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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1908
Page
8
Fraudulent medical advertisement offering Gauss Catarrh Cure. Claims a quick permanent cure for catarrh and free trial mail package for name and address, with sensational language about breath, ulcers, decay, and social effects. Uses persuasive testimonial style and a coupon instruction.
Milwaukee on October 28. Lizzie Schneider, an 18 year old domestic from Wauwatosa, killed herself by drinking carbolic acid in bed at 2728 Cedar Street, the residence of Mrs. N. S. Murphy. Her mother, worn by poverty, spoke of the child’s rebellion against poverty and hard work.
A nervous mother calls a day nursery for advice about her sick child Rose. A German accented advisor prescribes bizarre, unsafe methods including cutting limbs and spraying insect powder, before revealing himself as Gottfried Gruber the florist. The exchange ends in shock and a curt farewell.
A fragment notes people packing movable items for Halloween and observes that many wives attend church on Sunday without their husbands who cannot persuade them to stay home.
The Wisconsin livestock sanitary board amended rules to drop the 30 day quarantine for cattle and horses shipped into the state without a bill of health. Sellers must notify the board secretary of sales with buyer, date, and origin. Janet Jennings of Monroe sought release of her family cow from quarantine. the board denied, advising TB testing and release by the local health officer if disease free.
An advertisement asserts Diapepsin relieves indigestion within five minutes after meals. It promises no more stomach lump, heartburn, sour rise, gas, belching, or vomiting and urges readers to buy a 59 cent case from a druggist to restore appetite and comfort.
Mrs Rondou of Green Bay, missing for two months since Sept 2, recounts being abducted by two men in an automobile and held with six other women in a forest house. She was released after swearing not to reveal details and returned to Appleton then Green Bay, health badly shaken. Authorities pursue the abductors.
Milwaukee detective notes Oswald Lentsch a 28 year old stationary fire man confessed with a companion to loot Edward Schuster & Co.'s department store on Third street and Garfield avenue early Monday morning.
Miss Martha Pound and Marshall Wilfred Hanks marry at the Delta Gamma house in Madison Wisconsin. The ceremony features Mrs Maurice J Johnson as matron of honor and Julia Hanks as bride's maid with Rev E G Updike officiating. Hanks, a university alumnus, worked for Westinghouse Pittsburg and helped invent the Nernst lamp and the Hanks craft motor boat.
This reminiscence portrays Martha Washington as first lady shaping the early White House social life with grace and duty. It notes her Virginia origins, moves to New York and Philadelphia, formal etiquette, domestic thrift, and her supportive role during George Washington’s presidency.
Lois Noey of Milton, near Janesville, reports his barn and contents destroyed by a night blaze. Six horses perished and the family slept through the fire, which originated near the barn and has an undetermined cause.
CHIPPEWA FALLS Wis Oct 27 Louis Johnson 45 a logging foreman was found dead in the woods near his home his death uncertain whether accidental or self inflicted a settler living nearby found the body in what was described as a rural area of Clark County Wisconsin
An American party visits a Welsh parochial school hosted by a church incumbent. After a recitation a rosy cheeked boy answers a question about George Washington, saying he was a American general and remarkable because he told the truth. The exchange closes with silence.
The Pyramid Drug Co offers a free trial package of Pyramid Pile Cure by mail to anyone sending name and address. The pack promises enough remedy to prove effectiveness, claims many cures, and notes the product is sold by druggists for fifty cents at 1 Pyramid Bide Marshall Mich.
In Janesville Wisconsin on October 27 a two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Moore of the town of Rock was burned to death while the family worked in a field. The child, left alone in the house, supposedly ignited her clothing with matches. The mother returned to find the infant dead in the flames.
A married man faces neglect accusations for allowing family members to use any remedy except Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble. The ad touts Foley's as the best choice, noting it contains no opiates and comes in a yellow package from O. T. Erhart.
A Wisconsin committee meeting of the International Congress on Tuberculosis is scheduled for tomorrow in Milwaukee. The gathering aims to coordinate efforts among medical groups and public health officials to combat the disease.
The Wisconsin Society for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis holds a post congress meeting on Wednesday at 1 30 p m in the Hotel Pfister club room. The group aims to organize and maintain the fight against tuberculosis after Wisconsin led the congress with top prizes and west of the Alleghenies states.
Miss Minnie Bjerke eighteen year old La Crosse resident died in Los Angeles California after a prolonged illness. She had been seeking health on the California trip and previously worked as a stenographer in the office of Attorney P W Mahoney in La Crosse before her lung trouble forced her to quit.
A married woman marks time by the years her children were born. After a daughter passes twenty she prefers birthday cakes without candles.
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