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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1908
Page
6
An old P and G advertisement touts soap powder as a time saver in washing. It contrasts laborious hand washing by a housewife with a magical product that cleans quickly, freeing the mistress to rest while a maid hangs clothes outside. The slogan proclaims "as white as winter snows" and notes a price of 3 cents at grocers.
State Treasurer race results show Heslin leading Pierstorff in La Crosse county by a solid Democratic nomination majority. Rawlinson maintains safety in the contest while Hatton secures key support in other districts.
The Democratic lieutenant governor contest shows Williams with a large early lead over Forward, though figures remain incomplete as results are tabulated.
Dr. Frederick Austin, a leading Omaha physician, was found dying inside his front hall with a bullet wound. He died within an hour. Police consider murder as family accounts conflict over how he was found and whether alcohol affected his actions. No weapon or consistent scene details emerged.
Deer Isle Maine reports search teams work to recover bodies after a farewell sail on a sloop capsized in Penobscot Bay. Drowned are Lucy Crawley Philadelphia Elizabeth Evans Mount Holyoke College Jason Hutchins Bangor Evelyn Kellogg Baltimore Alice Torre Washington Eleanor Torre Washington. Only two saved. bodies have been recovered.
Mr. King Phillip Kibosh is registered at the Hotel La Crosse, confirming a guest check in status.
Detroit. With 300 districts missing at noon the primary results show Dr. J. B. Bradley leading Gov. Warner by about 3000 votes. H. S. Earle polled less than one eighth of the total. Successful congressmen include Gardner in the third Fordney in the eighth Loud in the tenth and F. P. Dodds in the eleventh with solid majorities.
The article notes Stephenson earning the endorsement in the state primary with no other county contests. It lists complimentary votes for Esch and Keeler and outlines Republican and Democratic nominations for governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, and numerous congressional districts, naming each nominee.
The Arctic Ice & Fuel Co warns customers of a prolonged ice shortage due to last winter's weather and two failed suppliers. It notes no season contracts face service cuts and promises prioritizing sick homes and households with children, with a new ice house doubling capacity to prevent future shortages.
In Tokyo the Japanese commercial bodies protest the postponement of the exposition to 1917. President Kaneko is removed as head of the exposition amid criticism of his methods. Chambers of commerce plan a 1912 expo, risking the national exposition’s collapse if successful. The postponement is officially gazetted.
Des Moines Sept 2 progressives in the house agreed to vote with the democrats on the Lambert-Demar resolution to elect a senator for the short term this session. They will vote again this afternoon and push its passage, forcing a vote on Cummins for the senate for the short term.
Three unidentified men traveling from St. Paul to New Orleans in a covered flat boat narrowly escaped drowning at the foot of Lake Pepin yesterday morning. Their craft swamped by a northwest gale drifted ashore damaged by waves as the Diamond steamer Quincy also stalled at King's Coulee.
The Keefe Business College at the corner of 6th and Vine opened Tuesday morning with the largest attendance in the school’s history.
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