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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
20
In Waverly Virginia a letter from Mrs. Mattie L. Bishop praises Cardus the woman’s tonic for relief from severe womanly troubles. She reports restored appetite strength and weight gain after one bottle and urges others to try Cardui with instructions from Chattanooga Medicine Co.
A parent and child exchange a playful dialogue about a sign reading puppies for sale. The child asks to buy a pup while the mother urges patience until the child is older.
The Carnegie Hall speech by Judge Ben B. Lind of Denver argues the jury system in criminal trials is a relic of the dark ages and should be abolished. The column bundles a string of brief items from cities nationwide on quirky legal and social happenings.
The Cavendish House estate in Clapham derives its name from Hon. Henry Cavendish the earth weighing experimenter. He lived alone at Cavendish House and ordered meals by note on the hall table, never seen by his servants, dying in 1810 leaving over a million pounds.
A retort from an early secretary of agriculture shows his shrewdness and slow pace. When teased for arriving late to a cabinet meeting he quips that the tail may come in handy to brush flies off the rest of the administration.
A brief festive note touts affordable gifts at Irvine’s offering watches chains rings cut glass silverware and umbrellas for Christmas shoppers seeking variety and value.
The Majestic opens a four day engagement with Whose Little Girl are You led by William Morris and Grace Thurston. Ackerlind dances with Thurston in a Texas Tommy while the cast features the Richard sisters and Pat Barrett. The show is well staged with fresh costumes and brisk pacing.
The District of Columbia court ruling that Edison did not invent the moving picture film ends film trust royalties and ushers in an open market. La Crosse theater owner McWilliams announces a new five cent admission policy starting Monday December 16 to show contemporary films with a large venue and hoped profits.
A column of medical advice responding to readers letters. The doctor prescribes home remedies and patent medicines for ailments including catarrh, dandruff, thinness, rheumatism, chronic cough, indigestion, nervous tension, obesity, constipation, headaches, bed-wetting, and fatigue.
Al Palzer started active training in Los Angeles as he targets Luther McCarty's heavyweight title on New Year's after noon. The bout is set to determine the heavyweight champion.
Igneous rocks derive from the Latin ignis meaning fire. They are divided into volcanic and plutonic groups. The volcanic rocks are formed and brought to the surface by volcanic action. Plutonic rocks solidify below the surface and are exposed by erosion of overlying strata.
Thirty cats kept by Paris customs to destroy pests vanished mysteriously in recent nights. Authorities fear they were killed for their pelts amid a spike in fur skin prices used in fashionable garments.
The smallest book in the world, a copy of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, is kept at the Library of Congress under lock and key. Made by Nathan Dale of Cleveland, Ohio, it was photographed page by page. Four books of this size cover a postage stamp. three hundred weigh a pound.
A reflective note contrasts poets with self claimed status and those who hoard wealth. It suggests poets emerge from true inspiration while stingy men, despite potential connections, lack need for friends.
Madison, Wis. Dec. 13 At a student conference meeting heated debates over limiting the body’s authority led to a decision not to investigate the upper class Monastic and Yellow Helmet societies. A prior agitation had sought to probe these class societies.
Ivan Wiskic was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life in the State Prison at Stillwater by Judge Wits Hodgson in Hastings Minnesota. The case involved the death of Mrs. Anna Blazich in South St. Paul on October 3. The text also includes unrelated and garbled lines from a source noting the Harvard Lampoon and a stray joke about borrowing money.
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