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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1909
Page
2
The piece notes ongoing debate among baseball magnates in New York over spikes and baserunning led by Ty Cobb. It mentions the controversy surrounding the National League presidency and the looming talk on easing football dangers as fall and winter gossip.
A clever eccentric man sang comic songs with lively action during a concert held at a lunatic asylum. He entertained inmates and staff with rapid, humorous numbers and engaging stage presence.
Collier's western critic E C Patterson releases a personal investigation into Notre Dame players in question for eligibility. He exonerates the Fighting Irish eleven and awards the western title to Notre Dame after a 0–0 Thanksgiving tie with Marquette boosts their claim.
Dean Frank Morton Erickson of Ripon college calls the annual meeting of the Wisconsin College Presidents for January 28 in Marquette university Letters and Science hall. President Van Hise of Wisconsin will deliver a paper and Ellen C. Sabin of Milwaukee Downer college will discuss colleges as educational institutions in Wisconsin. Dean Erickson and Dean Cokie of Beloit will give talks on college entrance requirements.
Two Princeton men W. C. Belknap and C. G. Dixon returned to Princeton after walking from the university to Jersey City. The fifty mile journey was covered in a little over twelve hours on a wager that it could be done in under eighteen hours.
A terse line reflects fear and hesitation inspired by moral concerns and the dread of discovery or exposure. The fragment evokes Shakespearean diction about courage and self-censorship amid perceived judgment.
Eddie Graney, the San Francisco pugilist referee and promoter, arrived for the Johnson Jeffries bid and has been critically ill with lung congestion. Doctors now say he will not die but he must avoid cold weather and heavy coats, planning to stay indoors until he fully recovers. He weathered a severe cold snap and was briefly in danger before improving.
Chicago reports say Michigan may rejoin the Big Eight during a conference meeting this afternoon. If no Wolverines rep attends the talks, a return is unlikely. A compromise could allow Michigan to return, while Minnesota faces criticism for scheduling a game viewed as outlaw.
Indianapolis lawyer recounts a letter he dictated to a new Cincinnati stenographer for a client. The client sought his business opinion and the stenographer’s draft altered the phrasing from a formal singular line to a humorous personal cue, prompting relief from the lawyer.
A newspaper blurb extols Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as effective against influenza and as a preventive against pneumonia, claiming it cures influenza and cancels its tendency to develop pneumonia.
An old-fashioned man with whiskers adorned by icicles on a cold day prompts a humorous remark about manners at table and a lighthearted reflection on restraint and appetite.
In San Francisco the Pacific Coast Baseball League opened its annual session at the St Francis hotel and after long discussion chose Judge Thomas F. Graham as a compromise successor to J Cal Ewing who had held the office.
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