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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1908
Page
5
The speed launch Wooglin was stolen September 1. Owner Warrall C. Dow offers a 100 dollar reward for its recovery and for arresting the thieves. The 20 foot craft has a 3 foot beam and 2 cylinder 6 hp engines. It is dark red above and green beneath.
In this scene Helene Homing confronts a villain who unveils automobile goggles as proof of truth telling. The quarrel ends with the heroine leaping into the pasteboard river, a dramatic stock moment from the stage.
An advertisement letter extols Postum for its constant mild taste and absence of caffeine. A woman attributes improved health including reduced gall colic and headaches after switching from coffee, urging readers to try Postum and read The Road to Wellville.
Wm Batchelder returns from the national shoe and leather fair at the Coliseum in Chicago where Paris Directoire shoes draw attention for fall and spring wear. He notes many colored shoes and new shoe making inventions including an upper leather clicking machine, an eyelet device, and a lasting machine. Exhibitors include Shoe Manufacturers and Leather Firms.
Several city churches prepare to reopen with improvements and new organs while others will host services in updated sanctuaries. The Universalist church restages classrooms and dining spaces, the German Evangelical Lutheran erects a new edifice, and the German Methodist adds a pipe organ.
Special trains will run to the La Crosse County Fair at West Salem on September 9 and 10. The Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry will depart La Crosse at 8:30 a.m. and return from West Salem at 6:00 p.m. Inquiries at the ticket office. F R Hartwell, Ticket Agent.
Local farmers report a clever con man posing as a government inspector of cattle. He examines cattle, claims tuberculosis, advises against slaughter, then returns the next day with a buyer paying a small sum to purchase the supposedly infected stock.
A Langdon- Boyd Packing horse bolted from Seventh and Pine, raced to State and toward the river, crossed Fourth to Main, then was tangled in a wheel. The horse fell, broke a shoulder shaft but suffered only minor scratches and was not hurt overall.
Leo J. Bergen buys property in Warner's Addition in the eastern city area and shows interest in western lands in North Dakota and Montana.
Miss Lena Cou Thomas Coulam of Hotel Grand and Mr. Robert Land of Oregon announce a three month tour to England. The trip focuses on extended travel and sightseeing.
Local brief highlights include Mike Wagner at Toland Business University Caledonia Mrs C J Paddock visiting Caledonia for weeks and a 35 cent family excursion on the Rutledge Labor Day from La Crosse to Winona with a 9 30 a m departure and seven hour return Several visits by residents to and from West Salem Sparta Onalaska and Alma plus community events at the Universal church and a Bijou ticket reservation at the E M Young drug store and box office Mr and Mrs Hurley Wagner Seiffert and McKibbon among those featured in local social life and travel notes.
Rev. Frank T. Ripley delivers a September Sunday series titled Can Any Good Come Out of Spiritualism at Linker’s hall corner Fourth and Main, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Messages after each lecture. Admission 10 cents.
Druggist Charles Beyschlag warns that prescription abbreviations like sig and the meanings behind them guide compounding. He stresses vigilance for patient safety, citing a flawless record of over 106000 prescriptions with no customer dissatisfaction over price at 503 Main Street.
The Michigan Republican ticket selects Dr J B Bradley of Eaton Rapids a long time country physician and farmer to head the campaign. He has served 22 years driving Michigan roads and is deeply rooted in his community while his wife Mrs Bradley prefers a quiet country life over social duties in the state capital.
Announcement states that due to numerous inquiries and widespread public interest the matter will be given full consideration. Details and timelines to be announced in a forthcoming public notice.
Dr and Mrs Finch plan to stay a few days longer. Learn about the Arnold Massage Vibrator at ER HART'S DRUG STORE or by phone 47. Appointment at home possible. Vibratory massage is not electricity and costs nothing to try. Prices reduced for a few days only.
A Blossom Texas Bee joke about three stingy men ends with Gallatin’s claim as the tightest man in Tennessee. He marries to save costs, tours the town on a bridal walk, and gifts a nickel’s worth of stick candy, proposing to save it for children.
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