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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1920
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment mentions war related terms and dates obscured by errors. Readable parts reference a flux of terms like war and remit, hinting at a disrupted reporting fragment rather than a complete event. No clear names, places, dates, or outcomes emerge from the legible words.
Secretary Meredith urges a Joseph type scheme to store surplus in good years to cushion shortages in bad years. He notes current efforts favor speculators and recalls Joseph’s famine strategy in Egypt. The piece asks if the United States has a Joseph to avert market distress.
The piece recounts a chair breaking riot at a meeting where Meyer London criticized the Bolshevik government. Monday papers exaggerated the incident, but later reports indicate only catcalls and hisses from Russians. The author argues media distortion harms credibility and urges fair coverage.
The winter carnival promises a broad entertainment slate led by La Crosse and a village crowd from kids to grandparents. Organizers urge community involvement to boost the carnival spirit and appreciation for seasonal activities while hoping for cooperative weather to fuel the event.
The piece urges readers to join in festive activities during vacations, promising fun rather than a fizzle. It encourages all ages to loosen up and participate whether by skiing skating or marching in a club, even if not athletic, by helping dress the stage.
An extended meditation on necessity as a driving force in invention art and literature. The piece personifies Necessity as a constant agent in evolution and progress, noting how hard work and success spring from her influence while critics seek to retire her. History shows decadence without her merciless impact.
The passage extols butter over margarine and gravy, noting butter's pleasure, cultural references, and nutritional value. It cites vitamins in butter from vegetables and asserts butter's enduring appeal beyond mere luxury, while contrasting with margarine and gravy.
At a regular meeting the La Crosse school board decided to install kindergartens in Pranktin Washington and Lincoln schools beginning February. Other cities with university departments were surveyed for information and found satisfactory. The Equitable Fraternal Union elected Jamey EB Murray to lead in La Crosse. Athletics director Prof Tuck Wilve may stay despite an offer from the University of Wansing. Friends of Holword, formerly La Crosse, sent large apples from Idaho.
Hilda Caruthers shells out 58.40 of 60 dollars to buy a dress for Anne Monrehouse’s wedding. A muddy street collision with a car ruins the garment and mood, forcing a return home. Anne’s wedding proceeds with tensions as organizers seek a last minute fix for the bridal party.
The piece notes Elbert H. Gary, future head of United States Steel, winning a math contest and earning a chance to study law with his lawyer uncle. It highlights how his early legal training aided his rise to leading the world’s largest industry.
A suggested party gimmick invites girls to bring extra slippers for a passing trade game and curtain reveal to guess matches, followed by a candy prize. The item blends costumes and games with a Cinderella theme and favors like candy slippers.
In a fragment from a children's tale, Wigsworth chases angelic flight after a crash in an airyplane. A doctor and Mrs Smithers debate religion and heaven as Wiggy clutches a polar Bible and a sensational ad promises flight with wings of an angel, priced at $2.00.
Oconto Wisconsin. Clifford Van Lainen, a young resident, killed himself in his home while handling a handgun. He reportedly looked into the barrel when he accidentally discharged the weapon, causing fatal head injuries.
Timber worker Carl Petto died after being struck by a Chicago and Northwestern train while walking across the tracks. He told authorities before dying that he could not clear the tracks in time. Petto left a wife and child in Portland.
The National Lutheran council gathers in Chicago this Tuesday for its annual meeting. Tobacco use data show U S consumption at 29 million pounds, with 11 million pounds available this year. Per capita consumption rose from two pounds during the Civil War era to about eight pounds. The document notes long meteor displays occur every 33.25 years.
In Minneapolis a trio of youths faced arrest after flowers sent to the funeral of James A. Brorte, 52, linked to his murder. Police say Percy Balmes, 18, his brother Donald, 20, and Regal Carlson, 17, confessed to entering the store to rob before the shooting happened last Wednesday night. Flowers from Superior, Wisconsin were traced as part of the investigation.
The opening of the season for mice fills Judge Brindley’s courtroom. Seventeen traps attract attention over two days with ten captured first and seven second, then the influx ends. The courthouse janitor believes the intruders have been annihilated, while noting America lacks evidence of native lions or such creatures.
Aibe Marlin Th Apple Grove Debating Club met Saturday night and resolved that handshaking leads to progress beyond real greatness. Elmer Mootsux reportedly flashed a flask while hunting, and the discussion touched on the Jewish calendar dates being about 3,760 years and three months before the Christian era.
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