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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
5
A hundred girls fled rooftops to escape a square fire in Chicago's business district leaving one behind. Elsa Thompson stayed at the telephone exchange to alert the fire department and was rescued by men returning to the roof. The incident caused an estimated $100,000 in damage and sparked chatter about a coming out party fashion.
Madison dispatch reports Insurance Commissioner Ekern warns Wisconsin fire insurance agencies about a New York broker offering insurance at any rate with 25 percent local agent commission. Such acts violate the law, expose agents to losses and fraud liability, and the broker is unlicensed in both states. Previous cases show brokers causing substantial losses and mass raiding of mutuals by outside firms.
Chicago December 13 Senator Edward J Glackin will introduce a bill next month to prohibit intermarriage between blacks and whites. He cites the Jack Johnson Lucile Cameron case as harmful to both races and compares it to dairy milk adulteration.
The Italian steamship Derna is confirmed as the unidentified vessel sunk by the new dreadnought Centurian near Plymouth during a trial night trip. The collision occurred in the early dawn and no survivors were found.
Eight maxims from the Persian denounce arrogance and intrusion. Each line condemns a specific rude behavior such as entering a house uninvited, giving orders in another’s space, speaking when unheard, intruding on conversation, seeking favors, and courting love from enemies.
Four U S battleships of the South Atlantic squadron under Rear Admiral Fletcher near Vera Cruz await orders on entering the harbor and duration of stay. Mexicans view the admiral's visit with distrust amid tensions in the port city.
An old advertisement touts Pape’s Diapepsin as a rapid, harmless remedy for upset stomachs and indigestion. It claims relief within five minutes, enabling normal eating without fear, and urges readers to keep a fifty cent case at home for family use.
England opens a one year training program for boys aged 14 to 16 to become professional waiters. The course includes English French arithmetic waiting and pantry menus and physical training. Authorities say foreign-trained waiters have found quick work in England and seek to broaden English prospects.
Forty suffragettes will begin a fifteen day hike from to bany on Monday to press their cause before the legislature. They vow no noonday meals from outside the group and will not have men carry their burdens. Miss Rosalie Jones leads arrangements and says a dozen men will march.
More than 100 crippled children aged 3 to 14 faced deadly danger when a fire started in the cellar of a one story Children's hospital on Randall's Island. Nurses moved children in blankets as firefighters and a fireboat rushed to the scene. The blaze was brought under control quickly.
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