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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1908
Page
3
The passage argues for executing Thaw over brutal charges while labeling his rival Jerome as deceitful and ineffectual in the trial. It notes Jerome's already tarnished reputation for insincerity in handling corporate offenses and suggests his brilliance cannot redeem him. Toward Heaven's decent has sloped its westering wheel.
President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a forceful message to Congress condemning predatory corporations and vowing to continue fighting high finance. He cites court rulings against the Employers' Liability Act and the panic as catalysts, calls for stronger Sherman act enforcement, and frames the reform as an ethical long-term movement.
The piece critiques lawyer William Travers Jerome for overstepping ethical bounds in two trials of Harry Thaw. It notes Jerome’s shifting characterizations of Evelyn Thaw and Stanford White while pursuing Thaw’s fate. The commentary likens public justice to shock if Thaw is acquitted or executed.
Chicago Tribune correspondent Raymond reports to his paper and readers that Senator La Follette shows broad public appeal across many states. He notes La Follette’s strength lies in general public support, with leaders less favorable, and points to the Wisconsin candidate’s popular backing along chautauqua lecture routes.
The Badger man gains slow but steady traction as June nears with rapid progress noted by major metropolitan dailies. Recognition suggests Wisconsin’s Little Giant will not be a wall flower at the national Republican convention.
Chicago Record Herald notes Vice President Mohler of Union Pacific blames Roosevelt for labor woes and predicts shorter shop hours and possible layoffs. The piece contrasts Wall Street skepticism with Mohler’s stance, urging Omaha to reexamine its stance on reform era abuses and their consequences.
The piece argues against calling sailors jackies as an insult rather than a term of endearment. It urges using bluejackets to show respect for sea-going and shipboard personnel, noting jackie is an indignity and suggesting preferred terminology.
A Washington social scene notes the 17 year old daughter of a famous naval officer entertaining a friend. The friend remarks with pride that the elder sister has become engaged to a lieutenant in the same service as their father. The scene captures light conversation on family and career.
Fashion notes present pattern 5894 a seven gore box plaited skirt made for girls aged 14 and 16 in Panama cloth with braid trimming. It flatters through hip line and flares at the hem with hidden back closure and fabric needs listed. The pattern can be mailed for ten cents plus postage.
Alban Kennedy contends with love and loyalty as he faces Paul Boriskoff in Hampstead. The old man warns that money has corrupted friends and tests Alban’s bond to Lois and Lois’s expectations, while the patron’s movements hint at a larger, unsettled fortune.
A Montgomery Alabama Advertiser verse predicts weather shifts from leap years, a man and a widow signaling early spring, and a streetcar crawling before stopping with a backward stepping woman signaling early fall.
Miss Eva De Chipenham of New York argues that beautiful thoughts make beautiful faces and figures while ugly thoughts deform. She notes thoughts mold expressions and can reveal hidden truths, citing a Chicago interview and a Chicago girl’s misstep in a dim parlor story from the Washington Star.
Two Englishmen in a London restaurant bet five dollars on who can tell the tallest tale. One claims a woman turned to wood after being placed on a vessel, the other says a deaf man suddenly speaks after twenty years, then a wheel spoke incident links to a bicycle shop.
Washington February 1. A Shoreham hotel dinner for the Wisconsin delegation hosted by Senator Stephenson drew a full attendance and lively, talkative mood. La Follette proposed a bill to refund interest on land purchase errors from 1904. life-savers on the Great Lakes seek higher pay with a plan for half pay during off months.
Scripted dialogue between a couple about finishing a pumpkin pie hints at domestic scene with no external events or identifiable entities.
A quirky line from Transatlantic Tales likens a mother to a balloon that grows more buoyant yet less dirigible, blending whimsy with surreal image. The remark frames motherhood as expanding yet unmanageable, in a playful literary aside.
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