Shanahan primary reform exposed as machine bluff
The Record-Herald condemns Shanahan’s direct primary bill as a fraud aimed to preserve boss control. It urges a comprehensive direct primary law and warns the compromise would deepen abuses and hinder reform, likening it to Wisconsin’s failed amendments. The piece calls for burying the Shanahan measure and empowering voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Shanahan
Record-Herald
Hamburg
Thimbleriggers
Wisconsin
Harmony May Make 1908 La Crosse Baseball Year Best Yet
The Tribune urges unity in La Crosse baseball for 1908, praising both sides of a recent controversy for putting the club first. It pledges loyalty to players, team, officials and the directorate, and expresses hope for harmony, prosperity, and a pennant in La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
The
Baseball Association
la Crosse
Bogerstown Theatre Fire Kills 183 in Pa
Jan 13 blaze at a Bogerstown theatre in Pennsylvania destroyed the building and killed 183 people. Early editions from Milwaukee Chicago and the Twin Cities carried the disaster while La Crosse morning papers remained silent. The commentary notes the discrepancy with the sole afternoon pacemaker in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogerstown
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Chicago
Twin Cities
Local newspaper mocks readers’ apoplexy to boost circulation
The item lampoons a dramatic but unserious public uproar about a railway wreck and a buoyant call for renewed vitality in the paper’s audience. It frames the commotion as a staged effort to awaken readers and increase circulation.
Gentlemen from Davenport Debate La Crosse Finance
The piece mocks a Davenport group for outmaneuvering La Crosse by a complex chain involving Detroit Minneapolis Washington Louisville New York and expects readers to consult The Central Electric of Louisville and La Crosse as well as The New York Times and Philadelphia Ledger for context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
la Crosse
Detroit
Minneapolis
Washington
Louisville
New York
Central Electric
New York Times
Philadelphia Ledger
Egyptian Tomb Homes At Luxor Now Lived In
Egyptians occupy excavated tombs as homes near Luxor despite tourist interest. Dragoman notes these tombs of ordinary citizens shelter families with multiple rock rooms. Children play with mummies and relics, including a mummified foot or hand sold for a few cents. The dwellings stay cool in summer and warm in winter, contrasting European horror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luxor
The Moor of Today
A Philadelphia Telegraph column argues that Moroccans hostile to Christians threaten France and Spain if Moroccan religious fanaticism grows. It contrasts medieval Moorish scholars with modern tribesmen, calling today’s fighters ignorant and barbaric and praising the historical sword and Koran clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Telegraph
Morocco
France
Spain
When a man makes his will he has a right to be self-willed.
A brief aphoristic note reflecting on individual autonomy in testamentary decisions, emphasizing that a person may freely shape their bequests and allocations without external coercion.
Girl Question at La Crosse Theatre Promises Big Receipts
The Askin-Singer troupe led by W. E. Burlock arrives to present The Girl Question in La Crosse with record figures cited from Chicago and touring cities. Ezra Kendall also heads to La Crosse after strong showings in South Bend Indianapolis Terre Haute Vincennes and Grand Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams, Hough and Howard
Chicago
Dallas
Texas
Houston
Ithica
Buffalo
Rochester
Ezra Kendall
la Crosse
South Bend
Indiana
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Vincennes
Grand Rapids
Grand Opera House
Santley Brings Western Melodrama Billy the Kid to La Crosse
Joseph Santley star of the Knickerbocker era opens his new melodrama Billy the Kid at the La Crosse theatre this Sunday January 26 with matinee. The sensational Western tale follows Billy becoming an outlaw through his father's influence, then reforming to rejoin the community. Supporting cast includes Thos McMahon Charlotte Huntington Sid Olcott Lorene Ferguson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Santley
Price Houses
Billy the Kid
la Crosse Theatre
Billy
Santley
Thos. McMahon
Charlotte Huntington
Sid Olcott
Lorene Ferguson
Miss D Hope Leonards Alice in Wonderland at La Crosse
Miss D Hope Leonard presents an elaborate production of Alice in Wonderland at the La Crosse theatre featuring a cast of about 150. Rehearsals under Miss Elizabeth Buch are nearly complete with plans for scenic and costume flourishes, tuneful music, and a variety of acts including the Grand March of Nations and several noted dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Hope Leonard
la Crosse Theatre
Elizabeth Buch
Any Time at All Dance Charms Audiences in Alice in Wonderland Run
Chronicle and Tribune praise the play Alice in Wonderland and the Any Time at All Dance. Audiences filled the theater, applauding the sextet and the professional staff of courteous performers. The Friday or Saturday shows promise no disappointment.
Just Life Those Merry Widows Opinion Laughs
A compact piece from the Milwaukee Free Press mocks overconfidence and minor pretensions with wry aphorisms about wit, learning, life, and work. The row of quips includes lines about hens, friendship, and the value of quantity in daily labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Free Press
A Bargain for Boriskoff and Gessner in Hidden Payoff
In a tense scene Boriskoff presses Gessner for compensation to aid his children, risking danger to himself. Gessner agrees to help, offering to repay a wrongful loss, with emphasis on protecting a Warsaw daughter as a central motive. The passage shifts abruptly to a fashion column describing long wraps, fabrics, trims, and a pattern 5881 with mail order details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland Yard
Poland
Paul Boriskoff
Boriskoff
Gessners
Maxim Gogol
Gessner
Warsaw
Silence of a hostage forces a grim bargain
Alban Kennedy will live under Gessner's roof as the boy’s guardian. Paul Boriskoff demands the arrangement to secure the daughter’s future and the Pole’s influence, offering wealth and threat in a tense expansion of coercion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Union Street
Warsaw
Maxim Gogol
Gessner
Paul Boriskoff
Europe
Boriskoff
Oxford
Cambridge
Hampstead
Roriskoff
Alban Kennedy
England
Sluts
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles Nearing the End
Cape Cod author Joe Lincoln recalls a humorous anecdote from a sermon at a church. A stranger asks how long the preacher has been preaching and decides to stay once told the service is nearly finished. The tale appears in Every body's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lincoln
Cape Cod
Not the Man Loafer Salutes a Stranger
A Punch cartoon caption features Loafer saluting a major and denying cowardice while recalling service in the Ninety ninth. The stranger questions the unit and alcohol use, leading Loafer to insist he always did his duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loafer
Iallus
Two of a Kind at Revival Meeting
A revival gathering featured Sister Jones and Brother Smith both declining to testify citing long sinning histories. They joked their places were in a dark corner behind the door, provoking laughter from the assembly. Love don Opinion notes in Tribune want ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sister Jones
Smith
Don
Also Mentioned on This Page
A .Wewspaper
Bidde
la Crosse County
Kidder
Burgess Business
Wis
the Tribune Is A Member of
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Payne & Young
Marquette
Ls Coste & Maxwell
Nassau Street
New York City
LA Crosse Tribune
Contre
Beevers
the LA Crosse Tiibune
E. c
Frank H. Burgess
A. E. Bleekman
Notary Public
Baseball
QUEER
Leslie’s Weekly
Alice In Wonderland
May Manton
Johnny
Papa
Everybody’s Magazine
Aladdin OF
London
Max Pemberton
Main Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!