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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1909
Page
9
The article discusses the dangers of hunting Africa's big five the lion buffalo elephant rhinoceros and leopard. It stresses minimizing risk through calm restraint sound judgment and careful shooting and notes the leopard as the fiercest per ferocity though its smaller size makes lethal attacks less certain. The piece references Carl Akely of Chicago.
Druggists favor Newbro's Herpicide claiming it kills the dandruff germ. H. Swannell & Son of Champaign Illinois report a customer regaining hair growth after using Herpicide. The Belphide Co. Detroit Michigan offers samples. Hoeschler Bros. are special agents.
From Theodore Roosevelt's African Game Trails: Akely wounds the leopard twice before it lunges and bites his arm. He traps the now exhausted beast, crushes its chest with his knees, and chokes the life from it despite a severe bite. Roosevelt notes leopard vs other dangers in big game hunting.
After ten years of testing, the Oil of Wintergreen Compound D D D Prescription is promoted as a penetrating skin remedy. A 25 cent trial bottle is offered by D D D laboratories in Chicago to prove the treatment soothes and relieves itching by reaching the inner skin.
The Pabst Brewing Company plant in Milwaukee is crippled after yesterday's boiler explosion. Electric power is being supplied by the street railway company to run the brewing and pasteurizing departments until steam can be restored for grain treatment. Workers installed a motor and three transformers, with full operation planned as power returns to affected units.
Chippewa Falls Oct 26 Herman Kieso 45 hanged himself with a towel tied to an overhead steam pipe in county jail. He was held on a statutory charge for an alleged offense against his 15 year old daughter at his farm home in Sampson town, Chippewa County.
A blaze swept two large icehouses owned by H. B. Foster's New Richmond Ice company in New Richmond Wisconsin on Monday. Firefighters found many beer bottles amid the ruins suggesting the buildings served as a cache for liquor by local residents.
The University of Wisconsin Dairy school begins its twenty second winter session on November 3 with enlarged facilities and a redesigned curriculum to fit dairy industry changes. Early registrations indicate full capacity of 150, and a new wing now under construction will increase accommodations. The program adds more work in cheese and butter making to boost practical creamery factory experience.
Sixteen UW faculty members will speak at the Wisconsin Teachers' Association meeting in Milwaukee from November 4 to 6. Exhibits by the university extension division and the college of agriculture will showcase teaching interests. Harvey Dee Brown leads the tuberculosis exhibit for the extension department. The university will operate headquarters at the Plankinton House for alumni and former students.
Fourth annual reunion of the University of Wisconsin Alumni Teachers' Club will be held in Milwaukee on Thursday evening November 4. CC Parlin of Wausau will preside and President C R Van Hise will speak on The University Judge W D Tarrant on The Alumni and Regent G D Jones on The Regents. Plates will be laid for 200.
Heads of state departments will address Prof. Ernst Meyers class at the University of Wisconsin this semester on the development of the administration. Secretary of State Frear will give the first lecture on Thursday, Oct. 28, with State Treasurer Dahl, State Superintendent Cary and others to follow on subsequent Thursdays.
Way Surles of Milwaukee has secured a regular position on the Army football team at West Point. The Milwaukee native scored the Army's first touchdown in the Saturday game against Lehigh, continuing the Surles family’s athletic legacy.
In St Paul Minnesota on October 26 the district court reopened the Arbogast trial as County Attorney O'Brien attempted to place a blood soaked dress behind a shirt waist box as key evidence. Witness Emma Arbogast Ulmer offered denials or vague replies to questions about the item.
Detroit Mich Oct 26 Dr Geo A Fritch held for manslaughter in Recorder's court after chauffeur Joseph W Leach testified he drove the physician from his office to Ecorse creek on Aug 27 where three sacks from the office were dumped into the water containing parts of Maybelle Millman of Ann Arbor. The body was found in sacks in Ecorse creek and the Detroit river in September. surgeons found evidence of a surgical operation.
Grand Rapids Minn October 26 It is now claimed that the short age of A A Kremer treasurer of Itasca county will reach 100 000 and probably more Early figures placed it at 40 000 The odd feature of it all is that nearly every cent of the money has been invested in some gilt edged security.
A wartime era advertisement touts Chamberlain's Liniment as a cheaper remedy for lame backs and pains in the side and chest. It claims a dampened flannel with the liniment works better than plasters for 25 cents.
Isaac McCohn changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on the murder charges of William Tony and Charles Simmons near Kadoka last June. The court set Wednesday for sentence as the bodies of the two men, well diggers from Sioux City, were found in a local well.
Dr Caldwell offers a laxative tonic to relieve constipation and related ailments. The ad promotes a free sample by mail and cites repeat buyers and family use, advising readers to request medical advice and full address details for a free sample.
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