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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1909
Page
3
Police arrested a railway commission employee suspected as a "gay cat" spy. He entered homes to test telephones while crooks claim wave robberies rise. officials say many reports reflect suppression of police news and past incidents being revealed.
The piece argues against subsidizing a U S merchant fleet, blaming monopolists for preventing American shipbuilding through old navigation laws and high tariffs. It calls for fair conditions to spur automatic shipbuilding before considering subsidies and cites the need for public awareness to deter crime locally.
The Tribune condemns police insinuations that victims staged crimes or that thieves escaped by concealment. It urges La Crosse citizens to report robberies and protect honest citizens from slander while demanding action from police commissioners. Two recent libel cases show the danger of defamatory insinuations.
Almost Too Cruel De Lancey Nicoll, a New York lawyer, likened a recent legal decision to a Bayside cook scene. The anecdote recalls a tramp begging for pie, being offered a cake of soap instead, as described in a New York Tribune item.
Spotlight on the musical comedy The Golden Girl arrives at the La Crosse theater tonight after a successful Chicago run and road tour. Reviewers praise its clean, rhythmic humor and broad appeal, predicting capacity crowds and strong public reception in every city.
The play Paid in Full by Eugene Walter is praised as a direct natural and human work. It has drawn over three million viewers, with strong NYC and Chicago runs and broad national popularity. It will play at the La Crosse theater tomorrow matinee and night with a renowned Wagenhals Kemper cast fresh from Broadway.
The upcoming engagement of Grace Hayward opens Sunday matinee at La Crosse theater. The actress, famed for an extensive wardrobe, will wear directoire and sheath gowns among about fifty outfits during the engagement, drawing feminine interest beyond the play itself.
A cryptic tale from Harper's Bazaar features Bocker Yes, a boy with a mother unable to curb his wishes. His neck grows oddly, signaling a journey as he aims for wealth and travels abroad for baths.
An advertising plea framing drunkenness as a disease and praising Orrine as a cure. It touts a 25 year drinking case cured, mentions Paxson and Rockefeller of Butte MT, and offers two forms No. 1 powder and No. 2 tablets with a $1 price and a free booklet. Orrine Co. in Washington DC and O T Erhart in the city sell it as a reliable remedy.
A Detroit Free Press verse laments long lines for ballgame tickets and seeks simple comfort. The speaker refuses pushandshove tactics and aims for fair seating without trampling others or sacrificing self respect.
A bank teller refuses to identify a polite, persistent woman named Mrs Weatherly who insists a check must be valid despite lacking ID. The scene shifts to Ardmore a young heir amid social gossip, journalists, and a missing governor as he woos and navigates family intrigue in a bustling hotel dining room.
A farmer’s son hoeing potatoes by the roadside is challenged by a well-dressed man in a fine buggy who asks what the boy earns. The boy replies that he earns nothing if he works, and everything if he stops. The anecdote from Saturday Evening Post frames a witty exchange about labor and pay.
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