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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1907
Page
3
Auto speed law urged after fatal La Crosse crash
A La Crosse driver’s alleged speeding ends with a fatal crash. The Tribune calls for strict enforcement of the auto speed ordinance, arguing lax policing and selective enforcement risk public safety and invite vigilante backlash. It cites Tim Lewis’s death and compares city response to other places. Rockefeller is named as laughing at the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Hoboken
Berlin
Paris
John D. Rockefeller
McCutcheon Cartoon on Telegraph Strike Sparks Talk
The Chicago Tribune praises a McCutcheon cartoon showing a ticket office blocked by two men as proxies for strikers and telegraph companies. It notes public annoyance but argues the dispute’s private nature fuels operator strength and hints a just grievance on both sides while calling for higher pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCutcheon
Chicago Tribune
Uncle Sam
Railway Telegraphers and the Strike Tension
The article weighs the risk of involving railway telegraphers in a strike. It argues telegraphers run a sacred trust with lives at stake and should avoid handling business themselves. It notes the strikers oppose dragging telegraphers into the dispute and warns against inciting railroaders to strike.
Reorganization at La Crosse Club Splits Board
A split in the La Crosse baseball club board follows a dispute over management and player pay. Fans and directors clash over bunt calls and a promised pitcher position, hurting team results and finances. Also preview of Watson's burlesque and vaudeville company led by Bessie Bennett and others arrives at the La Crosse theater August 18.
Rockefeller Feels Robbers Guarded by Elite Alarm
A report details John D. Rockefeller's protective measures at his Cleveland home. A sophisticated burglar alarm and signalling system operate nightly with experts on standby. Rockefeller reportedly sleeps in a top-floor room accessible through guarded corridors and maintains constant patrols with three guards. He avoids public waiting rooms when traveling and favors secluded areas. An Irishman and a Swiss guard accompany him, reflecting historic royal security practices.
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John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller House
Spotlight on Watson's Burlesquers at La Crosse Theater
Billy Watson arrives for a one night engagement Saturday August 17 in a revival of Krousemeyer's Alley. He plays Phillip Krousemeyer a German politician and sausage maker whose ludicrous sayings keep audiences in good humor from curtain to curtain.
In Old Kentucky to Be Shown at La Crosse Theater
The vigorous play In Old Kentucky will be presented at the La Crosse theater on Monday night August 19. In its fifteenth season the drama remains popular with a sweet homey love story and lively four acts featuring colorful episodes and comic interludes.
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Old
Kentucky
Blue Grass State
la Crosse Theater
Of Human Interest on Temptation and Honor
A moral meditation on responsible men betraying trust for gain. It laments graft and deceit in high places, notes a Minnesota banker's prison collapse, and underscores the pain to families and the lack of excuse for rationalized theft. Mary Ann.
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Minnesota
Stillwater
Mary Ann
Fishermen's View on Chance and Fate Echoed in Quote
A saying from Fliegende Blaetter hints that fishermen gift fish wisdom and skepticism about luck. The quip contrasts belief in fate with frustration when a pond yields no catch, illustrating a philosophic take on chance in a sport driven by patience and luck.
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles in Summer Light
A Boston Courier verse observes mid summer scenes with daisy brightness and playful satire. It lampoons fashion and behavior as summer heat and sunstrike inspire odd habits and aquatic creatures in breezy, comic fashion.
Expostulation ends with tense exchange in dispute
In the New Orleans Times-Democrat account two Black men clash verbally, one jabs with a large fist and hurls a racial taunt, both men quickly regain control, averting a broader quarrel. The scene highlights heated rhetoric and quick de escalation between neighbors.
Senator’s Boy Asks What Nemesis Means
A Philadelphia Press quip attributes a wry definition to a senator and his son. The boy asks what a nemesis is, and the senator replies that it is a female office seeker whom the senator had promised to help.
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Philadelphia Press
Hunger Motive Emerges in Guilty Verdict Trial
A hardened ruffian on trial for theft is convicted after his lawyer sobs urging hunger as motive. The defense notes the suspect only sought bread money and points to a pocketbook with £50 left in a drawer, prompting a dramatic courtroom moment. The judge questions the sobbing defendant who laments not seeing the missing pocketbook.
