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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1905
Page
4
A reflective feature voices worry over public accusations and legal risk while defending free press. It compares gossip to moonlight and urges readers to pursue truth amid moral trials and civic duty despite potential backlash. The prose blends satire with a moral fable about duty and conscience.
The piece condemns widespread violent talk as ignorant and foolish, arguing no one of note endorses or acts on such rhetoric and that such statements reflect herd mentality rather than serious intent. It treats aggressive language as misinformation lacking substance or authority.
The speaker dismisses alarming phrases as futile and notes no one is frightened. They argue no one will attack, and even if attempted, the intended victim would not submit to a beating.
A La Crosse news item notes locals need little fear of glaciers as almanacs declare the region free from ice floes and isolated from the north pole. It mentions Gasman Addicks and others shaping public opinion, plus seaside Portsmouth pronunciations and Samuel Blythe’s anecdotes about the Portsmouth peace conference.
The Spectator reports widespread mislabeling of relationships on state census forms in La Crosse county with wives listed as mothers and children as siblings. The issues will be forwarded to Madison for correction by the secretary of state. The piece also notes a bathhouse anecdote about a wife joining her husband in swimming, entertaining staff and readers with a spirited scene and a daily patron, C A W.
Tribune editorials urge end to gag tactics in city council. Letter complains mayor Torrance used or threatened to use police to silence aldermen and calls for free discussion and fair floor access for W. F. Wolfe Wendell A. Anderson and H. H Byrne.
A speaker named J. B. Murray calls for continued courtesy in the city council and notes that citizens funding the operations must ensure it prevails in the future.
The Rev. C. P. Wilke aged 64 longtime pastor of the German Lutheran church in Madison Wisconsin died at his home from heart disease and dropsy after a year of illness. He served in Wisconsin Michigan Ohio and Missouri and leaves eight children two of whom are in the ministry. His wife died four years ago. Funeral set for Wednesday afternoon.
Hubbard Strupp a 60 year old resident was found dead in a lake near Kenosha Wisconsin at about 7 PM yesterday. The cause is unknown with theories of murder or suicide given. A three cornered gash on his head may be from striking a stone and his sons and daughters remain in Germany. He had been homesick and was last seen at 11 AM yesterday.
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