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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1912
Page
6
Battle Creek aldermen voted to buy 2,500 tons of hard coal to sell to citizens at cost amid a claimed public health motive. A Michigan Supreme Court ruling bars municipal coal sales, but officials say this circumvents the decision. The council also urged a grand jury probe into alleged dealer price collusion.
George shared many secrets of his past causing strong reaction. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes disappointment from the recipient who expected revelations but found them underwhelming.
A witty line notes that beauty brings joy until the cost becomes a concern highlighting the tension between aesthetics and price.
Salvation Army officers Ensign and Mrs Palmkrona announce a charity concert at the old YMCA building on King Street tonight. The program features Normanna singers, violin solos by Miss Vera Anderson, and performances by Adjutant Gabrielsen and Miss Cora Vandewater, with remarks by Adjutant Gabrielsen. Proceeds go to charity work.
A Berlin professor seriously proposes establishing a school of love to teach the rudiments of lovemaking, challenging the notion that lovers are born, not made.
The Boston Transcript notes that while women chase bargains, they disdain men who cheapen themselves in the eyes of others. The item comments on social perceptions and personal presentation.
The passage notes a need for people to loudly push their claims and consistently exert pressure to secure what they believe is right. It emphasizes collective resolve and persistent action as a tactic for achieving desired outcomes.
A persistent political figure struggles to make headlines for legal trouble, with repeated efforts failing to land them behind bars.
Hamilton School pupils at Eighth and Johnson streets must be vaccinated or barred from attendance during the smallpox epidemic. Health Commissioner J M Furstman and Superintendent L P Benezet reported eight of seventeen cases linked to the school, with vaccination to be offered free at city hall 2 to 5 pm on weekdays for all students.
City Clerk E H Hoffman returns the income tax roll to County Clerk Charles Rawlinson noting an addition error. County totals show 81 786 56 for individuals and 50 907 17 for corporations, while the city totals read 77 840 40 and 46 947 17 respectively. Rawlinson says his duty ends with handing over the list but will review and return the roll.
A humorous exchange shows a bride requesting bone free meat at the market and a butcher replying with a counter offer of an egg, reflecting a lighthearted old saying from Youth's Companion.
A short quoted aphorism attributes marriage to a shift from appearance to mind and character, noting that the latter claims greater influence after marriage. The remark, credited to Lord Melbourne, contrasts surface traits with inner disposition as a determinant of partnership outcomes.
Walter E. Frew, director of a Morgan firm, describes how Morgan controls Bankers' Trust Co of New York with about 170 million in deposits. He says Davison Perkins and Reid named all directors via a voting trusteeship and that the board acted as dummies.
The Batavian National Bank of La Crosse Wisconsin marks its fiftieth anniversary by donating 1000 dollars to the Associated Charities. Vice President E M Wing explains funds will aid the sick and poor, not salaries, with funds to be directed by the charity board. President E S Hebberd accepts and notes a potential use for a mothers pension program.
A skeleton believed to be a Viking was uncovered in a sand bank at Reay Caithness Scotland. Nearby lay the ancient bridle of a war horse indicating equestrian equipment from the period.
A trio of brief excerpts quotes Emerson on interpersonal distance and affection, The Tatler on women married to morally mixed men, and a long observation prompting inquiry into public knowledge of the tariff or the spirit world.
A bulletin from Attorney Fred H. Hartwell of La Crosse says state legislatures will consider bills to create boards to examine and license chiropractors plus related laws. Proposals also require English language prescriptions in triplicate and place proof on the surgeon if a death occurs from an operation. Hartwell plans trips to capitals to promote the bills.
The family expresses sincere thanks for expressions of sympathy from friends and pallbearers at the death of Mrs. Mary Cooley.
Captain John Smith, a renowned upper Mississippi river pilot for forty seven years, died at his home in Reeds Landing Wisconsin at age sixty two. He once piloted on the Yukon in Alaska and recently worked as pilot on the government boat Ben Hur. His funeral will be held in Reeds Landing next Sunday attended by many veteran river men.
The pastor Rev. W. P. Christy and councilmen with their wives shared a venison dinner at 7:30 p.m. in the church dining room at Twelfth and Ferry. Attendees included N. A. Magnussen, T. Evjen, J. E. Smith, W. J. Spafford, W. C. Greenwalt, Henry Miller, B. F. Keeler, Mrs. Dahlstrom, and Misses Celesta Rupp Laura Johnson and Florence Fisher. Christy again secured a deer, and councilmen held their regular monthly business.
A simple apparatus devised in England aims to photographically measure and record vibrations of machinery or buildings. It captures motion with photographic precision, turning subtle tremors into data for analysis. The device reflects early efforts to quantify vibration phenomena with accessible methods.
We the undersigned thank all who assisted and sympathized during the death of our husband and son. Grateful for floral offerings from Rev J Bergholz Third Ward Aide Society Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Fraternal Order of Eagles. Mrs Carl Bauch and Children Mr and Mrs Chas Bauch Mr and Mrs Gustav Bauch
Wisconsin state lost its bid to recover about 509000 in fines collected by Milwaukee from 1859 to 1909. The supreme court upheld the circuit court, overruling the state's demurrers. The state seeks to reserve the money for the school fund, while Milwaukee argues statutes of limitation apply.
Delegates filled a hall as Roosevelt urged pressing reform laws including schoolhouse and grange advocacy. He proposed farm financing via long term mortgage banks and European cooperative methods to ease foreclosures and boost farm income. He linked constitutional reform to popular rule and urged Bristow amendments for direct election of senators.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Cooley, formerly of La Crosse, who died of septic peritonitis in Minneapolis, were held at Holy Cross Church. Pallbearers named. she is survived by husband Frank T. Cooley, her parents Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lasz, and several children and relatives in La Crosse and Wyoming.
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