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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
3
Secretary Franklin MacVeagh warned that tariff revision is not a downward cut and that western expectations focus on reform. The Chicago Record-Herald notes the candid remarks and critiques Standpatters, urging alignment with public sentiment across the Midwest.
In a speech, Mr. MacVeagh commends revising upward only if satisfactory to the people of the middle west. He warns that failure to satisfy will prolong agitation and delay other issues. He criticizes Aldrich supporters and urges schedules and rates defendable by public policy. The progressives are framed as seeking peace and stability.
A Washington dispatch reports Democratic senators oppose Wm. J. Bryan for criticizing their lumber tariff vote. They defend their stance against Bryan claims, arguing he would have faced opposition from Aldrich Democrats if president. Bryan would have vetoed an Aldrich bill, Taft likely would not.
A Washington Star passage quotes a benevolent woman warning about harm from careless speech. A young man replies he is a baseball umpire, highlighting a clash of words and a moment of tension on a train.
The session expands railroad and electric railway powers, enacts crossing and track rules, strengthens public utility oversight, and tightens insurance and financial regulations. It raises kidnaping penalties, reshapes trust and banking laws, and advances pure food codes and beverage definitions, with constitutional amendments slated for voter approval.
A scientific instrument for the cure of deafness ear noises and ear disease invented by an American surgical instrument maker is hailed as the most reasonable and certain cure. Physicians using the bar masseur appliance claim most deafness cases can be cured and agencies may soon be established in major American and Canadian cities.
An advertisement attributes dandruff and hair loss to a scalp parasite and promotes Newbro's Herpicide as the cure. C. H. Reed of Victor Idaho testifies his family was cured after using two bottles, with many other testimonials claimed. Sold by leading druggists with a 10 cent sample offer from The Herpicide Co. Detroit Michigan. Hoeschler Bros. special agents.
An Ohio statute allows a lien for losses at bucket shops on the operator. A loser won a judgment but did not name the premises owner. After sale of the premises without notice, the loser joined the owners in a new suit. The Ohio Supreme Court held the lien applies to the operator, not to the vendee, unless the vendee knew or could know.
The Kansas City Journal notes a pessimist in spring clinging to a jaundiced view. He dismisses a berry cake as fake due to few berries and blames the team when they lose.
A Milwaukee department store scene shows visitors asking to return goldfish fed with milk and chicken broth, candy, a cut glass bowl, blouses, and more. The complaint clerk handles each request with tact as customers explain mismatched gifts and fashion choices.
A Ram's Horn exchange questions why a newspaper man scowls at a visitor. A bank official says some people claim to know how to run others' business better, calling them nuisances. The dialogue ends with a wry remark about weather.
In an Irish garrison town a theatrical company used local soldiers as supers for a staged battle. At a Friday performance under colonel sponsorship the two armies fought past the signal and curtains fell on the wrong side as the unit refused retreat, provoking laughter in the boxes.
The editor known as Jim, long prominent in journalism, dies after years shaping public critique and moral prose. The piece, by Clifton S. Wady, notes his rivalry with poetry and the toll of verse on his life, concluding he died from too much poetry.
Miss Hazel Haberkorn and John Higgins both of New Albia Iowa were married in a morning ceremony at 9 o'clock at St James church parsonage officiated by Rev Ambrose Murphy.
An old advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine tea as instant relief for indigestion sour stomach constipation headache and backache. It urges readers to buy a package at any drugstore or dealer for 25 cents and feel grateful for the information.
Tankerlane arrives at the remote station seeking a boat to explore the creeks and endures slow clerks and a vegetarian station master. A glimpse of Leonore on the departing train prompts a dramatic dash toward her carriage as the scene ends with a cliffhanger.
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