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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1908
Page
4
An advertisement urges readers to try Procter and Gamble Naphtha Soap. It touts white soap in a blue and white wrapper and promises time saving labor and money, urging insistence on P and G as the best naphtha soap.
Large crowds attended La Crosse Interstate Fair with packed grandstand for races at 2 pm and a bustling midway. Highlights included the Igorrette village the White Buffalo Indian village Rice's Dog and Pony show and Serpentina the Serpent Girl with others like Madame Zenda's floating act and a Flea Circus. Stock shows drew many entries and the chicken show attracted La Crosse fanciers as police urged reporting lost items and tours noted few complaints amid overall calm.
Arctic Ice and Fuel Company plans to macadamize Sumner from Hagar to St. Cloud Street using its facilities on the north side with city permission and will cover the expense. Work begins at once to aid fall and winter hauling. City Railway repairs between the street car barn and La Crosse river bridge are paid for by the company under public works supervision. La Crosse Gas and Electric lays a gas pipe on Kane Street from Clinton to Logan.
Chicago police thwarted a fifth black hand bombing attempt on Antonio Lumia, a wealthy Italian jeweler, by locating eighteen sticks of dynamite and fuses in a vacant lot beside his home. Lumia and his family have faced months of terror and threats demanding money.
Mr Quackenbush has bought the Sawer and Austin lumber shed and is tearing it down. The sale clears the property as the new owner initiates demolition of the old structure.
A Sunday school session ends abruptly when the superintendent introduces Mr. Smith for a brief talk. Mr. Smith opens with uncertainty as a small voice from the back calls out Say Amen and sit down, prompting amused laughter from the class.
Two men using fictitious names Tom Green and John Smith are held in the county jail after being found with six red flannel shirts and new shoes marked by a St. Paul manufacturer. Arrested in rail yard by Officers Dugan and McGrath, they claim the goods were given by a road acquaintance, a story police doubt. Chief Weser investigates in St. Paul and along the line to locate the source before court action.
Minnie Dupree stars in The Road to Yesterday a dream tale of a girl transported from 1603 England to a modern stage story Amanda Wellington Irene Osher and Marshall Welch portray lovers in a double identity production noted for its Elizabethan witch and dream motif with a New York cast reprise and a strong local response.
A hunter seeks guidance after a veterinary surgeon pronounces his horse suffering from an incurable ailment. The owner asks the groom what to do and the groom replies that, in conscience, he should part with the horse to some other gentleman.
Daily cleaning keeps the bathroom sanitary. Use two tablespoons Gold Dust to half a gallon water for a cleaning solution and boil water with two tablespoons per gallon for weekly scalding. Scrub tub, basin, floor and fixtures. Remove lint with a small hook and brighten metal fixtures with whiting and Gold Dust.
Taft ridicules William J. Bryan as a failed statesman in Cincinnati. He contrasts Republican achievements with Bryan’s record, accusing him of shifting positions on tariffs and money issues and warning against risky experiments in government.
The east span of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridge over the Susquehanna River at Port Deposit collapsed this morning. A freight train plunged into the river with several lives lost and one body recovered.
Sergeant Casey of the Fourth field artillery escorted Private Brady of battery F from Bangor to Camp Esch after Brady fled a jail in La Crosse for being drunk and disorderly. Brady walked fifteen miles with sore feet as punishment. The report notes several other local movements and visits around Camp Esch and La Crosse.
Eve whittles a four foot palm into a flat strip and shapes it into a hat. Adam nearby watches as she explains she is making herself a Merry Widow hat. The playful exchange captures a light moment in an early scene.
A thoughtful line on faith asks whether a man who preaches heaven can endure hardship alongside others. It contrasts outward counsel with true endurance in difficult paths.
An alarming hog disease spreads through Holmen area with many hogs dying. Dr B F Holmes reports cases near West Salem and says efforts are underway to involve the State Veterinarian to determine the illness and stop its progress.
A La Crosse County fire burned through fields and furrows dug by farmers. The blaze endangered the Richan farm and other valuable pi lands as an extensive effort fought the flames.
In Muskogee Oklahoma on September 23 officials announce a new compulsory education law taking effect with school openings on Tuesday. Telegraph and messenger companies face labor shortages as they must replace hired children ages 8 to 16 with adult workers.
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