Incongruous Figures Test Political Ties in La Crosse Return
A column contrasts Frank P. Hixon and Levi H Bancroft as polar political types, arguing their motives and methods are irreconcilable. The piece notes Bancroft’s stake in stalwart politics and Hixon’s calculated actions, suggesting some alliances are impossible. The author looks forward to La Crosse expatriates returning home, hoping for reunion with old neighbors.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Lyvn H. Bancroft
Mr. Hixon
Welcoming La Crosse Spirit At Festival Threshold
A call for warm hospitality to visitors at the festival urges every citizen to greet guests personally and share open handed hospitality. The speech emphasizes spontaneous friendliness over traditional formality to create a genuine sense of reunion and homecoming.
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la Crosse
Denial Sparks Accusation Over Delegate Expenses
In a heated exchange the Leader-Press and The Sentinel quote delegates denying any violation of the corrupt practice act while suggesting misperceptions. The rhetoric hints at suspicion around delegates who could ill afford travel costs and questions budget balancing with small voluntary contributions.
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Sentinel
Fishconsin Call Brings Spring Bite Up North
A lively verse by Jean Patrice Bradais narrates a fisherwoman coaxing trout and muskelunge from waters as bass recover from winter. The scene shifts along Lac Nortland with farm life, welcoming woods, and a clear blue sky as the song of spring rises.
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Jean Patrice Bradais
Traveler fears missing train at southern railroad eatery
A traveler frets about missing a train in a southern railroad eating house. A waiter hurries with the meal and reassures him the train is not late but already gone. The exchange uses dialect as the waiter confirms the trip's timing and relief.
Ethel Seeks Prefix Change In Quiet Romance Scene
In a tender exchange, a man asks Miss Ethel to drop the title as they acknowledge their long acquaintance. She responds with a knowing gaze and asks what prefix he prefers, signaling a shift in their formal relationship.
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Ethel
New-Comers Day Suggested for Home-Coming Week
The idea, urged by veteran Van Auken and supported by newcomer MacWillie, envisions a New-Comers Day during Home-Coming Week to foster getting acquainted among recent arrivals and longtime members. The plan aims to enrich the week with a feature that blends old and new community ties and holds promise for future influence.
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van Auken
MacWillie
Father and son banter over athletic prowess and weeds
A humorous exchange shows a son boasting about being top all around athlete in college while the father challenges him to prove by clearing a ten acre weed-filled lot tomorrow. The four rail fence is mentioned as a feat.
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Father
Puck
Cannon Story at Town School During July Fourth
A reminiscence recalls Hon. Joseph Cannon visiting a town school on Independence Day. He was hosted amid an amateur oratory exhibition where the audience heard a rendition of the Battle of Waterloo as the speaker neared the first paragraph, ending abruptly as Speaker Cannon.
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Joseph Cannon
Waterloo
Speaker Cannon
K C Crullers or Fried Cakes Recipe
A vintage recipe for K C Crullers with flour sugar eggs milk and butter. Instructions cover mixing, kneading, shaping with a fried cake cutter, frying at smoking point, draining, and coating with powdered sugar. Promotion for the K C Cook's Book and a certificate offer from Jaques Mrc Co of Chicago.
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Jaques Mrc. Co
Chicago
Cannons Open Rally Sparks Laughing Family Scene
A family scene unfolds with a boy sneezing loudly and mimicking signals of battle. The visitors react with smiles as the second sneeze grows louder. A voice shouts Arm! Arm! The mock cannon roar echoes, until Uncle Joe calls for retreat and declares no more shooting.
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Larbot
Incomplete Equipment Incidents Mention in Conversation
A Washington Star quote features a girl noting Adam had many animals while her brother adds he lacked clowns or trapeze performers. The exchange hints at an unfinished tale or anecdote about an entertainer's menagerie and missing circus acts.
