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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
3
The piece argues Capt. B. C. Smith refused the board of trade presidency, criticizing its lack of funds and limited influence to attract factories. It laments social rigidity, the ban on banquets, and a shift to commercial clubs as stronger community links, urging renewed leadership to spur industrial ventures.
The Tribune calls for a strong amiable leader to head the board of trade urging wealthy, independent men to join, invest, and guide industrial ventures. It argues such leadership would attract factories and reduce risky investments, turning leisure into progress and leaving a lasting city-building legacy.
The Retail Grocers and Manufacturers and Jobbers unions unite to promote sale of La Crosse made goods. They argue that local dollars circulate to boosting wages, taxes, streets and schools, while home patronage supports property values and city prosperity.
Freeport helped oust Eau Claire from the league triggering a scramble that leaves La Crosse with a pool of players for a pennant bid. La Crosse thanks Eau Claire for fair play and promises reciprocal support when opportunity arises.
The piece accuses a political actor described as a mephisto of politics of attacking Roosevelt via correspondence and branding Bryan and La Follette as threats. It argues these figures must be sidelined to allow predatory corporations to prosper.
The report notes Senator Knox backing the water way plan while suggesting his political craft cannot navigate the river of politics. It implies his support is limited by the political realities and the path to the White House.
Elwyn Strong stars in a revival of Robert Louis Stevenson s tale at the Empire Theater over the last three days this week. Strong delivers a convincing Hyde and Jekyll with sharp makeup and voice changes culminating in a striking death scene. La Crosse theater tonight.
Robert Edeson headlines in Classmates with a strong supporting cast. Henry B. Harris presents the West Point drama by William C. de Mille and Margaret Turnbull, following Strongheart. Cast features Flora Juliet Bowley, Marjorie Wood, Maud Granger, Wallace Eddinger, Frank McIntyre, Sidney Ainsworth and Calvin Tibbits.
Henry B. Harris presents The Lion and the Mouse next Monday Feb 17 at our theater. Charles Klein wrote the play praised for its original idea handling high finance and money evils. Harris assembled a strong company as audiences across New York Boston and Chicago have shown high enthusiasm. Seat sales begin Saturday morning.
The London Daily Chronicle notes France shows higher illiteracy than several European nations despite a quarter century of compulsory education. Among 24 000 conscripts in Seine October turnout, 67 could not read, 92 read only, 337 barely literate. Illiteracy stands at 40 per 1000 men and 60 per 1000 women. France fares worse than Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Holland on this metric.
A mother and observer remark on a young boy’s intelligence and family resemblance. The exchange captures pride from the mother as she recalls her own youth and contrasts her daughter’s likeness to the father.
An alarmist health alert warns fat individuals that heart failure can strike without warning due to fatty degeneration. It touts Rengo as a guaranteed remedy, selling boxes for $1 and offering a free trial by mail, with drugstores and local merchants listed for purchase.
An off day reflection notes a sense of inner conflict and weariness. The fragment hints at truthfulness about mood and self, with terse initials suggesting a personal journal style.
A Harper's Weekly verse recounts Secretary Taft aboard the steamer President Grant near Hamburg engaging in a playful wireless exchange with Captains Witt and Watt of the Grant and Lusitania. Taft dines with Watt, jokes about the masters named Watt, and another pun ends the exchange.
Johnson recalls a summer trip with Beverly when they lost their way for five days and nights. They had no food other than soup, made from ingredients found after their auto wrecked on the first day. Thompson listens as Johnson details the ordeal and survival.
A politician denies sulking in a tent after being accused of such behavior. He calls the claim obviously false and jokes that he has not been in a tent since running away to the circus. The Philadelphia Ledger reports the remark.
The Mexican Herald reports on the Sociedad Geografica Exploradora mapping towns across the republic with rapid progress in Sonora and Magdalena. Separately, in a literary scene, Alban wrestles with Gessner’s revelation that Anna loves him and could wed him, while Boriskoff’s credentials and threats recede as Boriskoff departs for Poland.
Stomach specialists warn of a fast living nation prone to dyspepsia. A popular remedy, the Prosene Prescription, combines Compound Tincture of Cinchona, Prosene Compound, and Sherry Wine to be taken before meals and at night, prepared by Cooper Pharmacal Company in Chicago.
A brief agricultural note from Northwestern Agriculturist mentions the farmer catching the first sun rays. The line evokes rural life and the start of a day on the farm.
Fashion notes describe a Princesse style dress with sleeves integral to the gown, featuring a plaid ceiling trimmed with banding, chemisette and cuffs in white henrietta cloth, and optional contrasting fabrics. Patterns 5914 offer sizes for 14 and 16 year olds, with yardage details and mail order for ten cents plus stamp for faster delivery.
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