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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1912
Page
5
Professor Sanders of the University of Wisconsin reports beet sugar is fatal to bees and may harm humans. He notes 40 percent of state bee losses last year, with 3 percent dying from starvations, and says cane sugar is safe while beet sugar is deleterious. An investigation may test beet sugar’s broader health effects.
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Herman L. Ekern urges a civil service exam for all life, casualty, and fire insurance agents to ensure fitness and protect the public. About 12,000 agents were licensed in 1911, with finances and staff details in the year’s life insurance report.
Professor Kuttner and Professor Loeb warn that arsenic wallpaper can cause intestinal catarrh. They traced numerous leases of illness to sleeping in rooms papered with wallpaper containing arsenic in the dye or coloring matter.
In Indianapolis a county grand jury renewed the inquiry into the mysterious murder of Helen Knabe assistant state pathologist. Reports say new evidence may lead to an indictment. Miss Knabe, a prominent figure, was killed in a sensational case a year ago.
The Dixie club of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, announces it will admit women students eligible for membership. The group includes students whose homes lie below the Mason and Dixon line.
The University of Wisconsin economics lecturer T K Urdahl halted a class to issue an interdict banning dogs from the classroom. Fraternity bulldogs had wandered in, interrupting a discussion on supply and demand as one pet hitched a leg and scratched a flea.
A South Carolina liquor violation case labeled as a blind tiger was misfiled by a census office clerk who moved it to the cruelty to animals section. The error highlights a mix up in archival handling and regional slang usage.
In Washington on December 20 Representative A Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania and Representative Jack Beall of Texas argued in an elevator over who deserved credit for Woodrow Wilson’s nomination. Beall credited Texas, Palmer credited Pennsylvania, each noting their state’s role in the process.
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