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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1908
Page
3
The commission will present further plans after study and preparation. The Tribune voices the people of La Crosse urging immediate action to secure desirable property while attainable and to pursue improvements that suit the commissioners.
In a mass meeting La Crosse citizens backed immediate action to acquire and develop a city park system. The discussion centered on expenditure for health education and pleasure, with emphasis that park investment would repay through industrial growth, though the method to proceed remains to be solved by the commission and council.
The Tribune questions a hidden motive behind a recent attack on Sam LaChappelle and his billiard hall, hinting that a racial phrase reveals deeper tensions. A mock revision targets Gelatt's school and a gasoline lighting plant, urging a look for the concealed trigger.
The La Crosse theater presents The Virginian an American romance by Owen Wister dramatized by the author and Kirke La Shelle with four thousand feet of fight pictures and an hour and a half program plus two thousand feet of additional pictures. Vaudeville the Hanahan Trio performs Gingers from Jamaica and Dope Fiend's song and dances receive encores. Two films Parisians in Miniature and The Soul Kiss close the show.
A local newspaper critiques the National Federation of Labor for seeking favors from President Gompers and Congress after his reelection. It argues the federation should push legislation deemed proper and desirable while criticizing Republican ex executive board member Keefe’s exit and the apparent Democrat bias.
In the current Stephenson-La Follette contest La Crosse county stands ready and engaged, positioned to lead on the right side. The county is described as fully enlisted, alert and prepared for the political battle ahead.
In refined northern circles women resolve disputes by cutting each other while in the virile south the weapon of choice is a knife or bow. The text notes materialism colors these clashes and adds sociocultural contrast.
The phrase dementia Americana or plain storm is noted as the Kai Ser defense. An infectious malady is attributed to Teddy Roosevelt and linked to the battlefield of public debate.
The fall casualty list shows that a new method in football has robbed the game of a large percentage of its danger, implying safer play during the season.
A woman's account of her play in a hand of whist is as convincing as a man's justification of how he should have won a bet but did not. The remark contrasts reasoning under uncertainty and demonstrates similar persuasive skill across genders.
Large crowds attend at the Bijou last night as Casettas open with a mixed reception, Hanrahan Trio fills vacancy, Black and Leslie deliver gymnastic novelty, Frank Petrick performs What Might Have Been, the Bannans impress with speed club juggling, Eva Thatcher the Irish Lady charms with songs and stories, all framed by manager Koppelberger’s emphasis on good acts.
The United States will mount its largest and most practical exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition opening June 1, 1909 in Seattle. Congress appropriated 600000 dollars for education driven displays on forestry irrigation dry land farming fisheries and deep sea work with bioscope demonstrations. Five main buildings will host the exhibit where professionals from many fields will gain insight into improved methods.
The 1907 Alabama laws regulating freight and passenger rates and intrastate business were ruled invalid for denying due process in Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v Railroad Commission of Alabama. The federal court held it could adjudicate an action to enjoin state officers, rejecting the defense that the suit was against the state and beyond federal jurisdiction. When the wolf is at the door a man doesn't need a watchdog.
A humorous anatomy lesson traces body parts from torso to toes, noting hips legs feet and a humorous jab about cold feet and the surface skin or complexion. It cites Thomas L. Mason in Lippincott's and pokes at organ use by owners versus surgeons.
A Philadelphia Ledger brief recounts a man praising Father John's Medicine for curing a severe cough and cold, claiming the remedy prevented bronchitis and kept him healthy. The letter from Frederick T. Mudrak of Geneva Rhode Island notes 50 years in use and no opiates.
Hugo Charteris rejects his brother Edward’s money to avoid hypocrisy and preserve pride, while Cynthia and neighbors judge his falling fortune. He longs for Joy Vernable but faces social snubs, internal guilt, and the pull of a life beyond wealth as May blooms and his hope wanes.
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