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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1912
Page
9
Chicago dealers report a market panic in eggs with a two cent per dozen drop and half a million dozen held by speculators at a loss. Butter and egg board members see further declines and predict ten cent eggs by New Year’s Day amid inflated prices from a price committee.
Father and son exchange a witty remark about a future writing career with humor and sarcasm. The father notes that pursuing literature would be his son’s only success so far in school, underscoring a playful clash of expectations about talent and achievement.
Oscar M Auerbach is held in Baldwin jail awaiting life imprisonment after being found guilty of first degree murder in the shooting of his employer and friend Harry W Fisher at Star Lake. The Princeton graduate and son of a railroad director faced an appeal after the verdict citing the $250000 life insurance as motive.
Prairie du Chien reports Joseph Schwartz chairman of Wauzeka crushed by a clover hull ing engine on his farm near Wauzeka. Schwartz dies instantly, the second Crawford county supervisor to die suddenly in a week after George Sanger. Funeral set for Monday in Wauzeka. Knights of Pythias and Prairie du Chien Masonic lodge elect officers for the coming year. Other items note residents traveling, a bridge worker injured, surgeries at La Crosse and local social visits. District Attorney Munson handled Soldiers Grove business, and visitors from Milwaukee and Chicago were noted.
The Tiger's roar is described as mournful and terrifying, a jungle sound that aids stalking. Natives say deer freeze from reverberating calls, making the hunter's approach easier. Sportsmen suspect there is truth in hearing the tiger to locate its position.
Professor F C Sharp of the University of Wisconsin told Racine teachers today that moral instruction should be part of public school work. He urged fostering a genuine vigorous love of right doing to empower students against life’s temptations. He compared developing this virtue to teaching literature and art.
The ad proclaims Pape's Diapepsin quickly settles upset stomachs in five minutes. It claims to relieve dyspepsia gas sourness and indigestion and offers a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. It promotes a fifty-cent case as a wise home remedy.
Frank E. Wright, publisher of bibles and dictionaries, coins spizzerinktum to express intense energy. Dr. Peck adds the term to the New Modern English Illustrated Dictionary, and readers are offered six coupons and a small expense bonus with the new edition.
A Kansas City business man recalls starting life poor in Arkas sas City. As a youth in New York he paid $1 for a mechanic’s pamphlet from a sign promising riches. The envelope urged hard work and thrift. He followed the advice and became worth over $100,000.
The notice promotes a clothing cleaning service noting stains on dresses can be removed. It emphasizes quick, thorough stain removal and reasonable charges and invites potential customers to try their service.
President Taft granted a full pardon to Hardy Ohde, 19, of Milwaukee, who is in prison for misdemeanor in the U S army. Ohde, who joined the 165th coast artillery, sold whiskey while serving and was convicted of perjury during a court martial. The pardon takes effect Christmas Day after Representative Berger pleaded for clemency.
The remark notes a woman who can’t hire a servant feels she is nearly self sufficient and in charge of her own household. The comment reflects on independence and labor in domestic life.
C Curtis, 60, whose two sons own an axe handle factory in Lansing Iowa, collapsed and died at his bench from heart disease this morning. He had lived in Lansing about two years.
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