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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
3
West Salem, praised by La Crosse neighbors, seeks location of a state agricultural school. The county fair association donates grounds, the county board plans to vote March 25 for financial backing, and local business leaders back the project as a boost to regional agricultural achievement.
The article discusses how young men face dangers in life affecting their welfare and emphasizes understanding human nature. It argues that true knowledge comes from study of man and that right living leads to happiness, warning that temporary gratification harms manhood. It notes communities reveal attitudes through the thoughts of their people.
Spotlight reviews praise the two performance run of On the Bridge at Midnight at La Crosse theatre. A blind mother seeks her kidnapped child amid clever stage construction and suspense, with the child playing a pivotal role that heightens the drama. Tickets go on sale Friday at the theatre candy store.
Dr. T. L. Herrington, Milwauk ee sociologist, will speak to La Crosse men aged 16 and up on social evils at the Y M C A auditorium. The free talk aims to enlighten fathers uncles brothers and youths, offering guidance toward betterment and responsible manhood. The Tribune urges attendance as a valuable use of time.
Local pride swells as La Crosse honors Anna Hickisch returning as the 1908 Saenger festival’s top attraction. The former La Crosse high school student rose to global acclaim, admired for her voice and artistry and for steadfastly carrying refinement into the stage.
Fifty members of the Wisconsin Press association attend the annual meeting in Menomonie Wisconsin on March 11 as editors gather for the event.
Jimmy aged five from Philadelphia recalls the moment Daniel realized he was saved. He imagines Daniel telephoning home to tell his wife he was all right, as told by his grandmother in a grandmotherly tale.
The Baltimore American quotes a back-and-forth about an office boy, noting his cheery whistle at work and the remark that he whistles because he seeks a job. The excerpt ends with a question about working by the day without supervision.
The text recounts a want ad seeking a stenographer with broad skills and humorous, venal responses. It then describes a dramatic note from Salt Lake City about a 1908 applicant and ends with a Jacksonville asylum case involving Sheldon Perry Clemmons, 70, worrisome over his daughters.
A playful verse from Detroit Free Press mocks spelling reform, depicting the spelling board advancing and correcting words with humorous heroics. It lampoons phonetic schemes and notes the struggle against altered spellings.
A London Tribune piece describes Lord Longford as witty yet notoriously badly dressed. A tale from Ireland recounts his mismatched breeches and boots, explained by his view that political enemies shaped the outfit’s fate and that the breeches were made by an Orangeman while the boots came from a Fenian cobbler.
A brief exchange about toothache remedies appears as a clipped quotation from the Philadelphia Inquirer. The joking banter highlights a humorous commentary on dental care choices.
President Manuel Amador of Panama recalls a humorous Cuban tale as he visits Coney Island praising the famed amusement area. A fashion note highlights a porcelain blue chiffon over blouse with Japanese sleeves, detailing sizes and trimming, offered by the paper’s Fashion Department for a small fee.
A narrator sits north of Elsinore when a traveling Italian named Giambattista, nicknamed Papa from Naples, arrives with two trained birds. He trades tobacco for pipe work, tells fortunes, and recalls a past encounter with a mysterious lady in a garden, revealing his roaming life and flirtatious affairs.
The Washington Star quotes manager and Mr Stormington Barnes debating rail fare cuts over stage elevation. Barnes argues the priority is reducing travel costs rather than improving theater access.
Dialogue recounts a street car wreck where the vehicle was destroyed yet passengers were packed so closely that only outer injuries occurred.
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