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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1915

Page

3

Notary Public Schedule Snapshot

A fragmented OCR list shows days of week and dates with a stray 7,784 notary public reference. The item reads like a calendar snippet indicating Mon Tue Wed Thu and a Sunday, plus a Notary Public note.

Happy is the Miller on Merchant Marine Vision

A Saturday Evening Post editorial argues that the United States should pursue a stronger merchant marine, contending that fears of loss are unfounded. It compares investment logic to farmers weighing adjoining land and notes foreign fleets would still dominate most trade.

Saturday Evening Post United States Transvaal England Germany France

Time to reexamine subsidy and shipowner policy

The piece argues against subsidies to foreign shipowners, comparing it to paying others for valued goods. It urges seriously considering investment in the adjoining eighty and calls for removing special interests from policy debates on merchant marine and preparedness. It condemns privilege masquerading as liberty and urges plain, merit based discussion.

Germany France the Post

Taft Support Spurs Whitehead Wisconsin Primary Intrigue

The Taft visit prompts John M. Whitehead to announce a challenge to La Follette with Taft's backing. Taft's status shifts from politics to out of politics as Whitehead gains tacit approval, while 1913 Blue Book data are cited to elevate Taft's standing in a solidly Republican Wisconsin.

W. H. Taft Wisconsin Mr. Taft John M. Whitehead Senator la Follette Mr. Whitehead Taft la Follette Whitehead Bob

Diamond Necklace Dream Sparks Lighthearted Quip

A wife recalls a dream of receiving a diamond necklace for Christmas and laughs at the imagined gift. The husband jokes that his own dream would have woken the neighborhood with groans, prompting a playful courtroom aside from the judge.

Modern Antiquities Dispute Over Antique Dishes

Mrs Newcoyne claims the dishes bought as antique pottery were made in New York last summer. Mr Newcoyne argues they are not as claimed, according to the judge.

Microscopic Steaks and Tiny Portions Quip

A humorous exchange notes small portions and petty annoyances. A boarder jokes that even the morsels are insufficient, prompting a wry line about the little things that irritate. The Boston Transcript frames the quip as a social lodging quirk.

Cobwigger and Freddie Footwear Debate

A humorous exchange has Mrs Cobwigger asking why Freddie hung two stockings and Cobwigger answering it seems he wanted to arrive with both feet, as noted by the judge.

Cobwigger Freddie

Dyspepsia Dialogue From A Puck Cartoon Appears

A humorous exchange quotes Pa asking what dyspepsia is and Puck answering it as the remorse of a guilty stomach, reflecting a playful 19th century cartoon caption.

Puck

Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles

A reflective meditation on the sailing soul departing life. The speaker urges calm, dreaming travel beyond care and grief, toward oblivion or rest, noting fortune’s fickle favor and the lure of an unseen voyage. An epistolary mottified verse by Alice Brown.

General Tests Valet Role With Hobbled Veteran

A veteran general jokes about his prosthetics and asks a job applicant to be his valet. The applicant boasts six years in a motor car factory assembling department, offering confidence in handling the general’s glass eye, wooden leg, wax arm, and false teeth.

Washing by elbow-work humor in Tit-Bits

A humorous exchange about washing with elbow-work. A lady asks to tell her mother the washing is unsatisfactory. The reply notes the mother is away and asks who will wash. The lad answers with a playful rhyme that the father and another gentleman will do it.

Farver Anuvver

Demonstration Demanded in a Local Dispute

In Washington Star excerpts, a figure named PLIAUEKET urges restraint while two boys discuss the futility of fighting. One boy agrees that another should be shown the error, emphasizing nonviolence in a tense moment.

American Laughs at Dinner Gaffe in Snobleigh Exchange

A dialogue snippet shows Snobleigh mocking Americans for being governed by people they would not invite to dinner. The American replies that he does not find it more unpleasant than Snobleigh does.

