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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
3
A reminiscence recalls a boyhood moment when a farmer jokes about converting an old dry vat into sections to sell it and post holes. The piece mentions a “hole in the Miler” and a French scientist proposing a plan involving “a big hole in the earth” with worldwide interest.
The piece attacks tariff theory and wage links, citing Taft era debates. It notes wage stagnation in protected industries, calls out the Aldrich–Cannon alliance, and urges voters to pressure Republicans for genuine tariff reform. It praises reform-minded editors like the New York Tribune and warns the current compromise won’t last.
The passage contrasts wireless communication with earthbound travel by car or train and muses on deep underground riches and hazards. It notes curiosity about platinum, radium, wells of water and oil, and dangers like fire as explorers go downward.
The article chronicles Mrs Besant’s shifting roles from precocious child, English clergyman’s wife, to radical and publisher with Bradlaugh, through spiritualism and seances, finally arriving from India as a theosophist. It notes her readiness for another persona and likens her to historical religious figures in a satirical tone.
An illustration shows how one person’s lawless act impacts others on streets and boulevards. A water sprinkling rule at certain hours is ignored by citizens, prompting neighbors to follow suit and break the order.
Miss Flossie Palen returns to her Caledonia home following a visit with relatives in the city.
Boston Board of Health imposes new shop rules including sterilizing mugs brushes razors after each use and using a clean towel for every customer. Blood stopping material to be powdered and applied on towels with powder puffs banned. Herpicide touted as antiseptic for face or scalp.
Prominent act Elsie Crescy joins the Bijou opening bill in a society style playlet Fagin's Pupil with a sympathetic girl-thief role. The Elite Musical Four showcases skilled instrumental ensembles. Dolliver and Rogers offer singing and dancing specialty. Jean Bentley performs expert foot juggling in the lineup.
The record breaking comedy drama A Prince of Sweden will be shown at the La Crosse theater matinee and night on Sunday August 15. It is billed as the most complete Scandinavian American dialect comedy before the public with scenic equipment enhancing the show. Carl Olson of La Crosse stars as the Prince with top comedians and new specialties promised as part of one of the season’s marquee events.
An advertisement from O. T. Erhart promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as providing relief for chronic bronchitis asthma and other lung troubles urging immediate use to avoid suffering and improve comfort.
The well known actor manager faced a hostile reception in a border town. After the curtain speech praising the town drew frozen silence, the manager learned locals resented his repeated mention of last week’s town, a blunder flagged by the local manager.
An advertisement touts Make-Man Tablets as fast acting and safe for both men and women. It claims they cure nervous prostration exhaustion nervous dyspepsia catarrh kidney and liver troubles rheumatism melancholy or insomnia and guarantee results with a money back promise. Sold at 50 cents a box or six for 2.50 with mail ordering available.
A customer asks Make-Man Tablet Co to send a full size 50c box of Make-Man Tablets and a booklet via their druggist. They provide a druggist name and address and enclose 4c to partially cover mailing costs. The writer prints their name and address and requests one box per family.
A humorous verse from the St. Paul Dispatch recounts an eight foot ostrich in Africa outpacing a hunting expedition led by a mighty man named Roosevelt. The bird hides by the sand, yet its body remains visible, delivering a simple moral about hiding oneself.
In a moonlit country estate Miss Innes and allies discuss the Bailey case and Gertrude’s risky actions. Detective Jamieson probes for suspicious figures while the group weighs hidden motives and looming danger.
Washington reports that if Takahira is recalled Baron Uchida would replace him as ambassador, with Takahira possibly moving to Komura’s post. The piece notes Uchida’s American fluency and Vienna experience as shaping his fit for U.S. duties.
Gladys explains to Marie that her broken engagement with Harry Morton is revived only in his petty action. He sent half a dozen boxes of face powder with a note claiming they return to their past and that he must have spent time on his coat since they first met.
In a brief, cryptic exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer a traveler questions an aeronaut about leaving town and route. The pilot answers with uncertainty stating today is the departure and that he does not know the way.
A plain woman visits a friend and the hostess child blurts out a critical remark about the visitor. The mother rebukes the girl and reframes the joke noting it would have been kinder to compliment the plain guest.
A Missouri mother attempted laying on of hands to curb her son’s cigarette habit using her left hand on his neck and her right hand on a slipper. She then positioned the slipper to where it would do the most good, according to an exchange noted by Memphis News Scimitar.
A caller seeking a flat complains of transport delays and asks to pay rent after moving in. The agent, wary of the request, confirms this is a pay-as-you-enter house and refuses the delayed payment. The man agrees to take the rooms after a half hour inspection.
A Dover lawyer recalls Hon. H. L. Dawes when he was a new attorney in a North Adams case before a crowded justice of the peace. The judge, sweating and losing temper, threw off his coat and urged the other attorney to let Dawes speak to slim the crowd.
A La Crosse Wisconsin advertisement extols the Wisconsin Business University, claiming the average student succeeds and noting strong support from local business and financial sectors. It emphasizes a rigorous, practical program, urges readers to enroll for the fall term starting September 7 and to request a catalogue.
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