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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
3
The Tribune warns officials to stop practices beyond legal bounds and to avoid personal ends through unauthorized use of power. It stresses that public trust is sacred and continued malfeasance invites publicity and public resentment, urging timely reform.
The gossip centers on Mme Anna Gould and Prince Halle de Saafan with claims of a possible American move. The piece casts Boni as a harmed ex-husband and condemns any alliance with a man described as vastly worse, urging no welcome for Gould in America.
The report notes ex Mayor Ruef and associates were released on a technicality, criticizing the outcome as a blow to government integrity. It argues the court found a way to escape enforcement, a greater societal concern than the precise pleading errors.
The opinion argues indictments fail for not alleging Schmits held mayoral powers. It criticizes the Supreme Court justices who released them as recognizing protection rackets by Schmits and Ruef. The verdict is deemed technically arbitrary and unpopular.
The Chronicle changes its top line from Editorial Comment to Editors Comment or Editor s Comment. The piece notes editors tailor captions to fit their editorials and suggests metropolitan papers may be lending their editorials, or local claim to the material may be via statute of limitations.
E R Thomas expresses unwavering belief that the American entry will reach Paris first in the long international race. He emphasizes national pride in American auto building and predicts triumph over the toughest routes from Alaska to Siberia, stressing public support and the likely Paris date line.
A narrator muses on truth and perception comparing truth to a clock and a watch. He cites professors and aunts for opinions, then tests belief by observing his wall clock vanish with the gas light and reappear, concluding clocks are gas and likely manufactured by a gas company.
The article notes a new U S emphasis on the Pacific in world affairs marking a milestone in America’s expanding imperial reach. It asserts the Pacific will become a central arena of interest as the nation looks westward in addition to its eastern orientation.
W. L. Roberts writes On the Bridge at Midnight to be staged at La Crosse Theater for two Sunday showings on March 15. The production promises a strong company with clever comedians and a dramatic bridge scene. Tickets go on sale Friday morning at the Theater Candy store.
A Washington Star excerpt reflects a statesman who swore he would not seek office yet ultimately ran. It contrasts private life declarations with a sudden return to public life as the country’s needs grew urgent.
Old Gobsa Golde remarks to his son Scattergood that life will be easier for Scattergood. He recalls his own rise from humble beginnings and warns that Scattergood started at the top and will slide down.
A New York broker recalls a story of an Irish farmer on the way to Waterford fair. An English tourist asks prices for cattle, the farmer quotes £8 a head, the Englishman notes higher returns in England, and the farmer quips that even Killarney would yield a guinea a drop. Source: Washington Star.
A 900 horsepower car hurtles toward a cliff as a young millionaire grips the wheel in a desperate run. He mutters about paying to escape while urging others to stay calm. The vehicle lunges forward, revealing the grim implication of his boast.
A brief New York Sun note asserts the author avoids bad language while mentioning golf and fountain pen usage in a terse, humorous aside.
In Bohemia a poet tears a thread from a cuff edge and debates value with a youth. The poet claims a spring poem cannot be expressed in dollars while another agrees. They settle on fifty cents for the work and consider issuing an order.
Capt James F Oyster, a Washington butter and eggs dealer, serves on the District of Columbia Board of Education. In a past trial he testified as an education expert. Opposing counsel Harry Davis probed his knowledge. on cross examination the question asked for current egg price. Oyster replied thirty five cents. Davis concluded the exchange.
An editorial quips about a speaker whose blunt talk disturbs some readers while others defend his honesty. The piece notes the speaker’s habit of calling things as they are, even when intent and accuracy are questioned.
A Panam a cloth jacket with braid trimming and belching silk stitching offers a versatile design usable with or without a collar. It features concealed seams, regulation coat sleeves, and pattern 5920 in sizes 34 through 42 bust, available by mail from the paper’s Fashion Department for ten cents plus optional postage.
Column combines suffrage era jabs about bath customs with political ribbing from Milwaukee Journal notes. It cites a Portman rooms at home gathering by the Women's Social and Political Union and jokes about cigars saved for the cause. It also comments on Francis M. McGovern and Lenroot politics in Wisconsin.
In a frosty city tenements a widowed mother and her two children face poverty after the Yukon death of the husband. Tommy dreams of being a shop manager to help, while Katy longs for a doll. A rich Fiddleman offers kindness, and a sudden birthday delivery hints at a turning point amid hardship.
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