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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1916
Page
13
An American source reports Guanajuato has been greatly reduced by disease and hunger with seventy deaths daily. It mentions a mining man claiming sisters were taken to a terrible fate and the church desecrated.
An American mining man set to Washington details Central Mexico hardship from revolutions. He cites Guanajuato population drop from 49 900 to 15 000, daily starvation and disease deaths, executions for theft and fiat currency refusals, and food supply manipulation by the governor aided by troops.
A humorous New York tale from December 15 tells of a man who removed false teeth in a public place. Two boys snatched them from his pocket to pawn the gold, provoking a crowd and mock legal remarks as the toothless witness claimed the teeth were returned.
A baker's oven features an inner light for contents visibility. The door uses hinge pins with a counterweight and a rack arm linked knife switch to illuminate a lamp when opened. A gas version uses a crank rim to operate the burner valve from the door mechanism.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dahlstrum mother of Mrs. John Meier were held Tuesday at John Meyer’s residence in West Salem. Rev. J J S Rumbarger led the service with a Swedish hymn performance by a local choir. Interment followed at Hamilton cemetery.
Chicago department store Carson Pirie Scott and Co announced a Christmas bonus of ten percent of annual salary for all employees earning less than 1560 dollars per year. The plan was disclosed on Thursday as part of the firm’s holiday program.
Government records show more than 20 000 civil employees earning under 820 dollars a year each. The report highlights widespread low pay in the public sector and calls for review of wage standards.
El Paso report says Villistas captured Santa Rosalia south of Chihuahua City from Mexican government troops. Border details are scarce. about three hundred Carranzistas garrisoned the town.
George Sherwood Eddy, foreign secretary of the YMCA, told a League to Enforce Peace dinner in St Louis that the United States should take the lead to establish lasting peace. He had just returned from Europe’s battlefields.
A Dec 15 item notes a composite physical American appears smooth pink and healthy yet the piece hints at a life crowded with two lifetimes, reflecting on identity and public image in New York.
E. E. Rittenhouse of the Equitable Life Insurance society told the Association of Life Insurance presidents on Thursday that 100000 Americans are annually rejected by life insurance examiners while urging physical preparedness. President W A Day opened the convention with a warning about wastefulness in the United States.
Lloyds announces the loss of British steamers Harlington and Harly with their crews and the sinking of British steamer Saint Ursula. Harlington’s crew were picked up by Harly after Harlington sank, and then Harly also went down.
Guanajuato’s Alhondiga de Granaditas is a quadrangular building with a central patio and Moorish windows. It housed iron cages with the heads of Hidalgo Allende Aldama and Jimenez, symbolizing the struggle for Mexican independence beginning after Hidalgo’s bell rang.
Carl E. Schaefer prominent florist was chosen as superintendent of Sunday school at the German Methodist church for the coming year. Other officers include O W Muenster assistant superintendent Herbert Merman secretary Jesse Brenner treasurer Sam Thiel librarian Ruth Salzer home department Katherine Bauman cradle roll superintendent Mrs Henry Walters junior class superintendent George Merman and junior department pianist Selma Schwanzle.
Berlin telegrams report a British steamer carrying six thousand tons of war materiel bound from New York to England was sunk by German submarines off the French coast. Dispatches also say submarines sank vessels carrying seventeen thousand tons of coal from England to France between November 28 and December 8.
The quote notes that naturalness is the skill of guiding others to think well of you by making them not notice you directly. It emphasizes subtle influence over overt self-promotion.
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