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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
2
Spotlight on a powerful play The Under Dog at the La Crosse theater December 19 offering a dramatic portrayal of victimization by fate and circumstance. A Chicago banker praised its moral heft calling it forthright social realism as it charts crime poverty and despair.
La Crosse readers report dramatic results from Adler-i-ka a simple buckthorn bark glycerine mixture that cleanses the bowels. One spoonful acts on both upper and lower bowels relieving most constipation plus sour or gassy stomachs with one minute for gas to pass. Hoeschler Bros. La Crosse Wisconsin advertises the remedy.
The origin of Hanky Panky is explained with humor. Lew Fields and Edgar Smith tell reporters that the title means nothing and that the first rehearsal ritual includes the journalists choosing a meaningless name for the show.
In a school assembly the vote settled on Hanky Panky as the name for the child after many suggestions were read from a Weber and Fields reference. Edgar Smith marked the manuscript with the chosen title as the tally showed a narrow majority.
Ad copy promoting a cold cure tablet with a money back guarantee if ineffective. Includes a branded signature line E. W. Grove and a 25 cent price.
German reports cite a tale from German military circles claiming a Russian brigade raced the Germans then vanished its officers. After firing and retreating, no Russian officers were found for hours, later discovered drinking in a village cafe while the brigade wandered without command.
The article recalls Taft as a president whose middle name is a frequent subject for newspaper mentions, highlighting how editors and reporters continue to reference it in profiles and recollections.
W S King of 1701 Market St La Crosse testi fies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his kidney weakness backache and irregular secretions after other medicines failed. He previously endorsed the remedy and now confirms its merit. Price 50 cents at all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sponsors this proof.
Prue Hazen hunts a family relic a coonskin cap with three striped tails and copper as lining. A stranger beats the errand deadline to return the hatbox and helps her reach Mrs Dunton home where Prue meets Joseph Dunton who vows to see her again. The Duntons pay a hundred for the cap and Prue becomes Mrs Prudence Dunton.
In London on December 17 a family tribute honors Captain Bertrand Stewart of Sir John French's staff killed in action. He previously endured imprisonment in Germany over alleged espionage during the Morocco crisis and was freed after a visit by the king and queen to Berlin last year.
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