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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1913
Page
9
Lenore Velasquez a 22 year old Spanish woman from St. Cloud Minnesota admitted her love for a married man in a Milwaukee district attorney proceeding. The man’s name was not disclosed and the scene included the wife and child. Velasquez departed after being given until midnight to leave Milwaukee.
In St Paul Minnesota on May 24 robbers broke into the E Kelly cigar store at the foot of Sibley street for the sixth time in five years. They smashed fixtures and windows and carried away 300 cigars, according to Mr Kelly.
A newly devised red paint turns black when heated, enabling early heat warning for bearings. This color-changing coating could alert operators to overheated components before damage occurs.
Milwaukee health officials reported a day of strict enforcement. Forty five of 600 eight gallon milk cans were dumped for filth after tests, and three shippers were arrested with fines totaling 100 plus costs. Warrants were issued for additional offenders.
A country villager declines a cemetery fund appeal saying he paid toward burying ground improvements nearly forty years ago and his family has seen no benefit since. The remark captures rural skepticism about long running community projects.
A fragmentary note suggests using sandpaper over a calendar pad as a rough scratch tool. It also implies one item would be useful in each room if gas is involved, though the concrete context remains unclear.
John S. Otten of La Crosse presented a recital reading The Music Master before a large audience in Waukesha. He is noted for his glee and has a strong following, with recent summer work contracted with Redpath Lyceum.
A dialogue excerpt shows Mrs. Up offering a birthday gift to Bridget who replies she wants her back wages restored. The exchange hints at underlying tensions over wages within an informal family or domestic setting.
A brief Cincinnati Enquirer quote frames a grim joke about killing a dog and the dog’s reaction, highlighting dry civic humor from a mid century column. The fragment shows a punning dialogue with implied consequences and a wry tone.
In Ortonville Minnesota early yesterday, the mutilated bodies of William Messner a railway surveyor and his former college companion Leslie Yargher of Morris were discovered near a large pool of blood on the track. Police believe highwaymen murdered them to hide the crime and place their bodies on the track.
Mrs Winnie Gabel of Peoria is visiting her parents in Viroqua. John Fridell and family return to their farm north of town for summer. Mrs W N Trowbridge and son Frederick are ill under nurse care. Lester Wood of LaFarge visits aunt Mrs Thornton Taylor. Mrs Ben Norris Sr and daughter-in-law Stella Norris travel to La Crosse and Miles City Mont. Mrs Fred Miller and son head to Chinook Mont after visiting sister Mrs Frank Tate. Edith Moos of Sand Lake visits. Mrs Wyman and daughter Ella return from California. Mrs Sargeant moves to rooms above Blue Front. Beckholt and wife move into her house. Mrs J W Carnegie of Portage and Mrs Murray of Minneapolis visit due to illness of sister Mrs Henry Rogers. Mrs E W Hazen returns from Milwaukee trip. Mr Fred Eckhart returns from two weeks in Arkansas mineral baths.
A clergyman warns a young man that retirement at night could see him called before morning. The boy, recalling a prior poker game, fears it would be his luck to wake with a poor hand.
A dialogue contrasts rhetoric and science stating language can shield thinking and hide impropriety when long words are used. Miss Cayenne counters that scientific terms may mask improper ideas, highlighting tension between terminology and clarity.
A farmer, after sending a dozen stamps, received a recipe claiming to keep wells and cisterns from freezing: take the water container into the dwelling at night and place it before the fire. The item reads as a prank persuasive note from a dubious scheme.
A reflective scene contrasts two birds on adjacent branches with one singing gloriously and the other chirping as a listener imagines a plaintive tone of longing rather than envy.
A three year old declines more soup calling it garbage. Jamaica imports kola nuts used to make one of the nation’s popular soft drinks. Kola nuts grown in Jamaica are exported to England where they are processed then returned.
In St Paul resort operators vow to fight the abatement law ruling. A meeting is set, lawyers hired, and houses in the tenderloin line up for a Supreme Court test. Chief Flanagan orders all houses closed by 7 am Monday, with one keeper likely to be arrested to test the case.
Two men died and one was fatally injured when a cylinder head blew out of the port engine of torpedo boat destroyer Stewart during a speed test about 20 miles off San Diego. The explosion occurred as the vessel tested its speed.
An apparent Foreign Guide describes a health resort hotel with modern baths and a focus on lodging for passengers tourists and sportsmen. It boasts excellent cooking wines and beers and offers a grand outlook and a lake view. Six daily trains connect to global destinations.
A judge recounts a playful exchange where a father suggests a circus act to his son. He offers sawdust from cordwood as the supply to start the ring and keeps the humor light with a practical twist.
Ardmore in County Waterford, eight miles from Youghal, is described as doomed by the encroaching sea. The historic village preserves many early ecclesiastical remains and is now under threat from coastal erosion and rising tides.
City of Prairie du Chien invites sealed bids for water mains on Prairie street Cass to Bluff Michigan Washington to McLeod Bridge Third to Second plus hydrants at Wisconsin Prairie Cass Michigan Perry and cross streets. Bids due June 2 1913 at 8 pm plans on file with City Clerk. city may reject any bid.
Congressmen Sydney Anderson of Lanesboro criticizes the Underwood tariff plan as antagnostic to the Northwest. He supports equalizing duties on live stock and grain and argues for party rule revisions to align with presidential primaries and voter representation.
Witnesses from Iowa testified in the government’s suit against International Harvester that the trust sells 95 to 100 percent of farming implements in their farming sections.
Milwaukee date May 24. The National Association of Macaroni and Noodle Manufacturers will hold its annual convention at the St Charles hotel on June 19 and 20 to discuss the fine points of noodle making.
A club woman argues city hall should measure moral quality beyond gender roles. She foresees a future where civic evaluation asks not only if women are good and men are good citizens but if women are good citizens and men are good men.
A humorous exchange shows Carol struggling with multitasking after her mother’s admonition. Her father asks for the evening paper and to tell his wife he is home, but Carol replies she cannot do two things at once, echoing the familiar saying.
A 1920 moving picture drama about a war between Japan and the United States was shown to a local board in Seattle but forbidden. The film reportedly depicted Japanese in a favorable light and the city feared it would worsen race relations. Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson appear as participants.
The poet who wrote a daffodils ode and won a $10,000 prize for an eastern magazine also serves as an authority on onion culture and is a staff contributor to three agricultural journals.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a speaker declares if he does not eat biscuits he will return to Newwed and if he does eat he will return to his mother. The quip centers on nourishment and family ties in a domestic scene.
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