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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1913
Page
2
An advertisement touts right side drive, left style lamps, and strong brakes urging buyers to select a long lasting, trouble free car. It stresses tested parts, high safety margins, and low upkeep, declaring Reo the fifth in its class due to steady factory output.
In Madison Wisconsin on May 3 Capt McCleod and Stroke Tasker missed practice with the Badger crews raising rumors they left the varsity eight for the four oared boat. Cuff and Boardman replaced them while neither man commented. Reports said the pair quit the boat.
The quote divides humanity into two groups those who act and those who question why it was not done. Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with the remark highlighting action versus inquiry.
Pastor George R. Longbrake of St Pauls Universalist Church will lead a Sunday sermon series on The Insanities of the age and the remedies. May 11 The Borderland of Insanity May 18 The Insanity of Hurry May 25 The Insanity of Waste June 1 The Insanity of Worry June 8 The Insanity of Pleasure Seeking.
May 3 report states Sergeant Batini, piloting a military biplane, fell 190 feet this afternoon and was instantly killed. Lieutenant Cyr noted in the incident as a nearby observer.
London anti vivisectionist leader Miss Lind-Al-Hageby sued the Mall Gazette and a London musician for libel. Over a sixteen day hearing she spoke fifty six hours and uttered 330000 words. The court ruled against her.
After a four month chase spanning the coast to coast Charles O. Carpenter of Houston Texas was arrested in Minneapolis by Post Office Inspectors Huegdal and Otto. He is charged with writing threatening and improper letters to Chevalier G La Verde of Palermo Italy about his wife formerly Miss Mabelle Lucile Greig a Chicago society belle.
A historic exchange recalls Justice Maule denying a juror a drink warning the bailiff to keep jurors without meat or fire. The bailiff asked to allow water and Maule replied that it was not meat, not a drink, then granted permission.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer cites a dialogue about Emily enjoying a trip abroad and a witty exchange on Emily's receptive mind. The piece then shifts to a skeptical view of men focused on money and a remark on fooling children with prospects of future presidency.
The silk industry in northern New Jersey was paralyzed as 10 000 workers in Paterson and Hudson county mills joined a sympathy strike. I W W leaders Miss Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Carlos Tresca organized workers in West Hoboken Weehawken Union Hill North Bergen and nearby towns to pull in nearly all silk makers.
Thomas H. Ryan of Wausau Wisconsin declines appointment as warden of the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth. The position carried rank and pay as a United States Army colonel. Ryan said the offer was attractive but incompatible with his professional work, and his reluctance to leave Wisconsin influenced the decision.
Mitchell South Dakota May 3. A special election will determine the postmaster for the Mitchell post office. The county democratic central committee sets May 10 as the voting date and requires candidates to secure ten signatures from Democrats. Only democratic patrons of the Mitchell post office may vote.
Brainerd Minn May 3 Iron ore properties believed rich enough to cover all the citys debts are bequeathed to Brainerd by the will of Judge George W Holland pioneer of the city filed in the probate court today.
The article recalls a single case where a man offered marriage to the winner of a matrimonial competition. Fifteen ladies entered, answered questions about pies clothing and teething rings. The proposer was refused by the winner and by all other contestants.
The Birmingham Age Herald quotes a sharp quip about Plimbock, noting his inflated self view. The exchange mocks his self importance in a brief editorial style tabloid line.
Mrs Helen Armstrong domestic science lecturer provides a letter titled The Care of the Gas Range. The letters will be available by request next Monday May 5 at our office. Armstrong aided thousands of housewives and her guidance may benefit readers.
Sheridan Wyoming reports Plenty Hawk, the Indian chief spurned by Miss Madeline Sullivan, has wed a Sioux wife from Medicine Hat after his prior rejection by the Chicago socialite and a failed parental and federal effort to stop the match.
Chicago May 3 Peeved at poor penmanship Dean Wagmore of Northwestern University seeks stricter diploma criteria. Ban fashionable dances rules at Onwentsia Club deny wives from dancing recklessly after husbands complain. In New York Magistrate Marsha rules dog ownership by alternating claimants, Shep goes to Mrs. Morrissey. A one legged rider identifies artificial limb at Elmhurst station after losing it on a horse.
A vivid description of the fur seal detailing its land adaptation with flippers, internal organs comparable to a sheep, but flesh unpalatable due to fish diet. It notes a thick fat parcel for warmth and a heavy brown fur growth with oil bearing hairs that reduce water friction.
Port au Prince reports the death of General Tancredo Auguste president of the republic of Hayti He had been ill only a short time before dying in the capital city today
William T. La Follette brother of Senator R M La Follette was buried Friday afternoon at Forest Hill cemetery Madison. Services were led by Rev F A Gilmore of the First Unitarian church with pallbearers from among relatives. Senator La Follette could not attend due to duties in Washington.
Dr E Wells Kellogg presented a full report to Health Commissioner Kraft on the Friedmann pthisis serum. Kellogg, who spent two months in New York studying the cure’s effects, declined to comment further.
A statement notes that when he returned here late yesterday his opinion will be made public within a week.
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