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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1914
Page
2
The New York Stock Exchange board of governors said reports of a next week opening were premature. No board meeting has been called and none will occur until the five member committee's plan is perfected.
Thirteen officials and lawmakers including William P. O Neill lieutenant governor and Homer L. Cook secretary of state were indicted by the Marion county grand jury for presenting or signing false claims against state funds. They allegedly employed more than the legal number of doorkeepers clerks and stenographers.
A poor ditch digger named Cato uncovers a chest of gold and is granted wishes by the earth spirit. He and his wife experience envy and grandeur but realize their minds and happiness lie in their humble cottage. In the end they wish to return to life as they were.
In a village bank, the clerk Robert Gay endures jokes about his name until a polling day prompts him to confront a women rights club near the polls. He enters to challenge a banner and ends up apologizing, sharing tea with club president Mary Tracy. A friendship grows into romance as he reassesses his stance and plans to visit tea repeatedly, guided by his eventual wife.
An advertisement argues European war is rooted in bad blood and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a vegetable blood purifier. It claims the remedy cleanses stomach liver and kidneys, purifies blood, improves energy and skin, and reduces fatigue. Available in liquid or tablet form from medicine dealers.
A prominent country priest known for humor reflected on a sad accident involving a church dignitary. He joked that "the man who keeps both eyes on heaven all the time is liable to trip and land in heaven," but adds that one eye on heaven and one on earth can gain the best in both realms.
Advertisement touts Rico as a fast acting Italian compound that claims to relieve rheumatism and nervous disorders within six hours with no opiates or harmful ingredients. It offers a free sample box by mail from Rico Medicine Co of Chicago and lists numerous ailments it supposedly treats.
Careful estimates show average milk consumption of twenty three gallons per capita in U S cities and highlight the need for government led regulation. Contamination and adulteration tests are impractical for consumers, making a strong public health focus on bacteriological content essential to prevent typhoid scarlet fever and other diseases linked to unclean milk.
An officer of England's criminal investigation department recommends rubbing the milled edge of a good coin against the suspect. If the coin is counterfeit it will peel or flake. if the edge passes the test the coin may be accepted.
The Cincinnati Times-Star describes Lady Bowyer-Smith as guilty of vulpicide, meaning she killed a fox by means other than the traditional English method with hounds, noting the act is treated almost as gravely as harming a man. The piece emphasizes fox hunting as a revered practice and frames the offense as a serious breach of that code.
Ame Hilliker’s nose is described as so red that it singes his mustache and he is said to have been raised in a drug store county.
The Masquers Dramatic Society will present a heavy Puritan play on December 17 at the high school auditorium. Set in Plymouth, New England in 1622, Edith Weisbord leads opposite James McKivergan with Constance coaching. Cast includes Rose de la Noye Edith Weisbord Garret Foster Miles Standish and others.
A terse remark likens boastful speech to a percussion instrument, suggesting loud talk signals empty bluster and draws attention to overbearing behavior rather than substance.
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