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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1914
Page
3
Fragmented OCR lists days of week and numbers resembling a date or schedule. Readable items include Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Sunday and a series of four to six digit figures such as 7,816 and 7,782. The text lacks clear context or events.
On this first day of December in the year 1914 the appointment of June as Notary Public is recorded. The document confirms official recognition of June’s authority to administer oaths and certify documents within the jurisdiction.
A Milwaukee Free Press humor column by Harlowe Randall Hoyt jokes about a proposed 5 to 6 percent freight rate rise and its effect on cattle and dressed meat shipments. The piece ends by noting the railroads would prosper while the public suffers, amid a separate critique of a La Crosse high school controversy.
Politician rivals Husting and Davies, seen as liberal factional figures, quarrel over spoils amid Wisconsin Democratic tension. Voters weary of petty conflicts and calls for principled leadership persist as party ranks question future policy direction.
The writer defends La Crosse high school's discipline and scholarship after a Milwaukee falsification taints its image. The piece urges the Free Press to correct the error and acknowledges the school's strong standing in the northwest. It expresses hope the institution will be accurately recognized in future comment.
A theatrical tableau unfolds with a gold cascade and eminent barristers around a typewriter facing the hero. R U E appears as Nemesis villain, while the heroine is detained by vaudeville. The piece nibbles at a protracted court saga funded by circulating money.
A poet contrasts soldiers facing danger with civilians facing bills during Christmas. He notes soldiers dodge bullets while civilians dodge financial stress, arguing war zones are not their burden yet they share anxieties about spending. The piece highlights consumer pressure and the cost of living amid conflict.
A New York Sun excerpt recalls a scorching Texas summer followed by a rare cold snap. A color man shivers on Houston Street as he laments in dialect about the odd spell of weather that memory marks as unusually hot and rough.
A mother from R F D No 2 Custer Michigan describes a long eczema outbreak in her baby that caused nonstop itching and sleepless nights. After trying various remedies, she used four cakes of Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuticura Ointment, which she says cured the child.
For red rough hands and itching palms a one night Cuticura routine relieves pain. Soak hands in hot water with Cuticura Soap, dry, apply Cuticura Ointment and wear soft bandages overnight. Cuticura Soap 25¢ and Ointment 50c sold widely. send free sample and 32 p. Skin Book to Cuticura Dept. T Boston.
A weary traveler with a drove of dispirited horses pauses at a store. He proposes bartering goods for tobacco and other items. The storekeeper, curious, muses about a fair basis for exchange and suggests trading one plug for another as the possible basis.
Judge notes that the current V style necklines for ladies' dresses will probably be succeeded by a W style. The observation reflects an alphabetical approach to fashion naming.
A short dialogue fragment features a farmer Harrick and a judge discussing Mandy, noting her marriage to a handsome young poet who visited last summer. The judge comments Mandy has a powerful appetite, implying future happiness may hinge on this union.
Judge recalls a man whose obituary nearly captured his life saying he lived so as to make the obituary almost true. The reflection frames a memorable boundary between reputation and reality.
In a lively exchange a judge notes the man they bring before the mob at the theater and a boy jokes about his role as the fellow suited to lead the crowd. The scene hints at a showy, comic confrontation.
Judge recalls the tale of Stumpleigh and a telephone girl with Wiggle and Hickenlooper debating engagement rumors. The exchange suggests she was flirtatious and ignored his ring, leading to a break in the affair.
Lloyds reports the Norwegian steamer Boston bound for London struck a mine off Filey but was run ashore to avert sinking. Crew landed at Scarborough, one injured. The timber-carrying ship is the fourth to strike a mine after the Scarborough Hartlepool Whitby raid.
The December 23 cold snap brought near zero temperatures and three deaths reported to the coroner's office attributed to the cold weather.
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