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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1921
Page
3
Fragmented humorous tale about Tub also called Tuy who longs to be thin after reading an ad promising rapid weight loss. His mother finds the booklet and reflects on his longing, while a misfit cast and odd clippings hint at later columns and a daily puzzle prompt.
A whimsical tale recalls Phillips Beocks sharing a playful moment with a child. A large fork, a grown up claim, and a gentler joke prompt the child to respond with a humorous riddle about nuts and a dog. The piece showcases light anecdotal humor from a bygone era.
A garbled text presents a set of puzzling, archaic rules about counting units, words, and numbers. It resembles a wartime or instructional card with the aim to test mental agility through sequence tasks and measurement comparisons.
The text praises the Cherry Sisters as classics and notes audiences, old and young, will continue to laugh at their routines. It suggests the sisters’ humor appeals to the traditional American theatrical palate and comments that Rogers was right about being “crazy like a fox.”
Mrs. Bradley Bradley hatches a social tea in Burton's apartments to introduce her daughter Alice to eligible bachelors Morton Gray and Tom Greene. A last minute scoop shocks guests when Alice announces her engagement to Morton, overturning plans and stirring a storm of reactions. The scene unfolds amid tea mishaps and social maneuvering.
A fragmentary OCR line contains a garbled biblical reference about entering heaven and children, with unclear quotation marks and corrupted words. No coherent event or names are readable to anchor a full news item or proper summary.
A derisive column notes a new form of catechism inspired by Edison and Maxim. It reproduces a list of mock questions targeting church practices and notable figures, suggesting the author suspects it is a joke. The piece invites readers to provide answers for publication.
New House Appropriations Chair Medden introduces a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment to allow the president to veto parts of an appropriation bill without vetoing the entire measure. Supporters say current limits cost taxpayers millions and hinder expenditure control.
A Cedar Rapids vaudeville piece notes the Cherry Sisters Effie and Aggie plan a comeback after their famed awkward humor drew both cheers and derision. The piece reflects on public perception of the sisters and compares them to Will Rogers on the same bill.
The Chamber of Shipping of Great Britain reports idle ships exceeding five million tons as ocean-going vessels run at a loss. World trade fell unexpectedly while global tonnage rose, despite wartime losses and a net increase of over eight million tons from 1914 to 1920.
The piece notes how everyday scenes become ordinary as new wonders arrive. It recalls past amusements such as race track airplanes and contrasts them with present feats of dangerous acrobatics to draw attention. The observer muses on shifting wonders and public appetite for novelty.
The War Risk Insurance Department reports 30,000 people are killed or injured daily in the United States. At this rate, five people die every minute from accidents, surpassing war’s toll despite safety campaigns over ten years. The piece laments continued “safety fast” and “speed first” practices.
Swiss guards moved to keep Karl of Austria-Hungary from leaving his Lucerne retreat while speculation swirls about a potential bid for the Hungarian throne. The public questions why anyone would disrupt Lucerne’s peace for such ambitions.
A boy named Phillip John from Hungary traveled from Chicago toward Detroit, guided to Michigan Avenue by a Chicago policeman and reaching La Crosse. Funds are being raised to send him to Detroit. Attorney A H Sthubert returned from Detroit after attending the Knights of Columbus convention and visited Buffalo Hungary Felly and Canada.
Dr William Fe Bartan notes the 1792 Swiss Guard deaths at the Tuileries, commemorating Thorvaldsen’s La cerne monument. He honors courage while condemning the rulership that sent men to die for a bad cause, urging remembrance without overlooking political truth.
A garbled dialogue fragment recounts grocery and tea party chatter with names Norton Bradley and Roger amid a suburban setting. It mentions a taxi trip for wings and a steward stopping an order, hinting at personal relationships and emotional moments within a 1911 newspaper syndicate item.
A fragmentary recount tells how Major S. S. Flower directed a protective effort around a nesting site of egrets in Deype. He deployed guards, planks, and village machinery to deter plume hunters. The tale cites 15 captive egrets hatched and now thriving, with the colony growing to 200 000, while the broader conflict with hunters reportedly cost $10 000 000 in past seas and spurred a global conservation impulse.
The fragment notes a newborn’s gaze toward a curious creature, suggesting early development is keen when the infant’s eyes first rest on a strange animal. The passage mentions Egyptians and distant gazes, though the text is garbled and unclear.
A garbled wartime prose piece depicts a violent crowd disturbance with taunting shouts and rough coercion. The text features ethnic slurs and threatening commands as a crowd is pushed, piled, and struck. The narrative includes a mother questioning a child about a missing dime and a boy denying, with a sly, clipped dialogue.
Abe Martin ponders what happened to the man who once wore cabbage leaves under his hat to avoid sunstroke. Mr and Mrs Safe Bud are staying in their room with their car until building material arrives.
Fragmentary OCR passage references illness cure, gaze, and figures but provides no identifiable people, places, organizations, dates, or events to summarize into a factual news item.
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