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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1909
Page
3
The piece chronicles Paul W. Mahoney, a flamboyant baseball magnate, clashing with directors over his seat on the board. After threats to resign, he tears up a resignation and remains a controversial, increasingly unwanted figure amid a tense power struggle on the directorate.
The board signals continued employment for Paul W. Mahoney despite questions over stockholder status and a tense bargaining episode. The decision hinges on his lawful rights and enduring value, suggesting he remains anchored until broader association guidance resolves nuisance abatements.
Wisconsin author Herbert E. Miles notes tariff arguments supported by German reforms and German expert inquiry. He compares US Ways and Means with Germany’s five year, two thousand expert process and stresses legislative control over tariffs. He recalls tariff history, competition and consumer protection.
A La Crosse Wisconsin couple report relief from kidney pain after using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Erhart's drug store. The ad urges readers to buy the remedy, naming Foster Milburn Co as U S agents and price 50 cents. The piece also argues for tariff reform and a permanent tariff commission to curb trusts and protect workers.
Oklahoma Supreme Court holds that constitutional initiative and referendum provisions were not self executing. A 1907 conviction for violating an ordinance occurred before the 1908 legislative act making the provisions effective, thus a referendum petition filed with the mayor had no legal effect until then.
A simple home formula now spread via newspapers claims to aid rheumatism kidney and bladder troubles. The recipe uses Flujid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla with dosing after meals and at bedtime. The ad asserts improved kidney filtering and relief from backache urination issues and urine discoloration.
A Washington Star humorous column notes how speakers rush words from the heart, from giants to small, and urges readers to catch phrases on the fly. It mocks polite talk masking anger while praising blunt diction and the word prevaricate.
In New York Commander Peary discusses fatalism with a reporter likening his belief in reaching the pole before death to that of Abe Cruger. He explains practical fatalism as readiness, citing the blunderbuss anecdote and the need to be prepared for danger.
Hanks explains Scribbler's writing process as a ritual of upheaval. He hires a plumber for gas jets and a timer for stove pipes, keeps his daughter home, practices a five finger exercise, hires a street piano to play national tunes, and disparages his wife's family before writing notes.
A visitor notes the ubiquity of large "Keep to the Right" signs in New York City. The remark underscores how common street safety reminders have become and prompts reflection on local order and behavior in public spaces.
A narrator recounts Little Edna who, observer of a ragged caravan, muses that if she were as poor she would borrow a gun and shoot herself in the woods, but questions who would return the gun. The remark is noted in Delineator.
A Maryland man recently married off his fourth daughter and the pageant drew broad notice from society editors. A friend’s quip about the wedding being a big affair prompts the father’s witty reply that the event “well night beggared me,” underlined by a poem on wills and heirs.
Dr. Walter C. Smith, famed poet preacher, once argued with an old lady about the scriptural phrase Take up thy bed and walk. He suggested the bed was a mere mat, but she insisted the bed was a four poster, making the miracle credible only if a large bed could be carried away.
Katherine Grainger visits Camilla Lancing to discuss the children’s needs and finances. Camilla, moved by affection yet wary of trouble, plans practical aid and funds to purchase essential clothing and items, while noting debts and shop issues.
J W Chaney of Washington DC testifies that Father John’s Medicine keeps his large family healthy through coughs and colds in winter. He claims it cures throat and lung troubles, is not a patent medicine, and contains no poisonous drugs or alcohol. It is promoted as preventing pneumonia and consumption.
In a tense drawing room scene Camilla races to her engagement with Sir Samuel Broxbourne while Mrs Lancing contends with finances and motherhood. Katherine notes Sir Samuel’s admiring gaze as he asks for help gluing a patton, promising to return in time for the looming departure.
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