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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1920
Page
3
A fragment Reflects a scriptural urging to gentleness in service and teaching, urging meekness in dealing with others and avoiding conflict while guiding those who oppose. It evokes Timothy's instruction on patience and restraint in outreach.
In a period described as a spending spree, consumers and retailers face pressure from profiteers amid war-depleted stocks. The piece warns against sudden buying panics and urges balanced purchasing to avoid price surges or a downturn, noting price lags and the need for steady business conditions to prevent factory closures and wage cuts. The metaphor of a ship shows the need to maintain steerage way to reach port without wreck.
A fragmentary retelling places Hercules in Scythia seeking Hippodyle’s girdle. The queen scorns his mission while noting many perils in the world. The tale casts Hercules as an early anti suffragist figure amid a narrative of female governance.
An editorial contrasts anti suffragists losing to the universal vote with Hercules failing to seize the queen's girdle. It argues the push for equal civic rights is established by 37 states and won by conscience. It notes railroads moving toward profit sharing and worker equity, citing Lehigh Valley and Illinois Central precedents with thousands of employees buying stock.
Eugene V. Debs, socialist candidate, replies from Avanta prison to the Socialist Party National Campaign Committee. He warns that embracing Lenine’s international program would kill the party, asserting his stance on the Third Internationale organized by Lenine and Trotsky.
A disowned Blaine and Morgan, the Republican state coastal committee, plans new envelopes bearing the slogan Dont Wiggle. Greece and Britain quarrel over carving of Turkey, with tensions spilling into the tablecloth details.
Ten years ago the county board planned an annual session electing a highway commissioner for La Crosse county roads. The Great White Way dedication, a Monday October 31 carnival, band and parade were announced. Humane Society reviewed visiting nurse plans at city hall with committee Favitle Sabelwitz and Hebberd authorized to hire. Democratic rally speakers Hood and Wolfe slated for Barr Gak tonight. Twenty years ago: loggers kept winter crews by signed contracts. A G Nevins opened a Madison lumber yard. a Burlington train struck cows near pasture, killing 26 and injuring 4. Kroner Hardware sought a two story warehouse on Jay Street. Whortly years ago: Landeau painting “A Halt on the Messa” gifted to public library. Alderman Strouse and wife to Chicago. Mrs Strouse to Atlantic coast. W T Irvine thrown from wagon when horse bolted. Mrs L J Smith teaching china painting and crayon drawing.
La Crosse area students and alumni gathered around Madison for Northwestern and Wisconsin golf tryouts. Karl Birscheimer of La Crosse competed for a poll team spot as the Big Ten conference hosts its first golf tournament. Merrill Mayer and Eunice Holford attended Northwestern games, while Jack Brindley headed the homecoming committee. Ralph Immell plans statewide campaigning for the La Follette faction before fall elections.
May Robson appears in Nobody's Fool at La Crosse theater on October 20 presented by Augustus Pitco Inc. The comedy, written for Robson by Alan Dale, follows a Wall Street broker's wife and her son as familial tensions and art clash with business ambitions in Rostyn Tennessee.
Jean Crane refuses to accompany Bob Brooks to the senior dance, choosing her own path despite a life beside him since childhood. Neighbors the Cranes and Brookses share long friendship as social life unfolds amid family dynamics and growing independence.
During the canal's first six years, 494 ships transited with 16,576,778 tons of cargo from Atlantic to Pacific and 639 ships carried 18,344,552 tons from Pacific to Atlantic, totaling 34,540,266 net tons and 40,313,629 tons of cargo.
A witty exchange from the Boston Transcript showcases a character who hoards old junk to avoid wastefulness, then reveals a paradox by giving it away to feel charitable. The brief item captures a humorous social observation about attitudes toward possessions.
A student notes that biographies illuminate history. Reading a biography of Henry Clay helps understand the events and confusing period before the Civil War, offering a clear grasp of the era through a prominent figure.
A reader asks a series of presidential trivia questions to be answered in tomorrow's space. Topics include oath dates, electoral votes, and notable presidents such as Grover Cleveland and Abraham Lincoln, with multiple historical prompts and a note on yesterday's answers.
An advertisement urges daily use of Woodbury's Facial Soap with hot and cold rinses to firm and refresh the skin. It claims new clarity and fewer blemishes, noting the product is available in drug stores across the United States and Canada. A 25 cent cake supposedly lasts four months or six weeks.
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