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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1913
Page
5
President Wilson commenced a preliminary draft of his currency reform message to Congress. He stayed indoors at the executive mansion library on a rainy Saturday, declining visitors while observing his holiday.
A brief exchange in a London opinion page mocks the idea of art made solely for amusement. A studio visitor counters, saying the amusements tickle them to death, reflecting witty media critique of modern art.
The body of farmer W. H. Rice was found beside a strawstack near Midale Sask by mounted police. Rice left a note to Miss Lillian Huber of Lebanon Pa saying I will meet you in Heaven.
The speaker Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont warns she may adopt militant suffragist methods within the United States and suggests beginning with New York gun men as a test of resolve.
A Washington society event at the Chevy Chase club featured Mrs. John Upshur Morehead of Pitts as a noted tennis enthusiast. The report highlights her participation and social prominence during the tournament.
Grace Sweeney and Thomas Harris plan a Sunday trip to Caledonia Minnesota to visit friends and relatives. Mrs. F Reiss of Victory Wisconsin visits on business. J C Frazer registered from Sparta at a local hostelry. Dance tonight at Linker hall with Maeder's orchestra. Various residents, including J W Young and T Bowman, visit or return home after short stays. office moved to 506 Main St over City Grocery.
Advertises a one day cold remedy with laxative bromide quinine. Claims to stop coughing and headaches and cure the cold. Druggists refund money if it fails. Includes E W Grove signature on each box priced 25 cents.
Spreckels, president of the First National Bank of San Francisco and organizer of the Wilson Republican Campaign clubs, will meet President Wilson on Monday before his departure for England to discuss currency reform.
A Boston college student visiting a suburban estate tours the hen-yard and exclaims at a hen with unusually marked foliage, praising its beauty in a vivid moment.
Martha earns a dollar from her father after a school report. She falls ill and quotes a doctor’s fever reading of one hundred four, declaring she has won the dollar for getting a hundred. The mother learns Martha misinterpreted the count as her score.
In parts of Spain such as Seville district large farms span 1000 to 10000 acres while many peasants till two to five acre plots. Modern farm machinery makes slow progress in those areas.
A frugal home remedy explains how to secure a loose nail using plaster of parts in a teacup. Enlarge the hole, insert the plaster, and let it dry before the nail holds firmly.
A six year old and his friend discuss a hand-painted fan. the boy downplays the gift saying their own fence is the hand-painted item. The remark showcases childlike humor and wordplay about gifts and home surroundings.
The pharmacist at 503 Main Street Beyschlag states his shop has a complete stock of remedies and can fill any prescription from any doctor. He notes handling nearly 200 000 prescriptions over years and offers immediate preparation, mail orders, and free phone delivery.
Report from Paterson New Jersey cites William D Haywood and Mayor McBride amid a planned two day silk worker strike. About 25 000 workers were urged to recruit others to halt industry transportation and city lighting, while civic and union leaders oppose the move.
General Counsel A. M. Eddy of Standard Oil of Indiana said testimony heard in Chicago before Special Commissioner Montgomery for the Missouri supreme court suffices to warrant reinstating the company in Missouri.
An English doctor prescribes brisk stair walking to prevent nervous breakdowns. He notes some will still prefer pressing the elevator button, implying modern convenience overrides health advice.
A teacher cites the saying Many hands make light work while Lucy mutters to a neighbor that washing them as often as she must would spoil the benefit, reflecting classroom humor over chores.
A guest recounts Mrs Ponsonby hosting friends in Paris. She suggests a “little evening” and asks M Dubois if they should have a rubber. Dubois replies politely in French that he does not like being massaged, declining the invitation.
The Boston Herald notes a game described as consistently punctual, never postponed by darkness, highlighting its reliable schedule and the players Ruth and Love as examples of steady play.
Only Way reports a fashion note advising skirts be six inches narrower at the ankle. Bocker-Will the girls stand on one leg hints at a playful quiz or feature about balance in the rest of the page.
A quoted line depicts a pessimistic view of telephones, claiming one of 9,000,000 Americans would be in use and thus unavailable for him. The remark hints at his reluctance to attempt telephone conversations.
A patient patron urges a slow waiter to bring a steak and jokes about receiving postcards while the server is away. The exchange captures a humorous quiet tension in a small dining room setting.
Over the past decade gold has been mined in every province of Chile, highlighting widespread mineral extraction. The trend shows continued expansion across regions, underscoring Chile's growing prominence in precious metal production.
Complimentary party at Steve's hall on French Island bids farewell to Eva Laylin who leaves Sunday for St Paul. About twenty five couples attended. A luncheon was served. Johanna Pederson hosted a small gathering on Market Street with dainty refreshments. Others present included Eva Laylin Viola Frisch Margaret Kienahs Lilah Bigelow Mabel Engebretsen Anna Pederson.
Mrs. D. O. Coate presided at a handsome buffet breakfast this morning for 150 guests. Guests admired spring blossoms and colonial furniture while Mrs. Albert Hardy and others assisted in reception and service duties.
Representatives of the American Federation of Labor say a senate committee favors enacting the Kern resolution calling for a probe of alleged peonage and civil rights violations in West Virginia. They expect passage possibly on Monday.
A village church choir sang passionately and caused the church roof to seem to tremble. After the anthem the parson began the day’s lesson and quoted a line about uproar. The congregation tittered while the choir failed to grasp the joke.
A smoking volcano often blows ringlike plumes up to five or six hundred feet across. The rings form from a cloud of fine particles indicating a vortex ring, a rotating mass of gas or air, similar to a meditatively puffing man’s cigar.
A physician advises the patient that ventilation is essential. The sick man jokes that he has already been operated on three times in the past year and a half, implying repeated surgeries.
A tramp asks for a pie in exchange for showing wood. The woman agrees, but the man returns soon after proposing to eat the wood and saw the pie, turning the exchange into a humorous failed ruse.
A dialogue shows a governor’s son avoiding work to preserve his credit. He asks for ten more dollars from Tom, while Tom questions why he won’t work, fearing public judgment and financial ruin.
An Uncle Eben quips that many people believe any calculation is fine as long as the result shows a dollar sign, highlighting a bias toward money in math expectations.
A barber starts a haircut with a joke about a story and resumes work after the client, a weary editor, asks for a short synopsis. The exchange frames a humorously terse discourse on brevity.
Do not clean tiled hearths with water. Instead rub with turpentine on a flannel and finish with a dry cloth to restore their appearance.
A St Louis judge declared that a divorced woman is not a widow, a ruling reflecting marital status distinctions in civil law. The decision clarifies that divorce does not equate to death shielding widowhood.
In Atlanta on May 17 delegates from the Northern, Southern and United Presbyterian bodies met in separate sessions to hear formal departmental reports on Sunday schools education Sabbath observance and seminary work. They were hosted at a suburban reception and planned a joint meeting that evening to discuss Christian service.
A witty exchange frames a long haired poet and his practical wife as she suggests he switch from poetry to a comic strip where the humor comes from someone being knocked over the head, highlighting domestic humor about artistic ambition.
A Chicago morning paper ad shows a young playwright seeking a collaborator to provide board and bed until the play is produced. The plea highlights how a genius must navigate urban life for success.
Deputy C J Kremer of the industrial commission and Dr J M Furstman health commissioner inspected La Crosse bakeries. They say conditions stem from ignorance and carelessness, not deliberate wrongdoing, and call a May 19 meeting at 4 30 pm in city hall health department rooms to instruct bakery workers. public invited.
Mr. Wilson discovers duties beyond leading the nation as he takes on responsibilities tied to California and New Jersey alongside his presidency.
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