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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1911
Page
4
In Minsk Russia a man named John Pries is tried for polygamy after marrying twenty women. He defends by claiming many women are left single and owed none, and testifies his wives speak highly of him. The judge sentences him to three months in prison and a $6 fine.
London doctor Waldo recommends developing a sixth sense to detect approaching danger in crowds. Lafcadio Hearn quoted describes intuition as almost infallible and compares it to blind perception guiding safe navigation through dense crowds.
A quotation from Charles...seruson about democracy asserting infinite equality among men. It argues that social disparities fade when all have access to the infinite, claiming infinity plus a million remains infinity. If democracy defines religion, then measured souls cannot sustain it. democracy is thus ridiculed.
Alderman George B. Marvin pushes a council resolution to dredge Black River from St. Cloud street foot to the rail road bridge to improve North Side health. He cites low water causing sewage from two sewers to stagnate by boat houses, creating germs. The North Side Progressive League backed the plan, with George Baum pressing for a better disposal arrangement. Marvin expects committee favorable report on finance sewers and wharves.
Mil waukee road dispatcher L R Stackpole visits the north side with friends as E J Evans of Bangor arrives for an extended stay. Many residents travel or host relatives including families from Necedah Madison and Holmen. A note on a misprint corrects a birth announcement to a boy.
A fox hound owned by H R Schmohl of 824 Rose Street was found poisoned and in the river at St. Cloud Street. Several neighboring dogs have also been poisoned in the past two weeks, with police investigating and Schmohl asserting a personal feud as motive and naming a single suspect.
A returned soldier and a sorrowful Ivanlini koff Vassilokokovitch debate the truth of a lover’s death in battle. The exchange hints at unfinished love and a claim tied to the fallen.
Lawyer X questions a man’s singing from the bar while Lawyer Y defends the dignity of clients leaving.
The article notes a developing sea gull egg industry on the Pacific coast as locals cultivate a taste for the unusual product. It mentions several dramatic statements about personal ruin and marriage, attributed to Lus tige Binetter, reflecting a sensational tone of the era.
Sherlock Holmes Jr. debates a claimed genius in a crowded city while a Berlin Musical America note reports that free tickets to recitals go unused, as a Berlin journal recounts how a dressmaker and assistants receive tickets and only 47 of 200 are used.
Baron Mueller, former Victoria government botanist, measured a giant eucalyptus near Healesville at Blacks Spur. The tree stands 480 feet tall with a root girth of 81 feet, exceeding California’s tallest tree by 140 feet.
A woman named Elien recalls buying a neat house with an elegant garden that washed away by a neighbor’s ditch flood. She tells a doctor she chose nonconfrontation, hoping to outlive the floods and see them flow over the neighbor’s grave.
Senators Kenyon Lea Kern and Jones review the Lorimer election as part of a broader inquiry. The top row lists several senators while the caption notes a clerk and other seated figures.
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