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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1915
Page
3
Frank HH Bureees business manager of The La Crosse Tribune swears the actual copies printed and circulated in April 1915, totaling 199,288. The ledger lists daily totals and the month’s average circulation, reflecting the paper’s distribution.
A sworn statement or subscription ad was signed before a Notary Public in May 1919, indicating formal acknowledgment of the document. The text records the oaths or acknowledgments typical of notarial acts from that period.
A clipped essay reviews 1194 livestock price trends from the London Chronicle, recalling when beef and pork cost far less than today. It contrasts past meals like a cow price with modern barbecue costs and notes even Robin Hood could not ride a jitney in England.
Mr Revert WW Keves expresses interest in a contract covering Sixteenth Street from King to Cass. He and Mevor Henney support the idea, arguing the Sixteenth and Cass corner sees heavy traffic. The matter will be presented to the aldermen by Mr Kee in a meeting noting the muddy, busy intersection and higher travel than nearby corners.
The Pioneer Press urges using coordinated newspaper letters across the Americas to back President Wilson’s promise to curb Mexican anarchy. It argues that united North and South American voices could deter hostile motives, push for fair elections, and strengthen ties first laid by A B C mediation and the Pan American congress.
Exaggeration aside, the street cars carry hundreds of high school students and heavy residential traffic. Replacing Sixteenth street incline with a water shedding pavement would flood the Cass street intersection when it rains, worsening mud. Mr. Keyes argues mayor and council may justify altering plans to relieve public annoyance.
A Scientific American note describes U S forest service logs from Madison Wisconsin showing diagonal wrinkles on one side of the trees. Counting annual rings tied the marks to a 1898 hurricane in Florida, a small but striking example of science fixing a storm date from wood analysis.
President N L O Neil warned cut salaries or the league would be busted as forty postponed games and weak support cause heavy financial losses.
A mixed column featuring poetry by Douglas Malloch and humorous vignettes from various sources in the Woman's Home Companion style. It blends reflections on war remembrance with light jokes from a 20th century periodical voice.
A newspaper man recalls a hapless customer claiming to have written a song and offering it to waitress Lucile in a Sixth Avenue hashery. The caller teases a title about Lucile with sly insinuations while the exchange hints at humor and local color.
A Le La Crosse Kansas mother recalls her one day old son breaking out with itchy tiny red pimples that became water blisters and crusted, disfiguring him until four weeks old when Cuticura soap and ointment brought relief and the child recovered by nine months.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a newspaper man and Lucile chat over oxtail soup and tongue. A quick insult leads to a witty custard pie line, showcasing light banter and a bright quip about being “almost a shine.”
A Boston Sunday school exchange features a young Tommy who declines the promise of a better world. He explains he already rests enough as a shoeblack and prefers his current status, prompting the teacher to reassure him about rest in the afterlife.
A Sunday school moment ends with a child’s joke about Adam and a girl’s witty reply. The piece then lists humorous wants from Oxford shoes to a non choking five cent cigar, an odorless stove, and a long lasting coke purchase.
A tense exchange in the desert night depicts goons and native gendarmes catching a legionary for a price. The men discuss punishment and the penal battalions while Gabrielle and a companion await dawn and hope Colonel Destinn may return.
The city police investigated the death of Alta Norman, 31, ex library worker, and a Mexican boy. Authorities suggest the boy shot Miss Norman after a struggle and then killed himself to avoid detection. Clues include a blood trail and an overturned phone in her room.
In heat and dust Colonel Destinn leads three legionaries from Sidi bel Abbes toward an unseen peril. Haunted by a conspiracy and past crimes, he presses on as night folds the landscape and hostile forces close in, the sky filling with a foreboding cry.
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