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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1906
Page
7
A satirical verse skewers the heavy advertiser who amasses wealth and influence. The speaker describes the merchant’s gleaming store, suburban mansion, fleet yacht, and social circle while noting the gleeful pursuit of profit. The poem ends with the advertiser’s confident claim he understands the game.
Dialogue hints at a married couple both accepting a proposal and each other with casual ease, revealing a shared accord and light humor within a domestic setting. The exchange implies equal agency and reciprocal consent in a social custom.
The piece jokes about an open winter making coal shovels busy and snow drifted streets. It notes sleigh rides appeal to pretty girls but cost money, while a frugal man may prefer milder times. It ends by comparing a winter that is tame and trainable to a biting, harsher season.
A humorous quip contrasts a supposed sixth sense with the ability to spot a bill collector from afar, implying sharp vigilance in debt collection. The line plays on psychic power as a practical comic take on everyday pressure from creditors.
A worker who resigned from a dynamite plant remains unaccounted as days pass. Neighbors report no contact, while officials monitor the bureau for any signs of his whereabouts. Local authorities urge calm and cooperation during the ongoing search.
The quote centers on a man asking a widow to marry him despite her seven children and lack of money, sparking debate about love and practicality in challenging circumstances.
The poem lines describe tiny fish going to school and learning to read. They resist biting the book until the line arrives and they observe the fisherman, then politely tell him they have dined today. The playful cadence contrasts schooling with appetite and kindness.
A collection of wry observations on wealth wasting debts and social vanity. It links money to raising ears pricked by spending and the urge to vacation when money tightens. The piece notes the assessor doubting riches while work relentlessly presses on.
Railroad time tables list daily schedules with notes such as daily except Sunday and daily except Saturday. References include entries labeled a and b for variations and exceptions.
A broad list of current prices for Wit WARK patent and straight per barrel, bran and shorts per ton, various dairy items including dairy butter and eggs, cheese types, and per cord wood. Also includes hay straw vegetables fruits miscellaneous crops oats wheat barley honey rye corn dressed pork onions beets carrots beans and wax beans with quoted per unit prices.
The notice lists produce prices for cucumbers summer squash onions sweet potatoes cauliflower Hubbard squash pumpkins. It also promotes low one way second class rail rates from Chicago to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle Boise City Spokane Walla Walla Ogden Salt Lake City Butte and other western points. February 15 to April 7 1906. Excursions in Pullman sleeping cars from Chicago for seven dollars double berth. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rates to California and North Pacific coast with half fares for children. Liberal stop overs. Tickets valid in tourist sleepers. For details contact agents or F A Miller general passenger agent Chicago.
The schedule lists travel to Tennessee and multiple western states via the North Western Line on Tuesdays March 6 and 20. Tickets and full information are available from Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
Very low excursion rates to Louisville Kentucky offered via the North Western Line. Excur sion tickets available March 15 to 18 with favorable return limits on account of the American Bowling Congress. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
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