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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1921
Page
3
A garbled OCR note mentions a saved action and small efforts toward revival or preservation. It references a work and an ongoing local aim with unclear names or dates. The readable terms indicate a community effort or initiative, but concrete details are not discernible.
A humorous plea urges chemists or inventors to devise a fast painless permanent whisker eliminator. The piece lampoons grooming rituals and hot weather delays, proposing a convention to unite Burbankers Curie and other minds in solving facial hair woes.
The Army harness controversy grows after Attorney General Daugherty signals a broad inquiry into big war contract profiteering. If portions of Representative Graham's report are accurate, implicated officers deserve prison and restitution to the Treasury as public funds were wasted on oversized equipment burdens.
The piece denounces government leather purchases as inflated and exploitative, accusing officials of vast overorders, profiteering, and misappropriation. It argues for severe punishment and restitution, calling such acts treasonous to wartime sacrifice and national duty.
An appeal urges locals to explore La Crosse and discover places of unusual interest they may have overlooked. It notes visitors from out of town remember sights here better, and residents should gain familiarity to share rich local beauty with guests.
R Herman M Adler argues there are smarter prisoners than free men, but readers can visit La Crosse courts to judge for themselves and see that if criminals had superior intellect they would lock others up.
Ten years ago today Seaventy-six high school students were to receive diplomas at a commencement in the theater with a junior prom to follow. Also noted were appoint ments of judges for a Mississippi Valley Power Boat regatta in Dubuque and local Norwegians debating Norwegian studies.
John Connors, a Grimes & Hannaford salesman, travels by train to pitch Lane Incorporated. He meets Isabel Guernsey, frames a plan, and by day’s end is surprised to learn she will adopt his motor. The two then arrange a future meeting as he signs a deal with Lane Incorporated, with Isabel now involved.
A youth explains why earning own money builds responsibility and self worth. He argues independence fosters frugality and respect, noting money in hand strengthens resolve, boosts confidence, and earns social esteem.
A fragmentary diary entry references a well known professional boxer and a brief local note. The text mentions Richmond and a pair of contributors Murle and Id Anewer, noting yesterday’s item.
Brooklyn New York celebrates the birth of Hackson Cady a noted inveterate writer and editor of magazines and books born on Sunday July 17 1877 his lifelong residence is listed as Brooklyn New York.
An informal note suggests hitting the summer rush by selling soft drinks at clubs and baseball games. It asks how to compete with crowded vendors and proposes supplying drinks at amateur games and remote woods venues to make money.
Tomorrow marks the Camp Fire Girls fourth annual Girls Day with outings and outdoor activities across the country. The event promotes happiness through singing hiking and nature, while urging members to give a daisy rose or other flowers to someone less fortunate.
A reflective piece compares the 1775 Bunker Hill battle with later defeats as engines of learning. It weaves in a garbled history, mentions Daniel Wibstar and a granite monument, and argues that setbacks cultivate strength, shaping future victories more than immediate triumphs.
A vintage recipe snippet describes Lemon Drop candy by boiling juice and sugar until a drop tests brittle in cold water, then cooling on buttered paper. Everton Taffy combines sugar, melted fat, dark molasses, and lemon rind, boiled slowly to a brittle drop before its setting in a buttered tin and cutting into small squares.
A fragmented reader note mixes garbled phrases about a cork sound and a product name, then probes about September yard games and writing topics for girls. It reads like an OCR cleanup of hints and questions, with stray phrases and ill-formed queries.
Abe Martin narrates a quirky incident from Meiodeon Hall involving the SIGS Pixie Repertoire Company. An eccentric discussion centers on a baker and a Persian government response, with unnamed locals and mock bravado about punishing fault lines.
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