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Washington Star
Purifies Blood With Telling Effect
An old advertisement describes S. S. S. as a blood purifier that rapidly changes skin eruptions, relieves itching, and aids recovery. It claims to stimulate body cells to select nutrients, regenerating blood and tissues to combat eczema, rheumatism, sore throat, and fatigue. The Swift Specific Co. offers advice and a booklet from its Atlanta lab, with nationwide sales warnings about substitutes.
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S. S
Oh for the Good Old Days in La Crosse Politics
The Leader-Press recalls the good old days with John Sikorski leading the La Crosse delegation to a stalwart convention. He boasted of campaign hopes with $17 and a keg to open at the CPS hall, while the chairman learned of a bare fund and Sikorski offered to cut a deal for seven fifty and the keg.
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John Sikorski
la Crosse
Leader-Press
John
Seventeenth Ward
Sikorski
Woman's notion of affluence hinges on enough spoons
A concise reflection defines affluence by having enough spoons to host without borrowing, framing social status through practical abundance rather than wealth.
Wayward Youth Sent South for Recuperation After Beef Theft
A young man in deteriorating health was sent to the southwest for recovery after serving a jail stint for stealing a quarter of beef. From prison he writes to his father asking for $100, noting he has gained some flesh but remains confined to his room.
Corroborative Evidence The Unbeliever Seance Duel
The Widow and Sidney Bulletin recount a spooky séance in which the spirit of the dead husband is blamed for furniture disturbance. The widow questions the haunting while noting George’s reputed clumsiness.
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George
Sidney
Old barnyard fertilizer joke from Irish farmer tale
An Irish farmer insists no fertilizer beats the old barnyard kind. A critic argues future fertilizer may fit in a waistcoat pocket for a whole acre, prompting Pat to joke that the crop would fit in the other pocket.
Heaping Up Insults in Quiet Domestic Exchange
Mrs. Bryde recalls an exchanged quip with her husband about cooking for him. He warned to try it on the dog first, prompting her friend to remark on his fondness for dogs and the cruelty of the suggestion.
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Farraday
A Summer Appetizer Horsford’s Acid Phosphate
A teaspoonful in water stimulates appetite and quenches thirst. Non alcoholic.
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Horsford
Rural Chippewa county holds many parents meetings
During the current school year rural Chippewa county schools held numerous parents meetings. Regular school work continued intermittently followed by lunches prepared and served by the girls themselves.
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Chippewa County
Court Martial Marks Kendall Mutiny and Conspiracy
In a tense scene aboard the deck, a drum roll and distant musketry signal a court martial. Kendall is found guilty of mutiny and conspiracy and is punished, a grim moment witnessed by the narrator who avoids witnessing the execution of justice.
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Farraday
Cassen
Smith
Kendall
Winter at Jamestown River Mission and Private Talks
In Virginia, winter nears as fowl stores rise and labor factions clash. Farraday and Marshall confront past ties, while Ratcliffe eyes a Chickahominy expedition and Mary’s fate looms. Marshall seeks truth about Farraday’s London past and Madam Barras as the river’s quiet drama unfolds.
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John Smith
Ratcliffe
Farraday
James Town
Marshall
Henry Miller Narrates Weekend Home Incident
Henry Miller described a tense weekend in a house inhabited by a lively young boy. The boy argued with his mother, then cried red eyed when the father asked what was wrong. The boy finally confessed he had just had an awful row with his mother over matters at home.
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Henry Miller
Dad
August Young
Magazing
Enraged Passenger Belittled by Conductor Remark
A grouchy street car passenger asked a conductor about a North station train and, upon a negative reply, muttered that the road employs many farmers. The conductor shot back that farmers ride to look after cattle on the cars, a witty counter that elicited mixed reactions.
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Boston Transcript
County schools weekly notes coluna agreed
Superintendent Woolworth of La fayette County arranges with county newspapers to print a weekly column of school notes supplied by the county superintendent, coordinating local educational updates for readers.
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Woolworth
Lafayette County
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