Parson Compliments Morning Hymn, Ostensibly About Eggs
In a rural exchange a Parson praises a girl for knowing the hymn Glory Glory while she explains she alters its verses to suit cooking eggs. Judy quips she cooks eggs with two verses soft and four verses hard, mixing hymn with domestic humor.
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Jane
Judy
The Promise That Failed In A Glass Of Mixed Delicacy
A small boy tests a sample from an Italian merchant offering a mysterious microbey mix. The boy weighs options of stamps or a possible hair balloon or penn orth o with a sixpence, amid playful barter and curious consumption.
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Italy
Maggendorfer Blaetter
Estimating the Damage Dialogue in a Hotel Murder
A shrewd stranger asks a doctor how many feet of gas would kill a man. The doctor questions the motive but the man explains a guest at his hotel used gas to kill himself and he intends to bill the executors. The exchange appears in The Philadelphia Press in a darkly ironic tone.
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Philadelphia Press
Realism in fiction per Maartens on truth in books
Dutch novelist Maartens argued that realism is truth and lies fail in both life and literature. He recalled a mother urging her boy to smile for a photograph while the child screamed, comparing the scene to a dentist visit.
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Maartens
Maarten Maartens
Man cooks breakfast twenty years story joke
A humorous item noting a man who spent twenty years cooking his breakfast, with a quip about his prolonged hunger finally being satisfied.
Laughing eight hours nearly harms Flor ence girl
A young woman from Flor ence New Jersey almost lost her life after laughing immoderately for eight hours at a joke. The incident is noted as making American comic papers more cautious in their humor.
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Florence
N. J
Indian Saloon Clash Escalates Over Drunken Chief
In a tense western saloon scene, Tabuwana’s drunken outburst prompts Cash Hawkins to press a deal involving Nat-u-ritch and her father. Nat-u-ritch resists while Jim confronts Hawkins, defendin g the girl and challenging the predatory offer amid rising violence and intervention by Jim and his men.
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Cash
Cash Hawkin
Hawkins
Tabywana
Nat-u-ritch
Nat-u-rithh
Toby- Wana
Hawkin
Pitty
Sis
Baco
Jim
Bill
Nick
Nat-a-ritch
Cash Hawkins
Porter J McCumber N D Senator Born In Illinois
Hon Port er J McCumber United States senator from North Dakota was born February 8 1856 in Crete Illinois He graduated from the University of Michigan law department at age 24 and moved to North Dakota to practice law He married Jennie Shorning on May 29 1889 He served in the territorial legislature from 1885 to 1887 His home is Wahpeton North Dakota He is popular in the state and not considered wealthy by upper house standards.
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Porter J. McCumber
United States
North Dakota
Crete
Ill
McCumber
University of Michigan
Jennie Shorning
Wahpeton
Congress
Fashion Hints for Boys Blouse Suit with Plain Trousers
May Marton outlines a versatile blouse and trousers suit for active boys. The white linen version suits many fabrics such as galatea khaki and serge, with washable options like percale madras for the blouse. The pattern 5752 covers sizes 4 6 8 10 and 12, mailed by the Fashion Department for ten cents plus postage.
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Percale
Madras
Chicago Watered Stock Debating Population Figures
The New York World reports Cook County Illinois issued an annual population estimate of 2,367,000 based on the new directory. The piece notes Chicago maintains steady street traffic and jokes about police being sent to New York to study driver regulation while urging Chicago to stop watering its stock.
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New York World
Cook County
Ill
Chicago
New York
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Pink
Hawley
Watson
Bessie Bennett
Myra Jefferson
Nellie June
Margaret McDonald
John Caylor
Fred Nifert
Pat Burglin
J. Helms Travers
Rockefeller
The
Indiana Indians
Wood & Ward
Boston Courier
Julie Opp
Faversham
Harper & Bros
ALL Grocers
Wayne
Tabuwana
May Marton
Main Street
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