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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1908
Page
3
The Saenger festival is scheduled in La Crosse Wisconsin from July 23 to 26 with events across the city. Organizers invite residents and visitors to enjoy performances and community activities during the four day celebration.
The Milwaukee Daily News assesses the Democratic platform on trusts, endorsing prevention over cure. It argues production on a large scale is inevitable with industrial growth, while monopoly stems from privilege and conspiracies. It calls to strip tariff privileges and end rate discrimination to free consumers.
The passage proclaims the consummation of a union between Anna and Helie after long suspense and trial. It celebrates the world-enthralling union as a triumph for “blooded bucks of France” and the “gilded dames of this republic.”
The illustration lists eight hotels in Denver serving as headquarters for state delegations at the Democratic convention. Adams hosts Minnesota and others, Albany hosts Michigan Texas Georgia, Oxford hosts California and Pennsylvania, Brown Palace houses the national committee, Metropole hosts New York Tammany, Windsor covers Indiana Louisiana Montana Oregon, New Shirley Annex hosts Delaware Virginia and South Carolina, Savoy hosts Rhode Island New Jersey Iowa.
The Milwaukee Free Press questions the idea of a lasting love match across borders. The piece cautions readers to avoid idealizing transnational unions and weighs famous pairings against time and fate.
A cheerful scene at a charity event features a bluff Westerner buying a tag for a dollar and joking that his wife will see it on the coat. He adds another dollar for the second prettiest girl in the world, eliciting a lighthearted response. The note appears in Ethel McKenzie’s July column, Charities and the Commons.
La Crosse welcomes Ringling Brothers World Greatest Shows next Tuesday with a record crowd draw. The circus features a grand parade at 10 am a vast zoological garden a European bill and the automobile double somersault by Miss Roche of France promising a spectacular two show daily.
The writer argues that a party’s platform should reflect the ideas of its likely nominee, specifically William Jennings Bryan, asserting that a strong platform clarifies campaign issues. It contends voters will reward consistency and question character when platforms align with candidate views.
A Philadelphia campaign for playgrounds collected twenty thousand dollars in cash as tag sellers swarmed stations offices restaurants and streets. The article portrays a citywide tag craze touching policemen pedestrians workers and even the mayor as every scene becomes a tag opportunity.
Effen Terry in McClure's describes how steam heat once troubled him in American hotels and theaters yet became manageable with more individual heaters. He notes American ice and meals, praising dishes as superior to French fare and recalling crab and oyster dishes enjoyed cheaply in the U S after tasting them in England.
Government opening of Tripp County lands slated for October 1. About one million acres to settlement including top agricultural lands. Rosebud extension of the Chicago and North Western Railway is the only line serving the lands. Tickets to Dallas, near the reservation border, recommended. United States land office expected to be located there. Free descriptive pamphlets available from any C N W ticket agent.
A well known Philadelphia minister accepts a New Jersey lecture engagement but cancels due to a prior commitment and offers to reimburse any loss. The secretary replies no harm and forwards a handbill announcing that a negro minstrel troupe will perform in place of the lecture with ticket exchanges for 1 cent extra.
A brief exchange notes superstition about thirteen and a personal jab about proposing to a thirteenth woman, reflecting superstition and relationship tensions in a casual chat.
In a curious exchange, Bones notes a bulldog swallowed a watch that is now running wet, startling Tambo who asks about the watch and the dog’s condition.
Jacob Romer, a money driven youth in Thorsby, courts fortune through marriage to Miss French while wrestling a gambling urge. After a near forgery and a Sunday stroll past the parish school, he resolves to marry as a fix, observing the teacher Miss French who leads a child class with stern, orderly care.
The battleship Nebraska departed yesterday bound for the east with plans to overtake the Atlantic fleet before Honolulu. California Washington and Tennessee reached San Pedro after target practice towing torpedo boat destroyers arriving on the scene.
A flood on the Yeshil Irmak river in Asia Minor wiped out Tokal, drowning about a thousand residents, according to a news agency report.
A call was issued for an eastern interstate negro press convention to be held in Pittsburg during the first three days of September.
Mrs Leonard Kleeber and her sister Mrs J L Palmer travel to West Salem to spend a few days visiting Mrs Kleeber's parents and enjoy a brief family visit.
In a short tale, a mother tries to instill generosity in Johnnie by asking him to share a bright red apple with his sister. Johnnie misunderstands the idea and asks for a definition, then cleverly asks his mother to tell his sister to be generous.
Gritty George, by the lumber pile, says he would like one job in the world to condemn water as a health inspector. His friend from the tiles expresses surprise at the notion. The exchange reveals a comical wish to condemn water itself.
A nautical burlesque from Newark Evening News depicts a loan shark bathing at the Jersey shore surrounded by sea life. A conspiratorial menagerie condemns him as waves and currents carry him to a dramatic end with sea creatures delivering a funeral march.
A brusque scene describes Abernethy asking who should consult him and, when the mother begins a story, ordering her to be quiet and forcing the daughter to answer. The mother is then told to put her tongue out, which she does, before he proceeds with examination.
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