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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1908
Page
6
The ad notes P. and G. Naphtha Soap cleans effectively in all seasons, not just summer. It claims the soap saves time and labor, making clothes clean in January as well as July, and emphasizes year round usefulness for households.
Vernon County Fair officials promote a top county fair September 16 to 18 at Viroqua with the Otere Japs as a main attraction. A large La Crosse delegation is planned with special train service and round trip rates. local baseball and racing programs add to the lineup. Special La Crosse day on Thursday will feature a one fare round trip.
Don Cameron, veteran first baseman from La Crosse, has drawn attention from four clubs in the Southern and American associations after standout work with Terre Haute in the Central league. He hints he will likely depart the Central for 1909, with winter plans undecided and La Crosse as a possible fallback.
A Roosevelt dispatch from Oyster Bay states he has not dictated nominations for the Republican state convention at Saratoga but urges that Gov. Hughes be renominated. Secretary Root and Congregationalist Cocks are cited in the communication, emphasizing no intent to direct friends yet backing Hughes.
Advertising teams have billed nearly 125 towns for the Interstate fair opening Tuesday. Secretary Van Avaken and assistant Breuner will visit Chippewa Falls and Elkhorn to secure space. Entrants and race card due by Wednesday. many free attractions and side shows planned. Notable towns listed include Norwalk, Hillsboro, Caledonia, Red Wing, Rochester, Decorah, La Crosse, Sparta, Winona, and Osage among others.
Taft, MAD, hurls words at Bryan over reforms and imperialism. He accuses Bryan of shifting attitudes since 1906 on rail regulation and calls his reform plans unsafe. Taft argues Bryan’s labor and currency positions would bring four years of depression if elected, praising Roosevelt’s peace and anti‑corporate stance.
Continued from page 1 Superintendent Shaw outlines the plan as players move on. Jones nears retirement from baseball and will spend winter fishing and tending chickens. Sefford remains in town to run a pool hall project near completion. Graves and Duchien return home to Oshkosh, Flynn heads to Chicago to stay with family, Bues remains in Milwaukee, and Hawley plans a short rest then correspondence for a fast team next season. About fifty recruits expected for spring reopening.
William Bartwick of 721 Charles Street was arrested after neighbors complained he beat his wife and caused a disturbance on the North Side. He was taken to the central police station and to County Jail to serve over two months, after a prior parole on a similar charge.
Mike and Joe Hetznecker are to be arraigned before Police Justice G J Hunt in police court tomorrow morning on charges of fighting and dis orderly conduct at Baul Spah Jash saloon last evening. Fee Mike Hetznecker connected with the saloon. Frank M Adams mentioned.
London report on the eucharistic congress procession where extreme Protestants protested. Premier Asquith intervened, causing modified arrangements and prompting calls in Parliament to explain the action. Cardinal Gibbons praised the calm, while Pope Pius IX expressed regret over the British government’s intervention.
Washington September 14 Two new world records were made again late Saturday by Orville Wright in his remarkable aeroplane at Port Myer. The event followed on another achievement at Mape George Sauter acting as chief corps.
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