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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1909
Page
3
The Tribune praises James Day for proposing abolition of a flawed public works board while he is a candidate for the same office. It endorses his public duty over personal interest and urges Democrats to nominate him, believing his administration would reflect credit on the party and benefit the city.
James Day, Fourth Ward alderman, supervised the new high school and normal school projects. He holds a State board of control accreditation and ranked second in the competitive quiz for the job. His employers praise his work on major structures. He seeks Democratic nomination for Commissioner of the Board of Public Works in La Crosse as head of the committee to abolish the board.
The Wisconsin Tribune urges deputy wardens to recall the exact facts in the Stephenson barrel case. It questions State Game Warden Stone’s testimony and warns a shakeup may occur to purge bad elements. If deputies took political money violating civil service law they must go, as Stone possibly should.
The chief, familiar with the law, published a circular to mislead the public. His usefulness to the state, if any, has clearly been exhausted.
The author cites bridge guidance from the New York Sun via the Milwaukee Journal on avoiding overemphasis on five red trumps. It argues against declaring red suit trumps with weak hands, stresses counting outs, and notes the danger of ignoring small cards and signals in defense.
A reader recounts eczema misery and touts the D D D Prescription oil of wintergreen treatment as instantly relieving itch. A letter from Thomas Chapman of Ellis Kansas claims wide cures for eczema burns and rashes with D D D. Hoeschler Bros promotes the product to readers with urging to visit the store.
Paderewski ranks as a pianist beyond mere mastery due to a sympathetic interpretive mind forged by poverty and struggle. He is a wealthier man with estates in Russian Poland and Switzerland and a happy second marriage. His single La Crosse appearance is scheduled for Wednesday March 17 at the La Crosse theater.
The Franklin Stock company plays to full houses in La Crosse this week with The Prince of Liars and Libby Prison drawing strong praise. Reports from towns they toured confirm high audience satisfaction. Tonight they present Ruined Lives, cited as a standout. Family matinees daily boost attendance and a souvenir St Patrick's matinee is set for tomorrow at 2 30.
The article discusses how players miss re entries and misapply the eleven rule in bridge. It uses a no trump example where the leader starts with a low card and dummy and third hand misplay, allowing the dealer to regain control of the suit. It warns players to recognize partner signals and avoid giving tricks away.
The article targets the aldermen who defeated the abolition ordinance for the board of public works and urges those in politics to emulate Alderman Day’s unselfish candor as they answer to the public.
The piece notes that Senator Morris would be terrorized if he believed every threat published for his benefit, but adds that he recognizes a repetitive pattern: there is no real danger.
A fragmented newspaper snippet blends poetic verse about winds of March with short humor and sports banter. It includes lines from a poem attributed to R. Gilmore Stotts and a brief cartoon-style humor exchange about chickens and eggs, plus a light baseball season tease.
In a Tit-Bits style vignette a suave minister approaches the font with an armful of fat and flounces to name a child Augusta Philip Ferdinand Codrington Chesterfield Livingstone Snooks. A spectator requests more water from Mr Perkins.
Stowaway story recounted by Captain Pritchard of the Mauretania. He recalls guiding a young lady through steerage on a summer voyage. While steerage diners ate, he mocked a red haired man’s appetite and questioned if he was a stowaway, prompting the young woman’s witty response.
Walt Mason recalls children’s winter play on a snow filled day, contrasting present sorrow with a vanished youth. He imagines rustic scenes, recalls past joy, and a snowball surprising him as he gazes from a stile. The piece blends wistful memory with playful winter imagery.
In a short quip from Walt Mason in Emporia Gazette the youth replies to a moral lesson with the boast I run an elevator. The exchange contrasts climbing guidance with modern ambition.
Kentucky court of appeals upholds a verdict for the plaintiff in Pittsburg C and St. L Ry Co vs Darlington's Adm'x. The ruling notes the German American authoring the verdict used the term plame while fixing the blame on the railroad, and finds the phrasing not uncertain.
A Rochester journal advertises Newbro's Herpicide as a scalp antiseptic that kills the hair-killing germ and cleans dandruff to restore hair. It mentions Mr Mannell of Butte Montana who regrew hair in six weeks after using the product and notes sales by druggists with a 10 cent sample offer through The Herpicide Co Detroit.
John Shil estate agent to Sir Robert Tankerlane leaves a vast estate at dusk and contemplates his love for Laure Vane. He is a strong, honest man marked by a life of outdoor labor, bound to manage twelve villages and thousands of acres for his lord, while his heart clings to a single farmhouse romance.
John Shill meets Ben Holland in a dim quarry clearing on the Tan Kerlane estate. Holland blocks the path and calls for a word as Shill, the estate agent, insists Sir Robert will not convert more arable land to pasture. The confrontation hints at past resentments and looming conflict on the plantation.
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