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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1913
Page
7
A Chicago conference of fifty Greek letter society delegates announced a campaign of education and publicity against college secret societies. They proposed an agreement among colleges to bar students who had belonged to high school fraternities.
Dick Beau champ and his nephew are swept toward the coast by a fierce tide near a seaside tower. They seek shelter on the balcony then inside the tower where Miss Madeleine Reynolds reveals the refuge was built in memory of a brother lost to tides. Romance blooms as she guards them through the danger.
Paris sailor seeks stockings while on state visit and a king aids a girl after a train collision. A parachute mishap leaves Arthur Lappen unhurt after a 300 foot fall. A boy shoots another during a bathtub warship game. A Madrid king binds wounds of a girl who later dies.
The passage recalls a warning to Nero's mother about his future empire and her death. She dismissed the prophecy yet Nero became emperor and later ordered her execution after he feared her threats and pride.
In New York on May 28 Theodore Roosevelt William R Hearst and Governor Sulzer stood together against Tammany Hall and the state democratic organization led by Charles Murphy They pledged to push direct primaries in a special session inviting cooperation from all parties while opposing Barnes Jr the republican leader.
Friends of racing cite unprecedented attendance at Belmont Park and large advance gate for this afternoon as proof that the Sameh has come back to stay. They say crowds came to see the horses not to bet, though most at the track yesterday expressed a desire to bet.
May 31 report says Bissoti, socialist leader in parliament, accepted a duel challenge from Deputy Fascari after calling him an imbecile during a heated debate on the army bill. Seconds were sent to the leaders in the chamber.
The Finnish people are praised for a sound education with widespread literacy and basic arithmetic skills. Most adults vote and schooling is widespread. though women make up 53 percent of the population there are 17 women in the Finnish diet.
Inspirational quote urging prompt kindness toward loved ones. It quotes Amiel on life being short and time for making hearts glad as we journey with others in the dark, urging swift love and haste to kindness.
A mother asks why her child says prayers twice, and the boy explains he was tired last night and is making up for lost time by praying again tonight. The exchange shows a tender family moment centered on bedtime rituals.
A playful exchange hints at actors causing tears during matinees as a joke about domestic harmony and public showmanship. The line suggests self aware humor about onstage emotion versus real life relations.
A newspaper note quotes Oscar Wilde remarks on women reforming men by boring them into losing interest in life highlighting Wilde’s caustic wit. The line reflects gendered humor and social satire characteristic of Wilde’s quips.
Binks outfits a vacuum with a phonograph horn and urges, Let your files come on, turning a household tool into a wild, imaginative device for rapid filing.
Quote reflected on the burden of building a reputation and the risk of overemphasizing appearances to enhance public image.
A brief quote from the Manchester Union notes that a very convenient person is someone you can blame, framing blame as a social convenience rather than a virtue. The remark reflects a casual attitude toward responsibility and accountability.
A man in a Jersey town enters a shop misreading the sign charge policy. He asks to charge goods and is told only storage batteries are available, as stated by a judge-like observer.
A compact reflective line from Will Levington Comfort critiques the empty ethics of rugged frontier life and contrasts it with the search for genuine sustenance beyond hard riding and shooting.
One American telephone company reports over 14,610,000 miles of wire in use enough for about fifty six single wire lines to the moon from the earth highlighting vast communications infrastructure.
A succinct aphorism contrasts how men are judged by their pretended goodness and how women are judged by perceived badness. The line probes gendered moral labeling and social scrutiny, suggesting double standards in evaluating behavior.
Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore will attend the twelfth annual convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies in Milwaukee, opening Sunday August 10. This marks his first visit to Wisconsin. John M. Callahan announced the invitation on Thursday night.
A colored Boston preacher urges listeners to be fearless and watchful, invoking the image of Caesar's ghost to warn against suspicion and complacency in public life.
A method to reduce brittleness by boiling glassware in a weak salt water solution and cooling slowly. The process purportedly enhances durability by annealing the glass during gradual cooling.
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin August Reiss of Eau Claire struck Edward Basset 14 while the boy rode a bicycle. Basset suffered a fractured skull and is not expected to live. The accident occurred when the boy turned suddenly into the auto leaving no chance to avoid collision. It is the second accident of the week in the city.
The oldest Spanish university is the University of Salamanca, established in 1240. This historic institution predates other Iberian schools and remains a landmark in higher education.
The eighteenth century tale follows Laurence Earl Ferrers a nobleman who murdered his steward William Johnson. He faced a ceremonial London procession to Tyburn amid lavish spectacle and calm defiance before execution.
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