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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1912
Page
7
Chicago officials announced that fixing of butter eggs and other produce by the Chicago butter and egg board was abandoned. The board dissolved all quotations and will revert to open offer and bid prices in the former method.
Harry Hamilton, released from North Dakota State Penitentiary after a seven and a half year term for holding up a sheriff in Ward County, is immediately arrested by Parole Officer F. E. Erickson of Illinois. He will be taken east tonight to face Illinois authorities for breaking parole.
Senator Bristow of Kansas introduces two joint resolutions in the Senate proposing constitutional amendments to establish direct legislation in national affairs. The plan lets the president submit measures to the people at general elections within six months of congressional submission, with a majority in districts and states needed for final enactment. The second amendment allows the people to decide whether such laws stand, despite court rulings.
Lieutenant Governor Thomas Morris spoke to Normal School students urging them to seize educational opportunities and maintain harmony between faculty and students. Miss Butler, sister of student Orville Butler, impressed with a lyric soprano performance, including Harriet Ware's Waltz Song and Godard's Berceuse, prompting encores as she travels to New York for further vocal study.
CHASEBURG WIS The Thanksgiving dance at Grosskopf hall attracted about two hundred couples. Miss Hallie E Gasaway entertained with a Barrie inspired subject from Little Minister. The Lyceum course ends January 6 with a H V Adams lecture. Local news mentions arrests, visits, and farm sale noting a Holstein cow sold for $100.
At a college banquet the hall showcased paintings while the college president responded to a toast. He praised the ladies at the table, saying there are many such beauties present over the painted ones, in a graceful gesture.
An eleven year old boy near Sandwich England attempted to hang himself with a hop string after being chastised for poor picking. He was found in time, cut down, and revived. The remark about self assurance notes the boy’s fragile demeanor and the value of freshness over bad character.
An advertisement touts Stewart’s Calcium Wafers as a blood purifying cure for pimples. It claims external treatments fail without cleansing the blood and promises rapid, visible improvements in a week with harmless, concentrated formula sold at 50 cents a box.
A parade of residents and visitors is listed as Charley Kleinow Cresco and other towns drop in for visits. Names include Homer Foster Pleasant Ridge Will Bickel Cedar Rapids and many more with moves to Dubuque Prairie du Chien Algona Mason City Waukon and Davenport. Royal Neighbors office holders are named and Iowa State student Robert Morse visiting C W Bean.
An old advertisement touts GETS-IT a harmless corn bunion callous or wart remover that shrivels away dead skin quickly. It claims two second application and immediate action, with price 25 cents per bottle. Sold by E Lawrence Co Chicago and La Crosse druggists including Columbian Pharmacy and Spence McCord Drug Co.
Lake County Prosecuting Attorney Hal L. Cutler says he will not prosecute Oscar M. Auerbach, accused of killing Harry Fisher in Baldwin near here on September 19, as he finds no evidence of willful murder and believes Auerbach is innocent. The trial opens with the state's case.
Attorney B N Savidge of Reed City has been appointed to take Cutler’s place, indicating a staffing change in the legal office. The move affects ongoing cases and local legal proceedings as details emerge.
A brief note recalls a prodigal son gaining fame beyond a dutiful brother who stayed home and behaved well. The contrast highlights virtue rewarded by public attention over steady conformity.
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