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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1907
Page
3
The board of police and fire commissioners appointed John Webber to replace the late Hugh H. Byrne as chief of police. Webber stood out for genius and experience, with strong support from inside and outside the department, and is expected to keep La Crosse police service at top efficiency.
The article notes growing national interest in Senator La Follette beyond Wisconsin. Washington and Kansas papers call him a strong contender with broad Midwest support and a notable following in Iowa Minnesota the Dakotas Nebraska and Kansas. An opinion from Atchison Globe praises him as worth many ordinary congressmen and urges young Kansans to emulate his public life.
The Salina Journal notes editorials praising La Follette’s strength as a leader rooted in his principles. It contrasts his enduring energy and courage with the criticism from conservatives and corporate interests, arguing his influence stems from progressive ideas rather than mere ambition.
A letter signed by A Well Wisher of the Church urges halting rummage sales and proposes a joint church and city charity review. It argues for reorganizing with distributing agents under charity supervision so that aid targets those most in need, not those with the best purchasing power.
The piece argues the Wallings faced arrest in Russia after two years of inciting rebellion. It says any government would act similarly amid widespread insurrection and that Russia’s move is a normal act, noting the czar’s despotism but siding with the Wallings’ fate as deserved. It suggests a possible second expulsion would not worry the state department.
The remark mocks Roosevelt hunting lore by claiming there are no bears in the canebrakes, only coons. It invokes the idea of the so called Little Alabama Coon, reflecting caricatured racial language and regional satire of the era.
The Wall Street crisis has been officially declared over despite daily runs on banks. Authorities state the edict stands and normalize market conditions amid ongoing financial anxiety.
It is noted with concern that neither Martin Erickson nor John Rackleman was a candidate for the office of chief of police.
A mixed page features a nostalgic poem about a girl named Louise with blue eyes and kind ways, plus humorous verse and farming scraps. It includes a tale of a cheerful Trempealeau farmer, local jests, and a Bijou vaudeville review with acts by the Bowen Brothers, Bessie Allen, Mack and Elliot, Albini the great, the new pianist, and motion pictures.
Spotlight previews Lottie Blair Parker’s Southern drama Under Southern Skies. Early booking promises a stronger cast this season with improved artistic and scenic elements. The play explores life in Louisiana with tender scenes and humor, enhanced by colorful costumes and a troupe of vibrant young women in Halloween games.
Opera managers nationwide endorse P. G. McLean and Nana Bryant Co led by Reuben Warner and the clever duo. The La Crosse theater opens the four night engagement tomorrow night with H. C. DeMill's Lost Paradise featuring two carloads of scenery and a factory scene worth the price.
Regis Henri Post born New York January 28, 1870. Harvard grad 1891. Studied law in New York. Married March 6, 1895. Served in New York legislature in 1899. Sent as auditor to Porto Rico in 1903 and named secretary to the territorial regime in 1904, later executive. Home in Porto Rico.
Paula fears her father will learn of a controversial portrait tied to Winship. She explains she plans to donate the work to the Salon, hoping her father will approve. The conversation touches family loyalties, poverty, and the delicate balance between public attention and private truth.
A Tribune editor denounces rummage sales run by churches as robbing the poor and profiting churches. The letter argues these events deprive real needy families, recounts an incident of goods snatched by well dressed women, and calls for church members to fund aid directly rather than via sales.
Virginia explains she wears gloves while learning poker because Jack instructed her to never show her hand. The exchange frames a playful lesson on concealment in gambling.
The article describes a versatile cutaway coat with a pointed or rounded back, mahogany broadcloth, black silk braid trim, and two-piece sleeves with roll-over cuffs. It notes sizing, material quantities for medium and other bust measures, and pattern 5807, with mail order access from the paper’s Fashion Department for ten cents plus postage.
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