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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1911
Page
5
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Charles Lamb amid Hampstead bushes during a snuff tale. The narrator describes walking at night after refusing a second pinch, as Lamb’s figure lingers in memory and conversation about snuff ends with a moral on friendship and loss.
The Manchester Guardian notes journalists have a patron saint for fifty years, St. Francis de Sales. Pius IX issued a decree citing his worth for writers. His Devout Life endures for its accessible style and keen sense of judgment, praised for guiding attention to serious matters.
A list of residents and visitors stops in La Crosse with names from Genoa Elroy Sparta Hokah Dubuque and Viroqua. Individuals included Mrs R L Hall Mrs A S Dunham Dr Will Powell J F Logan and many others visiting calling or transacting business in the city. A church social and election notices also appear among ads and campus announcements.
An old advertisement promotes Quinine as a world wide cold and grip remedy claiming to remove the cause. It urges readers to call for the full name and look for the signature E. W. Grove and lists a price of 25 cents.
A quip about politics as strange bedfellows contrasts a ready made philosopher with Senator Sorg hum noting politicians lack time to sleep.
An easterner notes razorback hogs learning train routes to scavenge thrown sandwiches. He recalls buying two meals, only to find turnip fillings, as hogs waited at a station end to grab discarded lunch scraps. The conductor confirms hogs anticipate the exact drop point within yards.
The quote urges starting a folio without waiting for perfect timelines, urging a week of steady effort even if a doctor estimates no year or month. It upholds labor as worthy beyond final results and emphasizes a brave push and execution as lasting spirit from Stevenson.
A Detroit Free Press quote records a woman noting gossip among women and men. She remarks that when her husband and male friends gather, several reputations feel at risk from rumor.
Miss Lillian Nowak entertained the Floradora Embroidery club and friends at a dancing party at her home 1528 Johnson. Yellow and white chrysanthemums decorated rooms and music was provided by Misses Anna Schneider Elizabeth Stockemer Alice Bull and Mr. Oscar Olson. Light refreshments followed late.
Miss Josie Reid Daniels and Hugh J. Rogers wed this afternoon at 1:30 in Judge Cronon's home with Rev. D. C. Jones officiating. A four course dinner followed the ceremony. The bride, formerly a La Crosse teacher, has taught in St. Paul the past three years. her parents reside in Santa Rosa California. The couple will live at the Rogers farm south of the city.
Mrs. Fred Fisher entertained the 500 club at 612 King Street yesterday afternoon. Supper was served at the Hotel La Crosse and prizes were awarded to Mrs. F. Fulmer and Mrs. F. Fisher.
Mrs J R Russell entertained a bridge party yesterday afternoon with Mrs W H Zwinkey of Superior as guest of honor. Prizes were won by Mrs S S Hebberd and Mrs Zwinkey, with a list of attendees including Mesdames Pamperin Hirshheimer Gile Scott Van Steenwyk Davis Hebberd Coady Burroughs Edwards Lewis MacMillan Sutter Hyslop Smith Zwinker and Hume.
Mrs James B Taylor hosted a refined afternoon reception at her South Fourteenth Street residence. The house glowed with pink and white flowers including pink roses pink carnations and Jacqueminot roses with a center bouquet. Mrs Duer of Wausau joined as hostess guest and several ladies assisted in the dining room and reception duties.
The Ladies Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian church will meet at the home of Mrs. W. S. Cargill Friday afternoon. The annual supper and bazaar of the First Congregational church will be held in the church parlors Thursday afternoon and evening. Everyone is cordially invited to be present.
Mrs. W. H. Zwinkey of Superior leaves for Milwaukee to visit sister Mrs. Paul Pamperin. Former Milwaukee resident Nan Bloomfelt noted in La Crosse society. Mrs. Henry Faville returns from Connecticut and Chicago to visit her sons. Mrs. H. P. Bliss heads to Milwaukee to spend winter with daughter Mrs. Usher. Mrs. Van Steenwyk goes to Chicago to visit daughter Mrs. Edwin Cassels. D. D. Rupert returns to Jessup, Iowa from visit with his son George Rupert. Louise Withee and M. M. Manville sail to Kansas City for winter joining Mrs. W. W. Withee already there.
A devotional passage by Edward Living Farring seeks healing through beauty and condemns ugliness as antithetical to harmonious human thought and God’s creation. It emphasizes recognizing and preserving beauty to promote moral and intellectual development.
William Dudley a retired farmer of 518 Dayton Ave St Paul has inherited a fifth share in an English estate valued above 500000. London solicitors notified him to sail for London after New Year to claim the fortune. Other Minnesota heirs named include John Dudley Shieldsville Mrs William Geiger Faribault Mrs Rose McKenna Minneapolis and Mrs John Casey Danvers.
In Winona Minnesota thirty car repair department employees walked out protesting a shift from hourly to piecework scheduling. Management argues piece work increases earnings while workers report lack of guaranteed pay under the new plan.
In St James Minnesota, Plaindealer reports 104 votes with 60 for La Follette, 49 for Taft, and 4 scattering among Roosevelt Cummins and others. Farmers mostly backed La Follette, while Taft backing came from city residents and county Republican organizers.
Two friends from the country dine together on a dark night. Jack uses a stable lantern to find James's house and they share a hearty but unwise meal. The next morning James sends Jack a note asking to return the parrot and cage that accompanied the lantern.
Boston promoter Billie Cox announces that Al Delmont through his manager claims the bantam championship of the world and says he is willing to meet any challenger in the universe at 116 pounds.
Every year the king’s Windsor estate provides a tree to the local workhouse. It is decorated with flags drums and toys for distribution to the workhouse children.
The claim notes a behavioral pattern where individuals focus prayers on future wants rather than expressing thanks for current blessings. It contrasts aspirational praying with gratitude and implies a habit imbalance in devotional practice.
In La Crosse readers are urged to try Adlerika, a German appendicitis remedy. Hoeschler Bros. claim a single dose relieves constipation sour stomach and gas quickly. The ad emphasizes stomach and bowel ailments may lead to appendicitis and markets the product as an instant fix.
A mother reports her six month old son suffered widespread painful eruptions until Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured him in six weeks after other treatments failed. She endorses the products and notes price values. samples are offered by Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. for Skin Booklets.
An order filed with the Milwaukee circuit court states Judge Wilkham of Eau Claire will hear the Clancy case appeal on December 12 at 10 a.m. The attorneys’ stipulation waiving all rights to a change of venue was also filed.
Paul C. Stack and Charles A. Hopper, census enumerators from Madison and Superior, pleaded no contest to census fraud charges in federal court and were fined 300 dollars each. Assistants Solon L. Perrin and Mayor F R Crumpton of Superior also pleaded and were fined 1500 and 700 dollars respectively.
A whimsical inquiry contrasts bells and banana peels, musing on what everyday objects reveal about sound, timing, and chance. The wording plays with cause and effect in a playful, riddle like tone.
A vintage advertisement promotes Pinex Cold Tablets claiming two doses relieve cold symptoms within 20 hours. It states the remedy reduces fever nasal discharge and aids normal activity without opiates or coal tar depressants. Money back if disappointed and 2c per box.
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