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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1908

Page

3

Nielsen engagement boosts La Crosse theater bold risk

La Crosse theater managers book Miss Alice Nielsen with the San Carlos Opera company for next Thursday, a venture many similar cities declined. Gage & Wohlhuter guarantee the engagement to ensure success, signaling faith in the community as patrons rush to reserve seats from La Crosse and nearby towns. The prior Italian Grand Opera company had set a high bar for comparison.

la Crosse Theater Alice Nielsen San Carlos Opera Company Milwaukee Twin Cities Gage la Crosse Gage & Wohlhuter Italian Grand Opera Company Nielson Company Miss Nielson the Tribune

Public interest prompts editorial support for private enterprise

The editorial argues that newspaper editorials normally avoid backing private enterprises, but the subject’s significance justifies strong support and aligns with the community’s loftiest instincts. It emphasizes liberal backing as deserved and timely on the first day after the announcement.

Green Bay banquet sparks Business Men's association revival

Green Bay officials hold a February Turner hall banquet with nearly 200 business and professional men urging revival of the longtime industrial welfare group. The write up compares Green Bay’s effort to La Crosse’s lagging board of trade, noting similar conditions and questioning local leadership.

Green Bay Wis Turner Hall Business Men's Association Board of Trade la Crosse

Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles Bowwow Burglar Tale

A humorous verse recounts five Belgian police dogs patrolling New York City with rubber boots. A burglar flees with loot, the dogs pursue, but a tomcat in a hand-me-down coat outsmarts the scene. A cat sits in a tree while the thief escapes unseen.

New York City

Honest man found by a stamp clerk via old walnut debt

A letter from an Iowa small town tells of a boyhood pledge to pay 6 cents for walnut gathering. The writer calculates 55 years of compound interest at 8 percent on 5 cents, amounting to about 2.40 dollars, and says he will forward the sum to the Indianapolis post office if correct.

William Welling Indianapolis Iowa Ray P. S

Fragmented Text Counts Backward After Incomplete Remark

The readable parts mention counting backward by one hundred after finding remarks. The snippet appears as a stray line with unclear context and no identifiable people, places, or organizations.

Ayn Erma Hrdimum

Police Chiefs Ten Commandments From Roosevelt Era

The passage highlights George Washington and President Roosevelt praising Cleveland Chief Kohler. It outlines ten police commandments emphasizing restraint, justice, humane treatment, and cooperative leadership, urging officers to balance authority with empathy and rely on teamwork for effective policing.

Roosevelt Rei Kohler Cleveland

Bank Comptroller Change Named in Kansas City Reorganization

Washington reports good authority that Comptroller Biddele y will leave government service to head the reorganized National Bank of Commerce in Kansas City. Lawrence O. Murray will become comptroller of the currency. Murray, 43, formerly Chicago, ex secretary of the Central Trust Company, and ex assistant secretary of commerce and labor, studied law in New York and has six years in Treasury bureaus.

Washington Biddeley Reorganized National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City Lawrence O. Murray Mr. Murray Chicago Central Trust Company Commerce and Labor Murray Wetmore C. Jenner New York City New York Treasury Department

Our Nobility for Home Use in Savannah Editorial

The piece notes American heiresses rarely marry titled foreigners while European title holders often seek money. It suggests creating American titles to keep wealth at home and improve marriage prospects for American millionaires, arguing women value titles for happiness and could buy them domestically.

Savannah America

The Cultivation of Gossip

A Washington Star piece argues for pruning gossip to be less harmful. It notes cultivated gossip would lose bite yet may be safer for neighbors, while acknowledging some will find it stale and unprofitable without scandal.

Tribune Washington, D. C Star

Japan to colonize at home

The United States and Japan seek peace despite European rumor. Japan intends to use all powers to urge colonization of Korea Manchuria and parts of China. The nation will not spare workers for the new world as Asia needs them urgently.

Japan Boston United States Korea Manchuria China New World Asia

Foley's Honey and Tar not affected by Pure Food Law

Special announcement states Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles contains no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults. O. T. Erhart.

Foley O. T. Erhart

Fashionable coats debut in winter to spring wear

The piece outlines a versatile coat and vest ensemble in broadcloth and light materials, with a Chinese-embroidered vest and soutache trim. It lists yardage for sizes 32 to 40 and notes pattern 5905, shipping by mail for ten cents plus postage.

Fashion Department

Simple Remedy La Grippe Cough Promises Fast Relief

The ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for grippe coughs that may lead to pneumonia. It claims the product stops the cough and heals the lungs, with no harmful drugs, in a yellow package.

O. T. Erhart

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