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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1913
Page
14
Madison mayor says he will not sign the tax roll and will stand firm, declaring there will be no Charlie Murphy business in the city. The remarks came as officials were pressed on the continuing tax controversy.
The notable figure opposed the franchise committee and rejected the new budget to the point of refusing to sign the tax roll, signaling a stand against municipal financial measures.
The Boston Transcript copy mentions Mrs Farleigh and Mrs Slim in a humorously spiteful exchange about affection and presence at home. The dialogue hints at a husband who says the house feels empty when away, while the response jokes about personal size.
In Fort Worth Texas on December 8 civic groups across the state began pooling funds and supplies for south Texas flood victims. Smallpox has appeared and unsanitary flood conditions add danger. Health officials rush disinfectants by train and boat as floodwaters recede and death toll climbs. Known dead reach 400 with estimates up to a thousand. Bryan commercial club lists 500 deaths in its section.
Rock and Dane county land values rose by 26 per acre over the past year, according to figures released by the Rock county tax commission. The rise outpaced all other counties in the state for the same period.
Sparta Wisconsin Odd Fellows held a special meeting asking members to respond to roll with proverbs and absent members to reply by letter. A boys glee club formed at the high school with officers Herbert Sherwin president Amos Davis vice president Neal Pilcher secretary and Alexander Nicol treasurer and manager under Miss Sanders. Mr Dooley speaks Wednesday at Congregational church for a southern school education of negroes with jubilee singers and a collection for negro advancement. Jefferson Debating Society to hold tryouts for inter scholastic debaters with eight on the team and a February 14 debate date. La Crosse to debate Sparta and Tomah to host same night. Basketball practice begins. local notes mention Miss Bertha Paulsen in La Crosse on business and Mrs Ed Lewis Mrs Fred Newton and Mrs Harry Newton in La Crosse with Merritt Newton visiting Tomah.
The text notes more rain occurs from September to March than from March to September due to continual autumnal cooling. As air temperature falls, its capacity to hold vapor decreases, causing excess moisture to precipitate as rain.
A brief exchange notes Briggins as inconsistent and growing more inclined to sing Home Sweet Home the later he stays out at night. The quip underscores a lighthearted view of habits and mood shifts in a social setting.
A brief anecdote from the London Globe about a child asking for money for food while pointing to a sixpence as a tip for the waiter, highlighting a humorous social moment in a city setting.
A vintage ad claims that taking Pape's Cold Compound every two hours for three doses breaks a cold in hours. It purports to open congested nostrils, stop discharge, ease headache and feverish symptoms, and costs 26 cents at drug stores.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, weakened by hunger and thirst strike, travels from Exeter to London on a regular train accompanied by a heavy suffragette bodyguard. The Women’s Social and Political Union provides a private barricaded suite in Lincoln’s Inn house to shield her if the government attempts another arrest.
A grocer and his assistant banter about a sausage lot while a talking beast wagging its tail is mentioned. The second item notes bellboys on strike and a pager request for a man with a long Polish surname, signaling light humor and social snapshots from New York papers.
An advertisement promotes Harmony Hair Beautifier and Harmony Shampoo as hair care solutions. It claims softer silkier hair, easy brushing, no color change, and a rose scent. Prices are 1.00 for Beautifier and 0.50 for Shampoo, with a money back guarantee. Sold at Rexall Store La Crosse Wisconsin, from Harmony laboratories in Boston.
In eastern Kentucky trachoma affects about one in seven people, with many becoming stone blind. Dr. John McMullen of the Public Health Service notes the disease spreads via crowded homes and schools, prompting a government campaign and new hospitals to treat and prevent further spread.
Government agents travel miles from rail lines to teach cleanliness and disease prevention. Each patient is taught simple hygienic practices and returns home with a duty to share the instructions and ensure community compliance.
Aunt Alma jokes about dancing lessons as Small Louise recalls wiping feet. A quip about selling kisses at a charity bazaar prompts a poke at high prices and expectations of being robbed at such events in a Pittsburgh Dispatch humor piece.
The Michigan public utilities law was upheld as valid by the state supreme court, affirming the Michigan state railway commission's authority to prescribe switching and terminal regulations. Lower federal courts had previously dismissed challenges from Grand Trunk Railway and Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway seeking to enjoin the orders and had questioned the statute's constitutionality.
A London Telegraph exchange notes a bill collection where seven men named Smith reside at a single house. Six deny debt, the seventh forcibly ejects the collector, who is sent back to recover the money.
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