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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1915
Page
3
A terse entry lists days from Monday to Sunday with mixed abbreviations and a sequence of figures such as 7,7 7834 and 8,032 8,050. The fragment ends referencing Notary Public, implying a clerical or legal context without clear details.
Speculation on the European war centers on cost. Proponents warn that about three million dollars daily could force England to quit, while the counterpoint argues that Germany’s insistence on war debt terms keeps peace out of reach.
Governor Philipp faces attacks from the senior senator and Mr. McGovern about state spending. The Milwaukee Sentinel notes taxes rise under Philipp while departments scrape by with patchwork budgets.
The author argues that normal schools face salary funding cuts while lawmakers boast extravagance. President Pearse cites the need to pay top teachers in specialized fields, but funds were stripped last session. The piece notes broader program disintegration and raises the $41,000 tax bill increase in La Crosse county, accusing both sides of contradictory labels.
The argument for preparedness rests on a hypothesis that Germany may seek a large indemnity from the United States for losses due to Allied arms and munitions production. Germany accepts civilian arms sales, but Austria claims converting factories into war equipment plants far exceeds normal output and breaches neutrality.
A dated list offering humorous clichés about risky advice and lucky schemes. It playfully mocks attempts at wealth and romance through exaggerated scenarios such as avoiding fruit without protection, idealizing labor, and unusual marriage stipulations.
Mehmed Ale manallah a Hindu conjurer and University of Illinois student fell prey to a wire tapping game in Chicago losing seven hundred dollars.
A soldier writes from the Dardanelles describing heat from shellfire and submarines, a mine threat, and the chaplain's urging to look upwards. He notes an airplane dropping bombs as danger surrounds him and his group.
A poem catalogues idle bluster and hypocritical fixes. It contrasts boastful talkers who offer cures or clever schemes with everyday honesty and practical tasks. Observations on social pretensions and small shams unfold through light verse and pointed examples.
A dated moral guide cautions against suspicious behavior and urges restraint. It advises avoiding excuses on Monday to Friday evenings and emphasizes discreet conduct and quiet admiration to protect reputation and wealth.
A lighthearted quip features Mrs Snooper complaining of weariness as she recalls her husband mentioning Mrs Keedick in a humorous exchange. The joke hinges on a playfully blunt remark about clothing and appearance.
W C Summers of Kansas City Kansas testifies after a long kidney ailment that Dr Kilmer Swamp Root cured him with three dollar bottles. He has sold the product for years and gives it strong recommendation. The statement was sworn before a notary on August 11 1909 in Wyandotte County Kansas.
A reader is offered a sample size bottle of Swamp Root from Dr. Kilmer & Co. of Binghamton New York for ten cents. The offer promises to convince the user and includes a booklet on kidneys and bladder. Mention La Crosse Daily Tribune when writing. Regular bottles from drug stores.
A British South Africa campaign against German East Africa is placed under General Botha, with strategy directed by him though not in person. Officials cite protracted imperial critique and German native forces as factors shaping the expedition, aiming to oust Germany from its last African colony. The note ends with a humorous aside on a Kraut factory mishap and Alaska fashion shortages.
City committees last night approved a favorable report on the zone of quiet ordinance aimed at reducing noise near hospitals. Alderman A. P. Funk led the measure which will be up for passage Friday night.
General Charles King of Milwaukee will give a free patriotic lecture in Oshkosh at Armory B on December 15. The event is sponsored by local guards companies and open to the general public.
A silver dollar longs for city life and taller buildings. It travels by train to lift metropolitan distress, tipping waiters and paying a bellhop, then returns home to Hickeyville Corners amid blues and nostalgia.
The Shakespeare club met with Mrs. W. E. Bosshard in Tomah Wis for a Christmas program featuring readings songs and a birthday of a king number. Bay View club with Mrs. M Syverson followed with a dramatic hour and a large turnout. Invitations went out for a December 10 dancing and card party at McCaul's hall. Company K held a well attended dancing party after drill.
O H Thompson of Rio one of the county's oldest implement dealers died of cancer. The Masonic order will conduct funeral services.
The First Norwegian Lutheran church Young People's Society in Onalaska Wisconsin will be entertained in the church parlors tomorrow evening by Misses Amanda Kittelson and Grace Gaarder. Local items note visits and a pupil sprain with rest at home. The county school board and teachers' convention is set for December 16 at the county agricultural school with a noon dinner by students.
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