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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
10
The Pussy Willow Song and Youths Advice
A poem about pussy willows imagining kittens and spring sun followed by a note on juvenile effort. The excerpt quotes a Children’s poem from The Youth’s Companion and a closing message encouraging Juniors to act selflessly with a signed appeal from Frances Lyons, age 12.
A Chat With The Editor For Juniors On Writing
A school junior section editor urges timely letters from readers about next week’s topic Runaway Ride. Several young writers share stories on unselfishness including Irwin’s candy gift and a pot of gold tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Burton
Unselfishness in a boy's orange gift and bookish notions
A short piece on unselfishness describes a boy sharing his orange with a hungry peer on the way to school. The writer then reviews Little Women, celebrating the March sisters, Jo and Meg, their growth, and the book's vivid characters. The text also includes a long children’s tale about Miss Mehitable Hardy Smith and a magical Christmas Eve with a baboon, mice, and Santa Claus, concluding with a poem about a child’s tableware and marmalade routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin
Helen
Edith
Esther Noem
Charles Street
P. S
Meg
Beth
Amy
Father
Mother March
Mr. Lawrence
Miss. Alcott
Laurie
Julian Hawthorne
Miss Alcott
Bronson Alcott
Marmee
Jim Brooke
Demi
Concord
Mecca
John
Alcibiades
Socrates
Augustus Snodgrass
Pickwick Club
Hugo
Mehitable Hardy Smith
Meritable Hardy Smith
Mehitable
Hardy Smith
Miss Meritable Haldy Smith
Miss Meritable Hardy Smith
Santa Claus
Unselfishness Teachings From Juniors Letter
A May 6 1908 Junior page note from Lansing Iowa shares a pledge to avoid vanity and keep kind words. Henrietta Zein promises to write on unselfish living and recalls sharing with her brother to keep others happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Burton
Henrietta G. Zein
Jo March Saves The Family With A Sensational Prize
Jo March, amid fits of creative energy, wins a hundred dollar prize for a sensational story but produces rubbish. The prize money funds daily needs as "The Duke's Daughter" pays the butcher and "A Phantom Hand" buys a carpet while "The Curse of the Coventrys" outfits groceries and gowns for the March family.
Lake Geneva Politician Dwight S. Allen Dies at 65
Dwight S. Allen, longtime Walworth County figure and Lake Geneva resident, dies at 65. Born in Madison County New York he came to Wisconsin in 1852, served as Linn town treasurer and county board chair, member of the state assembly 1885 to 1889, and fought in the Twenty second Infantry including campaigns at Resaca Dallas Woods Kensaw Mountain Culp s Farm and Peach Tree Creek, marching with Sherman to the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Geneva
Wis
Dwight S. Allen
Walworth
Allen
Walter Allen
Milwaukee
Madison County
N. Y
Wisconsin
Linn
Resaca
Dallas Woods
Kensaw Mountain
Culp
Foley's Kidney Cure Praised by Satisfied Patient
Alvin H. Stimpson of Williamite Conn credits Foley's Kidney Cure with curing his kidney trouble after other remedies failed. He reports four bottles completed his recovery and now he is entirely well and free from suffering. O T Erhart confirms the testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Alvin H. Stimpson
Williamite
Conn
O. T. Erhart
Body Found In Swamp Near Brainerd
In Deerwood a survey crew found the remains of an unnamed man in a swamp on section 30. The body appears to have been dead about a year. No identification or missing-person report exists. Coroner transferred the remains to Brainerd for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainerd
Minn
Rogers Brown Ore Company
Deerwood
Bainerd
More of a Climber The Son and the Automobile
A humorous dialogue shows a son bragging about his new automobile while the father jokes about its tendency to climb trees and telegraph poles, implying testy but lighthearted ownership humor.
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