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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
11
A Tribune tour reveals Elfenbrau’s May brews and a vast new brewery. The facility rises ninety feet with automated systems from malt intake to bottling, including bins, conveyors, a copper kettle, ammonia cooling, and 34 steel tanks.
A reporter tours a beer bottling line describing washing filling capping and pasteurizing stages. The piece explains Uncle Sam taxes beer in tanks with revenue officers holding the keys to filling ends, constraining new beer entry and highlighting the control over taxation.
Rev B C Brandenberg and Rev J L Panzlau depart for Parker South Dakota for the Northwest German conference. Key topic is uniting the Northwest and Northern German conferences and merging Charles City college with St Paul Park college. On October 4 a new pipe organ will be dedicated by Bishop John L Nielsen with English evening service. Rev Panzlau will stay on as pastor per trustees plea.
William H Taft plans a Chicago talk to defend his injunctions against organized labor while on the federal bench and outline his current labor positions He will address the Railway Men's Independent Taft club at Orchestra hall next Wednesday evening Samuel M Fitch Illinois Central conductor and club president secured Tafts acceptance and the event precedes his western campaign tour
Four African Methodist Episcopal bishops testified before Interstate Commerce Commission agent J. Edgar Smith in Atlanta to challenge racial segregation on southern railways. They claimed Pullman cars barred Black passengers and that trains forced segregation in separate compartments with smoking and drinking. Railroads denied most charges, citing state laws requiring separate cars by race.
The first in a series of entertainments and dances was held by the F R A at their hall last night. Despite warm weather about 89 couples attended. The decorations committee trimmed the hall with hundreds of artificial flowers strung across the center and around the sides creating an artistic effect. All attendees enjoyed a pleasant time.
New York City reports Maude Allen has popularized Grecian dances, wearing a loose Grecian costume barefoot and with Grecian hair. The revival influences stage fashion and has drawn nationwide attention, including a Grecian themed dinner among the elite.
The Interstate fair will feature an Igorrote village from Luzon with Bontoc Samoki Alab and Tukukan warriors. Displays include trial marriages, dog eating feasts, head taking feats, a dormitory for youths, and weapon making by Oloosing as villagers perform under native conditions.
New York report details that Helen Maloney daughter of Philadelphia financier Martin Maloney sought annulment after revealing under oath she married Arthur Herbert Osborne a New York broker to avoid arranged marriage to a titled foreigner. Both sides say the union was not consummated and not meant to be binding.
O. T. Erhart announces Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults.
Notre Dame, Ind based Mrs. M Summers invites sufferers of rheumatism muscular or joint sciatica lumbago backache kidney pain and neuralgia to request her free home treatment. She claims the remedy purges uric acid from blood loosens stiff joints purifies blood and restores vitality without climate change.
A San Antonio mother reports her three week old son’s eczema cleared after Cuticura treatments. She describes severe early symptoms, two months of prior doctors, then two months of Cuticura leading to a white, clear face. Includes pricing and ordering details for Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with a free Skin Diseases book.
A year in review counts about 7.2 million telephones worldwide with 5 million in the United States. Europe holds 2 million and other countries 200 thousand. The Bell system spans the nation with 3 million phones and over 7 million miles of wire, Wisconsin Company integral to the network as hundreds of local companies join under sub license. Long distance links are increasingly sought.
The fragment notes that certain tribes employ head axes as weapons in warfare and as tools in hunting pursuits. It emphasizes their continued use across conflict and pursuit contexts without detailing specific groups or incidents.
A lawyer and a doctor argue over morality and virtue in their fields. The doctor concedes lawyers may not be angels, while the lawyer replies that doctors have the better claim to virtue.
A dialogue between a new teacher and a boy Edward reveals a humorous teaching moment about lakes and oceans. Edward hints at the comforting nature of taking a fall, illustrating practical wisdom learned from experience.
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