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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1914
Page
5
A concise pondering on virtue and effort attributing envy to those who value hard work and resilience. It contrasts self pity with persistence, citing Lord Macaulay’s view on success and purpose. The passage emphasizes self-reliance and disciplined striving over vain effort.
Marguerite Clark, the stage star, appears in the Famous Players adaptation Wildflower from Mary Germain’s novel. The film, a four reel drama of nature and innocence, opens at the Bijou theater showing December 17 to 19 with Clark portraying a pure, nature child who learns love through a single devoted man.
In a lively lesson the teacher asks students to name several lower animals starting with Willie Jones. The moment highlights classroom participation and student engagement in basic biology.
The column records a series of social updates including Levi Gray leaving for Flandreau for a couple of months, a birth to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Showen, special fern sales at Theater Cut Flower Store and Kienah's Green House, and visits by A. M. Locken, S. Sylvester, F. L. Koepke, O. H. Griswold, C. Motschenbacher, W. F. Raymond, J. E. Benson, and Emil T. Mueller. It mentions Arthur Strum recovering from an ankle sprain, parcel post prep for Christmas, land sales on the Mississippi opposite Dresbach, and various local business ads and gift items.
David Starr Jordan president of Leland Stanford University repeats his claim that there never could be another great war. He lectures on the country and asserts that by the time Europe recovers from this war, international peace will be assured.
DPruggist at 503 Main Street issues a brief notice asking passersby to perform a task or deliver a message. The fragment underscores a location and a call to action without additional context or specifics.
Roswell C. Puckett delivered an illustrated talk on life in the Philippines and the question of independence at the Congregational church this evening at 8 p m. The event drew visitors including J O Erickson from Winona and N C Keel from Caledonia while O H Ruprecht of Dubuque called on friends. Gateway City Transfer Co. advertised service and B F Coyle and E H Kneipe of Janesville spent time in the city on business.
The nation braces as a severe cold wave spreads from Florida to Maine with subzero readings in West Virginia Ohio Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and the Dakotas led by Devil's Lake North Dakota at twenty below. A gradual warming is forecast by Thursday and shelters report high demand as hundreds of shelterless fall to municipal lodgings.
C. T. Servis, president, thanks customers for support and states all stock was bought up and debts paid in full after selling an interest. He plans to open a high class tailoring and furnishing goods store when a location is found, thanking stockholders, customers and the public.
A New York ad offers a reward for a stray black and white spaniel described as fat and nervous. In Washington a broker, the late Robert I Keene, left a will granting only $50 to any alleged widow appearing later. A department store in Washington hosted five hundred school pupils singing for a community holiday festival and soliciting donations.
In Chicago, George FE Ritchie of Philadelphia tells Judge Uhlir that his cross-eyed gaze means nothing and strips his wife’s accusations of flirting, asserting the inability to flirt due to his condition.
In Boston a detective named George Crockett pursued a burglar and captured him but then released the suspect while considering next steps, leaving the man at large.
At a Kansas City athletic clubs smoker several lively boxing bouts drew crowds. The master of ceremonies said criticisms of the referee from the last smoker would not stop him staying on the job irregardless, addressing aspersions.
Representative Hensley of Missouri labels the Navy League a lobby seeking to push for more naval equipment. He hints Morgan interests back the league and cites figures tied to Morgan enterprises as supporting evidence, including General Horace Porter and Herbert L. Satterlee. He vows to seek an investigation if it would not delay Congress.
Miss Mary Wheeler West granddaughter of the late Senator West of Mississippi appears among debutantes in Washington society this winter. She is to be presented at a tea hosted by her aunt Mrs W D Harrison late in December.
At Beth David hospital an infant born three minutes after its mother Mrs Sadie Mager died from heart disease survived after a Caesarian operation. Doctors revived the newborn by dipping in cold and hot water, and the baby began breathing and is described as normal and expected to live.
A judge relates a playful exchange where Papa hides something in his hand and Willie guesses with a triumph that the object is a rooster on a fence. The humor hinges on a visual pun and the child’s confident misdirection.
Petrograd faced an ice induced water shortage with the Neva conduits blocked. Factories tea shops and public baths closed as authorities warned of fire risks and spy sabotage. Government workers delivered limited water to homes.
Quote from E. P. Tenny on living with a high ideal shaping a noble career. Emphasizes effort over action as the measure of a strong soul.
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