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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
3
A United Press dispatch reports the 1914 15 federal budget will exceed the last by about 34 million dollars despite economy. The piece notes pruning and retrenchment yet highlights new government departures and growing functions across town, village, city, county, state, and nation, including roads water and education.
The speaker outlines retrenchment by cutbacks and asks what government activity or institution would be shut. It argues studying a specific cost and weighing personal value against saving the amount. It notes most savings would be tiny and freeing such funds may deprive protection of rights.
La Crosse women lead push to commute Bessie Wakefield sentence arguing abuse by her husband and a hang ing would set a dangerous precedent. The Tribune invites supporters to send names and addresses for a petition before time runs out to give the girl who never had a chance one last chance.
The essay argues severe shocks like the Iroquois fire and Titanic sinking spurred strict safety laws. It notes how Dr. South's sex hygiene talk raised awareness, moving discussions from sensationalism to real issues. It credits parents and teachers meetings with mobilizing study, knowledge, and action.
A lawyer notes the harvester trust aided civilization but questions the price charged for the work. The remark contrasts social progress with the cost imposed by the trust.
A reader questions why no plan exists to decide the football championship by comparing scores. The suggestion implies using head to head and margin results to rank teams if season records are insufficient.
The article notes a growing view that New York is more than Wall Street as other neighborhoods and activities gain attention. It highlights a broadening sense of the city’s character beyond financial districts.
Jane Addams jokes that a woman's hat is sillier than a derby hat in a brief exchange. The remark highlights social attitudes toward fashion and gender during the era.
The readable fragment questions the bans in Iceland, noting skepticism about effectiveness and sparking debate on whether such restrictions improve life quality. The snippet hints at public sentiment challenging prohibition policies.
A man known for charms shifts to a louder, moneyed persona as his career changes, leaving behind romantic whispers for a brash, cash driven image.
A local probate dispute hints at possible theft of a will as investigators review documents and interview heirs. Court records show unexpected transfers tied to the estate and heightened scrutiny of the will's provenance.
A harsh rally chant decries violence and vengeance with vivid images of beating and maiming framed as a wartime call. The piece links such chants to higher education and a recurring fall season, ending with a college call and raw exclamations.
Two Washington children visiting their father's Virginia country place discuss cows eating grass in a playful exchange. Marie offers a humorous answer: when cows are young the mother cow warns her calves that if they do not eat grass they will not get any pie.
Uncle Tom Shimmerpate pauses before a motion picture billboard showing African wild animals. He jokes about leaving town Saturday afternoon as the judge notes the film as a release. The exchange centers on a caption reading To be released Saturday night.
The Philadelphia Bulletin records Nichas Le Galenne speaking on the hardships of a poet's life and the contrast with popularity and money in poetry. In a night scene Mrs Cade awakens Pindar Cade to burglars, who dismiss the danger with a lazy reply.
In Sir Edward Cook’s Life of Florence Nichtingale a Crimean tale tells how a sergeant, wounded in battle, carried a comrade to safety. The rescued man proved to be a general who waited at the hospital. The sergeant recalled, I’m glad I didn’t know it was your lord, but I’d have saved you anyway.
A La Crosse resident testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured her kidney trouble with lasting relief. The letter urges readers with backache or kidney issues to seek Dean's Kidney Pills, backed by home testimony, sold nationwide from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York.
Miss Harriet L. Myers daughter of a Brookfield editor sues Rev. W. C. Atwood pastor of Brookfield First Presbyterian Church for 5000 dollars damages alleging he hugged and kissed her.
Sir William Treloar recalled a Cripples' Home servant story at Alton in which a lunch hour rainstorm prompted the remark that it was like the flood. The maid Lizzie asked for clarification, then admitted she never has time to read papers.
Bayard Veillier faces a charge of writing broad plays for money but defends his work as for good. He compares himself to a benevolent old gentleman in Central Park who gives a penny to a crying girl who accuses him of stealing her penny. The Philadelphia Bulletin recounts the parable.
Johan Burroughs recalls a woodchuck feast from youth and muses on autarchy and soil essence. The piece links woodchuck diet to earthy flavors and lists garden greens as contributing to its tainted, subterranean flesh.
An official recounts a St. Croix river timber drive led by Hanley with five or six Indians and several white workers. He vowed to print the drivers’ names if they broke the jam near Taylor's Falls, but one Indian quipped that “Six Indians dead in paper, but we not see it,” reflecting a view of fame.
Polly Prue, a country girl invited to a New York club dinner for Lord Henry Vane, proves her cooking prowess after the chef elopes. Polly takes charge, wins trust, and stirs rivalrous affections among six aristocratic guests. Lord Henry sails home two weeks later with Polly aboard his heart.
A panacea claim promotes two ounces glycerine and half an ounce Globe Fine Compound mixed into half a pint whiskey. Dosing: one to two teaspoonfuls after meals and at bedtime, with smaller amounts for children. Marketed as a six winter publication by Globe Pharmaceutical Laboratories Chicago.
A customer testimonial extols Father John s Medicine as safe for children and free of alcohol or dangerous drugs. The letter from Mrs. Theo Dupie of Troy New York praises its 50 year history treating coughs colds throat and lung troubles and recommends giving it as a tonic and body builder with pure wholesome ingredients.
Popular Mechanics notes rapid home construction in Porto Rico where families dedicate an hour after summer to assemble a new winter residence. Four workers can erect a bark house in about fifty minutes, using cocoa palm posts, sapling frame, royal palm bark covering, and banana fiber bindings.
An advertisement claims Danderine eliminates dandruff and hair loss within ten minutes of application and within weeks will show new, fuller hair. It urges readers to moisten a cloth and comb through strands for instant light, fluffy, glossy hair with lustre and abundance. A 25 cent bottle is sold at drug stores and counters.
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