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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
3
Milwaukee Journal argues a proposed state bill should restrict cutting young spruce to safeguard forests for future paper needs while preserving children’s Christmas trees. The piece cites Germany’s scientific thinning, notes other pines and firs as alternatives, and urges balancing timber with children’s rights.
A Catholic Standard and Times poem recalls an old hat that accompanied a groom through laughter and tears. The speaker defends the hat and its wearer against playful sneers, noting the hat endured long after youth and marriage have faded. It ends with a quiet boast of shared memories.
The Milwaukee News reports a debate in the House on Sabath's 25 percent dowry tax for American girls marrying foreign nobles. Rep McGavin of Illinois blasts U.S. boasts of trade balance, decrying frayed nobility sold for Wall Street gains. He says trading in such alliances is a daily bargain in New York from ribbons to flesh.
The remarks compare American men unfavorably to European nobles, arguing Americans excel in work but lack leisure. It questions what American women with money should do, weighing loitering against European idleness and the appeal of noble prerogatives versus required labor.
An old couple share a meal with their son John after college. He jokes about studying logic and proves three chickens exist by using forks as proof. The father accepts his wit and plans to share the meal, noting the boy learned things at college.
New York fire chief outlines a plan for a firemen’s roll of merit while recounting a story to illustrate courage. A rookie refuses danger, asking to resign after being urged to perform a perilous ladder rescue, highlighting the line between pluck and duty.
Walter H Lawrence, famed for selecting and staging American plays rejected by New York managers, brings The Three of Us to La Crosse tomorrow. The rival theater tale once ran 227 nights at Madison Square, a gripping o er true western life that resonates with audiences.
Miss Glen Royton, soprano in The Girl Question at La Crosse, born in Dublin and raised in Brooklyn, has played Mimosa San in The Geisha, Angela in Florodora, and the Girl from Venus in The Silver Slipper. She recently created the prima donna role in The Vanderbilt Cup and repeated it in Fascinating Flora at New York Casino.
The Fashion Department offers pattern 5892 for a dainty yoke dress for 6 months, 1, 2, and 4 years. Includes options with plain material, flouncing, embroidered frill, and different sleeve styles. Material quantities and mailing details provided with a 10 cent pattern price and 2 cent extra postage if hurried. An unrelated anecdote from Life in Morocco follows in the same column.
Local items recount Fred Pfaff and family visiting West Salem La Crosse and nearby towns with relatives and friends. Other brief society snippets mention social evenings, calls on neighbors, and errands around Melrose Osseo and surrounding areas with names like Ben Pfaff and Miss Lucy Pfaff appearing in telltale lines from period papers.
Precocious Father Willie notes a playful punctuation example from Town Topics about Ethel a pretty girl walking down the street. He suggests a dash after Ethel to break the flow.
An advertisement promotes Yoler's Honey and Tar as a cure for colds and coughs claiming it stops coughing and expels the cold while acting as a mild laxative. It warns buyers to refuse any but the genuine yellow packaged product and is signed by OQ. T. Erhart.
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