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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1909
Page
3
Yale University researcher Professor Fisher found oats provide nourishment and vigor with easy digestion at low cost, ideal for workers on factory or farm. Quaker Oats advertised as available in regular and large family sizes, with or without china dishes.
George Black Irving spoke plainly on La Crosse’s shortcomings and potential. He urged diverting funds from doubtful channels to city improvement and called on citizens to take responsibility and act with civic spirit to spur growth and progress.
The Tribune backs a mass meeting demand for active civic effort to retain and attract industry. It cites Hackner factory and Kenyon company risks, warns against stagnation, and notes plans for a civic group to promote industrial additions. Decision is framed as backward or forward for the city.
The article recalls Barrie securing a divorce in England with a generous settlement to his wife and suggests a vow by Cannan to marry Mrs Barrie after decree. It likens Barrie’s conduct to John Ruskin who supported his wife’s remarriage to Millais to avoid scandal and promote happiness.
In La Crosse locals praise Jack Cowley for guiding anglers and sharing bass hot spots. The piece hopes his whiskey incident is mistaken and that he will not become a scapegoat in a troubling affair.
The Aneta North Dakota incident involving a boy burned to death after his father sought law enforcement is described as the most dastardly crime in modern annals and demands severe punishment.
The fragment notes that police involvement in Mr Hopkins business affairs recalls other police oriented tasks. It hints at a successful outcome requiring further action or completion in the police line.
An old medical note warns kidney and bladder care is crucial to prevent serious conditions. It lists a home preparation using Murax compounds, Buchu extract, and gin with dosage guidance for repeated daily use.
The article notes the police chief’s move to defend a stranger against a citizen and questions whether tax funding for the La Crosse police department is justified. W F Goodrich of the La Crosse Telephone Company reappears with a bold stunt featuring the "button" girls, praised as public spirited.
London actor Forbes Robertson, aged 56, is praised as a distinct figure on today’s stage and likened to Sir Henry Irving as his successor. The piece notes his 35 years on stage, past plans to be a painter, and his promotion of drama that emphasizes realism over mere pictorial acting.
A poetic parable mocks vanished items and cultural icons from doubt and change in a bygone era. The verse lampoons modern progress and memory with references to titles, venues, and figures once familiar in American print culture.
In St Paul during a church leaders meeting a tramp asked aid. The youngest bishop, Talbot, generously lent him attention. The man admitted he paid a dollar for Talbot's new cathedral at Laramie.
A teacher claims the Great Salt Lake is so salty no fish can live there. Willie Parker challenges her with a question about mackerel surviving in the lake, highlighting skepticism about the teacher's statement.
Gov. Glasscock, visiting Arizona, notes the arid land and jokes with a local about rain. A witty reply claims even bullfrogs over five years old in the town have not learned to swim, illustrating the dry climate and local humor in an Everybody’s Magazine feature.
Eugene Walter at a dinner quips about human nature being no angelic, noting faults to curb. A witty exchange with a pretty young lady prompts a tale of a girl’s sweetheart names, ending with a playful payoff cited from the Rochester Herald.
The late P. F. Collier told a publishers’ convention that Ambrose Bierce is revered in England as a genius for his short story Chickamauga, while in America he is less celebrated. He added that a prophet without honor at home often cannot afford to go abroad.
A playful Harvard Lampoon line riffs on rising spirits with a punning toast about rye highs and tank-two humor.
Mr Howard, a man of few words, asked for the Mikado libretto. The clerk, unfamiliar with Italiano, admitted he did not speak it, highlighting a humorous language clash from a Washington Star item.
An advertisement argues fat stems from poor digestion and promotes Marmola Tablets as a safe digestion aid that supposedly reduces fat by 12 to 15 ounces daily. It claims the product leaves no loose skin and offers mail order from The Marmola Company in Detroit, Michigan.
Barbara Osborne and Major Griswold coordinate a high stakes plan to arrest the Appleweight gang. They rush telegraph orders to Mingo County and court a swift governor's login while navigating press scrutiny and political risk in Columbia.
In August the Tribune published an editorial praising the Coupon Ballot as an improvement over the present system. Chapter 545 of the 1909 laws allows county boards to adopt the Coupon Ballot for general elections, with two men closely tied to the legislation highlighted as central figures.
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