Tribune Ad Rates Rise After May First 1906
The Tribune announces display advertising rates will advance to 12.14 cents per column inch after May 1 1906. Old contracts valid until then. The paper cites rising production costs and an 8 hour day shift as justification, noting a circulation increase of over 1200 in six months and offering to fund an independent circulation study.
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The
Tribune
la Crosse
Merchants’ Association
Tribune Publishing Company
Henry Waters Remembered as Generous Local Figure
Henry Waters, a beloved La Crosse resident, known for his generosity and cheerful nature, assisted in founding The Tribune and supported the fight for lighting and power competition. He regularly visited the Tribune office, leaving a cheerful, kind impression on all who knew him. Heaven should find a pleasant corner for Henry Waters.
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Henry Waters
la Crosse
Tribune
Light Trust
Public heed urged against street car monopoly risk
The Tribune warns La Crosse residents about a second push to create a lighting and power monopoly via the street railway franchise. It urges council action to ensure city control, proposes revoking exclusivity after the old franchise ends, and calls for Dr. Anderson to address the council before final vote.
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Bachellor
Bacheller
Anderson
Escapes Again by Same Hole in Wall
Grand Rapids jail reports another inmate escape through a wall hole using a bed slat and improvised rope. John McPherson and Frank Murphy fled yesterday morning, tied by blankets, and still at large at late hour. McPherson previously escaped a year earlier and served six months for assaulting his wife.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
John McPherson
Frank Murphy
McPherson
Destroy the germ of baldness with Newbro's Herpicide
A dated promotional item asserts that dandruff and baldness are caused by the same germ. It claims rabbit inoculation proves the germ exists and that Newbro's Herpicide destroys it in all cases. Sold by druggists. sample available for 10 cents from The Herpicide Co. Detroit. Special agent O T Erhart.
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Newbro
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mich
O. T. Erhart
Life's meaning and social contrasts teased in a ponderous note
A reflective column ponders whether life is real or a dream and contrasts blessings like greenbacks with hard labor. It wittily references church appeals for a pipe organ, predicts a blizzard easing with lambs later, and notes political and local curiosities from Milwaukee to La Crosse.
Guards Guarding New Monongahela Southern Bridge
In Pittsburg on March 3 the American Bridge company set armed guards around a bridge under construction over Buttermilk hollow near Dravesburg Pa. The line connects Duquesne furnaces of Carnegie Steel with Wabash Railroad at Bridgeville. Strikers face barriers. officials ban speaking to non union workers. No clashes occurred as sixteen workers to day. | The girders lie half a mile from the hollow and future trouble is anticipated during material removal.
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Pittsburg
American Bridge Company
Buttermilk Hollow
Dravesburg
Monongahela Southern Railroad
Duquesne
Carnegie Steel Company
Wabash Railroad
Bridgeville
High Chair Philosophy and Child Talks on Everyday Things
A collection of gentle anecdotes about young children pondering topics from pins to people. Kenneth asks if people are made by machines, Jimmie mispells words, a girl misnames scissors, and a doll refuses to wake, revealing childlike humor and innocence.
Ohio to Oust Grocers' Trust
Ohio Attorney General W H Ellis says he will file suit at once to oust the Ohio Wholesale Grocers Association under the anti trust act in Franklin County circuit court to take evidence. Virgil P Kline of Cleveland did not appear to reply to evidence from Eldridge Higgins Co alleging price control, previously admitted before May 1905.
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Ohio Wholesale Grocers’ Association Company
W.H. Ellis
Circuit Court
Franklin County
Supreme Court
Virgil P. Kline
Cleveland
Eldridge-Higgins Company
Kline
C. C. Higgins
Ellis
Pneumonia Follows Cold Only When Not Using Foley’s Honey and Tar
Advertisement claims pneumonia follows a cold unless Foley’s Honey and Tar is used. It asserts the product stops coughs, heals and strengthens lungs, offering security from pneumonia. Substitutes are refused. sold by O. T. Erhart.
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O. T. Erhart
Colonist Low One-Way Second Class Rates
The colonist low one way second class rates to Tennessee Kentucky Nebraska Wyoming Kansas Colorado Missouri New Mexico Mexico Texas Western Louisiana Arkansas and Oklahoma and Indian Territories via the North Western Line will be in effect on Tuesdays March 6 and 20. For tickets and full information apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
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Kentucky
Nebraska
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Colorado
Missouri
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Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
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Oklahoma
Indian Territories
Chicago & North- Western Ry
Savings from Reading Ads in the Market Broadsheet
If you bought everything in the best market you could save a sum large enough to pay yourself good wages for the time spent reading the ads.
Why Not Let City Railway Retain Our City Attorney
A citizen writer from La Crosse in March 1906 argues that the City Railway company has dealings with the city similar to the Milwaukee road and suggests following the example of a railroad by retaining the city attorney to ease adjustments.
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City Railway Company
Milwaukee Road
Letter to the Tribune urges a clear stand on parcels post
E G Perkins of La Crosse Wisconsin writes to the Tribune urging the editor to choose a side on the parcels post bill. He argues the measure benefits distant distributors and harms local stores and jobbers, challenging the paper to stop riding two horses. He cites editorials as inconsistent.
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Senate
Parcels Post
la Crosse
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Montgomery & Ward
Chicago
Tea Crosse
G. Perkins
Prospects for Spring Trade Appear Encouraging
R G Dun & Co Weekly Review of Trade notes prospects for continued commercial activity with seasonable merchandise moving to consumption and busy shipping departments for spring trade. Manufacturing shows little idle capacity outside northwestern flour mills. coal interests see gains from Roosevelt letter. Structural steel demand in New York city and savings bank deposits signal broader prosperity amid observed failures 286 US, 41 Canada this period.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Northwestern Flour Mills
Roosevelt
Pacific
Farmers in a Wheat Corner
Indianapolis March 3 Several hundred farmers invaded the headquarters of the American Society of Equity under the mistaken impression that a hold your wheat convention had been called for Thursday. J A Everett promoting a scheme for 200000 farmers to hold their wheat until it reaches the dollar mark explained this day to begin hoarding. He said telegrams assured many farmers were complying with the agreement but no market effect would be seen for at least two weeks. Everett will call a convention at a later date.
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Indianapolis
American Society of Equity
J. A. Everett
Everett
Foley's Honey and Tar Promised to Heal Lung Ills
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a quick remedy for lung conditions. It claims prevention of pneumonia and consumption from a severe cold settled on the lungs, sold by O. T. Erhart.
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Foley
France and Her Army
In the chamber of deputies War Minister refuting army expense criticism says fortifications defend the eastern frontier and a national defense council will be formed like Britain’s imperial defense committee. He aims to remove politics from the army and notes strongholds are in good condition with measures taken. The supreme commander, an officer of high ability, has been chosen.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Itienne
Minster
France
Council of National Defense
Committee of Imperial Defense
Cough Settled On Her Lungs In Danville Patient Cured
A Danville Illinois mother recalls a daughter’s terrible cough that settled on the lungs. After trying many remedies, Foley's Honey and Tar cured the cough. Sold by O T Erhart.
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N. Jackson
Danville
Ill
Foley
O. T. Erhart
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