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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1911
Page
3
Herbert Kaufman urges readers to help struggling mothers in a Collier's piece. He portrays exhausted women facing poverty and hunger and invokes the Star of Bethlehem to inspire giving and mercy during Christmas.
Fragmented verse reflects a city at night under bleak skies with memories of golden dreams and wartime sacrifice. A voice questions the fate of youth returning from distant seas, asking what they traded for life and where remains of hope and wonder lie in the northern cold.
A fragment from a police case discusses a $15 envelope marked Merry Xmas and Happy New Year given to McGrath for private services. It questions Wendling’s knowledge, asks why funds went to McGrath, and cites a 1907 statute requiring such rewards to go to the police pension fund.
A New York policy to allow mothers with infants in moving picture shows leads to new checkrooms for babies. Other items note Diamond Dick’s death, a generous police gift, a pay duty incident, Hammond’s wireless torpedo, Christmas babies en route to Nebraska, hunting stats, a seats for women movement rumor, a panther incident, and Shuster’s Russian business remark about Persia.
A poetical vignette recounts a weary Christmas shopper lost in a crowded store. The man relays a frantic, looping route through aisles and elevators in search of items for gifts, ending in an ambulance and a padded cell as his sanity fades. The piece ends with a caution to buyers to abandon lists at the door.
Yolton’s testimony shows the defense labeling the Scotts as dangerous men while Yolton asserts hearing a threat to hire an assassin to murder Chief Webber. The issue hinges on whether he reported the threat and whether the Scotts’ character impeachment stands if they are deemed desperate criminals or not.
A letter from Henry Searle of Little Rock Arkansas reports Swamp Root cured a severe lumbago after two bottles. He says a poor woman also recovered in four days and notes his age seventy three reinforcing his endorsement.
A promotional letter to Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York claims Swamp Root will prove its value. It urges sending for a sample bottle and a booklet on kidneys and bladder with La Crosse Daily Tribune mentioned. Bottles priced fifty cents and one dollar at drug stores.
The Washington Star recounts a London dinner with William Dean Howells where a popular novelist complains his new work is weaker while Howells consoles him, praising his enduring writing and improving taste as sales rise.
Upton Sinclair spoke at a vegetarian supper in Arden about the ethics of business. He cited Japanese daimies condemning profit as theft while noting some American practices, including a Wilmington clothier’s coat-markdown scam that backfired when customers kept extra coats.
In Cleveland Mrs Barbara Leland sought a divorce telling how her husband made her clean his horses sold her property spent the money and then blackened her eyes She obtained the divorce Alimony for Christmas A Cleveland divorcee queried a clerk about unpaid alimony saying she did not see how her ex husband could expect a Christmas present without court payments.
The December 27 debut of Marguerite Preston Draper, daughter of the late General Wm. F. Draper, is planned as Washington’s most glamorous society event. Her home will feature a miniature garden of daisies and exotic plants with live butterflies and birds brought from Florida, California, and abroad to enhance the display.
At Nixon Theater in Pittsburg a pianist played staples by Strauss Herbert Chopin and Cohan when a Japan related screen segment showed Samurai training. A Nagasaki native in the crowd fainted recognizing himself among the boys in the military drill. The incident highlighted Howe's new program at La Crosse Theater tonight.
An article argues baldness can be prevented by treating dandruff and its germ. It endorses Newbro's Herpicide as the original remedy, claim of efficacy, and notes availability from druggists and barber shops. Readers can request a sample by mailing 10 cents to The Herpicide Co. Detroit.
The Edison Red Cross feature The Awakening of John Bond showcases tuberculosis prevention and cure efforts made with the National Association for the Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis. Shown nationwide to promote Red Cross stamp sales, the film is described as not a pretty portrayal but aims to educate.
A local cinema plans a charity matinee featuring the Red Cross film on Wednesday the 20th. Instead of standard 10 and 5 cent admission, attendees pay with an egg, all eggs go to the orphan asylum and cash admissions go to the Red Cross stamp fund. Management seeks public cooperation for a successful event.
A witty observation notes that a woman’s idea of flattery is to praise another woman. The remark suggests social dynamics where praise directed at one person reflects on the flatterer as well.
A reflective line notes a shift in marriage norms, contrasting two types of husbands and observing that the virtuous or reliable partners are largely gone. The remark signals nostalgia and social commentary on changing domestic roles.
The medical fraternity discusses widespread use of whiskey mixtures for colds. A recipe requires glycerine and Concentrated Pine Compound added to whiskey with dosed amounts for adults and children, claiming rapid relief though experts warn against unsafe, cheap substitutes.
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