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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
3
The La Crosse Tribune publishes its sworn detailed circulation for the month of June 1908. Circulation totals show a daily average of 6,409 with a year to date figure of 166,086.
The Saenger festival will be held in La Crosse Wisconsin from July 23 to 26 featuring local events and performances. Organizers invite community members and visitors to enjoy concerts exhibitions and workshops during the four day celebration.
The call to action urges every La Crosse resident to act as a committee of one to advertise and invite others to attend the Saengerfest. Citizens are asked to write letters, spread word, and bring in at least one extra attendee, with a goal of boosting the festival’s reach and attendance.
Henry Watterson accuses Alton B. Parker of seeking a Denver delegation to betray the Democratic Party. The Belmont-Ryan clique is blamed for plotting to scuttle the party, with Parker’s proposed resolution to honor Cleveland seen as a cover for denouncing the party’s course.
Milwaukee News denounces Parker and other party figures for using the memory of Grover Cleveland to attack Bryan and the Democratic Party. The piece argues Cleveland’s legacy should not be invoked to sow dissension and warns against reviving old quarrels at the national convention.
The piece argues that education should foster self government and responsibility in girls as in boys, emphasizing minimizing doctoring, promoting wisdom and independence, and developing capacities to take care of themselves and others as a core goal of schooling and parental guidance. It promotes different but equal paths for girls while seeking the highest destiny for women.
A French statesman received a duel challenge from Victor Noir, a bully of the press, who misspelled nearly every word. The statesman replied that he chose the spelling book as weapon and warned Noir he was a dead man. The duel was never fought.
Seventh week of Spotlights Stock Co. includes free admission for Ladies with pre 6 pm tickets at the theatre candy store. The Great Diamond Robbery is the current bill with a two week run, a different play daily. A Carmen matinee is planned for Wednesday, plus a Wednesday pig giveaway for a lucky audience member.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch argues New Jersey's mosquito program shows initial gains but failure due to neglected ditches and larvae breeding. It says screens alone won't curb flies and urges practical public education on wiping out pests, citing rats flies and mosquitoes as universal targets requiring effort.
The Toronto Globe notes 294 Indians in the Thirty-seventh are rural, with over half red men. Capt. Johnson, self an Indian, organized a Six Nations company. his son is a lieutenant, and Lieut. Smith, a full blood Mohawk, serves in the third company.
A witty remark notes that those with excess money and little sense gain many friends, implying they are surrounded by acquaintances who seek gain rather than genuine regard. The line sharpens a social critique of wealth without wisdom.
A fragmentary poem titled The Milkman's Song appears in the Bohemian publication. It contrasts milk and water in a sly verse about social mixing and a milkman's daughter, with recurring lines about quips and wanton wiles.
A caller asks a boy for his father and receives a playful reply that places the father in the pig-pen with a hat on. The brief vignette exemplifies rustic humor and a Cajun-like charm from Lippincott's.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls an amusing Newport luncheon incident where Charlie Coddle dropped out of a balloon and landed on the table to spoil the meal ending with a quip about how it happened.
An excerpt urges men to try fishing as a preferred pastime. It advises simple gear a rod line and hook to catch fish like catfish trout and sucker. It notes patience and caution about bragging about big catches.
At a country town public meeting a retiring councillor boasted he could settle an argument to a pint as fast as anyone. An audience member who knew him shot back that Sandy and they could bring a quart to a pint a quicker.
A humorous exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a person sending knives and forks to cousins in Chicago and a critique that the forks were unnecessary, reflecting frugal sentiment.
A Milwaukee businessman demanded cash at a city bank window but was offered clearing house certificates. He preferred cash and joked that milk tickets would be as good for his baby, highlighting the exchange as a humorous cash dilemma.
An old negro heavyweight applicant to government service declares his qualifications are “all wool and a yard wide” after being asked what they are. The remark highlights the era’s racial dynamics in job hiring.
In Kirktown, James Kahn consolidates power amid mine labor tensions as Dick Finnan defends Vida Bryan’s circle and Rose Nunsby mentors Vida while unrest grows around No. 2 pit. The Romer fortune and family feuds drive scheming men toward risky moves in a bleak industrial district.
A playful exchange notes a husband planning to kill a chicken for the wedding anniversary. The wife objects laughingly and the exchange ends with a quip that the chicken bears no fault.
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