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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1907
Page
3
Analysis argues that public exposure of graft leads to punishment and reform. It contends moral outrage boosts law enforcement and deters future theft, noting earlier tolerance allowed graft to spread. The piece asserts ongoing prosecutions are essential to restoring virtue and guiding public conscience.
A Chicago Tribune editorial rhapsodizes about baseball’s rise to a national pastime and questions the uproar surrounding the world series. It notes Wisconsin fans feel the frenzy and speculates on how Detroit and Chicago experience similar passion as the sport grows across the country.
Robert L Owens, named by Democrats as a prospective U S senator from Oklahoma, is one eighth Cherokee. He will join the Senate after Roosevelt ratifies Oklahoma’s state constitution. Owens, educated at Washington and Lee, has been a teacher, editor, lawyer, Indian agent to the Five Tribes, banker, and Indian counsel in suits against the government that yielded nearly 9 million dollars for the Indians. He is wealthy and a prominent Democratic organizer.
In a frenzy, Chicago and Detroit lean on eighteen young men as baseball glory looms. The crowd ignores daily business while tickets are sought at parks and halls. Soon, the fiercest question will be settled with world supremacy at stake, and the outcome will dominate ordinary pursuits.
A Denver man proposes to pressure prospective employers with bombing threats to win his sweetheart employment. The gambit is described as reckless and unlikely to succeed, noting a girl cannot be expected to shovel coal.
Report notes that Miss Ethel Roosevelt will not make her debut this fall and that newspaper correspondents will breathe a sigh of relief at the postponement.
After years of public service the exemplary citizen George Washington steps into a harsher glare as the nation confronts a shocking turn in his legacy. The former leader faces scrutiny and mixed public reaction as events unfold locally and nationally.
A girl waves to a sailor on a prince's yacht thinking him her prince not the Swedish heir. She praises the American sailor in plain blouse as the finest man, admiring his pride and welcoming salute. The narrator agrees, admiring the navy youth returning ashore.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a grocer comments on bills while Mrs Slowpay jokes that the husband should bear the worry. The banter preserves the era’s domestic light tone with names implied but not explicit.
Frank E. Long and company perform The Little Homestead at La Crosse theatre on Sunday October 13 with matinee and night shows. The play, by special permission of W B Patten, is a clean New England tale with between acts specials led by Mock Sad Alli, magician and illusionist.
The Volunteer Organist is praised as a rare dramatic work aligning church and stage. The Rev Howard Sturgis notes its themes please clergy and audience alike. A large, carefully chosen cast will present the play on Monday October 14 at the La Crosse theater.
Toyland the musical operetta arrives at La Crosse theater on Wednesday October 16, delivering a string of musical hits and novelties. The company is in its fourth and final week at the White City theater in Chicago.
Editor cites Home Mission meeting remarks by Mr. Stocking of Minneapolis and argues for action over moralizing prayer. A reform publisher recalls ruin from circumstances after opposing wine rooms and gambling, urging a nonsectarian mission that combines charity with church involvement and concrete work to lift the needy and reform society.
In West Philadelphia a burly iceman borrowed a hatpin from a resident to break off a piece of ice from a cake for delivery. He explained he often uses pins for fevers, noting nurses use pins to break ice in sick rooms, preferring a hatpin to an icepick for quietness and efficiency.
A Neenah clothing store owner retells a prank involving a young man in overalls who finds a note from a factory girl asking him to correspond. A reply arrives, followed by a warning from the girl’s husband that he will travel to settle the matter, a threat the man keeps to himself.
A humorous verse by Carlyle Smith in the New York Times lampoons naval matters and the possible voyage of a fleet. It playfully lists strategic waters and far flung locations while poking at fears of abroad operations.
Paula visits the Winship home and meets Marah and the aged matriarch as a vast studio living space reveals a history of sacrifice, poverty, and hidden mercy. Paula senses a chance to repair past wrongs and feels like a benevolent helper to the venerable family.
A visitor in Applegate, Warwickshire, was fined ten pounds for claiming to have had the best dinner in the country. The innkeeper and locals insist the mayor is exempt from such boasts, prompting the stranger to remark he is the biggest fool in Applegate except the mayor.
Dr G Stanley Hall of Clark University argues that women's higher education contributes to race death. He cites a Worcester discussion and a parable about a grocer hiding a thief in a sack to illustrate how truth defeats futile arguments. The incident ends with a thief crying for help from inside the sack.
A humorous Harper's Weekly scene on Ninth Street Washington shows a handsome young bachelor quoting that it is better to have loved and lost, while a hot crowded streetcar brings together a blue-eyed old woman in a purple gown and a sweating conductor. The car’s passengers react with laughter and cheers as a man confirms Hem Street.
MarriAge licenses were issued to day as follows Henry Arnsten La Crosse to Sarah Talley La Crosse Frank Vanderlaan La Crosse to Bertha Taylor Crousaz La Crosse Emil Ruoff La Crosse to Bertha Brown La Crosse.
Simple plain shirt waist remains essential for washable materials and silk or flannel. The described design uses white madras or pongee with long sleeves in shirt waist style and various finishes. pattern 5746 fits busts 32 to 44 inches and can be mailed with a ten cent stamp plus extra for postage.
Mrs Gadabout asks about hiring a new servant and Mrs Ondego replies she has not yet secured help because the applicant is investigating her residences. The exchange is framed as a domestic vignette with two speakers, reflecting social norms of hiring.
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