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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
3
The La Crosse Tribune reports sworn detailed circulation figures for May 1908. Data covers total copies distributed, edition breakdown, and geographic reach for the period, reflecting the paper’s advertising and readership scope during spring 1908.
Recognition of Wisconsin's influence grows as La Follette rallies support at the Chicago Republican convention. Delegates sit as spectators while crowds cheer the Wisconsin Idea and its challenge to the party status quo. A Washington report notes La Follette may back Taft while criticizing the platform, signaling a split yet influential stance within the GOP.
The convention’s real note came from Knight of California supporting Taft while Burton of Ohio was less heard. Knox was nominated with flair, and Cochem of Wisconsin briefly drew attention by touting La Follette. McGee sparked the famous whoop for La Follette, and later a Roosevelt-flag moment interrupted applause. Taft secured the nomination amid mixed sentiment as the party shows speed limitations dictated by slower states.
The public is urged to be deliberate in politics and not rush to conclusions. In two weeks Denver will present nominations and the platform, enabling voters to use history and careful reasoning to choose wisely for a decisive national election ahead.
A convention in his own state gave little warmth to Joseph G. Cannon a leading standpat representing the big cigar faction. The crowd’s cool response highlights the partisan tension and the veteran figure's waning influence within his party.
A La Crosse resident notes how travel through other cities of 30 000 helps him appreciate his home city, which he says has few equals in its class.
Local figure Tom Lawson presents a plum attached to a lemon drawing attention to a quirky fruit display. Community reaction varies as observers note the unexpected pairing and possible charity angle.
Mrs Tillie Schmidt files $10000 suit in Appleton charging her husband’s parents Mr and Mrs John Schmidt with alienation of affections. The complaint says they induced Schmildt to leave his wife and withhold his whereabouts. The Schmildts are wealthy rural residents of Outagamie county.
A promotional note says the secret to earning money in dollar chunks is revealed at Doerflinger’s today and tomorrow. The method is demonstrated in the great show windows at the Big Store, inviting customers to observe and learn.
The 1907 Kenosha High School class plans a bronze fountain on school grounds as a memorial to Charles Quarles of Milwaukee, an early graduate deeply involved with the school. The Quarles medal, once offered for excellence in oratory, remains a prized trophy of the school.
Argus Cameron, 35, a noted Chippewa Falls lumberman, drowned while supervising a 6,000,000 foot log drive into Rainy lake at Kettle Falls near International Falls Minnesota. He leaves a wife and four children.
The Nashville American notes a contrast in traditional courting norms, stating the count consulted her father before proposing as customary in European countries, while another account cites a broker speaking with the suitor. The item reflects period social etiquette and regional variations in marriage customs.
The Vandyke and Eaton company brings The Juvenile Bostonian Opera to La Crosse featuring Twelve Girls performing operatic selections between drama acts. Two performances will share one admission price. Tonight and Tuesday the Cowboy's Girl graces the bill, with The Red Cross Nurse on Wednesday afternoon.
The Louisville Courier Journal asserts the inevitability of Bryan’s nomination at Denver. It states the paper, a Democrat, seeks a party change and began to adjust to Bryan as the unity focus, ruling out unity on any other candidate.
The Baltimore American argues Roosevelt's policies benefited the nation during economic slump. It notes critics dropped the attack as facts show the president prevented greater distress with his approach, a view shared by leading financiers and business experts.
In a late financial stringency a New York bank clerk tries to explain to a Dutch depositor why cash is unavailable and must be paid with clearing house checks. The bank president finally clarifies, and the Dutchman replies that he understands like a milk ticket for his baby.
The Detroit Free Press urges calm and explains deposits keep banks lending and support business. It warns deposit withdrawal could crush banking credit, and suggests patrons should use banks rather than fragile storage like teapots and holes in walls to uphold crops and commerce.
In Washington reports Taft approves the party's nomination as a notable convention ripple spreads. Observers note the big convention will shape small town influence while new speakers like W. V. K. critique vanity and wisdom in public life. The piece roasts ego and parade politics.
A London record argues that church choirs often excel in performance while many churches fail to render music sincerely. The piece condemns the prevalent mere routine in church singing, contrasting it with the high level found at concert festivals and other events, calling it a national reproach.
In Janesville Wis on June 22 several politicians backed forming a Taft Sherman political club. They decided to place sign-up blanks in local businesses for future members ahead of a mass meeting to organize the group.
Dr J S McNeel formerly of Kilbourn and ex lecturer at Milwaukee medical college is stricken with paralysis in Waterloo at age 43. He has a wife and one daughter and is listed as a well known physician in the region.
In a cartoon style exchange Mr Harker notes a line about an Egyptian mummy with a hat. Mrs Harker reacts with curiosity asking if it was on straight. The brief humor centers on the hat in the mummy depiction.
A poetic toast praised by New York Sun critic Francis Lyman Windolph honoring the overlooked, the beaten, and the unsung. The piece elevates runners who finished unplaced and those burdened by hardship, contrasting their struggle with the triumphs of victors.
The La Crosse City Railway Company will apply to the Common Council on July 10 1908 for an ordinance granting rights to remove its Market Street track from Sixteenth to Twenty third and to build operate a passenger line from Twenty third and Main to Market Street with connections on Main Street. The ordinance sets completion by November 30 1908 and requires transfer tickets at junctions under existing ordinances.
The mistress surveys the new domestic hopeful who agrees to begin at four dollars weekly. She asks what tasks to start with and whether lamps should be filled with gas or water, a detail the servant confirms by seizing the lamp in a hearty embrace.
Andrew Carnegie at the Economic club dinner in New York criticized the US economics system as the worst in the world. He joked about a slow train story from Allegheny with a child’s ticket. The item also cites Norah and Mrs Gunson from Brooklyn Life in a humorous exchange.
Dialog notes that Miss Cutting was prevented from attending the assembly at the hall while Miss McBluff planned to be there. Conversation comments on the crowd and potential roughness of the doorkeeper.
A brief aphorism notes that labor life suits many, yet only a limited number of men show true suitability for productive effort, reflecting a traditional view on work ethic and capability.
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