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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1908
Page
2
A Montreal clairvoyant recalls suffering with a severe leg eczema for 25 years. After failing with doctors, Cuticura Soap Ointment Pills and Resolvent cleared swelling, healed skin, and ended a seven year cure.
Advertises instant relief and refreshing sleep for babies using Caticura bath and Caticura Ointment as emollients. Mentions a 25 cent item and references a drugstore and generic product names in a faded, ad-like fragment.
Three leaders in American league stakes split doubleheaders with the Cubs gaining a slim edge while the Giants move atop the standings by one game. Detroit remains in first place after the set.
American League results include Chicago 5 Boston 2 and St Louis 6 New York 0. Detroit 4 Washington 1. Cleveland 5 Philadelphia 4. National League games: Philadelphia 7 New York 2 and Chicago 6 Cincinnati 2. Pittsburg 7 St Louis 0 and Boston 5 Brooklyn 2.
Washington faces Detroit with strong defense, Philadelphia meets Cleveland, Philadelphia also plays New York, St. Louis travels to Pittsburg, Chicago visits Cincinnati, and Brooklyn plays Boston. The scraps suggest a regional tournament or scheduling shuffle across major cities.
The Giants and Phillies split a twin bill as Chicago beat Boston twice, and details from New York, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh show Mathewson strong for the Giants while Bresnahan drove in runs against Philadelphia. News from Chicago and St Louis framed the broader baseball action and a boxing promoter visit to Wisconsin completed the day.
A brief Tatler note captures a salon exchange where a Frenchman insists both he and Madame will join a party at the opera. A matron gently declines as her daughter may attend, prompting the Frenchman’s stubborn refusal.
Detroit takes both ends of a wintry double header against Washington as Willett Summers shine on the mound. Johnson allows two runs in one inning in game one and exits early in game two, while Rossman Crawford and Bush pace the hits and fielding. Cleveland tops Philadelphia 5 4 in the morning and 9 0 in the afternoon.
King Stake paceers set times around 2 06 in a 5 purse of 5000 across several horses including Judex Hal C Copa de Oro and Eph Cinders. Class trotting featured Argosy Major Mallow Red Cross Great Medium and others racing for 1200. Time results show varied placings and times across multiple divisions.
Chicago report says boxers Hugo Kelly and Billy Papke agreed on terms for a ten round fight in Milwaukee on the night of Oct 15 and signed the agreement after a special meeting. Sheriff reports favorable indications for the bout.
Leander Charcot leads a French expedition from Havre bound for Antarctic regions aboard his own well equipped vessel. He plans to visit Graham Land Louberland and Alexander Land to study fossils and winter over using motor sledges with full precautions against winter rigors and delays.
A short moral statement warns that people resent free counsel and will demand payment for advice. It emphasizes value and fairness in exchanges between giver and receiver.
In Urbana the 1908 Illinois football squad spotlights twins Emmet and Emery Wacase of Hamlin, Illinois. Other notes cover St Johns Military Academy’s scarce material, Northwestern’s captaincy questions, and Hull city updates on racing, boxing, and tennis in various cities.
In Chicago on September 30 Ferdinand Poggenberg of New York prepares for an amateur competition. Details from the scene describe his arrival and expected participation in the event.
The article reports that Lucien Rerolle, the French billiards expert, was rumored dead by Poggenburg after a Parisian friend's letter. Rerolle remains alive and plans to visit the United States soon, though not as a billiardist.
A quarter million acres of Canadian farmland will go to public auction in Regina Saskatchewan from October 12 to 17. Homeseekers excursion rates available from all points via the Chicago and North Western Railway on October 6. For details contact ticket agents of The North Western Line.
Frank Canders 23 of Rock Rapids Iowa killed himself by drinking carbolic acid at his home northeast of Rock Rapids after a poker loss. His mother, meeting him in town, scolded him on the ride home and he grew morose before taking the fatal dose in the granary. family heard his cries but a physician arrived too late.
Ishpeming, Mich. reports partridge hunting starting Oct 1 for a month will be poor due to forest fires driving birds from nests. Deer herds have also been forced from habitats, signaling overall bad hunting prospects in many areas.
A Sept 20 report from Livingston Montana states the Northern Pacific coal docks burned in high winds. Firefighters confined the blaze to the docks some cars and a water supply tank. Strong winds limited damage to nearby shops and town structures.
Fire swept the largest docks between St Paul and the coast killing property. Officials estimate losses at 79000 dollars. Trains will be hauled by hand during repairs. docks to be rebuilt. Spontaneous combustions are cited as the fire’s cause.
Beaver Dam Wisconsin hosts a busy fair with about six thousand attendees as officials note high interest. Secretary C W Harvey announces this will be his final year. Horse races feature a 2:30 pace and a 4:15 trot with winners including Will Stack Silver Star and Curnel C in close purses and fast times.
A Sioux City woman dies by suicide in her kitchen, the third such death in four days. Her daughter discovered the body. she had been mentally sound. Two of her daughters attend public schools. Previously Ida Vernon died from poison and Sam S. Glenn hanged himself.
Minor stage sketch dialogue features Her Ladyship and Buttons discussing food items like soup omelette cutlet and jelly. Buttons answers hesitantly with yes and um, ending with bread and cheese and bedtime.
A London News remark notes a barber shop window offering corn treatment at home or in residence if needed. The item hints at local humor and modern remedies as a clever sales pitch from a London street scene.
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