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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1907
Page
2
A playful dialogue samples domestic banter as Mrs Puritan asks about a room while her husband retorts that he won’t complain, reflecting lighthearted family dynamics and mutual tolerance in a domestic setting.
A short note remarks that men often ramble for fun while asserting that women cannot participate in a gentleman's game. The casual comment contrasts gender roles in sports discourse.
At the Intercollegiate Athletic Association convention in New York delegates debated summer baseball and college basketball. A rules committee was named to work with eastern universities on football rules and forward pass use while plans for a collegiate basketball league were proposed. Membership rose from ~30 to over 60 and Captain Pierce was elected president.
Fond du Lac manager showcases a pool of about sixty players as he aims to assemble a pennant winner for the Wisconsin Illinois Baseball league. Meanwhile talks of enlarging the circuit proceed, with Rumors of two new clubs possibly Rockford and Beloit.
A vintage advertisement claims relief from a cold in one day using laxative bromine quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. Each box bears E. W. Grove’s signature and is priced at 25 cents.
George McNulty star halfback of Erasmus Hall will enter Cornell University next fall. In 1907 he was the peer of interscholastic football in greater New York. He excelled at halfback and scored many points, and as captain of eleven showed strong leadership. He will greatly strengthen the Ithaca eleven.
New York Dec 30 The National club of London will not stage a Burns Palmer bout. English members reject Palmer in any form and refuse to back Burns citing his conduct in the Moir fight as souring their favor.
Chicago struggle as the Chance of Association fights over moving the league circuit. A unanimous vote is required to alter the circuit, with two magnates resisting the plan. Directors meet at the Annex as T. J. Bryce arrives ill but present. President Joe O'Brien and other board members discuss the Chicago question amid a rare Saturday session.
William Bautsch and John Kabot pursued a deer that recently escaped from J. Salzer's Ferndale summer resort. The animal was sighted on Isle la Plume and slipped on the ice as the men closed in, enabling them to capture it and hand it over to Mr. Salzer.
Danny Green former Milwaukee right fielder avoids off season weight gain by working behind a bar and tossing suds to customers. He keeps fit with indoor baseball or bowling as a winter sport, staying active instead of lazing away in taverns.
A Marinette Eagle Star editorial urges a united Wisconsin delegation of senators and congressmen to maximize influence through shared patronage. It notes the first requested appointment is for the treasury post left by Ernest G. Timme, praising Barron Judge Comstock as a capable choice. The piece argues unity will give Wisconsin a strong bargaining position.
The piece notes Tom Johnson's plan to lower Cleveland electric light prices via municipal competition and possible purchase. It compares this to state railway models like Prussia. It also includes a light note about decorum in oaths of office.
Cornell chess team led by Roy T. Black and Ernest H. Reidel captured the Isaac L. Rice trophy in the ninth annual triangular college chess league tournament. Cornell finished with 5 1/2 points, Pennsylvania 4, Brown 2.
A lyrical note hints that romance spins life but cannot bend a girl's father to consent. The piece frames parental authority and social norms shaping love in a tight community.
George H. Ross, born 1854 in Boston, elected vice president in charge of the Chicago and Alton and the Clover Leaf, will oversee both lines as they consolidate into one system. He began in 1877 as an expense bill clerk for the Burlington and later held trusted railway positions.
The Norweg ian Lutheran Church Sunday school at Sixth and Division held a Christmas tree program Sunday evening at 7. The event featured hymns, scripture and prayer, children’s and choir songs, organ solos, a short sermon by Rev H G Magnusson, and an orphan’s home offering at Stoughton Wisconsin.
Frank Voss a one armed vagrant with antipathy toward work was sentenced to 45 days in the county jail by Judge Brindley on a guilty plea. On Nov 11 Voss got a thirty day dose but remained against work. Frank O Neil and Robert Morrison two drunken beggars each drew thirty days for soliciting alms while drunk and begging for drinks and food.
Comptroller reports of Dec 3 versus Aug 22 show a drop of $142,161,685 in individual deposits and about $41,000,000 in legal tender and specie across banks.
A candle left on a shelf in the rear of Henry F. Runge's grocery on South Fourth Street caused a scare Saturday morning. The candle was extinguished with a pail of water just as Chief Bradfield entered. A few matches burned but no damage occurred.
Post Office Inspector E. E. Fraser has gone to Madison Wisconsin to unravel a stolen mail pouch case. The pouch was taken from a Chicago and Northwestern train on Wednesday and letters are being sorted and sent to addresses as fast as possible. Inspector Fraser, A U S D A Harry G Morgan, J P Walker are coordinating to restore order and inspect every article in the pouch.
Lexington Kentucky endures a crisis similar to Ku Klux Klan times as tobacco growers clash with the tobacco trust. The firelight from burning warehouses in Hopkinsville directs national notice to the striking disorder and upheaval of the era.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe digesting aid that lets the stomach rest. It claims the tablet digest 3000 grains of food and cures dyspepsia, indigestion, loss of appetite, and related ailments. Samples mailed free. price 50 cents per box at drug stores.
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