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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
3
The Saengerfest plan calls for a second performance with a new chorus and coloists. Many La Crosse residents missed the premiere and urge officials to repeat the recital, a premier musical event that should attract full theater attendance.
The Tribune argues the La Crosse board of trade is near dissolution with only eight of 774 members attending a crucial meeting and a 50 percent salary cut for the secretary. It suggests federating civic societies or reforming into an independent body to revive commerce and public spirit.
The speaker notes that ad reading by discerning buyers makes ads pay. Newspapers should prove circulation only if necessary and warn that overstating it harms credibility. The La Crosse public reads The Tribune ads, which is the speaker’s conclusion.
A comic weekly spoofs the depression with a doughnut graphic. The outer ring bears Good Crops Natural Resources while the hole center reads Business Depression, captioned Look at the Doughnut Not at the Hole. It promotes a positive take amid hardship.
A narrator meets Jim Jarvis, a lighting company worker, and jokes about crocuses and weather as he notes Jim’s focus on business. Jim replies in a musical bass voice that he is selling lots of coke.
"Fighting Bob" Evans resumes control of the fleet as the nation hails the admiral's unconquerable nerve guiding the culminating movements of the largest naval expedition ever undertaken.
Henry Bergh speaks in New York on the humane slaughter device prize, arguing that popular belief holds animals are slaughtered humanely is a fallacy. He notes his SPCA lineage and contrasts with a joke about dog fakers from the New York Times.
Frederick Van Eeden the Dutch poet and economist condemned wealth ostentation during a New York dinner. He compared aristocrats to a tale of a Amsterdam nobleman seen smoking two cigars to cope with financial strain, illustrating social pretensions and economic disparity.
The Flints drew a near record crowd at the La Crosse theater for the second night of a week long run. The act featured a talk, scientific tests and uproarious stunts with new scenes and a different program each evening. Dr. Flint promises the funniest entertainments yet.
A four dog Fox act headlines this week at the Bijou. The performers display daring feats on a tight rope and serpentine ball while a dog pushes an automobile up a slope and a dog-powered merry-go-round entertains passengers.
The article describes a bishop style dress for young girls in sizes 1 2 4 and 6 with detailed fabric requirements. It notes suitable materials such as dimities lawn and batiste and explains construction including collar cuffs and invisible back closure. Pattern 5974 can be mailed from the Fashion Department for ten cents plus postage.
Old millionaire Samuel Statham summons Marion Rolfe to his Park Lane mansion under secrecy He offers a long journey and a future vacancy at Cunnington's Limited while asserting power over her choices Marion fears the purpose but remains curious about his motives and past kindness.
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