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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1912
Page
3
A brief notice from The Tribune notes a local declaration affecting La area. Details are limited in the fragment, with several unreadable segments. No further names or dates are clearly legible in the surviving text.
A critique of national institutions, the Taft era currency policy and the Liberty Bell controversy blends with a satirical look at corporate competition. President Hill lauds dissolving the American Tobacco trust as factors reshaping markets, with inserts in five cent cigarette packs driving profits and prompting broader magazine outreach.
A Christmas tale shows three children sharing coins to buy gifts for Molly, with a ragged girl sobbing in the crowd. The kids spend all their money on a dolly for Molly, turning a holiday moment into a generous deed.
A letter condemns sensational reporting on the Portland YMCA affair. It argues the press wrongly framed a moral panic around alleged misconduct involving YMCA youths, prioritizing scandal over truth and harming people rather than property. It urges restraint and responsibility in journalism.
A speaker blames high living costs on stock manipulation in Wall Street and claims Americans pay about 2000 million dollars yearly as tribute to freebooters. The figure equates to 20 dollars per person, with a typical family of five losing 100 dollars annually. For many low income families, the impact of that loss could affect daily life.
The congressional inquiry into the money trust signals a push to reorganize and bar the stock exchange from mail activity for operating in restraint of trade. It urges consultation with Thomas Lawson before finalizing actions against Wall Street and associated parties.
A dry hyperbolic note mocks political time after Wilson’s cabinet chosen and vacancy left by a corner store gang. It contrasts a vaudeville answer to Turkish sultans harem and notes a Japanese billiards win and Captain Hobson’s vacation. An extra session of congress is predicted, implying little real change.
Mr Pounds, a retired grocer, boasts a new estate where rooks nest in his park. The neighboring farmer orders his sons to shoot the birds, sparking a publicized quarrel as Pounds protests that rooks are part of his plans while the farmer cites crop protection. The exchange echoes in London Answers.
Nat Goodwin and a friend stroll Fifth Avenue stop at a florist window admiring roses. The friend claims to favor the flower and jokes about marrying an American beauty. Nat counters with a dry line saying he married a cluster.
A young Nora and Mrs Newhouse debate breakfast timing for a husband’s 8 am train. They map prep times for muffins cereal chops and coffee, considering when to start to serve at 7 36. Mrs Newhouse hints at changing to milk in morning and coffee at night. A note on a woman’s confidences.
An advertisement claims a remedy instantly relieves fevers discharges from the nose and all cold aches and pains. It purports to cure grip cough and prevent pneumonia and is priced at 25 cents with distribution through all druggists.
Cambridge researchers report mice may think, joining worms and flowers in a new behavioral class. In other items a British envoy urges breaking up cities, whiskey seized would feed park monkeys, and other brief notices from Philadelphia Richmond New York Milwaukee and Calcutta.
In Las Palmas harbor Captain Kettle handles a motley crew and port customs while a Parsee tout intrudes with a bogus letter. Miss Dobbs arrives to reveal she has resigned from her public line post and seeks a discreet new assignment aboard the Wangaroo.
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