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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1909
Page
3
Subscribed and sworn before this thirty first day of May 1909 by A. E. Bleekman Notary Public the oath is formalized in the record.
La Follette's magazine attacks President Taft for inserting the corporate dividends tax into tariff debate to derail the income tax. It accuses Taft of bad faith and of misguiding progressives, urging caution over an instructor message and suggesting the move was a calculated political ruse to tie up the income tax in court battles.
The Dixie Troubadours with Sam Green present The Blackville Strollers at La Crosse theater on June 30. Afro American singers dancers and comedians headline a world famous tour praised as better than a circus and minstrel. New musical hits include The Shouting Time Manny Lane Move on Mr Moon and My New Orleans.
The piece argues against a hurried tariff bill linked to an income tax fight. It contends President Taft altered views under pressure and urged Congress to delay major tax changes. It warns that rushing amendments risks unconstitutional results and undermines lasting policy.
Friends of Superintendent George H. Shaw dispute a secretary Reeves claim that Shaw was discharged as unsatisfactory by Madison Street Railway and lost a wage suit. They note fifteen years of service and a prior understanding with officers. La Crosse City Railway hired Shaw on a strong recommendation from his former employers amid bitter strike tensions. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Parness is very sick and a speedy recovery is hoped.
Mrs. Mary Scales of 1712 Market St La Crosse Wisconsin praises Doan's Kidney Pills noting complete kidney relief after years of back and loins pain. She bought them at Erhart's drug store and warns others to remember the name not to take any other. Sold by all dealers priced 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents.
Reading of a Washington poker game recalled a La Crosse scene where Brick Pomeroy and Lottridge staged a fake skinning of four Republican players Usher Gile Spier and Shepard using pants buttons as chips. The banker Wood taught card reading while the players exposed him with winks and bets.
A surreal dream sequence poem recounts a narrator chased through a purple wood by a dragon and creatures, blending fantastical images such as a piebald cat, crimson whale, blue nosed skeeter, salmon snake, and polar bear amid nautical and cake imagery as John Edward Russell notes in the New York Herald.
A Cleveland Leader anecdote recalls farmer suit versus the Missouri Kansas and Texas rail line. Young lawyer Brown confronts Judge Gantt asking how to bring a case for a railroad into court. The judge replies by advising the farmer to hire a lawyer, prompting Brown to wilt.
A week’s bride visits a market, compares vegetables, questions prices, and learns the clerk’s playful line that a chosen batch is "handpicked." The exchange ends with her requesting a bushel, blushing at the grocer’s witty remark.
A country doctor traveling with his two young children once forbade them to accept sweets. In a grocer’s shop the girl refused a bag of candy, but the boy slyly admitted he could pocket the treats. The incident, recounted by the New York Times, highlights parental instruction and child cunning.
A judge notes that a man learns from past mistakes and uses wiser judgment when selecting a second wife after a previous costly experience. The quotes show a blunt view on marriage and prudence in choosing partners.
A corrected passage shows a gentleman asking about Omar Khayyam while entertaining two commercially minded brothers. The elder replies he prefers Chianti and the conversation ends as the brothers depart, with a quip about Omar Khayyam not being wine and concerns over understanding looks.
A Washington Post recollection recalls Mr Hammond whose face is described as grotesque yet the speaker notes that Pomp, a long-absent body servant, instantly recognizes him with the remark Howdy Marie Hammond sah. The anecdote highlights memory and social dynamics across years.
John Shil, grievously injured, confronts Tankerlane aboard a wrecked vessel as Dowsett ferries them to safety. On the wall of Conasea Island the rivals face the end of their shipboard struggle while Dowsett’s boat carries Laura to safety and Tankerlane taunts Shil.
Two months after the Hope and Glory wreck John Shil, now blind, waits for Leonore Jackson in the library of Black Hall. Once a hands-on estate manager, he faces a future of mind only, unable to supervise fieldwork and livelier labors, his life reduced to orders and dependence.
A dining room scene features Mrs Poole and her daughter inviting a seemingly dumb stranger to talk after hosting a stringed band behind a flower screen. The woman asks about Meyerbeer and the man coldly replies he has never tasted a Meyerbeer beer.
Nahua citizens urged to seek treatment for kidney and bladder trouble after a local notice praising Kidney Remedy by O. T. Erhart. The piece warns neglect can lead to Bright's disease and promotes the remedy as a quick cure.
Eight men were killed and many injured when dynamite exploded near Tokio while salvage workers investigated the wrecked liner Dakota off Shiahama. Reports received by the Japanese liner Kaga Maru state the blast occurred during salvage work on the wreck.
An advertisement asserts Lane's Family Medicine or Lane's Tea can preserve beauty and restore rosy cheeks, claiming the herb drink is the most efficient aid for a beautiful skin. Sold at druggists and dealers for 25 cents.
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