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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
3
A local strike among railroad switchmen sparks a broader dispute with northwest railway companies. The dispute endangers essential freight and passenger transport across the West as winter conditions intensify, with potential widespread factory shutdowns and fuel shortages looming for millions.
The article urges immediate arbitration between employers and 1500 switchmen seeking a wage increase amid rising living costs. It argues a wage hike of one or two dollars weekly would prevent hunger, boost productivity, and mend the breach in domestic economy, calling for prompt settlement and return to work.
The Tribune attacks the Aldrich crowd’s public service for private gain. It cites Senator Burrows praising Aldrich’s aid to Michigan while exposing favoritism that extracts profits from beet sugar, lumber, and minerals. The piece argues this shows state fortunes bought with national power and pork-barrel politics.
Urgent ad promises a guaranteed cure from kidney disease using Dr Derby's Kidney Pills. It alleges back pain, urinary symptoms, and toxins from failing kidneys improve within 24 hours. It recommends buying from druggists, offers a 25 cent trial, and a free sample. It claims endorsements from prominent people.
A historical health notice promotes a home treatment for nervous exhaustion with symptoms like insomnia and dizziness. It claims to restore vigor by mixing three ounces syrup sarsaparilla compound with balmwort, cardion essence, and cadomene tincture. Take a teaspoon after meals and at night.
A Milwaukee Journal editorial denounces Senator Aldrich and claims one man Power rules the House. It compares the current leadership to a tyrannical regime and argues the system lacks pretended democracy while accusing Aldrich of masking autocracy.
The Harver Stock company presents Lena Rivers at La Crosse theater praised as among the best in years. They pause Saturday for Beverly and return Sunday December 5 for Little Miss Independence in matinee and evening performances.
M Cutch eon's Beverly a dramatization of Beverly of Graystark tops Chicago run with $49,000 gross. Noted cast includes Justina Wayne and Hazel Harroun. Scenic design by Castle & Harvey. Production overseen by Belasco and Warfield teams.
The La Crosse theater management announces a week starting Monday December 6 by the Williams Hughes company. This organization has toured other theaters on the same circuit and earned strong business praise. On opening day a novel plan of sell is introduced.
H E Warner in St Paul Dispatch imagines a mysterious figure known as the Weather Shark muttering all day about a grievous cause for revenge. The verse toys with possibilities from a visit by a mother in law to a coal bill, ending with the figure remaining silent.
Attorney Francis B. Lee recalls a Moorestown Quaker neighbor who slept in meeting and snored loudly. A friend awakened him and joked outsiders might think a trombone solo moved his spirit. The tale circulated in relation to a jury box incident in a United States court.
The Philadelphia Record recounts Uncle Joe Cannon visiting Kansas City where he refused a menu and asked for a good dinner. He tipped the waiter in advance and repeated the plan during his stay. As he left, the waiter urged readers who cannot read to ask for Tom.
Actors at the Lambs Club laugh over a tale told by the irrepressible Willie Collier. A heckler asks if the story is from Lackaye, to which Collier replies not yet. The lively exchange reflects a spirited Danter moment among peers.
A man maintains that his own mistakes are the result of others conspiring against him, showing a paranoid interpretation of everyday errors.
All seats in the theater priced ten cents until six in the evening, then regular prices apply. The opening bill in La Crosse is The Gentleman and the Genius.
A scientific foot bath tablet named TiZ For Tender Feet claims to draw out inflammation and soreness. It promises to cure corns calluses bunions frost bites chilblains ingrowing nails and various foot ailments and allows smaller shoes. Sold by Walter Luther Dodge & Co. in Chicago Illinois or through druggists for 25 cents a box.
At the Little Brown Jug in Kildare the raid unfolds as Governor Dangerfield plans to seize Appleweight and prosecute an outlaw. North and South Carolina authorities clash, prisoners are captured and hidden, including George P. Billings and Foster the North Carolina treasurer, while Ardmore and Captain Webb maneuver through a chaotic dawn confrontation.
Ardmore and Jerry ride into their lines where officers play cards in a bungalow while Miss Dangerfield scolds them for inaction. The colonel explains South Carolina troops retreated from the creek due to green apples and scarce men. A school query about Adam ends the fragment.
An old fashioned weight loss ad promises rapid fat reduction without diet or exercise. It claims winter makes fat and urges buying Marmola tablets from a Detroit company, detailing a 75 cent price and mail order option for discreet delivery.
Margaret Elizabeth Sangster of Glen Ridge New Jersey has released a new book of personal recollections covering nearly fifty years. A longtime contributor to Youth's Companion Harper's Young People and Hearth and Home she began writing in New Rochelle New York on Washington's Birthday 1838. She edited Hearth and Home from 1871 to 1873 and is renowned as the Friend of Children.
A Philadelphia Record item recounts a passenger aboard a transatlantic liner from Cherbourg who, eager for information on topics, overheard a remark about reaching Sandy Hook within twenty four hours. He jokes about Sandy Hook being a prominent New York figure.
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