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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1914
Page
3
The Sentinel critiques the senatorial race by noting a dead rival defeated the living candidate. It questions the push for a “man of real power” and asks how much one must be reckoned with when a candidate dies before election yet wins by about five thousand votes.
The bath house offers daily access for healthful exercise as parents are urged to teach their children to swim. The message stresses swimming as vital for health and potential lifesaving skills, warning that drownings too often end with “Neither of them could swim.”
The Tribune urges La Crosse parents to teach their children to swim and stresses that with proper caution life-savers at the bath house and careful supervision swimming can be enjoyed safely. The message highlights clean facilities and a city emphasis on safety in water activities.
The funeral for John M Holley Sr drew heartfelt tributes in La Crosse. Citizens recalled his humanity and duty, noting a gentle yet strong personality that inspired confidence and affection, and expressed sorrow at his passing.
La Crosse residents are asked to host visiting families for a week of festivities as hotels fill and reservations are already made. A bureau on North Fourth Street will collect room offers and track homing residents, part of a nationally advertised, citywide event.
Boys propose a tag day to raise funds for their club. They discuss modern ways to earn money rather than old methods like running errands cleaning yards collecting iron and sifting ashes.
A brief dialogue on the shoreline shows a man asking if any crocodiles remain. The Negro on shore responds that the sharks have frightened them all away, signaling a local scene of coastal caution and animal behavior.
A gentleman invites a novice to watch golf. On the first drive the ball remains on the tee after three mighty strokes. His Scotch friend muses that the game is fine for exercise but asks what the “wee ba’” is for, highlighting humor in the moment.
A father greets his son Johnny returning from school. The boy reports learning to say thank you and please in French. The father jokes that he already knows more French than English.
Horace Seymour Keller in New York Sun reflects on performers and speakers who traverse highways and byways in impressive dress. Their varied talents range from wit and merriment to wisdom and mischief, all praised as uplifting to a listener.
A guest surveys the hill of fare with little enthusiasm and orders a dozen fried oysters. The colored waiter apologizes, saying they are out of shellfish excepting shrimps, leaving the table without the requested order.
A lively exchange notes George coming back from Scotland altered and penniless. A London Opinion reader recalls him as a boy, with the oldest inhabitant insisting he cannot have changed much, sparking a witty social vignette.
At the summit of Pike's peak the wind has reached 110 miles per hour yet certain individuals are noted for threefold that speed in their impact or influence. The Florida Times Union comments on notable high wind feats and associated bravado.
In a terse exchange, one speaker asserts no naval actions are likely in the Mexican trouble, while another counters that several navy men had proposed and were accepted just before their ships headed south.
A gag scene shows a jailed Irish pastures gentleman asking about a mansion resident. The driver replies Mr. O Flaherty is dead and hints he died of Tuesday with a quip about living till tomorrow making it a fort night. The piece ends with a tease about the first chorus lady.
dialogue line captures a stranger asking if the town is on the map and a resident replying that no one here is rich enough to need a map to find out, highlighting secrecy and poverty in a frontier setting.
A brief health note recommends dissolving dandruff with four ounces of plain liquid arvon applied at night to the scalp. Regular nightly applications claim to dissolve and destroy dandruff within days, stop itching, and leave hair fluffy, lustrous, and soft. The piece warns dandruff harms hair, causing breakage and lifeless appearance.
One of the most interesting diplomatic families in Washington is that of Thya Prabha Karavongse envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from Siam. Lady Karavongse and her children have gone to Bass Rocks New Hampshire where the legation will stay during the hot months.
Farraday recounts Maxwell and Madame Barras events, Mary’s youth and her child, and Marshall’s guarded reaction. He reveals his love for Mary, earns trust, and faces a famine voyage with Smith’s men, trading with savages and enduring hunger as they press toward trade and survival.
Master Watton prescribes bloodletting to Marshall as Farraday contemplates revealing his love for Mary. John Smith warns of dwindling provisions aboard the pinnace and a fever-depleted company of about forty men. Tension rises as they weigh options to survive.
Roy Beavers, 23, of Kansas City, died after being shocked while trying to insert an electric light bulb in Newcastle. Investigators work to determine responsibility as the voltage was believed to be 110.
Champaign NL June 23 Former State Auditor James S Cullough died at his home after a paralytic stroke. Funeral services will be held Wednesday for the longtime public servant born in the state capital and later active in state affairs.
The passage notes Burns famous large dark eye described as full of mind and glowing with emotion. Sir Walter Scott, who knew the poet in Edinburgh, praised Burns eye as unlike any other seen in a human head among the era's distinguished men.
A short quotation emphasizes mercy and forbearance toward others. Henry Ward Beecher notes that no one life needs more kindness than a merciful view of faults, urging responsibility for our own imperfections and gentleness in judgment.
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