La Crosse Christmas Spirit Appeals End Year Drive
The La Crosse Tribune commends local generosity on Christmas day for the Industrial Corporation stock drive which reached 95 percent, urges finishing the deficit. It notes strong support for Christmas stamps aiding tuberculosis relief and reports steady help for Associated Charities though fuel and flour remain in demand and deliveries are stressed.
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Associated Charities
Charity drive donations ease delivery by volunteers in La Crosse
The Tribune notes coal and flat companies may donate without charge, with E H Derr offering transport on 314 6th Street. The City Mission dinner proceeds tonight, funded by citizens, under H Norton. The paper praises The Good Cheer stocking project aiding needy children and lauds La Crosse residents for their generosity, declaring The Omnipotent satisfied with the city this year.
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6Th Street
H. Norton
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Tribune
la Crosse
New Year Protest Against Pocket Revolvers
The piece argues that modern progress has not strengthened virtue and condemns concealed pistols as cowardly and unmanly. It contrasts high tech advances with continued violence and calls for abandoning the pocket revolver in the new year 1910.
Man Delays Water Wagon Ride to January First
A humorous note observes a man who postpones his water wagon ride until January 1 never makes a lengthy journey. The quip plays on procrastination and timing in a lighthearted regional tone.
Newbro's Herpicide Aimed at Hair Germs
An advertorial note praises Newbro's Herpicide as a remedy for thinning hair. It claims the product destroys the hair root germ and cleanses the scalp, promotes new growth, and offers samples for ten cents with one dollar bottles guaranteed. Hoeschler Bros. is listed as special agents in Detroit, Michigan.
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Hoeschler Bros
A Christmas Dinner Tip for Indigestion Relief
A columnist warns of heart weakness from overeating on Christmas day and offers a home remedy. Two ounces syrup of Ginger two ounces essence Pepsin and one ounce Comp.essence Cardial mixed in a half pint bottle digest a large meal. The recipe targets dyspepsia especially in old people and children with weak stomachs.
Black Crook Jr Co Opens La Crosse Theater Tonight
Spotlight on the Black Crook Jr Co as two burlettes My Cousin's Arrival at the Seminary and One Night in Hotel Shanty Town promise laughs. The Great Everett debuts outside vaudeville, rising from a milk can of water in full view. La Crosse theater hosts the show tonight.
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Black Crook Jr.” Co
Everett
la Crosse Theater
Flying High and Airship Marvels At La Crosse Theater
An astonishing Long Island incident features an aeronaut landing before a speeding car and loaning a monkey wrench before soaring away. Lyman H Howe's Travel Festival showcases French flights at the La Crosse theater with matinee and night shows, highlighting the era's marvels and the airship's promise.
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France
Lyman H. Howe
la Crosse Theater
Grau stark at New Years stage show charms fans
Geo. Barr McCutcheon’s Grau stark will be presented New Years with a matinee and night performance. George D. Baker adapted the novel to a play, keeping its love and intrigue, a hit with extended runs in New York and Chicago. A sixty foot car load of scenic, electrical and costume effects accompany the production.
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Geo. D. Baker
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Chicago
Bijou Palace Closes Week With Star Bill and New Majestic Move
Next week at Bijou features the Hines Kimball aerial troupe, four performers. the Farleys singing and dancing duo. Billy Baker the Rube Comedian with The Country Gawk. Callahan and Cain in Dad's Dream. It is the last Bijou week before moving to the Majestic on Jan 3.
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Opportunity Judge and Fair Witness Dialog
An examination scene from Harper's Bazar presents a judge asking for truth and a fair witness replying with a playful, idealized comment about listening, reflecting a light social exchange in a magazine vignette.
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Still at It
A poet laments a chauffeur who toiled hard and deserves his due as he remains in the headlines of endurance. The speaker imagines the man still burning with effort somewhere, enduring despite the years.
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles Roast of Moose
A family tale humorously chronicles a friend shooting a moose, the ill fated roast, and a failed cooking saga. The narrator laments the tough result, eventually replacing it with lamb and declaring beef steak ways preferable. H E Werner of the Saint Paul Dispatch signs off.
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Hotel Clerk Describes Tiny Room For One Guest
A Philadelphia Inquirer quote shows a hotel clerk explaining to a foreign guest that only a single room remains with a bed for one. The guest responds in German as he jokes about baking and his wife sleeping on the floor.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
The Test She Why Do You Look So Worried
The excerpt features a dialogue where one speaker reassures another of steadfast affection, contrasting worry with devotion as a couple interacts around a chair. The scene centers on emotional reassurance and intimate exchange.
There Was a Reason Hoax I Like to See Miss Dashaway
Comic quip from Philadelphia Record remarking on Miss Dashaway’s dance and timekeeping with a hint of playful satire about clocks on stockings.
Not a Sure Thing Bargaining at the Market
A Tit-Bits quip features a teacher asking a pricing riddle about ninepence per grape bunch and Tommy replying that his mother is good at bargaining. The exchange highlights humor around everyday commerce and parental bargaining skills.
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Diagnosis of Husband’s Condition Quips at Ginnertys
A humorous exchange sketches Mrs Ginnerty noting her husband’s health after an accident. She quips that he yells and acts better when worse, suggesting his condition fluctuates between better and worse with dramatic flair.
Married vows spark talk of bold temper in couple
In a brief note from the Presbyterian Standard a fiancé warns his bride that post marriage, he may be arbitrary and dictatorial. She replies with cheerful defiance, saying she will ignore his future guidance.
The Heathen Rand and a jeweled cloak clasp
In a dim chamber a jewelry trinket sparks a tense affair between a viewer and a persuasive woman as plans unfold. The couple discuss loyalties and power with references to Texas and political intrigue. The scene deepens with veiled threats and shifting ambitions.
No Reason Readers Suffer Kidney, Back Pain Any Longer
La Crosse resident George F. Erbst credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relieving his kidney pain and backaches after failed remedies. He reports lasting relief after using the product from Erhart & Son's Drug Store, priced 50 cents, with Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. agents. Remember the name Dean's.
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S. Fourth St
Wis
Dean
Erhart & Son
Foster-Milburn Co
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No Wonder She's The Woman Who Suffers Headaches
A 19th century style advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine herb tea as a simple remedy for a woman’s headaches and petty cares. It promises strength and wellness through thoughtfulness from family and the tonic’s uplifting effects. Sold by druggists and dealers for 25 cents.
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