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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1908
Page
3
The Saenger festival is set for La Crosse Wisconsin with events scheduled July 23 through 26 featuring music performances, community activities, and local vendors. Organizers invite residents and visitors to attend and enjoy the four day lineup across downtown venues.
Col. W. C. Brumder of Milwaukee states he will not seek the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. He says he can render better party and state service as a private citizen in journalism.
James F. Trottman of Milwaukee named a regents board member is now mentioned along with Prof. Voss for the position of lieutenant governor to succeed Mr. Connor. The note highlights the two figures as potential candidates tied to the university and state leadership.
D. D. Conway of Grand Rapids, longtime backer of his candidacy for the railroad rate commission, will announce his bid for the Democratic nomination for attorney general in a few days.
Social Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Harvey Brown conducts a statewide tour visiting major cities to promote his candidacy and advance the socialist cause.
The report describes efforts to patch up internal party rifts in Wisconsin to back Madison candidate Aylward for governor. T J Cunningham of Chippewa Falls is mentioned as a possible candidate for secretary of state on a harmony slate, while Byron B Parks of Stevens Point will not run for governor due to business reasons.
Congressman John S. Sherman of New York and Republican vice presidential nominee sent a note to Congressman Kuestermann of Green Bay thanking him for his congratulations on Sherman’s success.
Eleventh district headquarters to be set in Superior with Senator George B. Hudnall W H Crampton and Henry B Evans in charge. The announcement specifies location and key organizers.
Managers for S A Cook announce confidence he will carry Fond du Lac county. Papers for all four candidates circulate in the district.
Waukesha attorney James E. Thomas announces his bid for the Republican nomination to represent the First Assembly District. The retirements and party backing are not specified in the fragment.
McKenzie of Vernon has represented this locality in the legislature for two terms. Henry J. Nevens of Sheboygan holds the Democratic nomination for state insurance commissioner.
Arkansas Senator Jeff Davis will headline the September Dodge County Fair as a guest speaker. He previously rushed from his home to Washington to aid Senator La Follette in filibustering the Aldrich currency bill.
George S. Barnes of Washburn and Frank Hammill of Spooner vie for the Republican nomination to represent the district comprising Sawyer Washburn and Bayfield counties in the assembly race.
J. F. Shaw, editor and publisher of the Ellsworth Record, runs as a republican candidate for the assembly nomination from the locality.
Wells M. Ruggles of Ashland seeks the Democratic nomination for congress in the district nicknamed the tall pine of Copper Falls. Republicans tilt with I. L. Lenroot of Superior and J. J. Jenkins of Chippewa Falls as their two candidates.
Reports from the Denver convention indicate Milwaukee will host the 1912 Democratic National Convention. The choice reflects favorable sentiment driven largely by the Rose marching club.
Judge Paul D. Carpenter of Milwaukee is discussed in Democratic circles as the party’s candidate for United States senator.
H. M. Bolens runs in the district covering Sheboygan and Ozaukee counties for the Democratic nomination. The incumbent Republican senator George W. Wolff has represented the district since 1900.
Senator Henry Lockney of Wauke sha aims at the United States district attorney for the eastern district. W. J. McElroy, once on the university regents board, is also said to be pursuing the position.
Editor F. R. Huth of the Burnett County Journal will not seek the Republican nomination for the assembly. He states he cannot make the business sacrifices his candidacy would require.
W H Bangle of Augusta and Charles H Daub of Washington town vie for the republican nomination to the assembly. The district was represented by W A Cernahan at the last session.
Socialist leader and presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs delivered a Sunday march speech at Pabst park in Milwaukee, addressing a crowd gathered for the event.
Senator Isaac Stephenson plans to open a new headquarters in Madison within a few days, signaling an expanded political presence in the area. The move aims to bolster campaign operations and visibility ahead of upcoming activities.
Many Democrats in the state believe Col. W. J. Bryan’s announcement that he would serve only four years if elected could attract La Follette voters. If Taft loses, La Follette would be in the forefront four years hence.
The editorial asserts William J. Bryan's Democratic nomination was inevitable due to mass support, not machine influence. It claims the people’s confidence made his candidacy invincible and predicts victory, while noting uncertainty about which states he will carry as Taft remains his counterpart.
