Dr. Pierce, Buffalo, with free letter advice and private responses. Also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and the Common Sense Medical Adviser offer.
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