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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
3
The Saenger festival is set to be staged in La Crosse Wisconsin from July 23 to 26 featuring live performances and community events across downtown venues with organizers inviting residents and visitors to join the celebration.
The piece condemns bank and corporate malfeasance by Walsh and Walker, argues law unenforcement fuels financial crime, and urges party unity for M A Hoyt for U S senator. It praises Hoyt’s journalism and leadership, notes W H Hatten as Republican senator candidate, and discusses Wisconsin political prospects.
The state Democratic and Republican factions spar as Milwaukee hosts the state convention to draft a platform and nominate a ticket. Candidates include C H Smith for state chair, M A Hoyt as temporary chairman, Falvey Crivitz, Wellensgard Berlin, Julius Beer, and many county figures in Dane and Washburn counties. A mix of assembly and congressional bids, labor notes, and a Burns anniversary anecdote color a wide field of contenders.
The author argues America over legislates while ignoring good laws. Law enforcement is rising but public trust is eroded by lax enforcement and bad laws. A generation of reform and repeal will bring a new era of enforceable, beneficent statutes.
The Washington Times notes President Roosevelt faces political questions while Africa attracts him. It jokes that Taft’s plurality might be measured in licenses to hunt in Africa and the costs of a jungle expedition, implying Roosevelt’s attention is drawn to safari adventures amid public life.
An elderly man exclaims astonishment that a deaf and mute man born deaf spoke in a shop. The nephew, trying to flee, notes the man entered a bicycle shop and lifted a wheel and spoke.
Guthrie Oklahoma July 21 Del Arrowood and Charles Evans were charged with murder by a coroner's jury for a deadly prank. They invited Omar McCreight a 15 year old to drink from a tin cup wired with electricity and he died from the shock.
A Baltimore Sun poem describes a July scene with vivid fruit imagery and a woman’s smile as she rests with peaches plums grapes and melons. The verses evoke summer abundance and music while celebrating nature and beauty.
Captain Pritchard of the Mauretania recalls a voyage dining tradition in London. A young Abyssinian prince promised to attend a supper with champagne and gifts, but he did not come because he was not hungry.
A dialogue contrasts poetic spring fragrance with a practical theory that the odor comes from camphor in old suits. The exchange appears in The Catholic Standard and Times highlighting perception versus attribution in sensory clues.
A titled heiress rejects Mr. Dalrymple’s marriage plea amid memories of a lost love. A white bearded veteran in blue recalls Gettysburg as Dalrymple exits, and Casey’s pool room absorbs the moment.
A lyrical observation notes a family born in New York Chicago and Pittsburgh and points to the humor of how they three ended up meeting. The verse lists birth places and ends with an amused sentiment about their reunion.
A satirical line suggests giving Hobson matches and sulphur to let him endure a private gehenna. The fragment implies a harsh, tongue in cheek rebuke of Hobson.
Vic Morris trains Phil Calmont into a capable draughtsman and contemplates their rivalry with Vida Bryan. Phil neglects dinner, Rose Nunsby rumors flare, Vida confronts Phil about his visits, and their strained walk home tests loyalties amid church ties and hidden motives.
A visitor challenges with a bet on endurance fasting. The snake editor directs to a nearby man, clarifying he is a poet not the Answer-to-Correspondents editor, in a witty Philadelphia Press exchange.
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