Tribune Ad Rates Rise After May First Nineteen Oh Six
The Tribune announces display advertising rates will rise to 12.4 cents per column inch after May 1 1906 from 16 cents. Contracts may be honored at old rates but will not be solicited. The paper cites rising production costs and a 68 hour workday as factors, while noting increasing circulation and a willingness to fund circulation accuracy investigations.
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Higher license for job lot concerns sparks city debate
La Crosse voices concern over itinerant sellers who unload junk for short boons and leave town. Merchants urge raising the daily license from $5 to $25 to protect home industry as the city council convenes tonight. The Tribune vows not to accept such ads.
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Ice price conspiracy seen in La Crosse public life
The La Crosse Tribune exposes a trend of price fixing through gentlemen’s agreements in ice and power markets. It cites the Central Electric company lease, a Wisconsin Light & Power price drop, and a proposed ice price hike of about 50 percent to 3.50 per ton, arguing such collusion harms the public and may violate law.
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Ice Cooperative Aims to Curb Graft Costs
A cooperative ice venture is proposed to supply ice as near cost as possible, serving as a public insurance policy against graft in the ice trade. The idea envisions a group effort to stabilize prices and reduce corruption risks in distribution.
Foraker Attacks Rate Bill In Bitter Politicking
The article denounces Senator Foraker as a self-serving lobbyist who condemns the railroad rate bill as unconstitutional and unjust. It warns he will lose influence when his term ends and predicts the public will deny such representatives who resist reform, citing Iowa as a cautionary example.
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Old Dream and Folklore Bits Across the Province
A collage of verse lines on memory and longing contrasts with quips about money, a zoo deer on South Water street, local jokes, and brief notes from Strum Globe including marriage confusion, a rib removal joke, and watchdogs on insurance rates. The fragment hints at Midwest small-town life and period humor.
Newbro’s Herpicide Clears Dandruff and Hair Loss
A Detroit based sample offer explains Herpicide as a destroyer of herpes microbes linked to dandruff and itching scalp. The ad notes the product kills the microbe causing hair loss and promotes regrowth, with 10 cent samples via The Herpicide Co. Detroit and agent O. T. Erhart.
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Coughs on Lungs Lead to Remedy Claim
N Jackson of Danville Illinois says a persistent cough settled on her daughter's lungs. After trying many remedies without relief they used Foley's Honey and Tar which cured her. Sold by O T Erhart.
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