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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1915
Page
3
The editorial warns that bills expanding executive appointments undermine public rule and threaten civil rights and prosperity. It condemns a central education board bill as a danger to public judgment, risking manipulation by a dominant leader and altering school governance from rural districts to the university.
The piece laments a distracted public as war coverage crowds out analysis of pending laws. It warns that some measures are very bad, may pass now, and will provoke swift public reaction when fully revealed. It cautions against rolling Wisconsin back fifteen years.
The piece argues that academic freedom fuels Wisconsin's progress and warns that shifting control over curricula to a central board would suppress noble instincts and promote narrow, financially driven thinking. It contrasts university impact with normal schools and cautions against shaping thought toward practicality over liberty.
Mrs. Dorethe Ackerman, a German native born August 3, 1913, died in Galeville Wisconsin at 102. She immigrated to America as a child and lived much of her life along South Branch of Beaver Creek. Rev Eggert of the German Lutheran church officiated the funeral.
Great crowds of students and citizens gathered in Potsdam on Sunday night to honor Queen Victoria of Sweden as she traveled to Stockholm with her mother the Grand Duchess of Baden. The reception followed a prior visit.
German poet Hamerling born 1830 in Austria died 1889 and prophesied a German century with battles and conquests. The passage notes his visions of German power and a later cryptic translation by Robert Schilling and a joke about George Bernard Shaw and a string quartet.
An old advertisement extols S. S. S. as a superior blood purifier that eliminates impurities via skin lungs kidneys and liver. It claims evidence of doctor endorsements and urges readers to obtain a bottle and seek medical advice from The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta.
An elderly woman from Florence South Dakota shares relief from monthly pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad extols the formula as a standard remedy for female illnesses and invites letters for confidential advice from the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
A man named Minot confronts a fading figure, Trimmer, who hands him a thirty five dollar check and insists on keeping it. Minot recalls a bomb and fears revealing a vow to protect Jephson’s interests while Trimmer departs into New York’s distance. He toasts Trimmer’s “pitching arm” as the memory lingers.
A humorous collection of snippets shows Willful William clashing with an officer during lights out and a timid traveler asking about a ship’s safety. Other vignettes include a ragged pair tricking a lady for a dime to imitate a chicken and a dealer’s quip about a faux antique twenty years old.
A humorous dialogue notes many men seek the earth while acknowledging it must move on its axis to share space. The exchange turns on a play of words about astronomy and resource scarcity.
In a quiet San Marco hotel, Miss Cynthia Meyrick confronts doubts about her engagement to Lord Harrowby as Aunt Mary tries to maintain public happiness. Dick Minot weighs Jephson’s interests while Trimmer’s scheme looms over the forthcoming wedding.
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