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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
3
The piece chronicles Bill Barber’s humor and wartime resilience amid local controversy. A neighbor protests his coal saga, prompting injunctions and litigation as Barber shifts from laundry profits to a smokey basement coal operation affecting Third Street and nearby eateries.
An appeal urges purchase of 2,000,000 Red Cross stamps to fund tuberculosis relief. It notes 5,000,000 people in the States live with consumption and 160,000 die yearly, with Wisconsin reporting 2,500 deaths annually. The piece calls for civic effort by La Crosse residents, merchants, and officials, framing health as essential to happiness and national progress.
The Rogers Brothers company presents Max Rogers in the musical comedy In Panama at the La Crosse theater on Tuesday December 8 with a strong supporting cast including Marion Stanley, Josephine Barrows, Eilen Sheridan, Avita Sanchez, Flo May, Sibyl Brennan, Nina Du Bal, and Ethel Fleming. The show promises lively satire of Panama myths and a larger chorus and strong ensemble. Seats go on sale tomorrow morning.
A Third-street petitioner once faced Bill Barber in his laundry office and, after reading the bold document, Barber signed with a flourish. He warned of Job's disposition and hinted at temper last shown when he may have lost his job on December 3, 1908.
The article denounces falsehoods about the municipal lighting plant investigation and the chairmanship change. It notes Alderman Rose suggested a shift to Alderman Lange, defends the inquiry from sensational reporting, and states La Crosse residents want a practical economical plant only if feasible.
The piece discusses proposing Senator La Follette as chairman of the civil service committee and questions whether he should name other committees where he could be more effective. It notes his past behavior of ignoring an appointment not to his liking to focus on his preferred work in state and national affairs.
A poem titled Washington News speaks of opulence and envy in a rural setting. The speaker feels unlucky yet sees beauty in nature the woods blossoms and sunshine, noting they do not belong to him while wishing for rent payment and freedom from want.
In Harper's Weekly a June bride frowns at prices comparing two tomato varieties. A friendly grocer explains the hand-picked difference as she requests a bush tomato plant, blushing at the purchase.
Salome critic Salome dance draws sharp wit from Ethel Barrymore at a New York dinner. Barrymore quips that the latest dance news concerns one of its dancers and notes an admirer’s rebuke over a ring. The dancer replies the ring hides her figure according to the manager.
Washington Supreme Court in Anderson versus McCarthy Dry Goods Co. reversed a nonsuit and sent the case to the jury. The action claimed injuries after a basket fell from an overhead carrier in a store, proven only by the plaintiff’s testimony of the incident. The decision holds res ipsa loquitur should be sparingly invoked but applicable to this injury scenario.
W F Rogers chief engineer of Marblehead Massachusetts shares a testimonial about treating a cough with Father John's Medicine. He states his weight dropped from 208 to 137 pounds then increased to 210 percent, and asserts the medicine cured his cough and restored his health.
In a Regency style domestic scene Sir Giles offers Joy the keys and a seat at his Park House as mistress. Joy resists, confessing love for Hernshaw but realizing her upbringing keeps her from settling with him, sparking tension and emotion.
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