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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1913
Page
2
Lyman H. Howe's photographers present a rich program of moving pictures at the La Crosse theater on March 22. The show promises a worldwide, pictorial record of life with exquisite color reproduction and high artistic merit, drawing acclaim beyond America.
Otto Branstretter told an old YMCA Lyceum audience that the working man or wage slave is guided by his social position and that agriculture first created class distinctions. He compared modern workers to Southern slaves, supported universal suffrage, and warned railroads should not be owned to favor any one group.
The Washington Star reports actor John Drew, at age nine, resembles a man of 35. He quips that keeping hair and a flat stomach is the secret of youth. He shares a humorous tale about corpulence and a bowlegged man mocking a fat man with a barrel joke.
A teacher asks pupils to draw Plymouth Rock after reciting The Landing of the Pilgrims. Most children begin eagerly while one boy hesitates and asks if the rock to be drawn is a hen or a rooster.
Local notes report visits and returns of residents including Mr and Mrs W W Dyson hosting the Violet club Mrs Jim Smith returning from Ohio Miss Winifred Baldwin visiting Oscar Bosshard in Mattoon and her niece Also listed are illness confinements for Mrs H P Procter and Mrs E W Hazen a Jefferson resident Mrs Tillie Berg taken to Mendota for insanity and several residents traveling or relocating between places including Texas California New Mexico Montana North Dakota and Milwaukee Revival meetings at the Methodist church closed with Phelps and Gould leaving for La Farge plus Austin Collier returning to North Dakota.
A wry quip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer about employment and romance. The remark contrasts job loss with a woman filling the position and ends with a playful challenge to marry the new worker.
Local readers learn that chronic catarrh starts in the blood and must be treated at the source. Dr Turbin visits monthly and has reportedly achieved remarkable cures by addressing the taint causing mucous membranes to be attacked, preventing lung and bronchial complications.
Professor Bretnall warns cats and dogs can spread disease and urges owners to pen up household pets like other stock. The call echoes concerns about public health and animal welfare, urging strict containment until remedies or guidance emerge.
Prof. George H. Bretnall of the state normal school told a child welfare exhibit that cats and dogs are disease carriers and should be penned like livestock. He displayed plates of germ cultures started by placing them against the noses or backs of pets to prove his point as dogs and cats roam and pick over garbage.
Prof Bretnall warned of disease carried by filth and flies and urged destroying breeding places as the only sure method. He advised fly tight manure boxes and manure management, while suggesting turning hogs and cows out of enclosures. Mrs Stathem spoke on child welfare in industries and Dr Werle lectured on fly dangers with illustrations.
Chester Peck Lee Gerletti and Hugo Hussa traveled to Sparta on Tuesday. Several Bangor residents visited La Crosse and Tomah for events this week. The Presbyterians announce a multi date holiday carnival March 21 with events at church parlors parsonage and home of local residents. Livery business sold to Aaron Darling. Mrs. M Losie and Mrs. McCumber visited relatives in Sparta.
A concise motivational note urges individuals to build personal history by pursuing independent paths and forming lasting, self-made legacies beyond familial roots. It emphasizes initiative, resilience, and self-reliance in charting one's life.
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