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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
21
Attorney Andrew Lees announces plans for a major La Crosse fireworks show. City experts say the event will feature the biggest pyrotechnic display ever seen in the city, with coordinated effects and public viewing zones.
La Crosse prepares a record setting fireworks show for July Fourth at Pettibone park. Attorney Andrew Lees leads a Chicago firm’s display with 30 grand numbers set from a barge on the lake shore. Day and night bursts include rockets, bombs, roman candles, and noise-makers in a hour long spectacle never before seen in the city.
Dexter the fire fighter dog loved the elder usher. He bought his own meat at the butcher shop and was sadly killed by a truck horse, per a brief historic notice.
A reminiscence recalls Dexter the Rescue Hose mascot a bulldog who rode fire equipment and saved thirteen hens before dying of age. Norris Bachellor recounts Peter Cameron’s bold canal scheme to divert the Mississippi near La Crosse and threaten La Crescent, detailing additions named after Cameron and others and a long courtroom fight over city land and a park.
A London Chronicle note recalls golf's early reach in America. In 1659 Fort Orange Albany officials banned street play to protect windows and passersby, while the first United States amateur championship did not occur until 1895.
A brief dialogue showcases two actors discussing acting. The first describes how his spirit travels far away while performing. The second remarks that the audience is the true distance he feels.
A brief note attributes a maxim to Emerson about reading an hour daily. It claims daily effort over ten years yields knowledge and learning, presenting a compact motivational quotation on self-improvement.
The quoted lines express a provocative view that attractive but irrational women outnumber others, while a genius may face misunderstanding yet possess wealth. The text centers on social perception, vanity, and the potential of inner insight despite misread signals.
The piece notes pantomime as a British Christmas staple while tracing origins of popular tales to France Cinderella Bluebeard Puss In Boots Italy Jack the Giant Killer Norway Jack and the Beanstalk Hanover Sindbad and the Sailor and cites The Babes In the Wood and Little Red Riding Hood as rare purely English tales.
The London Chronicle notes that belief in witchcraft lingered in Norfolk into the 19th century. It cites an 1882 incident where three men ducked a woman over a black cat, nearly drowning her, and an elementary master who claimed a witch’s blood could heal him after she overlooked him.
A short note from a coal merchant to an agent reads See my coal on. The agent’s reply translates to Colon. The exchange humorously conveys the punctuation mark colon as a verbal reply to shipment. The correspondence highlights terse, wordplay driven communication between business partners.
The quote presents a view that each person shapes their body as a temple dedicated to their own form of worship. It asserts that nobility starts with refining one’s features while meanness corrupts them, likening people to sculptors using flesh and bone as material.
Housing for Homecoming guests tops the committee agenda. YWCA and YMCA plan meals at nominal cost and restrooms at the YMCA. Miss Francis Goodhue says meals will be available through the YWCA and hotel rates are being shared with visiting residents. Private families willing to rent rooms are asked to notify Chairman W F Goodrich of location and price.
A short humorous scene in which a frightened Little Brother and a distressed mother react to Georgie knocking over the tea table, breaking a dolly and fine dishes. The sister exhorts gentleness while the brother pleads for remorse over the mishap.
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