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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
3
Frank H. Burgess business manager of the La Crosse Tribune swears the paper’s actual copies printed and circulated in April 1908, totaling 6278, 6353, and 6870 for average each issue, as stated in the official affidavit.
The piece mocks Jim Hill as a colorful figure urging Americans to preserve soil not yet granted to Northern Pacific. It contrasts Hill with Harriman and Baer, noting their different stances on wealth distribution and control. The tone critiques elite interests and public sentiment in an era of upheaval.
An editorial questions whether John D. Rockefeller Jr. lives by his preached ideals or by deeds. It compares his Sunday school lecturing about honesty with the actions of wealth and power and asks if a modern Paul has arisen.
In a pointed critique, a writer compares Saul and Little John to Big John of Standard Oil, arguing that modern business has a place but should not masquerade as religion. The piece praises deeds over mortgages, notes Big John’s industry leadership, and mocks Little John’s religion of wealth.
The La Crosse citizen Barney Valentine leaves for Portland after a long career in public life marked by unselfish civic duty and sound business judgments. The Tribune cites his clear-eyed handling of public affairs and laments that Republicans failed to honor his service with a paid office, praising his honesty and dedication.
Chairman Frank A. Day praised Bryanites as introducers of the greatest man the nation has known and rejected Republican claims of a Minnesota Democratic split. He urged Gopher democrats to get together and unite.
Governor Davidson tells the conference of governors Wisconsin is a pioneer in forest conservation. He asserts Badger dam will suffer nothing by comparison with other states on the up-to-dateness of its government enterprises.
Big Play Tonight Brewster s Millions a stage version of George Barr McCutcheon s novel will be presented at the La Crosse theater tonight by the Cohan and Harris company. The dramatization by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley has achieved strong success and is now touring with two American, two English, and one continental company. Frederick Thompson provides the striking stage effects. The cast includes Robert Ober Brinsley Shaw James W Horne George Crosette Louis Haines Edmund Mortimer June Mathias Ada May Talbot Olive North Nettie Black and others.
Al G Field presents his Greater Minstrel show with deluxe offerings and innovative acts. The production is praised as wholesome entertaining the English speaking public and promises numerous surprises for patrons. It will stage tomorrow afternoon and evening at the La Crosse theater.
A fashion note describes a pongee blouse with all over lace chemisette, wide shoulder tucks, and a trimming band of buttons or embroidered discs. Variations include yoke fabrics such as lace, embroidery, lingerie, and tucked net. patterns sized for girls 14 and 16, pattern 5983, mailed for ten cents with optional extra postage.
The article describes imperial banquets funded lavishly, with each dish costed at 10 roubles and every food item counted as a dish. It notes that at grand state dinners the accounting is even higher, reflecting immense extravagance in feeding the court.
A reflective note on enduring friendship from early bonds to lifelong companionship. The saying highlights how friendships formed in youth mature into lasting support and happiness in later years. The sentiment emphasizes value of steady, caring relationships across a lifetime.
Short items from various corr–pondents note weather optimism, station agents, travelers, and local quips. Kenney may be moved, Tom Quillen travels from La Crosse, and Osseo notes caution in reservedness. W. V. K. adds reflections on weddings, jealousy, and daily gripes.
A Richmond Times-Dispatch verse carries a playful tale of Nellie Stoppit challenging an Indiana man fined fifty dollars for kissing her. The cantankerous exchange escalates into a court scene as the man pleads amid humorous dialogue and Nellie’s insistence to stop the unwanted advances.
A fragment compares longing under moonlight to a line from a poet in the Tatler. The exchange hints at romantic interest from Fred toward Freda and invokes verse as a reflection on yesterday becoming today.
General Wheeler and colleagues recall a Civil War anecdote about a Confederate soldier who died from exhaustion after a long pursuit at Bull Run. The exchange continues with a joke about Spender and his finances, noting he once had money but no fire insurance.
Marion is discharged after refusing to call on Mr. Statham, while Charlie Rolfe, Statham's secretary, meets a Parisian-looking English woman who claims to be a spy for Old Sam. He invites her to speak in the Tuileries as she hints at hidden plots and Statham's perilous secret.
A girl reports she declined a suitor after he visited while she was not at home. The brief note records her action of jilting him and the presumed fuss over the failed call.
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