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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1908

Page

3

V Kidder City Editor Rate Card

City editor V Kidder lists subscription prices: $5.00 per year and $3.00 per year. The notice conveys annual and reduced pricing options for readers.

V. Kidder City

Notary Public BLEEKMAN Records 1908 Note

Fragmentary OCR shows a notary public record dated April 1908. It references BLEEKMAN as the notary public and includes a signature line. The readable text is limited to the certification context and notary stamp.

K H. Burg Bleekman Notery Public

Memory of Brig Gen Mackenzie Honored on Memorial Day

The article recalls Brig Gen Alexander Mackenzie long associated with the Mississippi engineering work and notes his retirement as chief of engineers and major general. Washington Star report dated May 25 details his transfer to retired list at age 64, longtime service, and honors from engineer office staff including an ebony cane gift. No successor named. Taft declines to specify appointment timing.

Mackenzie Mississippi Engineering Department War Department Washington Star Star Alexander Mackenzie Army Congress Engineer Office Dempsey Mr. Dempsey Gen. Mackenzie Gen White House Taft

Tribute to Brave Men and Their Sacrifices

A reverent reflection honors fallen soldiers and their lasting legacy. The speaker urges ongoing gratitude and daily remembrance, contrasting grand tributes with continued personal devotion to those who bought freedoms.

Alphabetical Derangement in the 1907 Panic

In New York during the crisis of 1907 two businessmen meet and joke about alphabetical derangement. One man reveals he is broke and suffering from a playful ailment of too many IOUs and too few Xs and Vs.

New York City Hardy U’s Lippincott’s

Wigg Henpeckke Courageous Proposal Sparks Wagg Jibe

Wigg Henpeckke says proposing required courage. Wagg counters by joking that courage is why he has never had any since.

Wigg—“Henpeckke

Protective apron for all tasks and arts

Busy women need a practical protective apron with half length sleeves and a full front bib. The design features a detachable decorative yoke, patch pocket on the right, elastic cuffs, and is shown in printed wash fabrics suitable for chambrays and ginghams. Pattern 6001 offered in small, medium, and large sizes. mailed for ten cents plus optional two cent stamp.

Fashion Department

New National Park Planned for Montana Glacier National Park

A new national park is announced to be created in Montana, named Glacier National Park. It will occupy northern Montana along the main divide of the Rocky mountains and include the scenic Lewis and Clark National Forest area. Wisconsin also supports park preservation with its state park board planning multiple state parks.

Montana Glacier National Park Lewis & Clark National Forest Rocky Mountains Wisconsin State Park Board

A Fellow Feeling Shapes Town Topics Verse

A poem lines express that fellow feeling can temper kindness, but concern for his watch and cash could sway a person to alter judgment. The quotation underscores the tension between generosity and self interest in the observed behavior.

Sunday School Banter Echoes Old Time Gag

A humorous exchange recalls a teacher asking why Tommy Tuffaut did not say prayers nightly and the reply centers on a folded bed brag. The brief quip captures a folksy, innocent tone from a past era.

Tommy Tommy Tuffaut

Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles

A poem from the Indianapolis News warns of a sneaky intruder seen as threat to safety. The verse uses harsh imagery to threaten action against a disruptive outsider, promising retaliation if the danger meets the room. The piece frames a larger communal urge to defend bread and meat from contamination.

Rip Van Winkle Heads to Barbershop for News

Rip Van Winkle, awakened, chats with a barber about twenty years of silence. The barber notes little has happened, with humorous exchanges about Congress, Panama Canal, Bryan, and Carnegie. Rip laughs off the news then returns to sleep.

Rip van Winkle Congress Jerome Platt Panama Canal Bryan Carnegie Rip Ellis Q. Jones Success Magazine

Roosevelt Plays Prank On Plumber At Luncheon

An amused President Theodore Roosevelt during a family visit recounted a prank at his sister’s home. Expecting a trick from his sons, he hid with a wet washcloth and sprang the joke, only to surprise a plumber entering to fix a pipe. He apologized and joined lunch laughing.

Roosevelt Mr. Roosevelt Lippincott’s

Bryan Washington Lookalike Campaign Angle

If Bryan is nominated at Denver a new campaign angle cites his resemblance to George Washington. New York artist John M. Jones holds a copyright on a design with three images showing Washington, Bryan, and a wig over Bryan’s face. The likeness is described as strong, with similar eyes nose mouth and chin.

William Jennings Bryan Denver George Washington Joseph John M. Jones New York Jones Bryan Washington Mr. Bryan

The Lost Beloved and the City Chess of Secrets

Max Barclay hunts his vanished beloved as Sam Statham tightens control over Statham Brothers. Charlie Rolfe returns from Europe bearing news of Marion’s discharge, while a Belgrade spy shadows London dealings. Old Sam remains unreadable, his motives hidden behind a sphinx like mask.

Max Barclay Jean Adam Sam Statham Savoy Adam Adams Max Baron Hirsch Statham Heaven Bagatelle Marion Charlie Constantinople Odessa Batoum London Charing Cross Paris Park Lane Sam Levi Great Financial House Europe Rolfe Statham Brothers Belgrade Charlie Rolfe Servia Samuel Statham King Peter Wall Street Berlin Vienna Chuptchina Austria Old Broad Street White Fortress Souvaroff

A NATIONAL PERIL DISCUSSED IN NORWICH ADDRESS

Willcox of the public service commission spoke in Norwich on wealth distribution. He noted vast wealth concentration with three-fourths of people owning no land and only 1 percent holding $5,000 or more. He warned of a trend toward greater concentration unless the movement is checked.

New York Press.y Norwich N. Y Willcox Public Service Commission United States Great Britain Ireland la Foillette

See How Maryen Jeannse de Bunnesbie Appears on Program

Conversation reveals a student named Maryen Jeannse de Bunnesbie listed at graduation exercises. Horace notes the mis-spelled form Mary Jane Bunshy is shown on the program as Maryen Jeannse de Bunnesbie, prompting Evelyn to question the variation.

Horace Evelyn Mary Jane Maryen Jeannse de Bunnesbie

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