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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
11
Gold Dust is advertised as a magical cleaner for homes, claiming it cleans floors, doors, and woodwork with little effort. The ad touts the Gold Dust Twins to handle scrubbing and says a small amount in water yields miraculous results and multiple uses. Large packages offer greater economy at 5c and larger sizes.
In Madison on May 16 the University of Wisconsin domestic science coeds plan a maple syrup pancake banquet to ease legislature tensions. Assemblyman C. D. Hawn will supply syrup from his sugar bush if the university provides pancakes, with Dean H. L. Russell pledging support. Speakers Hall and Judson Hall have shown interest.
An observer notes that an acquaintance’s agent profited by purchasing mining stock, highlighting an unusual financial episode and its outcomes within a brief anecdote.
Noted Philadelphia figures travel by special train to Madison on May 20 to study University of Wisconsin extension work. The visit includes governors, mayors, educators, and officials with a program of lectures, exhibits, farm demonstrations, social events, and a faculty dinner to close the week on May 24.
Lester G. Raynor, a former Tomah resident, had his funeral Thursday at the Congregational church with Rev. J. G. Smith presiding after dying in Minneapolis. his body was brought to Tomah for burial.
The tit bit notes a stage moment where a tragic actor claims to paralyze the audience with a death scene while the stage manager quips the crowd cried because they knew the actor was not truly dead. The item also comments on women’s appearance and being accused of good looks.
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