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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
3
The article weighs ballot printing costs in 1908 showing the Coupon Ballot at about 257 dollars versus 180 dollars as a target. It notes excess printing due to newness, predicts future savings from machinery and reusable folders, and explains how the Coupon Ballot reduces waste by limiting ballots to one per voter.
Fragmentary lines discuss ballot costs over years, mentioning 1908 1992 and 1996 with figures like 260 and other unclear amounts. It references determining the coupon ballot cost on the ballot and comparing past costs.
The article claims Queen Victoria at eighty used a germ destroying scalp preparation from Newbro's Herpicide to treat dandruff. It asserts the product, sold by druggists, stops falling hair and promotes growth, with Hoeschler Bros. named as special agents. Samples available for 10 cents. bottles priced at one dollar.
The passage argues the coupon ballot allows voters to separate coupons and rearrange them without sealing the ballot. One ballot suffices for voters, reducing costs despite cheaper ballots that allow three ballots per voter. The piece centers on the merits of a business ballot as an improvement to the election system.
Poem of a smart shopper who buys Christmas gifts early to avoid the holiday rush. The speaker urges readers to emulate the prepared shopper, praising foresight and ease over last minute crowds. May reflect a newspaper feature column tone.
A Milwaukee anecdote about Michael Cudahy, then superintendent, recalls his stern smoking ban and a defiant old Irishman in the lard house. The man calmly smoked, sparking Cudahy’s remark and a life lesson. Cudahy later rose to greater success, while the Irishman kept his quiet stance.
A young man explains missing an appointment in a long talk. The girl on the line interrupts to say she wants to switch the earpiece as the current one feels tired. The exchange ends with a brief question and response.
E. V. Lucas in A Wanderer in Holland highlights Dutch thrift as well grounded even when royalty is not abashed. The Youth's Companion cites his remark upon George II being detained in Hanover during a return to England.
A home made cough syrup recipe claims to stop a cough in five minutes. It uses mentholaxene essence mixed into a sugar syrup and taken in teaspoons 8 to 10 times daily, with smaller doses for children. The text labels it harmless and emphasizes quick, pleasant relief and a tonic laxative action.
Barbara and Daunt share a candlelit moment in a cavernous setting in Japan. He declares his love, she resists, recalling a past dream woman, and tension rises as a single candle flickers in the damp darkness. The two fight to reconcile passion with restraint.
A passerby verse recalls a Dutch king in Helvoet who asks a girl with eggs in a basket the price. When she answers a ducat each he questions the scarcity of eggs, she retorts that kings are scarce, not eggs.
A local ironworker jokes about naming his first son Mat after a friend. He greets the father with matty chatter and the father replies the boy is Mattress, a playful twist in a remark from the Youngstown Telegram.
A dialogue from Flie gende Blaetter features a man fretting over a cousin with the same name being run in for fraud by credit. He tries to reassure him that money on credit is impossible, reflecting a humorous take on mistaken identity and financial misadventure.
A colorful court scene quotes a prosecuting attorney in Canada and the sheriff’s bull-pup, with the judge joking about forcing a witness to kiss the animal. The exchange mentions not adjourning court to replace a Bible, as noted in Lippincott's.
On Christmas Morning a child and Papa recall Santa Claus tripping on a chair and speaking softly to Willie. The quip hints at a playful, domestic moment described in a Lippincott piece.
Vaudeville manager Jim Thornton receives a telegram from Harry Bulger urging immediate travel to assemble a troupe of trained clams for a tour. Thornton replies with a quick quip about eating the clams if the show strands them in New York.
Robert P. Hooper of Germantown Pennsylvania became president of the American Automobile Association in New York on November 30, succeeding Lewis R Speare who retired due to business demands.
Public guidance promotes a whiskey free laxative cough syrup to treat colds bronchitis and tonsillitis. The instructions advise mixing wild cherry bark essence cardio and white pine syrup and taking twenty drops every half hour for four hours then regular doses daily for adults and less for children.
In a tense scene a couple discusses marriage as a storm ends and a kiss seals a moment of resolve. Daunt guides Barbara through a dim station as the Tokyo express arrives and the chapter ends with a kiss and the promise of continuation.
A young man from New York City vacationed last summer in Atlantic City. He spent time in a bathing suit and befriended a pretty Gotham woman as the story unfolds amid Broadway buzz and local commotion.
A young man, remembered by a flirtatious passerby from a seaside affair, forgets in a New York subway car. She teases him about prior indecency, passengers titter, an old lady looks on, and they exit at the next stop.
A. Schingeck of Buffalo New York claims Dr Kings New Life Pills cured chronic constipation after others failed. The ad touts benefits for biliousness indigestion headaches chills malaria debility and lists a 25 cent price at O T Erhart.
The quote observes that successful figures tend to concentrate on main aims and avoid distractions. It frames dedication as a key trait among accomplished individuals, contrasting focus with peripheral concerns for broad achievement.
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