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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
3
Frank H Burgess business manager of the La Crosse Tribune swears the total number of papers printed and circulated in November 1908 was as stated. The affidavit was sworn before me on the thirty first day of November 8.
A controversial federal ruling by Judge Wright orders the imprisonment of Samuel Gompers John A Mitchell and Frank Morrison for contempt of court. The piece argues the case tests free speech limits and the court's reach in labor versus capital clashes, noting perceived bias favoring affluent defendants.
The piece argues magnates defy courts while Samuel Gompers faced alleged contempt not for lawbreaking but for court order. It criticizes judicial bias toward money and suggests the Gompers case could clarify court power in labor disputes, promoting fairer capital and labor relations.
The Chicago Tribune backs Carnegie’s critique that tariff revision should rely on expert analysis rather than testimony from interested parties. It cites cost figures for pig iron in Britain and the U S, warns against trusting Steel Corp. reps, and urges independent inquiry to compare domestic and foreign production costs.
Mr Carnegie told the ways and means committee that testimony from interested parties is unreliable. He urged reliance on government experts, who have worked months, for accurate production costs, particularly for abroad markets.
The Record-Herald argues Wisconsin like struggles show reform needs permanent organization and vigilance. It urges Chicago citizens to form a city wide league with wards and precinct squads to coordinate honest administration, fight graft and corruption, and uphold the new direct primary law as a chance for reform.
In State vs Barret et al the Louisiana Supreme Court holds the word alter' is a likely misprint for utter in the forged instrument statute. The court cannot amend the statute but notes that utter might be surplusage since the law already criminalizes publishing a forged instrument.
In a Washington Herald piece the old romance of the ocean is fading as modern ships erase glamour and danger. Journeys once measured by months now take days, with travelers feeling safer on state rooms than aboard ancient vessels or trains.
A brief exchange from the Boston Transcript notes that wearing these heavy glasses creates a scholarly air. The dialogue presents the subjects admiring the effect and agreeing on the perceived intelligence conveyed by the lenses.
An advertisement extols Dr Miles Nervine as a non opiate sleep aid that restores sleep and reduces irritability. It features a testimonial from Mrs May Scott of Indiana praising relief after using the product and notes druggists can refund the first bottle if not beneficial. Miles Medical Co. of Elkhart Indiana is listed as the source.
In this humorous verse a farmer pleads with a stubborn hen to resume laying eggs. He boasts of care and calls for arbitration at the nest, threatening stew if production does not resume. The poem satirically compares the hen’s labor to a union dispute and laments the egg shortage.
A traveler in the Broad Top mountain district of northern Bedford county, Pennsylvania, recalls meeting a 16 year old boy tending a potato patch. The lad rejects pity, insisting he does not own the land but works there, revealing pride and independence in a blunt retort adapted from Everybody’s Magazine.
A Boston observer recalls Charles Eliot Norton joking about the modern youth preferring brawn to brain. Norton tells of a Princeton football game featuring Poe and a quip about whether Poe is related to the great poet.
An advertisement touts CASCARETS as the best medicine for the family during the holidays. It claims preventing over eating and drinking by taking a CASCARETS at bedtime, noting it is the biggest seller in the world and available in 10 cent boxes at all druggists.
Village gossips in a Massachusetts town seek facts about a Boston lawyer, Quincy Adams Sawyer, as a successful book's tale comes to life on stage. The New England drama, praised as the best in its genre, runs tomorrow and Saturday with daily matinees at the La Crosse theater. A strong cast of noted actors stars in this elaborately produced production.
The new comedy by Tarkington and Wilson, The Man From Home, debuts at the La Crosse theater on Tuesday December 29. The play is set at the Hotel Regina Margherita in Sorrento and features lavish scenery, with a plot about a American ward’s intended marriage to a British peer’s son. Seats go on sale Monday morning.
Goldwin Patton appears at the Bijou this week with his interpretation of Oliver White's Mister Stranger. Acclaimed for his Bernard Shaw and Sherlock Holmes figures, Patton is backed by Clancey and Kimmerer in a tabloid drama of quirky allure. Tonight’s amateur program replaces Friday shows due to Christmas, with a lively bill of singing, dancing, and monologue promises.
The New York World notes the practical inauguration of parliamentary government in Constantinople as the culmination of a bloodless revolution. It highlights restraint, conservatism, intelligence, and a spirit of patriotism that revealed unexpected Turkish traits, marking a peaceful transition.
Rupert Haverford, housed in Matthew Woolgar's vast palace, battles solitude and a past life of humble factory work. Camilla Lancing's hold tightens as invitations flood in, threatening his resolve to steer away from society.
A personal appeal urges talking directly about the merits of Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble. It claims the remedy costs no more and has forty years of cures, endorsed by Q. T. Erhart and avoids unknown preparations with possible harmful drugs.
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