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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1914
Page
3
The Tribune publishes its circulation state and notes it is the only Lacrosse newspaper to submit to a circulation examination by the American Advertisers association.
A discussion of speeding dangers inspired by James Lane Allen's Cathedral Singer contrasts a mother’s grief with a catastrophic auto accident. The piece cites La Crosse County speeding incidents, repeated fines, and calls for harsher penalties as judges and juries let reckless drivers escape real punishment, risking more tragedies.
Chicago June 9 Chief of Police Gleason announced no censorship of bathing suits at city beaches this year. Women may wear skirts or bloomers as they like, provided they are proper in gym, the same standard on beaches. Last year former Chief McWeeny failed to curb dress. Miss Rosalie Ladova was acquitted after being charged with improper dress.
A rhymed wedding sketch by Mendel and Sons notes the bride proceed with her father, the groom, and guests in a humorous verse. The narrator jokes about the family, best man, and a wise dominie, ending with relief that the knot is tied and the gang is satisfied.
Miss Margaret Foley told a Chelsea crowd that suffragists accept a woman’s place at home. A rude youth challenged her, asking why she wasn’t there. She replied, because he isn’t a married man and she isn’t a married woman, provoking laughter and silencing the heckler.
Arthur Robinson recounts Irvin Jones applying at the recruiting office to enlist for service in Mexico but being rejected for poor teeth. Jones reacted with indignation arguing that he would eat them after killing the enemy, reflecting a grim wartime bravado.
A Boston philanthropist receives a letter asking to aid after misfortune. The writer laments losing his horse and home along with his wife, seeking help to perform more good deeds. The text reflects a hopeful appeal from a distressed sender.
After two years of illness with monthly pains and weight loss, Mrs. Joseph Aselin of Minneapolis says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound revived her strength and allows her to do housework again. The ad urges others to try the product, noting it contains no narcotics and invites confidential letters to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A plea from a homeless individual seeking financial help to cover three losses and regain the ability to earn a living. The writer promises repayment with interest and asks for a loan of any size, noting a larger loan would accelerate repayment and mutual benefit, awaiting a favorable reply.
A young eminent physician and a girl stand on a rustic bridge above a babbling brook with a brown pool below. She asks what he would do if her heart lay at the bottom, and he remarks on her recovery from an operation with a crisp, admiring reply.
A bank receives a peculiar inquiry asking what interest a $15 deposit would earn, whether the husband could withdraw it without the wife’s signature, and if the wife must grant permission to deposit. The note requests clear figures on annual interest and withdrawal rights, ending with a polite closing.
Fort Smith Arkansas reports the drowning of Hubert Daffern a school teacher and his pupil Andrew Sallows aged 11 in a swimming hole near Catter yesterday the two victims died in the same incident keeping the incident brief and factual for a local news brief.
In Cleveland on June 9 at the juvenile court Judge Adams, several men with drawn knives attacked Joseph Berardi during his arraignment. Bailiffs and court attaches fought to protect Berardi and rushed him back to his cell after the assault.
The narrative recounts the voyage approaching a large bay later named Cape Henry, cheering landfall, and weary sailors landing in Virginia. John Smith is named to the London Company council with seven others, amid celebrations and rivalries as New Port reads the roster aboard the ship.
The Supreme Court ruled that government can stop liquor sales at Bemidji and other points within a vast ceded Indian land territory in northern Minnesota. It reversed lower court dismissals of prosecutions against a dozen Bemidji saloonkeepers who held state licenses. The ruling also affects liquor sales in parts of Minneapolis and advances prosecutions in a region as large as three New England states with a substantial Indian population and hundreds of thousands of whites.
The mercury nears 90 as saloonkeeper Philip hie and patron Stewart Kuick suffer frostbite after two robbers locked Bohle and Kuick in Bohle's saloon ice box. The thieves escaped with 50 dollars from the till.
Lansing Michigan June 9 The condition of Mrs Ferris is critical at Big Rapids. The governor has cancelled all engagements indefinitely. Death seems a question of a few hours.
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