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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1909
Page
3
Local business leaders note annual forays into the surrounding trade area take time and effort. Despite clashes with busy periods, committees insist on attendance. The trips are viewed as good investments yielding payoffs through expanded markets and stronger connections.
The Record Herald notes Chicago business leaders regularly dispatch excursions into the south and northwest to promote the city as a central market. It cites two upcoming trips to Sparta for Woodmen and to the Green Bay road area, urging La Crosse merchants to join and imitate this aggressive outreach.
A fragmentary account shows Mr Edmonds stepping forward to testify, promising the Stephenson papers will reveal what was alleged all along about detainment on business grounds. He claims to be frank though he admits not knowing some answers.
A fragment recounts testimony where a witness cannot account for missing thirteen thousand nine hundred dollars from Stephenson's fund and another deputy refuses to answer. The speaker urges law enforcement to hold someone to account and calls for making an example of bluffing figures like Bowman, Stone, and Edmonds.
In Washington on May 5 President Taft presses for quick tariff passage while progressive Republicans seek thorough debate on the Aldrich bill. Senators study maximum and minimum provisions, fearing penalties could broaden beyond targeted duties and affect Canada and other countries. The piece warns that the Aldrich plan could penalize subdivisions as separate nations and potentially raise U.S. export barriers despite domestic aims.
An advertisement asserts rheumatic attacks stem from uric acid and that only kidney cleansing cures them. It cites Jason T. Phillips of La Crosse Wisconsin attributing relief to Dean's Kidney Pills bought at Erhart's drug store. Price 50 cents.oster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
Poem in Boston Herald by Joe Cone describes a household scene as a father dismantles a stove and swears while a mother chases him with a dust pan. Maggie opens windows and sister dusts chairs. The family laments the arrival of spring.
In People vs. Bosch the New York Supreme Court held that milk sold in the same form as drawn remains adulterated if it fails statutory solids content. The decision clarifies adulteration hinges on composition, not mere appearance or handling.
A Paris correspondent recalls a railway carriage contest of wit between Compiegne and Roye. A passenger proclaims the devil is dead and offers two sons to a priest, who remains calm and remarks on his interest in orphans. The teller exits quietly after the exchange.
A Paris style charity concert in Vilna caused a walkout when strict orders barred attendees from leaving during Mlle Tep loff's violin performance. The rule, meant to ensure a flawless showing for the daughter of a notable man, prompted Mile Teploff to refuse to perform and his seconds to approach the concert chairman.
A woman’s fashionable silhouette prompts the question of how a man who has the right to hug her should identify her waist. The idea reflects etiquette and social norms of intimate contact in past fashion discourse.
A Yonkers plaintiff in a southern railroad case faces the judge during preliminary questions. Asked his age, he quips about whether to state it for when he rode the train or when he disembarked, highlighting the ongoing damages suit over the delay.
A Bohemian note recalls a masked exchange in a theater as a gentleman points to Mrs. De Koltay in a front box. His friend retorts the line shows language elasticity, then they decline to elaborate further.
Railroad workers recount a Kansas incident where rails spread and the engine and cars left the track. The rear Pullmans remained intact, and a porter, unaware of the halt, learned of the wreck only as a passenger cried out in mock alarm. The panic escalated with jumbled exclamations.
Leonore buys Henry Blurton’s silence with money and a card, then confronts Laura Vane and plans to use Shil’s life secret to control him. Laura’s sacrifice emerges as love’s selfless act, while Leonore faces guilt over exploiting others for power. Laura moves to Broadstairs with her child. Shil leaves London.
A minister impressed by a synod address on smoking reveals receiving 100 cigars and plans to burn them all. His fellow minister vows to accompany him to save the ninety and nine souls, highlighting a humorous moral pivot from vice to virtue.
A playful dialogue from the St. Louis Republic features Mr. Dolan and Mrs. Delan arguing about a hat. Bridget scolds Moike as the hat ends up left on the wrong head and a humorous scolding follows.
An Atchison woman claims a kinship to a famous fictional character who never lived. A man at a small gathering says his wife’s cookbook helped him most by making him prefer work over eating after marriage.
Advertisement notes that D. D. D. Prescription provides immediate relief from itchy skin and promises to kill germs instantly. The soothing lotion is for external use and marketed by Hoescher Bros.
A fragment from the Yale Record features a dialogue about night and day, with a father answering a final inquisitive line from his son. The style hints at a humorous or observational piece characteristic of campus writing.
A cryptic maxim notes that life’s value depends on sacrifice and self-denial, implying meaning emerges from giving of oneself. The aphorism emphasizes resilience through duty and endurance in hardship.
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