Snobleigh

Kidney trouble warning promotes Rad Salts remedy

The notice urges Americans to guard against kidney trouble from rich food and uric acid buildup. It promotes four ounces of Rad Salts taken in water before breakfast to flush clogged kidneys and relieve bladder symptoms, claiming safety and pleasant effervescence.

Drink hot water and limestone phosphate cleanse inside

The article urges waking and drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims this internal bath neutralizes wastes toxins and improves health, noting it helps headaches bilious attacks constipation and stomach trouble.

Bath

Public figures pledge to be governed by the people

A political discussion centering on governance by the people surface in a dialogue that critiques leaders who would not extend basic courtesies. The quote implies tension between elected officials and constituents over mutual respect and accountability.

Landlady Ponders Menu Change For Savings

In a wry exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal a landlady asks a boarder the difference between a turkey dinner and stewed prunes. He replies he does not know, and she quips she might save money by serving prunes.

Louisville Courier-Journal

Quote shows Senator Sorghum delaying on facts

A Washington Star quotation captures Senator Sorghum saying he has not yet gathered the facts and finds it difficult to think up conclusions, highlighting an unsettled decision process. The line reflects skepticism about a politician formulating policy without verified data.

Senator Sorghum Washington Star

James and Jim a light exchange over Bills activities

Jim asks about Bills current work and James replies with a joke about Bills post impressionist label. The dialogue shifts to a claim that Bills has a job with the Western Union branding numbers on telegraph poles, followed by a playful Dartmouth Jack-o-Lantern reference.

Jim Bill James Western Union Dartmouth

Husband Quips On Repeated Vacation Tale

A wife asks why her husband must join every call from her women friends. He replies he enjoys meeting them but notes he has heard her summer vacation story about seventeen times, as a light exchange attributed to a judge.

Is Alice Musical Inquisitive Exchange

A brief exchange notes Alice’s singing habit. A reporter’s snippet captures a playful inquiry about her musical talent. The line implies Alice responds with singing when prompted. The remark reflects social chatter in a Boston Transcript style.

Alice Boston Transcript

Strictly Modern She Do You Mind If I Smoke

Dialogue scene features a character asking permission to smoke and others agreeing, noting a smoker’s culture among siblings. Puck appears in the exchange, reflecting a playfully modern tone.

Puck

Those Girls Again Edith Oldgirl Says Marriage Age Reached

In a quick exchange the Boston Tran notes Edith Oldgirl declares she has reached marriageable age while Marie remarks on any delay. The brief dialogue captures a light social moment on courtship.

Edith

Engineer Harry Simms Sought by State Department in Mexico

Washington December 31 the state department was asked to assist in locating Harry Simms mining engineer and brother of Chicago former district attorney. Rep Mann said Simms sought to leave Villa controlled territory but feared for his life and halted his attempts in Sonora Mexico.

Washington State Department Harry Simms Chicago Sonora Mexico Mann Simms Villa

Doctor Koch’s Kidnap Plot Shifts to Gibraltar Game

In a tense Paris scene Doctor Koch and two aides prepare a kidnapping using a medical procedure on an English captive. Woodhouse is bound for desert exile while the plan scuttles toward a Rock of Gibraltar confrontation as Jane Gerson seeks aid in Paris.

Woodhouse Doctor Koch Koch Libyan Fezzan Lower Egypt Caesar Captain Woodhouse Signal Service Wilhelmstrasse Rock of Gibraltar Queen's Terrace C. G. Woodhouse Sig William Capper Jane Paris Jane Gerson

Bede Names Wilson Out Of 1920 Presidential Race

J Adam Bede former Minnesota congressman said Washington affairs block Woodrow Wilson from a second term and Champ Clark is the only presidential possibility. He added Bryan may lead a third party.

ST. Paul Minn Washington Woodrow Wilson Champ Clark J. Adam Bede Minnesota Bryan

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