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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1907
Page
3
The village area faced its most destructive storm yet, leaving extensive property damage and a massive, unquantifiable loss of trees across boulevards and lawns. Residents mourn beauty gone as experts debate federal injunctions and state rights amid broader national legal questions.
The Birmingham News mocks Congressman Jenkins for predicting a new civil war over railroads and state authority in North Carolina. It argues the courts will decide law validity, that states accept final court rulings, and that rapid injunctions by lower judges push tensions beyond reason.
La Crosse editor backs Harry Taggart for secretary of the state grocers association. He is praised as a reliable worker with a proven record for the local grocers and broad support expected statewide. The note hints at telegraphers strike reducing information and cites the old saying about ignorance and wisdom.
A verse from Walter Beverley Crane in the New York Times satirizes Wall Street greed. The speaker portrays a hungry bear harming others as spring lambs grow cheaper amid market speculation and cash losses.
A Bohemian column recounts Maud Muller baking meadow hay on a summer day while a supposed raking stunt stalls for a date. The piece shifts to a wedding day fright story, with quips about speaking of a wife and a dice box shake hinting at luck or risk.
A brief quote features a good woman questioning a little bot about honesty. The bot replies it lies not from malice but because it is often too busy to talk, highlighting a playful take on truthfulness and busyness.
At an evening party the hostess briefly left, a young man who protested all night sang a sentimental ballad to the guests' distress. On departure he tried to bid farewell, the hostess cheerfully praised singing, and the embarrassed singer fled. The piece ends with a wry remark on judging voices as hollow.
A ready to sew house gown or wrapper pattern 5742 features joined belt blouse and skirt, options for sleeve length, and trims with lace and ribbon. Includes yardage needs for sizes bust 34 to 42, materials like batiste or dotted Swiss, and mailing details from the Fashion Department with ten cents plus optional two cent stamp for faster delivery.
The Donald Robertson company of players arrives at La Crosse theater from August 26 to 30 with a repertoire including Moliere The Miser Ibsen Rosmersholm and Giacosa Come li Folie Also featuring Mr and Mrs Robert Robertson in the cast and praised performances at Ravinia Park Chicago The program highlights As the Leaves and a dramatic study of Massimo Nemele and the duties of love versus will in Giacosa's dramatic work.
A Milan merchant family collapses under wealth’s decaying influence in a realist study by Mr Robertson. Nemele, Massimo the self made engineer, and relatives face fraud and reliance as Massimo provides work in Geneva to stabilize the failing household and its fortunes.
A Baltimore American opinion urges men to maintain chivalrous conduct amid women entering business fields. It notes respectful attitudes are rising but warns against complacency and calls for introspection to preserve chivalry as vanity declines.
A Shakespearean maxim notes a person lacking money, means, and content misses three essential companions. The quote suggests hardship without financial resources and fulfillment.
In a frontier saloon scene, Jim Carston and his outfit arrive to clash with Cash Hawkins. Nick enforces order with mock guns and sharp wit, while Pete spins gossip about who will win a tussle between Cash and the English cowboy. Debates about empire and sanitation float among cowhands.
The first quarter death rate in Manila stood at 28.48 per thousand, unusually low for a tropical city due to American occupation. Sanitary officers and soldiers reduced filth and disease, erasing plague and near eliminating cholera and smallpox, unlike Spanish rule which failed to combat epidemics.
A Chicago dinner remark by Judge Williard McEwen praises children as essential to happiness and marriage. He notes many childless couples aged 30 to 40 face divorces, and recalls a small girl pilfering omelet to take home to the cook, prompting her mother’s exclamation.
A fragment shows a playful family exchange about engagement rings and wedding plans. Judy teases Arthur and a sibling pair, noting the baby has the engagement ring bag, while insisting the engagement isn’t the first for the couple.
A customer questions the grocer's boy about cucumbers and is told there are none, only bananas available. The light exchange captures a small town scene of service and stock.
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