Light Company Case Presses Public Burden Shift
The state railway commission reviews La Crosse Gas & Electric as capitalization and debt far exceed earnings capacity. The piece notes potential forced concessions to reduce the burden, possible elimination of watered stock, and the need for efficiency while protecting ordinary holders. It urges the company to support patrons and curb entrenched costs.
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State Railway Commission
la Crosse Gas & Electric Company
la Crosse
North Side launches need proper mooring in La Crosse
The writer argues it is timely to provide a suitable ing place for North Side launches in La Crosse. The section on the city equates to La Crosse as a whole, noting many fine motor boats and urging respect for their rights and importance.
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la Crosse
Peter Pan
White House
Charles Frohman
J. M. Barrie
United States
Frohman
Peter
Mr. Frohman
Mr. Barrie
la Crosse Theater
La Crosse Stars Battle for Baseball Jobs
The piece notes La Crosse entering the season with high expectations as several prized players fight to keep their positions, signaling strong competition and potential for success. It emphasizes the struggle of stars to hold roster spots as spring efforts unfold.
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la Crosse
Prowess of Rival Candidates Sparks Loyal Support
After congratulating President Elliott and directors and Manager Hawley, The Tribune urges harmonious enthusiastic backing for the season. It praises good fans and a capable team and officials and calls for pennant pride in La Crosse.
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Elliott
Hawley
The
Tribune
la Crosse
City Beautification Inspires Local Planting Acts
A notice highlights Mrs. Gilbert Anderson planting rose bushes at Seventh and Main and Henry Salter adding flowers along a south city block. The piece urges more beautification efforts by residents and anticipates public praise for park commissioners through natural beauty and fragrance.
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Gilbert Anderson
Henry Salter
Park Commissioners
la Crosse
Tribune Ad Index Introduces Daily Acknowledgment
The Tribune begins a new on page first section listing select ads to boost reader attention. A rotating daily index will feature brief bargains from patrons including reader submissions and ongoing promotions.
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Tribune
Connor Aims for Senate Seat Against Uncle Ike
Lieut. Gov. Connor now aspires to a senate seat and predicts defeating Uncle Ike. A Catholic prelate commented on Miss Maloney seeking divorce and remarriage, noting Henry VIII’s and Martin Maloney’s actions as parallels.
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Connor
Senate
Ike
Miss Maloney
Henry VIII
Martin Maloney
Divorce Case of Senator Phatt Moves Ahead
The article notes Senator Phatt’s divorce case is pending. It also comments on a biting morale quote about young girls resisting temptations to become an “old man’s darling” and links it to marriage platitudes.
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Senator Phatt
Henry Watterson Admits Nebraskan Nomination
Henry Watterson as the original anti Bryan figure concedes the Nebraskan nomination. He deems it too late for the appearance of Too Much Johnson.
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Henry Watterson
Johnson
Understudies for Monarchs in Historic Courts
In distrustful regimes royal understudies served as proxies for public duties. Komaroff, adviser to Tsar Alexander III, was murdered by a killer seeking glory. Nicholas and Wilhelm II relied on stand-ins, with William I's balcony bow eventually revealed by Bismarck after the emperor's death.
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Russia
Alexander III
Komaroff
Moscow
Nicholas
William
Germany
Great Bismarck
Rothschild Narrowly Escapes Marriage Plot Over Kangaroos
Walter Rothschild, famed English heir, faced a wary marriage entanglement as a designing mother tried to marry him for his fortune. A daughter teased him about his talk of kangaroos and claimed to “hook” him, but Rothschild apologized from his window and vowed not to repeat such tales, ending the pursuit.
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Walter Rothschild
England
Rothschild
London Echo
Jean Adam
Bijou Review Spots Varied Acts And Comic Turns
The Bijou week offers Browning and Jones in lively comedy with sharp jokes and polished blackface, Pearl and Emma Gath deliver musical comedy and charming dancing, while the Sharrocks’ Nonsense and Second Sight draws crowds with its rapid Q A mind reading and travesty. Milton Kerr returns, and the moving pictures Adventures of a Gypsy and College Chums amuse, as Kreutzs orchestra plays both evenings.
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Browning
Jones
Figaro
Pearl
Emma Gath
the Bowery
Miss Gath
Milton Kerr
Herman Singer
Moving Pictures
Kreutzs Orchestra
Practice of Law Fear We Are Beaten Quote
Washington Herald quotes a legal defense mindset with taunts about experts and witnesses and a call for a confession or testimony as a fear of defeat in a trial. The brief reflects courtroom bravado and the prosecutor defense dynamic.
The Golden Medical Discovery Claims and Uses
The advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and tonic for stomach and liver disorders. It lists ingredients and endorses non alcoholic composition with glycerine extraction. It urges readers to request a free booklet and emphasizes cures for skin ailments ulcers and digestive issues.
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Doctor Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Bartholow
Coe
Ellingwood
Olden Medical
Whiskey for rheumatism claim sparks medical debate
An old newspaper notice promotes whiskey as a cure for rheumatism, stating a formula using one half pint whiskey with Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla, to be taken in tablespoonful doses before meals and at bedtime, urging afflicted readers to try it.
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Levi
Park Lane
Charlie Rolfe
Max Barclay
Rolfe
Sam
Old Sam’s
London
Samuel Statham
Adam
Marion
Zola Death Honorard Peace Sparks French Debate
Mme Zola declines possession of her husband Emile Zola's body as discussions unfold over burial in the Pantheon. Protests from lawmakers and press frame the interment as a political clash, with calls for allowing the writer to rest in peace.
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Boston Record
Mme. Zola
Pantheon
Dreyfus
Carnegie's Gifts and Fortune Show Stark Philanthropy
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes Andrew Carnegie has donated about 150 million dollars, a figure that staggers observers. Despite large gifts like five million to one cause and nearly six million to another, his fortune appears not to diminish, with critics debating the impact of his ongoing philanthropy.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Carnegie
Lawyer Questions Head of Corporation in Vague Exchange
A multimillionaire avoids specifics when asked by a lawyer about the business of his corporation. The lawyer prods for clarity, noting the venture seems to make money though not like the mint, as reported by the Baltimore American.
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Max
Mr. Barclay
Adams
Adam
Park Lane
Sam Statham
Marion
Mint
Baltimore American
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le Crosse
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Business One
Dope
Payne & Young
Oopsenette - la Coste & Maxwell
84Th St
New York City
Costines
Circetatios
LA Crosse Tribune
Gworn
Lie
Frank H. Burgess
A. E. Bleekman
OUR
May Manton
Fashion Department
Constantinople
Addison Road
Oxford Circus
Hampstead
Cunnington’s
Barclay
Adriatic
Mr. Statham
Washington Herald
Zola
Kreutz’s
Park
Lane
Queux
Marvel
Wisconsin
L. M. Sturdevant
Batavian National Bank
Main Street
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