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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1920
Page
3
OCR fragment from Luke offers a stray verse about judging not and forgiving others. The readable words include condemn, forgive, and be forgiven, with garbled surrounding letters suggesting a religious or devotional excerpt.
The piece argues America faces a housing shortage as ownership declines and crowding rises. It notes 57 percent of people rent by 1920, up from 50 percent in 1890, with 121 families per 100 homes now. It cites 70,000 dwellings built daily and calls for lower costs to enable ownership and curb population pressure.
An editorial laments 20,000,000 acres of idle forest land across Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin with many more states having five to fifteen million acres. It argues postponing tree planting wastes resources invites fire risk and defers timber for future generations, urging immediate planting so future descendants can harvest lumber.
A fragment recalls poet Clement Moore buried in Trinity Cemetery New York City. It notes his long-remembered Christmas poem commonly titled A Visit From St Nicholas also known as Twas the Night Before Christmas. The piece highlights Moore’s place among notable writers and the season’s familiar verses.
The piece recalls Moore’s 1822 verse for children, anonymously published a year later, praising the enduring charm of his St Nick and the reindeer tale and its place in Christmas memory.
The Vocational Summary reprints a 1565 pamphlet noting that schoolmasters earned far less than grooms. It contrasts $140 yearly for a groom with about $58 for educators, and updates to modern wages showing teachers earning roughly $5,000 yearly while minimums hover near $1,000. The piece calls the wage ratio startling after 350 years and questions state priorities. It also briefly notes a U.S. Interior Department action banning a Jamaica ginger shipment and a wary Harding-era tone about maritime risk.
Ten years ago today President William Doerflinger appointed a committee to push a mausoleum at Oak Grove cemetery. Members are Adam Kroner John Kindley William Luening and H J Hirschheimer. A socialist civic course was approved by the Madison university extension bureau for R C McCaleb. A plan to route Black River navigation with power barges was reviewed by Captain Bresee. The Fay Lewis and Bros bowling team entered the International Bowling Association tournament in St Paul. Nearby twenty years ago the county acquired land for an insane asylum farm. Albert N Jarvis bought Modern Steam laundry. Sheds for draymen were completed with keys issued. John C Kroner attended a hardware dealers convention in Richmond Virginia. Ed Plusck visited from census duties in Washington. Thirty years ago tolls were set for a new bridge and Olivet chapel and hospital events were announced. A music store opened on Pearl Street.
John Conrad helps a fearful woman escape a street crook on West End Avenue after overhearing a stranger offer to escort her home. The surprised traveler reveals a valuable diamond necklace destined for her sister in Long Island, and a budding admiration develops as they walk together toward her home.
The article notes Harding and Coolidge received no direct votes, only Electoral College ballots to be cast on January 16. It questions if a constitutional amendment is needed for direct presidential voting and hints at ongoing debate. It also mentions Charles Turke, editor of Pep, advocating for a new Bismarck high school building with weekly student editorials.
A nameless stray dog defied orders to stay behind during a WWI assault. He found his wounded captain, was shot in the leg by mistake, then hauled the captain’s body to safety. The dog’s bravery earned his burial with the fallen officer, both laid to rest together.
The tale recalls Samuel Wesley Rector of Bosworth England who faced a riddle about a man with nineteen children and a house afire He forgot one John Wesley then cried from an upstairs window drawing rescuers who saved him at the last moment He believed Providence aided him and he later began Methodism.
Ray Sadowski of Madison becomes the first man to study designing and making women’s clothes as part of his University of Wisconsin course. A few years ago a boy enrolled in cooking classes, and since then girls have had their own departments until Sadowski arrived.
A proposal asks if all public schools should be placed under the Federal government with a Secretary of Education on the cabinet level. The motion centers on national accountability funding standards and governance, prompting debate over centralization versus local control and constitutional authority.
A reader presents a classic algebra riddle about a whale whose head is six feet long and whose tail equals the head plus half the body. The body is stated as half of the whale length, prompting a solvable equation. The fragment also includes yesterday’s answer note and a bizarre aside about a giant figure consuming a soft boiled egg on an empty stomach.
An elderly lady asks a taxi to go slowly for nerves, while the driver replies with a witty twist about ever driving a taxi. The scene plays on linguistic wordplay and a clash of expectations as the passenger and driver exchange humorous lines.
On Monday evening the Trio will present the third piece in the Normal Course a Tschaikowsky in A minor and a Bach work with variations and improvisation. Critics praise their ensemble, unity, and harmony noting they rank among the best in their field and capture the exhilaration of performance.
The article discusses a national revival of religious sentiment in music and local clashes over Sunday concerts in La Crosse. It notes opposition from the Lord's Day Alliance to municipal symphonies, contrasting with churches and musical groups aiming to uplift the community. It mentions Beyerstedts at the Rivoli and moving-picture house programs as signs of evolving concert culture.
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