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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
11
The Duluth spring election featured a contested high office race and a precinct tally altered by pencil marks on ballots. Nearly all ballots in one precinct were discarded, changing the result, highlighting how voter intent can be corrupted by pencil annotations and the Coupon Ballot offers a safer solution recognized by La Follette's Weekly.
Secretary Houston aims to organize rural life to spread the department s accumulated farming knowledge to country dwellers. He emphasizes practical farming, farm credits, and marketing methods to ensure farmers receive these benefits. He has secured the necessary support to pursue this effort.
A new Rural Organization Service will be created with a division of markets funded by a $50,000 appropriation. Secretary Hurston notes marketing is just one facet of rural organization and calls for immediate exploration of related tasks. The plan centers on local needs from roads to forestry, aiming to unite rural residents and improve information reach.
An editorial urges unity in La Crosse as Mayor Ori J. Sorensen promotes a growing, healthy, and orderly city. It calls on aldermen to set aside personal grievances, back sound policies, and cooperate with the mayor to build greater La Crosse over the next two years.
The piece argues that California fears of Japanese land ownership reflect class and trust issues. It notes race prejudice as a motive but suggests whites fear dispossession if Japanese labor and capital drive land gains continue, inviting Wisconsin readers to imagine Japanese buyers in their state.
A Chicago judge proposes a six months outing as a cure for divorce but insists the couple must take the trip together. The suggestion draws sharp criticism as backward and impractical.
A New York Evening Sun item mocks diplomats at state dinners with a drinking song that mocks temperance and ritual, praising wine and milk as substitutes while saluting frivolous revelry. The playful verse ends with a jab at paying for dental work by daylight.
George Otis Smith visited a city school to test moral understanding. He asked what is the greatest virtue and what Johnny Smith answered with a sharp remark revealing the idea of butting in. The exchange showcases a humorous moment about attention and participation in education.
A farmer visiting a large city checked into a hotel and asked the clerk when he could see the town. The clerk explained dining hours from 6 to 11 for breakfast, 11 to 3 for dinner, and 3 to 8 for supper. The farmer wondered when he'll get to see the sights.
In a city tavern Zeph resists leaving, forcing the bartender to escort him to the alley. The exchange ends with Zeph insisting he won’t take air, while the bartender presses him to step out and sober up. A separate tale describes a poultry delivery mix up leading a husband to hunt for escaped chickens after a basement door was left open.
A courtroom exchange pits a convict claiming Milton took fifteen days per page against a judge who jokes about a sentence taking six years, highlighting literary pacing as a metaphor for writing effort.
A cited remark from Woman's Home Companion questions whether Higgins is truly self-made. The dialogue suggests inherited manners or traits shape his character, implying he would have been born with such manners rather than learned.
Mrs Hilda Johnson Haskins of Chicago launches the Power Machine club to provide quarters with power sewing machines for working girls to sew and learn operating skills. The Housewives League of Detroit seeks funds for a Women's Building in Detroit, using profits from a May 5 to 14 household and pure food show as a nucleus for the fund.
In Ladysmith Wisconsin on May 1 Peter Fluri a farmer blew himself to atoms with dynamite. He placed the charge on the ground lay down and watched the fuse burn down until the cap exploded. An alleged quarrel with his wife is cited as the motive for the suicide.
Harman Koppes, a 14 year old who confessed to killing Mrs Sleep and her two babies, faces three indictments. His attorneys begin a motion to quash those murder indictments this week to avoid life imprisonment.
John, after spending most of the evening with friends, decides to sleep in the front yard at home. The next morning he spots his wife watching from an open window and yells for her to shut it to avoid catching a cold.
Advertises TIZ foot remedy claiming fast relief from sore sweaty tender and swollen feet corns calluses and bunions. Features customer testimonial from R H Cheney of Grundy Center Iowa and claims the product draws poisonous exudations cleanses feet and works immediately. Offers 25 cents per box or free trial by writing Walter Luther Dodge & Co Chicago Illinois and money back guarantee.
Elizabeth clings to John as the governor refuses to intervene in Brackett's murder case. North, General Herbert, and a closing wail of wheels mark a final night of mounting despair as Elizabeth prepares to depart Mount Hope while John faces an inexorable fate.
Grove's Taste Less Tonic advertised as a 30 year standard general strengthening tonic. Claims to treat malaria fevers weakness debility loss of appetite biliousness without purging and nervous low mood. Promises liver action blood purification and appetite stimulation with a 50 cent price and a Brom Quin n ine signature offer.
The fragment references a nighttime exchange instructing to call upon a successful night and indicates a continuation of the dialogue. It lacks concrete names, dates, or events to anchor further detail.
General Charles B. Boardman announced the Wisconsin National Guard encampment at Camp Douglas in mid July. The First and Second Infantry along with the Third Infantry and Tenth Battalion will assemble from July 12 to 18.
William D Haywood Eli Gurley Flynn and other Paterson silk mill strike leaders arraigned on riot incitement charges. A not guilty plea was entered and trial scheduled for May 7.
About 6 300 Milwaukee families will move into new quarters tonight as transfer companies complete a large housing shift in the city. Many residents will sleep in improved or relocated dwellings following the canvas transfer effort moving people to fresh quarters.
The Wisconsin Senate approved the Ackley bill granting 000 per year for three years to establish a normal school at Baucasia. The vote was 26 to 8 after pleas for further education funding.
An ad touts Dr Porter’s Healing Oil as a universal remedy for wounds burns and skin ailments claiming rapid relief. It markets the product as safe old remedy available through druggists with price options 50c and 1.00 and mentions a laxative box Grove brand variant.
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