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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1913
Page
7
Health ad warns of kidney and bladder issues and urges Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy. Claims Bright's disease and other ailments stem from kidney trouble. Offers sample bottle and free literature from Dr Kilmer & Co, Binghamton New York, via The Daily Tribune.
Mayor G A Bading welcomed delegates at Milwaukee as the Wisconsin Laundrymen's association began its annual convention at the Republican house. President C G Comstock spoke, with J D Beck of the industrial commission and Charles E Wheeler of the Laundrymen’s National association addressing the group before an inspection of local laundries. The delegates planned to adjourn that night.
Washington March 8 The house ways and means committee debated a plan to publish an income tax to replace tariff revenue losses. Tariff revision and the income tax are seen as linked, with discussions of taxing incomes as low as 3000 to 5000 dollars annually. Tentative bills are being prepared for possible extra sessions.
Washington reports that President Wilson will reserve the right to appoint federal judges himself. The notice clarified that applicants for federal positions must be submitted to department heads, denying claims the attorney general would screen candidates for the bench.
London officials led by the lord mayor and sheriffs visited Marlborough House to present a loyalty address to dowager Queen Alexandra marking fifty years since her arrival in England. The queen mother hosted a royal dinner with guests including the seven surviving bridesmaids from Alexandra’s wedding.
Washington March 8 the interstate commerce commission declared advances in rates on oil shipments from St Paul and Minneapolis to Chicago Peoria St Louis and Missouri river cities as equitable with the exception of Des Moines Iowa where the rate was found discriminatory and ordered set aside
The story of Dick Whittington remains puzzling in origin with claims of a true London lord mayor and a son of a knight naming a master’s daughter as his bride. Variants appear across Italy Brittany Norway Russia and even in a Persian author’s book written long before the real Whittington’s life.
A reader from Paterfamilias condemns the high realism of modern mechanical toys. He recalls a recent incident where a boy’s automobile knocked the sawdust out of two dolls, illustrating the intrusive lifelike effect. The remark appears in the Evening Standard and St. James Gazette.
Matilda Simon confronted a burglar in her Paterson New Jersey apartment. She began to sing and startled the intruder who dropped his loot and fled the scene.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a clean and thorough bowel regulator that removes undigested food and toxins, relieves sour stomach and biliousness, and leaves users feeling well by morning. It claims no griping and costs 10 cents per box, urging households to keep Cascarets on hand.
A set of quirky items from New York and London reports a butcher beating incident over two cents, a bigamy lawsuit against the city, Sir Thomas Dewar's hunting record, a 50 year safety claim for girls leaving Sleighton Farm, Rev Lambert selling bonds, a Chicago sleeper champion, Paris banquet tip dispute with President Poincare, and a Southern club bid to oust its president for not being southern born.
Fire at the Hotel Burlington in New York drives out 100 guests in night garments. Firemen save residents as water freezes and hoses burst, with Henry Smith guiding passengers down smoke filled stairways and saving many from the flames. The blaze remains confined to the ground floor.
The Pink Widow musical comedy arrives at the Majestic on Sunday under Manager Koppelberger with a low price scale of 1.50. The original Broadway company features Arthur Clamage and Jessie Webster and promises a big, lively show at a bargain rate.
The New Press editorial urges salespeople to begin with sincere thank yous to customers. It argues courtesy costs nothing and, when practiced with heart, improves business impressions and transactions.
Call for elevated aims and duties to match the nation’s vast reach. Webster urges broad comprehension and high aspirations for men to rise to responsibility beyond mere pygmies.
The article argues the sun will eventually cease to emit light and heat. It projects that this occurs about seven million years from now, and notes that Earth and other planets will become lifeless “dead worlds” long before the sun dies.
A dinner anecdote recounts Sir Henry Irving denying university status and joking that he keeps a secretary who is. Bernard Shaw quips that his education was not in the meaning of the term and was interrupted by school days, reflecting on formal schooling.
In a court session on divorce a judge opened with a complainant described as a negress. The response to the charge was thirty five dollars. The record notes a line about girls and chores, hinting at a prejudiced aside.
G W Burton president of the National Bank of La Crosse attended his stepmother's funeral in Manchester Vermont after traveling early this week following her death last week.
A fragmented line from a historical page evokes daily life and routine tasks. The text hints at gender roles and commonplace errands linked to a grocer and a butcher, reflecting ordinary city life.
Milwaukee March 8 The Wisconsin State Franklin club opened its second annual convention for a two day session. Mayor Bading gave the welcome and President Castle replied. The convention will close with a banquet Saturday.
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