A Milwaukee Daily News analysis argues Wisconsin favors Bryan over Taft, noting voters see government as a restraint on predatory wealth and tariffs. It suggests Democratic principles win broad Republican support in Wisconsin and will influence the national race.
A 19th century view recalls the homestead law as a way to spur frontier settlement with a small fixed charge and five years of cultivation. It argues the system rewarded pioneers for developing new land while preserving public value, then notes later perversions of land distribution. The piece also mentions a July Atlantic essay and a La Crosse play schedule with a Red Cross Nurse, a couple’s onstage wedding, and Walkover shoe giveaways during performances.
An Atchison girl, inspired by tales of rude thanklessness, thanks a man who gave up his seat on a crowded street car with excessive politeness. She lavishes repeated compliments, praising the seat as the most comfortable she has ever sat in, in a fairy tale tone.
The New York World laments the absence of key southern Democratic leaders at the Denver gathering. It questions where Culberson Rayner Williams Tillman Johnston Bailey Bacon and other veteran figures have gone and mourns the loss of old line Southern Democrats who carried party principles from Jefferson and Jackson.
A gypsy woman Elizabeth Hughes died of heart disease and an inquest at Wandsworth heard her husband recall her wish to see “it” once more before dying. A daughter described preparing her mother for a trip to Epsom before finding her dead in bed on a Wednesday morning.
A humorous exchange shows a merchant proposing a clerkship at the worker’s valuation and asking if the firm can afford it, while the applicant questions affordability and accepts the offer.
The Van Dyke Eaton company and the La Crosse theater plan to close this season next Sunday. Tonight Dora Thorne headlines with free admission for ladies who buy tickets at the Theater Candy store before 6 p m Tuesday.
Sheriff Healey returns from New York with John Martin in custody on embezzlement charges for $2,000 from Mitchell Thompson Chicago commission firm. Money sent for cattle purchases allegedly diverted for personal use. Martin arrested while preparing to sail to Europe.
Red Wing Minnesota acts as a civic lesson by hiring a government road expert and building machinery to construct a real macadamized road for Red Wing and Goodhue county.
Three Graef children aged two to thirteen were poisoned by tainted bologna sausage in Iowa City. They were endangered for seven hours until a doctor intervened and saved them.
A Milwaukee teacher believes rules have exceptions and learns a lesson after a pupil eight years old misreads a spelling drill. The student mispronounces willow as double 1 and later reads double up Mary the sun is risen, illustrating how memory can override instruction.
A quirky dialogue shows an author claiming revenge on an editor who rejects her manuscripts. She says the editor declined his son with thanks, a witty twist that implies poetic justice in a light literary vignette.
A playful note mixes letters and insects with a joke about spelling. The Kaiser appears in a lighthearted dinner scene where an American woman is served salad over her left shoulder and the emperor remarks that a kaiser can wait but a salad cannot.
A humorous exchange from Chicago News features a weary wayfarer who says his last job was official grass cutter for a polar expedition. A housewife asks him to labor while she wands a wedge of cherry pie.
In a village tale a parson jokes to Henry the black smith about moving his shop to the parsonage rear. He claims while he repairs machines he can splice the hearts of runaway couples, a line aimed at satire of meddling meddling in romance.
A nostalgic vignette captures city spring sounds from morning iceman calls to car horns the fish man’s wheezy horn and organ man with Jocko on a string. Children’s backlot baseball shrieks add to the urban chorus.
A brief exchange shows Harris tipping his hat to a peasant woman and admitting he owes much to her. When asked if she is his mother he replies she is his landlady, revealing a humorous domestical tie in the scene.
Mrs Romer hides her child Vida while husband Jacob pursues coal and gains. A seaside crisis ends with Dr Hubert Salverson rescuing Vida and revealing a darker family web as Jacob and his brother Dr Thomas Romer clash over custody and asylum plans.
A humorous dialogue snippet from the Philadelphia Press features a chronic kicker objecting to envy and a passing microbe offering a grim consequence with the line about a neighbor having smallpox. The exchange satirizes desire and contagion in a mock confrontation.
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