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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
6
The article argues that telephony lacks patent protection and may become a natural monopoly, with one company per community favored to avoid user confusion and extra costs. Wisconsin’s approach connects minor local plants to a larger system, already linking over 30,000 telephones through cooperative lines.
A long list of church announcements names many congregations and pastors including English Lutheran West Avenue and Ferry streets Rev J J Clemens Lutheran league topic Sunday after Ascension Faithful and Conscientious Use of Individual Gifts for the Common Good. St Pauls Universalist on Eighth and Cass with 10 30 service. Episcopal Christchurch Ninth and Main Rev C N Motler. First Presbyterian Sixth and King services 10 30 12 Christian Endeavor 6 30 7 30. First Baptist Sixth street sermons Universal Victory for Christianity and David's Failure and Success. Westminster Presbyterian Redfield street services 10 30 and 7 30. West Ave M E service 10 30 Sunday school 11 45 Epworth league 7 45. City Mission 110 North Third 3 p m gospel service. St Pauls Norwegian Lutheran West Ave and Division services 10 30 and 7 45. German Methodist Seventh and Ferry 10 30 and 7 45. First Congregational Main and Seventh 10 30 morning worship 7 00 vesper. First Methodist Eighth and King James W Irish pastor 10 30 7 30 with Epworth league 6 30. Music lists for morning and evening services.
A gentleman son of a prominent MP riding near Edinburgh questioned an agricultural laborer driving an empty cart about politics. The laborer replied he had no interest in politics, noting he must focus on gas pipes instead.
The article credits Tom Morris as the father of golf, noting his prominence across England. It mentions early English arrival of clubs during James I’s reign, Morris’s stature as a world chess champion of golf years 1861 62 64 and 1887, and his residence near St Andrews with an income from golf club making in Scotland.
Mrs William Geeding of Attica Indiana reports long lasting relief for her two and a half year old son’s repeated skin sores using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. After three applications the sores began to heal and left no scars. She endorses Cuticura remedies as the best she has tried and plans to keep them on hand. July 22 1907.
An advertisement promises relief and cure for eczema and skin conditions in infants, children, and adults using warm baths with Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent. The ad claims purity, lists prices for the remedies, and offers a free Cuticura Book on Skin Diseases from Potter Drug and Chemical Company of Boston.
The La Crosse weather observatory reports June statistics for the past 35 years. Normal June temperature 68 degrees with a high of 98 on June 28 1901 and a low of 33 on June 1 1897. Rainfall average 4.40 inches. greatest precipitation 11.56 inches in 1899, with 4.91 inches in a single day that year. Earlier frost dates and other seasonal benchmarks are noted.
A Park store window in La Crosse showcases Wisconsin Pearl Button company production from shell to finished buttons. The display highlights local craftsmanship, 150 workers, daily output of fourteen thousand gross, and a painted "Made in La Crosse" sign. The feature draws widespread interest and may be photographed for advertising.
A friend visits Mr. Thomas Stingy and, after a polite exchange, offers refreshments as a breeze is opened. In Northamptonshire a bric a brac hunter tours a silversmith with three balls and asks about a great collector. The wife quips Mr. Sable collects poor rates.
A compact, opinion tone remark comments that any man clever enough to climb political ranks can earn an honest living if he wishes. It also notes an overweight woman who has shed corsets and appears comfortable, reflecting a social stereotype of the era.
The records show 11 days with .1 inch rainfall, greatest monthly precipitation 11.56 inches in 1899, and June 1887’s low at .98 inches. A 24 hour rainfall peak of 4.91 inches in 1899. Average clear days 14, cloudy days 7, prevailing southerly winds at 6.8 mph, with a peak wind of 90 mph on the 26th in 1874.
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