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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
5
The article explores current lingerie trends focusing on handmade detailing and dainty stitching. It discusses materials from longcloth to cambric and silk, notes silk is less favored for health and comfort, and describes a lace stole and chemise with swiss insertion, ribbon beading, and shadow work. Judio Chollet.
The Windsor castle plate is valued at 10 million dollars. The piece highlights England's shift toward a reading nation and anticipates a future dominated by authors. It notes potential meat shortages were Germany mobilized and reports a 10 000 franc damages suit by a Swiss hospital patient over radium treatment.
A poem criticizes Santa for favoring the rich with lavish gifts while giving the poor only meager trinkets. It questions whether Santa's generosity is just and urges him to consider the plight of the less fortunate and act with fairness.
A witty exchange about labor and reward unfolds with dialogue on raises in a powder mill, a cook who misreads time and place, and a wistful desire for a life with no cares, no debt, and endless rest. The speaker yearns for just what they want, free from worry and bill collectors.
A brief humorous exchange on fishing in winter. The man asks what someone is doing these days and he replies fishing. When queried about bait he says mining stock, noting he is fishing for suckers.
A sharper voice contrasts with raucous yells as Miss Oper delivers a lyrical aria. The scene mixes refined performance with noisy audience chants in a college setting.
Miss Ida M. Tarbell buys a country farm in Redding Connecticut as a home. Fritz von Ostini of Jugend ranks among Germany s popular Munich school writers. Nataly von Eschtruth, Berlin author, keeps her maiden name post marriage. William Dean Howells, famed American novelist, visits Jefferson Ohio and the Sentinel office where he once types.
The Lick telescope shows stars so far away that 30 000 of them would need to be grouped to be seen with the naked eye. Air holds twice as much moisture at 52 F as at 32 F and four times as great at 72 F as at 0 F. Telephone wires over land transmit at about 16000 miles per second, undersea cables at about 6020 miles per second. Some minerals like diamonds luminesce when rubbed. Sir William Crookes reports an artificial zinc sulfide that glows more than any natural mineral.
A compact aphorism contrasts time as life’s currency with action and restraint. It laments idle laziness and honors disciplined effort, noting a loafer misses the restfulness that comes from productive labor.
A quip about naming a horse Water and the joke that Water will run uphill to prove a point. The exchange casts light on a playful logic puzzle style of humor.
A short humorous note questions whether a wholesale chestnut dealer is genuinely a nut trader or a joke broker, playfully contrasting roasting variety with business identity.
A collection of wry reflections on pride vanity and human folly. It notes how anger vanity and luck influence behavior, the misuses of cars and money, and the social habits that push people toward trouble. It observes how talk dominates life and how embezzlers justify themselves while children seek attention.
Excursion tickets will be sold at reduced rates on December 22 23 24 25 30 31 1905 and January 1 1906 good returning by January 4 1906 to points on the Northwestern Line including C S M O Ry and Union Pacific east of Cheyenne and Denver to points on A T S F R R Denver Rio Grande Colorado Southern and Colorado and Southern from Orin Jct to Cheyenne inclusive and to D S S A Ry and Mineral Range Ry. Apply to agents Chicago Northwestern Ry.
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