In American Protest Against the Aldrich Bill
A brief line calling for voice of the people in opposition to the Aldrich bill. The statement frames protests as against rank injustices and bad faith, urging public action and civic engagement.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1909
Page
3
A brief line calling for voice of the people in opposition to the Aldrich bill. The statement frames protests as against rank injustices and bad faith, urging public action and civic engagement.
The Tribune invites industrial news from La Crosse factories. A weekly reporter will contact plants to publish orders, new machines, patents, expansions, and other noteworthy developments to showcase the city’s manufacturing strength.
Senator La Follette criticized delays by committees in supplying data used to base the Aldrich tariff schedules and urged informed votes. Senator Root argued committees need not furnish data, but La Follette said the public would demand thorough information and rejected evasion. The dispute highlighted calls for reform and party platform consistency.
The piece recalls opening day excitement and crowd noise as the Wisconsin Minnesota league teams start with two creditable games and one poor performance. It notes other teams also suffer high scoring innings and urges support to secure a win.
The Dode Fisk circus returns Monday promising best size show in the country. The afternoon performance targets mainly ladies and mothers inviting children to enjoy and learn in a clean, up to date program.
During trial the defendant asked to swear Ananias Goodwin and place him under the rule, the court smiled, an exception was noted. The text cites Bellamy v state that such lapse could be harmed, but Ananias was not tendered and testimony sought remains unclear.
A medical man urges a patient to breathe deeply while she scoffs at his advice and departs in a haughty display in a Cleveland Plain Dealer paragraph.
The Bradstreet System offers training by mail to make ordinary educated youths into trained salesmen in six weeks. Traveling salesmen can earn from two thousand to ten thousand dollars yearly plus expenses, with demand rising as prosperity returns. The president invites readers to write for a free book and to apply to the Bradstreet System at 207 Cornwall Building, Rochester, New York.
Wireless pioneer Marconi’s achievement is linked to careful natural phenomena study, while Hair Restorers are grouped loosely. Herpicide, a scientific scalp microbe killer, is promoted as a distinct product sold by druggists with a sample offer, via The Herpicide Co. Detroit and Hoeschler Bros. as agents.
A playful verse from the Atlanta Constitution questions lovers about honest affection and acts of devotion. It uses rustic imagery like a spring lawn mower garden palings stove pipe and a picnic cease to satirize courtship and commitment.
Pittsburg collector James Laughlin, a wealthy patron, compelled a dealer to refund 9500 dollars paid for a 300 dollar artwork after exposing a hoax in his gallery. He also ridiculed court painters at a dinner, then joked about a proposed alliance between King Charles of Württemberg and the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia and the portrait shown by a Russian emissary.
A whimsical poem notes a fisherman whose courteous habit of offering a line before catching a fish amuses a judge with his refined manners. The verseplay contrasts politeness with a simple fishing act.
Ambassador Lloyd Griscom at a Philadelphian visitors dinner in Rome jokes that Americans are rarely impressed by Rome's antiquity. He recalls showing a southern guest the Ara Coeli and quips the church, though 800 years old, “smells a lot older.”
Doris spends a summer at her grandfather’s farm and explores the barn watching cows milked. Her curiosity leads her to ask where the cream is kept, sharing a child’s observational humor from The Delineator.
A Washington Herald quip notes two barbers debating the best job ever done. The first claims shaving a man, the second recalls a full grooming as a joke, ending with the man needing another shave, illustrating barber humor and craft.
An amusement in a Denver restaurant during the Democratic National Convention ends with a jab at a woman seated with a Mr and a Tammany man praising her looks. The man with the woman asserts ownership, the other man deflects with a cordial remark, and the potential clash is defused.
Laura grieves a stillborn child and quarrels with faith and fate. Her father Sam Vane urges reconciliation with husband William, urging love as the hour of sorrow deepens. Laura seeks strength to forgive and return to Tankerlane Court.
There is nothing a woman would not do to regain her lost beauty. Lane's Family Medicine or Lane's Tea is advertised as the most efficient aid in preserving a beautiful skin and restoring rose to faded cheeks. Available at all druggists and dealers for 25c.
A fragment notes a British regimental encampment in a district where locals carted wood and turf for cooking. One day a donkey cart loaded with turf arrived, with the driver described as a countryman.
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