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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1915
Page
3
Judge William Howard Taft, former president, advocates preparedness and a world peace plan. The review notes his engaging talk but finds militarism and pacification hard to harmonize, urging patience until civilization's postwar trend is clearer.
A La Crosse county jury nulled a state law last week. The piece argues law gains power only with majority approval and calls for reconsideration of Sunday laws until public opinion shifts.
The passage argues general enforcement is unlikely in a suit seeking discrimination. It says the local field largely opposes the Statute and the state won’t back a higher authority for intervention. It calls for “spiritual mushrooming” before growth in grace and notes Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
The piece commends George W. Burton as an offhand speaker and praises his audience with Hon. William Howard Taft appearing as the “Tiffany” to Burton’s best. It notes Burton’s address keeps grace and spontaneity, while hinting many capable men are hidden in banks and newspapers.
The board favors a hearing with a qualified interpreter and clergy input before condemning the new high school hearing system. It stresses protecting thousands of students through proper heat distribution and ventilation as the priority, allowing thorough work by school authorities.
The piece jokes about deferring a complaint as definite and certain while mocking guerrilla warfare on babies and postal tricks. It wishes competitors a merry Christmas and a happy New Year and offers to share a plum pudding between trenches to show impersonal shrapnel.
A correspondent claims Collier's is not pro German and argues Americans are swayed by sentiment rather than facts. The writer advocates fair play and honest portrayal of European conditions and temperaments, not pro or anti sides.
Poem laments the suffering of children in war with a plea for mercy and peace. Dated Milwaukee December 11, 1915, signed by Mrs Helen Agnes Holton of 2317 Prairie Street. The narrative then shifts to an anecdote about a cab driver recalling a midnight encounter with a man rushing toward him.
Advertisement touts daily morning glass of hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse stomach liver kidneys and bowels. Claims improved complexion fresh breath better appetite and relief from constipation bilious attacks and rheumatic twinges after a week.
A Washington Herald recounts a late night encounter where a man, posing as a fare, asks for a stray cent found in a carriage from a prior afternoon at the cemetery. The finder returns the coin, and the man departs by car, claiming wine hosting as his motive.
A quoted exchange from the Dallas News mentions Sumatra where a man could buy a wife for forty dollars, provoking shock about the price and implications of such a purchase within a casual conversational frame.
A nine year old girl Nora corrects her father after he mistakes her patella for her elbow. She explains with tears and a proud, educated glare that her patella is the knee cap while her elbow is separate and named differently.
A witty exchange centers on flirting with the young Simkins clerk and a planned marriage to avoid public scrutiny. She chides the concern, while he insists marriage will render her less conspicuous. The dialogue underscores social maneuvering and romantic plotting.
A conversation reveals a dispute between two women, one upset for leaving without explanation while the other admits anger and speaking her mind. Grace is mentioned as a party to the quarrel.
Mrs Judkin addressed a suffrage club yesterday afternoon, answering questions with plain talk. A spectator noted the talk showed careful preparation by Mrs Judkin despite mixed reactions from the audience.
Cleveland school teachers will host about two hundred children in Fond du Lac Wisconsin for a Christmas noon meal. The program includes a full meal with plum pudding mince pies nuts and candies and holiday trims.
In a smoky club scene, Louisa and Woodhouse plot a German- backed plan to exploit Capper as a stalking horse for Wilhelmstrasse operations. The scheme hinges on Capper’s misdirection to Alexandria while Woodhouse secures a Gibraltar transfer and a false Woodhouse impersonation. A stage interruption reports Russia mobilization as patrons react.
On the July night the Cannebiere scene in Marseilles shifts from idle pleasure to tense vigilance. Civilians crowd near Cafe Pytheas as newsboys shout of war. Sailors march from the torpedo boat Quai, voices calling Berlin as the shadow of conflict looms over the Provencal port.
The Fashion Art league in London warns women to avoid black stockings and wear white instead. It notes German dyes are unavailable and British dyes fail to produce safe washfast colors, warning that several colors may run when washed and harm the skin.
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