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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1913
Page
7
A Tribune commissioned observer visits St Michael's Orphanage to study its methods and report on the care and outcomes for children. The note reflects gloom and the value of a well run orphanage as a stable home before youths depart.
A detailed tour of St Michael's orphanage describes the 1911 facility housing boys and girls, its four story main building, modern sanitation, chapel, farm buildings, and the bishop’s dining room. Rev Father Beyer leads the institution with fourteen Sisters as staff and 150 loaf capacity. The children follow a rigid daily routine starting at 5:30 with baths mass breakfast and schooling.
A visit to St Michael's Orphanage details the southeast floor for girls with living and work rooms, a two-grade curriculum matching public schools, and a dormitory organization split by gender with watchful guardians. The article highlights craft work, gardens, mass attendance, the domestic science program, and a democracy-based discipline. It notes 105 boys and 95 girls, with eight graduates planned, and explains adoption and non-graduate placements. It also describes the sewing department, donated handwork, a boys' baseball team, a roof garden, and a 240-acre farm visible from the roof.
Widow Ann Laurence works to solve her finances by submitting a story to a magazine contest. She meets editor Billy Hawley, confesses love, and the decisive moment arrives as she writes I love you, while he implies her true prize is their future together.
An advertisement invites wives and mothers to try ORRINE for alcohol problems with a money back guarantee if no results. The simple home treatment comes in powder No 1 or pill No 2, costs $1 per box, and includes a booklet at 518 Main street Hobart.
A concise aphorism notes that people often retain memories of unwanted losses or regrets more vividly than voluntary recollections, suggesting a paradox of memory and desire.
The girl Edith, though timid, performed her duty during a school visit and earned praise from her mother. Edith admitted fear, confessing she was really scared, though she kept her hands steady and hid trembling knees.
A Greenwich police court charged a woman with allowing a donkey to stray shortly after a young man faced a fine for the same offense. Mr Symmons stated tenaciously that she would be charged the same as the man, denying any woman's grievance.
A reflection on how loved ones set us on the path of integrity by their pure faith in us. When they trust us, sins feel like sacrilege that harms the invisible altar of trust and moral order.
A reflective quotation honors Helen Keller's belief that efforts toward beauty are never lost and that pursuit will lead to discovery somewhere, sometime.
A historical remark features Chilon answering what tasks are hardest. He lists keeping secrets making good use of leisure and bearing being wronged as the stern tests of character.
The article notes tobacco remains a profitable industry even as cigarette smoking climbs rapidly, highlighting economic importance and ongoing consumption trends without detailing specific figures or events.
Willie, a five year old, is sent away from the dinner table for misbehavior. In the kitchen he overhears a maid remark and retorts that a preacher’s son bears the blame for his punishment.
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