Our Schools and City Finances in La Crosse
The Tribune urges the city council to treat school appropriations as vital civic business. It notes La Crosse underfunds maintenance compared to similar cities, praises the Board of Education for careful, conservative planning, and commends the aldermen for prudent handling of utilities and public works while acknowledging past neglected needs.
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Board of Education
Sre
Lane
la Crosse
Anderson
Éermen
Arnesty
Time to elevate La Crosse schools to par with others
A civic appeal urges La Crosse aldermen to place education on a par with health and other works, arguing that a state normal school will draw attention to the city and expose insufficient school facilities. The piece stresses duty, culture, and the need for better schooling as a defining community goal.
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la Crosse
Earth
Heaven
Civic mass meeting urged to beautify La Crosse
The La Crosse Tribune urges a large attendance at tonight's mass meeting led by the mayor and park commission. It highlights John Nolen as the keynote and describes a rapid door to door and telephone outreach to invite residents to support civic beautification and a healthier city.
White P and G Naphtha Soap Lacks Rosin
The advertisement touts P and G Naphtha Soap as white with no rosin or resin. It contrasts with typical naphtha soaps that are yellow due to rosin, noting rosin content as a cost factor and urging buyers to choose the white product.
Keeping This City in Front Rank of the Nation's Municipalities
A concise tribute stresses the city’s continued leadership among municipalities in the nation. Officials highlight growth, resilience, and commitment to public services as key factors sustaining its prominent status.
Taft tariff revision debated amid hearings and need for experts
The Record-Herald weighs tariff revision amid ongoing House Ways and Means hearings. It favors genuine reform while noting potential influence by vested interests. It argues for nonpartisan scientific revision guided by a permanent commission of experts to adapt schedules to production costs and efficiency. Israel Zangwill, author and activist, visits La Crosse to see The Melting Pot stage performance.
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Taft
Washington
Ways and Means
Minister’s family records frame a playful age of the devil
In Scranton a minister strolling past a public house is approached by onlookers who ask his opinion on the age of the devil. He declines with a wry reply that the inquirers should keep their own family records, as reported by the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Scranton
Philadelphia Ledger
Paid in Full to Play at La Crosse Theater
Wagenhals and Kemper announce an elaborate production of Eugene Walter s Paid in Full at the La Crosse theater on Thursday night November 19. They promise a top acting company and a complete staging, following runs in New York and Chicago. Seat sale opens.
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Kemper
Eugene Walter
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America
Astor Theater
New York
Grand Opera House
Chicago
Jim the Penman
Important Court Decisions Conflict Sanity Decrees
In Chanler vs Sherman the U S circuit of appeals cites a New York insanity decree and a Virginia sane judgment. The petitioner seeks protection from arrest or confinement to attend trial in New York over a damages suit for property conversion. The ruling notes the danger of abandonment or liberty loss without relief.
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New York
Virginia
Virginia Court
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Failure a Man Should Be Admired for Efforts Not Outcomes
A saying emphasizes that praise should go to the effort a person makes rather than the results achieved. It argues that consistent striving deserves recognition even when final outcomes fall short.
Signs of the Season in Winter Woodlands
The poem evokes autumn fading to winter with a bird leaving a crumbling nest and winds roaming the bare hills. Frost blends autumn hues as darkness and frost touch meadows and rivers while a lone gray squirrel surveys a quiet, icy landscape.
Comedian Frank Daniels Fears Death After Funeral
Frank Daniels famous comedian reportedly avoids funerals and fears death. After attending friend Kirke La Shelle's funeral he rushed home to Rye New York and refused to wear the clothes he wore at the funeral, demanding they be burned.
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Kirke la Shelle
Daniels
Rye
N. Y
New York Times
Quarrelsome Germantown Household Seeks Cook
A Philadelphia Ledger item notes a Germantown family seeking a cook via an employment agency. The applicant recalls constant bickering between the master and the missus, admitting the quarrels involved her as the mediator or participant, reflecting a home marked by discord.
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Germantown
Philadelphia Ledger
FASHION'S CURVES AND ANGLES IN STYLE TRENDS
The New York World notes fashion shifts between curves and angles, with current demand for straight lines. It argues that future crinolines will return to cylindrical forms, beyond male influence or judgment, and mocks attempts to regulate female attire as futile.
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New York World
Euclid
Christendom
The Joys of Simple Poverty Across Rural Life
The piece contrasts rural poverty with urban deprivation, arguing poor people in Galway, Cattaraugus, and Posey County can be happier than city dwellers. It celebrates modest diets and sturdy clothing, praising the dignity of choosing simple, contented poverty and the social bonds it fosters.
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Galway
Cattaraugus
Posey County
Getting Back at Castro Through Free Port at Willemstadt
The Dutch government denounces the 1894 protocol and orders its Curacao representative to declare Willemstadt a free port for weapons imports and exports. It invites conspirators to base revolts there, with arms and planning unfettered by The Hague.
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Castro
Philadelphia Inquirer
Holland
Curacao
Willemstadt
The
Hague
Turn of the Tide in a Moral Battle at the Rectory
Hugo Charteris wrestles with desire and conscience as Angela lures him toward a sin beyond his past. At the Mottisfont rectory he contends with habit, faith, and social constraints while Joy fears exposure of a concealed affair and a possible party insider’s gossip.
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Iit
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Threedecker
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