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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1915
Page
3
A young writer sent The Tribune a short story titled Just a School Girl. The editor explains why it wasn’t good enough but encourages practice and offers to help. She may remain anonymous and can provide an address for future correspondence and guidance.
The La Crosse health department era shows baby deaths fall from 70.7 per 1000 in 1911 to 26.6 in 1915 while births rise from 594 to 720 by 1914. Authors claim about sixty five lives saved over five years due to the department.
The speaker lauds the health department for its infant welfare work and rapid epidemic control through source purification, sanitation, and public guidance. They assert La Crosse gains big dividends from health department spending and urge parental, school, and civic cooperation.
Milwaukee dispatch recalls Gov. E L Philipp addressing 600 Wisconsin Pea Packers about serving the people and saving money while noting critics who smear leaders with mud. The piece questions if Lau La Follette is a target, and cites local sentiment from the Sentinel and Leader-Press.
Tuesday evening eighty nine men of the First Presbyterian Church met for an annual supper to discuss Church Efficiency. The program, led by Dr. D. C. Jones, spurred strong attendance and lively discussion highlighting church growth and active participation.
The Tribune discusses a historical fragment about the Genet incident and its relation to the U S position in the European war. It draws a striking analogy between past troubles with France and current difficulties and highlights the era's preparedness sentiment and its sequel.
A fragmented line collage cites old headlines and curiosities from Buffalo News Pittsburgh Post and Boston Globe mentioning boiled shirts bow ties collars buggy rides and pork prices. The passage evokes vintage newspaper style and era nostalgia.
A humorous verse laments frenzied finance and high society while embracing a plain lifestyle. The speaker rejects champagne dinners luxury and finery, praising the comfort and reliability of a simple life and simple insurance. The tone pokes fun at social climbers and conspicuous consumption.
Deer do not wear red jackets and rabbits have no horns or cow bells. No trespassing can be ambiguous. A gun used as a walking stick should be trail muzzle down and cocking a firearm can cause accidents. Do not shoot without positively identifying moving objects. Domestic animals are not on the open season list. Home is the safer place to load cartridges.
The prompt describes Queen Elizabeth as having a thin pale face yet a stout Protestant stance. It references unrelated items about an octopus, synonyms, appendices, and a cryptic claim about Virgil and John Bright.
Racine mayor Thiesen has presented a communication to the city council protesting the equalization committee’s tax assessment of the city at more than 55 million dollars. The mayor says the valuation is unjust and seeks to bring the case before the state tax commission for adjustment.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a mild herbal remedy for kidney liver or bladder trouble. It claims quick friendly healing effects and lists 50c and 1.00 sizes with sample by parcel post from Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York, mentioning La Crosse Daily Tribune.
The advertisement touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as a cure for stomach liver and intestinal ailments urging thousands to try it. One dose is claimed to prove skeptics and remove underlying inflammation by attacking the source through a poisonous catarrh and bile buildup. A booklet on stomach ailments is available from Geo H Mayr Mfg Chemist Chicago with druggists selling the product nationwide.
The decoded speech by Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg portrays a strategic bargain aimed at shifting the burden of proposing peace from Germany. It argues for neutral countries to press allies for a stated basis of settlement while highlighting Belgium Alsace Lorraine Serbia and Poland as future concerns.
Tomah Wisconsin reports a bustling cultural night as the high school cast plus faculty perform the operetta Windmills of Holland with Boyze orchestra, directed by Mary Broadwell and Grace Sarles. Local social notes follow including property moves, theater plans, and squad competition results.
Marty Jaeger of Janesville won the Commercial club acre corn growing contest with 123 bushels per acre raised at a cost of 15.5 cents per bushel. He is 19 years old and the event took place in Janesville Wisconsin.
A man finds a towel in the composing room and advertises it while assuming a lady misplaced a black lace scarf. A cashier pockets a plug quarter last Tuesday sparks salary-envelope gossip. The editor drops a calabash pipe and the staff jokes about a new pipe and a dicto graph. A Russian war proofreader is in asylum care with uncertain permanence. A blind pencil seller has a fat chance in the office as a saw mill prints larger war head letters.
Madison December 10. The attorney general will file legal actions against several canning companies for violating laws restricting the employment of women and children, acting on a request from the industrial commission.
Westby Wisconsin December 16 special report notes the Westby Synod church held its annual bazaar and dinner in the church basement on December 8 with the Young Peoples society selling homemade candy. Also a farewell party for Editor J W Houghton and wife as they prepare to move to Boyd Michigan.
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