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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1907
Page
20
In a snowy woodland, Peter cannot move a stuck carriage wheel. A visiting Princess befriends two sickly sisters Jenny and Jinny, shares bean soup and popcorn, and stays the night. She plans a joyful Christmas with gifts, a tree, and a future visit to the sisters.
A nostalgic verse about an evergreen tree and free toys for good children opens a page filled with Miss Surtons' weekly letter. Readers, including Luella Wilson Smith and Bertha Burton, exchange Christmas memories and publish junior letters from Katharine Moller, Winefrid Fisher, and Barbara Bates who describe school, crafts, and candlelit trees.
A ten year old writes from St. Ann's Home in Wisconsin about a trip to the Pacific coast. She recalls taking a streetcar to Long Beach with her mother and Mrs Weaks, staying in rented rooms, bathing in the ocean, playing on the beach, and planning to describe orange groves in a future letter.
A brief comic exchange where a mistress scolds Mary for mess while she explains the master interrupted to don a clean collar and lose a stud. The scene preserves a genteel domestic vignette with social tone.
A Tribune classified search yields prompt responses as readers post ads seeking jobs, housing, and services. Newsroom readers report fast replies, with entries including asked prices and contact details surfacing in the short-term notices column.
In Mattoon Illinois Judge Grosscup and officials propose a 40000 settlement to resolve damage suits against Central Illinois Traction Co. for the Interurban wreck. Awards range from 200 to 2200 dollars for deaths and up to 250 for injuries with 33 claimants totaling 235000 dollars. The plan seeks court approval and would be raised from company funds when out of court.
In Chicago on December 28 a thief stole Fire Chief Horan's shoes after he left them in his car during a fire at 890 Lake Street. Chief Horan joked the thief was a footpad and noted the shoes were bought as his Christmas present. Driver Joe Mackey hurried to the blaze but the shoes vanished.
A provocative saying suggests advice on managing a wife comes from a man who never married. The remark implies lack of experience shapes judgments about marriage.
Advertises Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a broad health aid. Claims charcoal purifies blood and aids digestion, removes gas, cleans breath, and deodorizes after onions, smoking, or drinking. Offers free sample by mail from F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
The list reports services for German Methodist, First Methodist, West Avenue M E, Westminster Presbyterian, First Presbyterian, First German Baptist, First Baptist, English Lutheran, Norwegian Lutheran, St. Paul's Norwegian Lutheran, First Congregational, St. Paul's Universalist, City Mission, and Episcopal churches. It notes pastors, service times, Sunday school, youth groups, Watch Night, and New Year sermons, with choir participation and special musical programs.
In New York on December 28, 20 000 east side families wage a campaign against landlords to force lower rents. Dispossess notices were posted or served on tenants including the five Atkin family units at 68 Stanton Street. Jacob Ranken was named to lead legal defense for families refusing current rates. Twenty tenements were organized as a major anti rent gathering at 21 and 218 Cherry Street where Sarah Helman spoke.
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