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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1921
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR yields a terse notice urging men to repent under a German command. The brief item mentions legal counsel in Atlanta and a date or directive coded as 40. Details are unclear due to damaged text, but the core is a religious or civic exhortation circulated locally.
Superintendent Egge spoke in Chicago about an early resumption of the air mail with Chicago and the Twin Cities, a welcome prospect for La Crosse as a revived air mail station. The piece argues for federal support of airway development beyond military use, noting nations run subsidies and the United States risks falling behind in aviation progress.
President Harding urges disarmament and an open negotiations approach for a conference inviting major powers while noting reservations. He stresses public opinion strength and warns against concealment of colonial and sphere of influence issues, comparing to past Wilsonian efforts and highlighting dangers from war manufacture interests. Open sessions are debated as a condition for credibility.
The author argues secrecy harms a people's movement and urges open ground-laying conferences. Nations might withdraw for open reasons, but less for hidden ones. If the movement is truly representing the people, it should be under global scrutiny to avoid selfish quarrels and ensure democratic legitimacy as the world eyes the will of the peoples becoming law.
Flying in China the article notes the new air service between Peking and Shanghai for passengers and mail is proving highly successful and the government plans to extend it nationwide. It contrasts this with limited U.S. government interest outside military aviation.
In Riga near Russia the ENATOR FRANCE accuses Dr. Ed W Ryan American Red Cross commissioner in the Baltic States of instigating the Kronstadt revolt against the bolshevists last winter. He says he will prove it by officials of the bolshevist foreign office. If that is the only proof, Ryan need not worry.
Airport APSTERDAY, long a famous seaport, is winning a name as an airport. Within two weeks 270 passengers passed in and out of a single airfield. Regular schedules link Amsterdam London Paris and Brussels. The farmer’s theory of relativity notes auto owners claiming kinship this summer. Some doubt the naval holiday will be safe and sane. America leaves behind treating and begins treatying.
Ten years ago today in La Crosse Syrian parishioners planned the Feast of the Immaculate Conception with fireworks and ice cream on Mill Street and a high mass at St. Tourdas Church. Andrew Peterson’s home on Berlin Street was struck by lightning causing damage but no injuries. A West Salem construction accident narrowly avoided deaths as a wall underpinning failed. Ten years earlier reports note fast travel by car from Chicago and a Wisconsin pharmaceutical convention opening in La Crosse. Potatoes were scarce with prices firm at $1.25. Thirty years ago Edward and Martin Bowers returned from Europe as printers amid plans to convert Zolaler paper mill to a keg factory and tunnel work linked to sewer and Masonic Temple connections.
Rodney Blaine, aide to Mr. Stewart, is tasked with smooth handling of Miss Drew, a sharp tempered secretary. Stewart seeks tactful methods to win her cooperation and keep business moving while Blaine plots a careful social approach to gain her trust.
A digest of scrambled sentence examples and word puzzles from a historical page. It cites tests of sentence sense, Rembrandt signature myths, and a game of rearranging words to form proper sentences. It notes a tongue twister and a movie star name via letter rearrangement.
Famous anecdotes recount Mark Twain busy with an early book while touring Europe with family. On ship he asked daughter to tell anyone his absence. she said he would not be long and was riding a nanny goat. An undertaker visiting the city notes people do not die often, to which a reply clarifies the rarity.
A fragmented 19th century travel parable recounts a Train journey of two families from Italy with a blue dress girl and a water tank scene. The narrative contrasts refined New York travelers with inland miners as a court of commerce and a playful, almost mythic water quest aboard the Pullman.
Rodney Blaine asks Abe Stewart about Miss Drew and relations with Steve Stone. Mr Stone questions Blaine about his feelings for Miss Drew and whether Blaine intends marriage. Stewart deflects, revealing tension over Miss Drew’s loyalty and temper.
In a reflective scene a seven year old boy, Bobby Moon, collapses after a water parade while Abe Martin and Mr. Stewart and Miss Drew figure into a postponed marriage proposal. The dialogue hints at romantic tensions and social propriety in a small town setting.
Hal leads eight fellows in a camping prank aimed at Fat and Skeet by hiding their cat and triggering Fat to shred his bed. The plan backfires when Fat arrives and Hal’s attempt to hasten bed time results in a loud crash and Hal on the floor, provoking further laughter.
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