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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1910
Page
3
A La Crosse reflection urges women to view keeping boarders as meaningful service. The piece argues boarding houses substitute for family life, offering food, care, and guidance to students and workers away from home in academic towns. It frames hostel leadership as a form of ministry and civic duty.
A discussion on providing affordable, welcoming boarding houses near the La Crosse normal school. The piece praises the idea as a social good, noting demand from students away from home and the potential payoff for towns that offer such homes run by a responsible woman as house mother.
In the current Saturday Evening Post the La Crosse County Board of Supervisors is urged to support country road improvements. The piece notes 1909 bond issuance for streets and bridges, argues road mileage and state aid plans, and claims highway spending yields long term wealth and perpetual savings.
A shipboard fire caused by a rare mishap drew few injuries as officers and crew mostly kept order and passengers remained calm during the blaze.
The article notes a preference to appoint a different figure, suggesting Governor Hughes should decline the supreme court honor to stay in public life. It frames the discussion around presidential and gubernatorial roles in high judicial appointments and the political implications of Roosevelt’s stance.
An advertisement extols Newbro's Herpicide as a dandruff germ killer that smooths hair and thickens thinning hair. It promises instant relief from itching and irritation, asserts permanent cure, and claims the product cleanses the scalp and keeps it healthy. Samples offered for 19 cents, bottles guaranteed at one dollar.
An advertisement claims both women and men suffer bladder and kidney trouble and promotes Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a prompt remedy. It offers samples by mail and pamphlets, with orders via Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton, New York.
Promotional copy extols the Chautauqua as a source of high quality oratory music and entertainment. It argues that withdrawal of the speaker would be a loss to progressive American public life and urges attendance to avoid missing the event.
The Majestic Theatre presents the Riva Larsen troupe in Europe and Americas acclaimed aerial gymnastics. The two-woman act performs on four hanging ropes with endurance feats and a finale lifting three partners totaling 545 pounds. The performers are praised as superb physical culturists and top entertainers.
A verse fragment yearns for an aeroplane to escape and explore forbidden places while a veiled threat of murder surfaces. The narrator imagines escape after flight becomes safe, then shifts to revenge against a despised man. A Punch excerpt adds a humorous note about borrowed items and prudence.
The program features Deas Reed and Deas as premier colored performers in a high energy act with song, talk, and dance. The Swickards present The Shoplifters musical comedy with a clever plot. Ed Harley closes as an eccentric vaudeville star. Moving pictures and an illustrated song accompany the show at Majestic, now boasting new fans to cool the venue.
A commercial traveler recalls a moment during a discussion on an airplane crossing the Atlantic within a year. A participant wagers $10,900 that it will not be done, and the elevator boy takes him up as the cage ascends.
The Grand Trunk Railway System issues a guide for parents on managing boys’ July and August holidays. Titled A Boy’s Holidays, it covers vacation camps as one solution and offers practical hints, available by writing H. G. Elliott in Chicago.
A Great Western railway conductor retires after fifty years of service estimated to have covered 3,370,000 miles during his career.
A brief dialogue scene shows a drummer pleading for an order and a crusty proprietor denying it as the Lipincott's page quotes a terse exchange. The snippet captures a moment of conflict in a shop setting with no further context.
A joke from Brooklyn Life notes Milwaukee Germans valuing sauerkraut as a staple. A man laments cabbage costs while recounting yearly sauerkraut production for family use and illness preparedness.
In New York, Prof Percival Lowell says Martian canals are lines not channels, while a Boston maid and a magician scene amuse readers. A Beaconsfield Street magician reads letters under a rug as a waitress serves lemon ices. Parisians openly buy bananas in the streets.
In a tense scene at a tavern Gretchen defends Leopold Dietrich against charges of being a Jugendheit spy after a dramatic night that ends with police intervention and a vow to hear his defense. The story shifts to La Crosse city business and local notes as the issue unfolds.
Mrs Katherine Becker and daughter Augusta spent Sunday at Moody Ridge with the Mike Riley family. Mr Keltsch of Waukon visited his uncle Ed Bertsing er and was returning from a western trip. Mrs Jake Kramer returned from Dubuque. Rob Freeman of Dubuque visited his parents Mr and Mrs Geo Freeman. Miss Bess Bell returned from Shaffer North Dakota. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Frank Omer on the 25th.
Ringling Bros. circus to perform in La Crosse on Sunday August 22 and travel from Wausau on August 21 and from there to Rochester Minnesota. Nebraska women celebrate voter rights on school election bond questions after state supreme court ruling.
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