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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1909
Page
3
The article records July 1909 newspaper copies printed and circulated, with L Frank H Burgess as business manager. It comments on Lenroot’s new role on ventilation and acoustics and hints at a broader national political awakening in Washington.
The piece attacks the entrenched control of Speaker Cannon and praises anti Cannon figures like La Follette and Nelson, arguing for relentless rule reforms and persistent insurgent pressure. It links tariff votes to party loyalty and hints at retaliatory purges within committees.
A jagged comic piece threads dream fragments with noisy neighbors and a dreamer haunted by a chorus of townsfolk. The narrator recounts sleepless hours from an eight o’clock bedtime through dawn with sound effects and quirky encounters, ending in a barber shop gag about newspapers and baldness.
A barber tells the boy Binks that he is very bald, prompting a playful exchange as Binks asks who is bald and the barber answers you sir in a humorous street scene.
A short Home Topics item about a son questioning his parents. The boy asks if his mother liked his father and if she loved him enough to marry him, then wonders if she was as near sighted in the past as she is now.
A Chicago Evening Post quip notes the Perkins family back from a summer trip inviting fish stories. The east neighbor jokes about the husband’s big catches and the wife’s near bridge prizes while the girls recall nearly being proposed to by young millionaires.
Aunt Ray and Halsey confront suspicions about Arnold Armstrongs death as Gertrude and Jack Bailey contend with alibis. Halsey reveals a guarded motive to marry Louise Armstrong while denying involvement in the crime and a tulip bed revolver mislead.
A political speaker attacks the government with venom. A heckler erupts thrice with You’re wrong, sir, finally noting the orator’s threat to reveal shocking details. The critic, bald head gleaming, remains unshaken as the exchange continues.
A humorous verse questions using a wireless line to invite fish to dinner in a brook. The speaker imagines the fish reply with surprise and a quip about a hookless bait at eight, attributed to Blanche Elizabeth Wade in The Churchman.
The MARVEL Bread Kneader makes bread kneading easy saving work and time. With MARVEL Flour any woman can bake fine bread and cake. You can get it free. Full details are in the leaflet found in every sack.
An advertisement extols Marvel bread as the staff of life and the best bread for every meal. It promises light creamy white loaves that are pure wholesome and nutritious for family dining.
A Frisco switch engine derailed from a 20 foot embankment in the Memphis yards near the Mississippi river bridge. Edward C. Nelson and Will C. Ashlen were killed. Injured: R. C. Williams, David Shelton, and Tom Mercer. Cause cited as a loose tire on a front wheel.
Mt. Clemens, the Mineral Bath City, is reached without change of cars on ly by the Grand Trunk Railway System through Detroit. Time tables and a descriptive pamphlet will be mailed free on application to W. S. Cookson, A. G. P. A., 135 Adams Street, Chicago.
Miss Alice Corbin granddaughter of Henry C. Corbin formerly adjutant general of the United States army quietly married Daichiro Woyeno a prominent Japanese of Detroit who recently disposed of a large mercantile business here. Family objections were overcome with her consent reached after initial resistance.
President Fassett A. Cotton of the La Crosse normal school travels to Indiana for a week of institute duties. His wife accompanies him and a staff member will handle inquiries at the normal school during his absence.
P Shaughnessy transfers Lot 19 Block 12 First Addition to Spier and Canterbury's addition to La Crosse to Catherine Mc Carthy for 1200 dollars. Oscar F Paulson transfers Lot 2 Block 12 First Addition to P S Davidson's Addition to La Crosse to Andrew Thompson for 700 dollars.
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