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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
3
The article argues that calls for purer city water are urgent despite no recent outbreak. It cites a New York journal example from Pittsburg suburbs where raw water from the Ohio river was mixed with well water, leading to polluted supply and a rapid outbreak of illness as a warning about unfortified water and potential typhoid contamination.
The city faces calls for a pure adequate water system after a report cites 8 cases and 3 deaths. Officials urge cautious, economical progress with expert investigation to ensure an effective, properly secured supply for La Crosse and its residents.
A New York commission studying primary law options heard from Safe Young publisher of the Des Moines Register and Leader. He argued the primary yields little advantage and noted Iowa’s experience shows the system can curb monopolistic power and place progressive figures like Senator Cummins in office.
The exchange humorously discusses golf knowledge as Howe asks about a bunker and Wise explains it as a crank on the links. The light banter highlights unfamiliarity with golfing jargon.
Professor Anna Hamburg declares dandruff a germ disease rather than a feverish scalp condition. The germ allegedly causes dandruff and baldness, and Newbro's Herpicide is marketed to kill it, allowing natural hair growth. Sample offered for 10 cents by The Herpicide Co. in Detroit with Hoeschler Bros. as agents.
The La Crosse theatre presents Two Merry Tramps with a strong singing company and six vaudeville acts in three colorful acts. Corinne, a Shubert star, joins the program August 28 with the Viennese operetta Mre. Mischief and a large supporting cast. Coming Aug. 31 features Elsa Ryan as The Blue Mouse in a new farce.
A ribald verse about Jinks, a mild man with a violent streak, ends with his death and a grave inscription. The second piece, from The Shepherd Knoweth His Sheep, recalls a Washington divine who invites a visitor to share a meal and luego asks for her address, only to learn she is his wife’s cook.
Aunt Ray contemplates Louise Armstrong's loyalties as Doctor Walker's rumored engagement unfolds. Halsey laments Louise's silence while Jamieson threads evidence linking John Bailey to the Traders Bank heist and missing bonds. Rumors swirl around Carrington and Carrington family names amid estate troubles.
A iron hoop bounced through railings hitting a kitchen window, prompting a glazier to repair it. A boy fled with the hoop while the man accompanying him claimed no relation, denying knowledge of the boy as the mother and the father figure remained uncertain.
A Philadelphia Inquirer anecdote shows a girl telling George she wants a leap year proposal after years of courting. The boy balks, saying he is not ready to marry, but she clarifies she only asks him not to return and to give someone else a chance.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment shows a puzzled speaker asking for a valuable hat and a responding question about the pin direction, suggesting a light local mystery or timely street chatter.
In a Life magazine excerpt Horace Dodd Gastit narrates a seaside tale where Mosquito-Heilo laments her brother Tom's death, blamed on a romantic entanglement with Miss Wiggles from Long Branch. The dialogue hints at a drunken accident and romantic complication.
Bessie and Mabel discuss a quarrel with Harry over a ring he wants returned. Bessie fears misidentification of which ring belongs to him, revealing the awkward situation and memory lapse. The brief note appears as a domestic snippet from the Kansas City Journal.
A sailor tells a Kind Lady he and ten others were shipwrecked in winter on a barren island with no provisions. He explains they survived by eating turtle soup after the ship turned turtle. The exchange appears in The Wasp.
The Rural Cynic quotes a ready-made philosopher stating hard work brings happiness and Farmer Corn tessel replies that it is especially true when one can hire someone else to do the work. The exchange reflects humorous rural wit from the Washington Star.
La Crosse druggist O T Erhart advertised a fifty cent Dr Howards specific for constipation and dyspepsia at half price with a money back guarantee. He sent 60 doses by mail for 25 cents and promised a refund if it failed to cure. The sales pitch claimed quick relief from dizziness headaches and poor digestion.
A government expert panel condemns bleached flour as impure. Marvel asserts its MARVEL flour is the only unbleached option produced by a large mill, noting it resists bleaching, yields light creamy bread, stays moist longer, and costs less per loaf.
The leaflet in every sack of Marvel Flour advertises a simple bread kneader that handles four large or six medium loaves, doubles as a rapid cake mixer, and acts as a satisfactory churn. All good grocers sell Marvel Flour products.
Special low round trip fares are in effect during the summer season for routes to Niagara Falls Muskoka Kawartha Lakes Georgian Bay Temagami and New England along the Grand Trunk Railway System. Copies of tourist publications fares and descriptive pamphlets apply to W. S. Cookson A. G. P. A. 135 Adams Street Chicago.
A. S. Nausbaum of Batesville India na reports a three month summer cold with hay fever symptoms eased by Foley’s Honey and Tar after doctor’s prescriptions failed. He notes his wife also found quick relief using the medicine and credits its effectiveness.
A single line in a late page notes that this space is reserved for silence. The entry uses a playful tone to mark an empty item or placeholder in the layout.
A lighthearted note suggests the human brain contains large areas with little activity, inviting reflection on mental habits and unused potential. It frames the idea as a curious observation about cognition.
This note argues education through the Wisconsin Business University in La Crosse as a smart investment for time and money. It boasts graduates employed in major La Crosse firms and national corporations, urging full term starting September 7 and inviting inquiries for more information.
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