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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1914
Page
3
The text discusses a tax measure passed by the legislature and vetoed by the governor. It argues the issue is nonpartisan and affects all people equally. It calls for analyzing the tax commission objections and governor concerns to weigh conveniences against disadvantages.
A column contrasts appeals for Belgian war refugees with domestic generosity, noting renewed national sensitivity to suffering. It protests La Crosse area rail service changes affecting local merchants, urging regional action to restore No. 2 and criticizing the new schedule as harming holiday trade and village connections. The piece blends social comment with light humor on postwar topics and fashion quirks.
A poem and comic exchange capture the clash of seasonal cheer with labor and weather. A speaker contemplates New Year tales while working through sleet and effort, noting the irony of art demanding diligence in August and a street scene of a melon seller amid knockabout humor.
Advertising copy promotes Musterole as a pure oil of mustard based white ointment replacing mustard plasters. It claims relief from sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia headaches congestion pleurisy rheumatism lumbago back and joint pains sprains sore muscles bruises chilblains frostbite colds of the chest and even pneumonia. Sold by druggists in 25 50 cent jars and a hospital size for 2 50 from The Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
A national charity executive notes Belgium relief movements sparked a strong domestic response. She argues organized charity remains robust despite heavy winter demand and war relief funding, with funds for poverty here in America holding steady while aiding war sufferers abroad.
A small boy narrates a playful sight as Sister Polly sits at the piano with her young man kneeling before her, hands clasped like glue. The father remarks the scene shows sensible restraint as he explains the gesture was to keep her from playing the piano.
A young man writes a dentist describing his mouth and jaw measurements in a comical, garbled note. He asks for a set of false teeth and jokes about needing to visit to be more precise, remarking on his mouth being three inches wide and five eighths inch through the jaw.
At a county fair in a small inland city several hundred men were engaged in holding down a large bal- The fragmented text describes a mass restraint attempt at a county fair, with a large group involved.
A nervous dwarf among a crowd warns that if no one takes his place the balloon will go up in a hot air blaze. The judge notes the peril as spectators ignore the plea and depict a tense moment of potential disaster.
A hungry tramp is refused shelter as a determined woman at the door offers him food only if he performs chores. She lists tasks like chopping stove wood filling water buckets tidying the yard and repairing the fence. He insists he is only a hungry traveler, not her husband.
A quarrel erupts as the Rev Goode criticizes Mr Downs for allowing children to read cheap sensational fiction. Downs defends with a remark about a recent book on Missionary Life in Turkey. The exchange ends with a sharp rebuke from Goode.
Eddie MecGoorty will fight Billy Murray of San Francisco for the middleweight claim in Milwaukee on January 6. The bout is set at 160 pounds with the weigh in at three o'clock.
Chicago reports the Century Opera season suspended at the Auditorium as elite patrons snub English language performances over price and social aims. Aborn brothers blame wealth driven exclusivity while noting public interest wanes. Two scenes unfold with a saddler and a mysterious visitor as tension rises around a stolen prayer book and a staged firearm.
Stanton greets a guest with hostly manners as the mischief is done. He feels no special enmity toward the other and reflects on a tired feeling that softens a man after suffering loss.
A vintage advertisement touts Tired Mother Mate as pure wholesome and refreshing. It claims it strengthens health and can be consumed a dozen times daily with no harmful effects. The piece cites praise from travelers officers scientists and doctors and notes directions in every package and availability from grocers.
Thirteen tons of cotton arriving on the liner Sommelsdyk are en route to Vienna to aid Austrian wounded. The shipment, reaching Rotterdam first, follows the appeal by William G Shepherd United Press staff correspondent who reported the hospital conditions.
Louis Vavra detonated a bomb at a temple in San Francisco on Sunday causing his own death and injuring seven others. Police believe he was insane. Ee C Brown, the temple sexton, recalled Vavra’s past as a student in a Vedanti cult within a monastery connected to the temple.
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