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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1911
Page
3
The piece argues Taft’s presidency faltered from improvisation during his term. It cites the Winona speech and Ballinger episode as evidence of rushed decisions made while Congress was in recess and officials unavailable. It portrays his handling of foreign affairs and patronage as improvident.
In an interview cited by The Outlook the president says if he could redo the Speech he would prepare it two or three weeks earlier and revise it deliberately. He admits he dictated it on a moving car and released it with little ceremony. He would have clarified passages and would not have praised the Payne Tariff act as the best ever passed.
N L Huggins of Welch Arkansas testifies in 1909 that his kidney and bladder ailments were cured by Dr Kilmer swamped Root. He says after a month he could work and spent about eight to ten dollars on the remedy and would not take ten thousand dollars for the relief.
A promotional letter from Dr Kilmer and Company of Binghamton New York urges readers to request a sample bottle of Swamp Root and a booklet about kidneys and bladder. It notes regular fifty cent and one dollar bottle sizes available at all drug stores and mentions La Crosse Daily Tribune.
In a dramatic moment Mr. Saul tries to stop his friend as the judge prepares to fire. The judge's finger presses the trigger and Fentress staggers back after a bullet hits his shoulder.
The judge expands his circle and travels east with Yancy and Hannibal while former allies Pegloe Ware and Colonel Fentress vanish after violence. Rumors swirl that Fentress carried money and was killed. the judge aims to secure evidence to claim the Fentress estate and Quintard lands as the scene shifts toward future litigation. Betty and Carrington debate his southern move as Belle Plain echoes with change.
Betty Blushes Betty Malroy and Carrington ride from Raleigh after bidding farewell to friends. They discuss Judge Price’s ambitions as they travel toward Belle Plain along a forest road, with Betty questioning if he can meet his hopes. Carrington expresses cautious optimism about his prospects.
An old advertisement touts two and a half ounces of essence mentho laxene to make a home cough syrup. It claims a pint yields big savings and that the laxative action helps loosen coughs, prevent pneumonia, and aid throat and lung healing, appealing to all ages.
Boston reports financier H. Childs Frick has secured excavation sites in Egypt and will depart soon to personally direct treasure hunting. He has already booked passage and will lead the expedition.
A fragment from the Ladies' Home Journal features Sammy debating his mean uncle's idea of giving a penny for Christmas. Sammy fears faintness at first but believes he could endure it.
A vintage pitch for TIZ foot remedy promises fast relief for tired swollen feet and corns bunions and sweaty odor. Customer testimonials claim doctors overlooked relief before TIZ cured sore feet and foot issues at 25 cents per box from Walter Luther Dodge & Co Chicago.
Poem evokes winter hardship and home warmth in dialect from Roy K. Moulton. References family, kitchen scenes, weather, and nostalgia for summer. Vivid imagery of stove, snow, rheumatism, and the cozy home as shelter from risks and cold.
A Tientsin News anecdote recounts a woman missionary in China sharing tea with a mandarin's eight wives. They study her attire and beauty noting her feet, and the exchange reveals the missionary's strength and independence, provoking laughter and a final remark about foreign devils and polygamy.
A Washington street car halted as two women rushing from opposite sides met in the middle of the track and began talking unaware of the approaching vehicle. Passengers and onlookers joked until the motorman offered a playful remedy asking if chairs should be provided.
A witty exchange between a politician father and his son ends with the boy predicting the father will die before the city sees his son's worst. The elder recalls starting as an election inspector and becoming an alderman-at-large, while the son quips that the heir will be virtuous only after the parent’s death.
A man, shown with pigeons at home, vows to invent a device to aid mankind and make his name widely known. He abandons seasickness cures and ivory billiard balls to pursue a homing umbrella, hoping it will end permanent borrowing by friends. his wife resumes her chores.
A drunken congressman told Horace Greeley he was a self-made man. Greeley retorted that the claim relieves the Almighty of a great responsibility.
A poor messenger boy helps a neat young woman on the first floor as she praises his old fashioned gentleness. The boy, surprised, retrieves a message from his cap, wears his hat with pride, and whistles, encouraged by her kindness.
In Chicago on December 7 officials disclosed a tip from the civil service commission that several more police leaders would be charged over vice protection. Inspector C. C. Dorman and Lieutenants William D. Ambrose and Thomas J. Howard were dismissed for alleged inefficiency and neglect of duty in failing to curb vice in their precincts.
Gustav Peterson, watchman for the McMillan Fur and Wool Company in Minneapolis, described being attacked by four armed men who gagged him, beat him with bleeding from a dozen facial wounds, and escaped with valuable furs. No arrests reported by noon yesterday.
Wire service dispatches from the Bankers fleet of three United Fruit passenger ships say a severe Gulf storm struck late yesterday but caused no damage. The vessels carry about 600 American bankers and their families from Panama and they left Colon in December.
Local praise for Minnesota brand macaroni and spaghetti highlights its nut like flavor and easy digestion. Advertisers claim the product is made from northern durum wheat with gluten intact and that all good La Crosse grocers carry it.
The national committee met in Chicago with 51 of 84 committeemen present to select a city for the 1912 convention. The decision may be announced this evening.
Sixty thousand metal workers who were locked out last week went back to work yesterday under a compromise agreement reached to end the Berlin dispute.
Mrs Mae Martyn advises readers to discard powder and use a spurmax lotion to clear oily skin and pimples. She prescribes four ounces spurmax dissolved in half a pint hot water with two teaspoons glycerine for a smooth complexion. For sore eyes use crystal dissolved in a pint water as an eye tonic to strengthen tired muscles and brighten dull eyes.
Advertisement-style note describes using an ounce-package of delatone with powder and water to form a paste apply to hairy skin then scrape away hairs. Claims skin becomes smooth and white in minutes with a dollar-an-ounce price and guaranteed success.
A reader warns that free alkali in shampoo can cause hair to grow coarse and fall out. A cleansing rinse is suggested using a teaspoon of canthrax in hot water to remove dust and dandruff, leaving the scalp clean and hair lustrous.
The text advises a serious condition requires a blood cleanser and promotes kardene as a gentle detoxifier. It instructs making a tonic with sugar alcohol hardene and hot water, to be taken a tablespoonful three times daily to restore strength and improve sleep.
The ad claims brittleness of hair can be cured by using quinzain hair tonic. It describes mixing one half pint each of alcohol and water with one ounce quinzoin pourable into the scalp and massaged in. Persistent use supposedly yields a healthy scalp and a magnificent head of glossy hair.
A home treatment promises easy weight reduction by dissolving four ounces of parnous in a pint and a half of hot water. The solution is taken as one tablespoon before each meal and claimed to shed pounds without injury or skin changes.
An old remedy touts a grease free cream jelly for improving complexions. It instructs mixing glycerine with ala moroin in cold water, letting it sit, then applying after cleansing to reduce pimples and blackheads and give a pink white embellishment.
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