La Crosse Tribune Masthead and contact notes
The excerpt shows the La Crosse Tribune masthead with price and subscription details. It notes the publication date entry as June 22, 1904 and lists office contacts and syndicate affiliations. It includes city editing by W. W. Kidder and addresses for Batting Department and representatives.
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Eeerepayer
Oyne
Baltork
the Tribune
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Bat
Representatives
Payne & Young
Marquette
la Coste & Maxwell
Nassau Street
New York City
Boost La Crosse Campaign Forges United Front
The La Crosse board of trade meeting last evening backed a city wide booster effort. About 200 attendees pledged to wear booster buttons and push a common platform to advance the city with unity, enthusiasm, and collective action.
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John M. Holley
Board of Trade
City gathering inspires unity and future harmony
A historic trade meeting showcased united, courageous effort for the common good. It expressed willingness and promise of fulfillment, with a view toward lasting harmony and cooperation in the city.
Wordplay Prank Tangles Newsroom Headliners
A comical misreading spree unfolds as the devil questions headlines like Nye Bill Passes and Impeach Orchard. The editor clarifies the misprints reveal only word shifts while a proofreader faints and a reporter bolts to Hub's navy yard.
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Hub’s Navy Yard
A Wise Suggestion for a Southeast Rail Junket
A Tribune correspondent urges La Crosse business leaders to conduct the next business trip along the La Crosse & Southeastern railroad. The piece lauds the line as connecting La Crosse with thriving smaller cities and argues for reciprocal business relations. It praises the Southeastern’s arrival and calls for an active, friendly outreach by local merchants.
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the Tribune
la Crosse
Plot to Assassinate the Czar Fails in Russia
A new plot to kill the czar was uncovered and failed. The article notes a shift to using interviews over bombs, and mentions Mr. Connor as a reference point in a wry closing remark about the lack of space for another kick.
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Mr. Connor
Pittsburg Social Scandal Involving Two Millionaires
Pittsburg is rocked by a social scandal centered on two wealthy men and one married woman. Details remain sparse, but the case highlights high society circles and possible financial ties.
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Pittsburg
Cloud burst report in Billings sparks firefighting response
A cloud burst in Billings triggered rapid firefighting action as crews addressed localized flooding and weather-related hazards. Residents reported street flooding and brief road closures while emergency services monitored conditions.
Fondy Says Hoodoo Ladled Not Hoodoo Here Walloped
An ambiguous sports or local saying notes the term hoodoo versus walloped with a local twist. The line suggests a humorous take on a frustrating run of losses or unexpected defeats. No specific people or events are identified in the readable text.
Striking Operators Yield Key to Situation
Brief note reports that striking operators have appeared to relinquish the crucial lever in the ongoing dispute, signaling a potential shift in negotiations and stalemate resolution. The wording suggests a pivotal moment with uncertainty about next steps.
Quote from Fliegende Blaetter on marriage and death
A fragmentary line from Fliegende Blaetter presents a dramatic exchange about dying together and question about life insurance. The tone hints at fatalistic romance amid satirical publication.
Girl's Closed Drawers pattern 5646 for ages 8 to 16
The article describes a roomy style of girl’s drawers with belt and side openings, cut for sizes 8 to 16 years. It details fabric options cambric longcloth and trims, and lists material requirements for medium size 12 years, with embroidery and insertions. Pattern 5646 can be mailed from the paper’s Fashion Department for ten cents plus optional stamps.
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Fashion Department
Ear health of Copenhagen telephone operators studied
Dr N R Blegvad surveyed 418 women in Copenhagen telephone service. Most had normal eardrums though 26.4 percent showed ear membrane retraction. Work did not reduce hearing, but caused headaches in nervous individuals and exposed to sudden noises could trigger ear issues.
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N. R. Blegvad
Copenhagen
Denmark
New York
The Lost Orator and Other Laughing Snippets
A collection of humorous quips and wry blasts from the era, featuring the balloonist tale The Lost Orator and brief exchanges about court cases and sermons. The jokes rely on everyday situations and mild wordplay with a punchline flair.
Good night and adieu in a clock struck tale
A literary fragment notes farewell echoed by a sigh and a cry of good night. The parlor clock marks the late hour as time continues its flight from one to two, a reflective cadence in a Catholic Standard and Times page.
At School Master Imitated Arithmetic Lesson
A joke exchanges between a pupil and a master about a friend who borrows 1000 francs and pays 50 francs a month. The pupil jokes that the friend knows arithmetic better than the master, implying the total owed after a year.
The Blessed Damosel Poem Sparks City Letter
A brief humorous note in the Buffalo News ridicules a maid who cannot cook. The poem styled line by line mocks the idea of a perfect household servant as a royal queen.
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Damosel
Buffalo News
Mayor James Harlow for Three Terms Questioned
Mrs. Harlow expresses pride in her husband James Harlow who has served as mayor for three consecutive terms. She privately questions whether a color blind man who brings home nonfunctional toys and pushes olives on her is suitable, revealing private doubt about his fitness.
Man Seeks "Horse Book" In Store Exchange Mixup
A book dealer recalls a young man asking for "that horse book." After the clerk listed horse treatises the man insisted it was not them. He finally said his boss asked for "The Horse with Seven Stables" and was given Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables, never returned.
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Success Magazine
Silly newspaper quips on marriage and fashion
The column recalls a surprised Miss Gaddie I at a Belle marriage rumor and Wise retorts about the bride's husband. It notes Belle’s family anger and the widower with four children. It also cites brief jokes from Philadelphia Press and Houston Post about marriage for money and a buttonless shirt gag.
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Miss Gaddie
Belle
Miss Wise
Philadelphia Press
Houston Post
Toodles Learns About Sacred Language and Words
A four year old Washington boy named Toodles says an expletive and argues that it is not swearing because of a devil. His mother corrects him, stressing not to trivialize sacred things and to avoid naughty language.
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Reuben
Toodles
Washington
Mamma
Toodle
Buffalo Commercial
Woman Imagines Husband’s Darker Side Without Love
A woman muses that her husband could be a bad man if not bound by love, reflecting inner doubt about devotion and its influence on behavior.
The Ensnared Vigilante and the Dance Hall Escape
Helen warns Roy Glenister of a police raid linked to Voorhees and a riot, and urges him to flee. In a dramatic break, Glenister leaps from a box, fights through deputies, captures the moment with a risky escape, while Helen recognizes her brother Drary in the crowd.
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Glenister
Helen
Voorhees
Drary
Glen
Front Street
Happiness Over Riches, Many Prefer Both
A belief persists that happiness beats wealth, yet many people still imagine they can enjoy both. The idea blends contentment with financial success as a common life goal.
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Wheaton
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