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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1909
Page
2
Officials and ushers report a steady flow of visitors touring the new Y M C A. The facility showcases modern construction from top to basement with a gym baths and reading rooms. The piece asserts the Y M C A has become a business oriented yet Christian organization.
The Y M C A improves with business methods, turning the institution self sustaining through careful management. It costs thousands yearly to maintain a modern Y M C A but smart administration keeps it profitable while uniting practical operations with spiritual goals. La Crosse praises the grand institution shaping citizenship standards.
The musical melodrama Little Johnny Jones by Geo. M. Cohan comes to the La Crosse theater. Friday Oct 29 ushers in a crowd pleasing show with many old favorites. Advance seat sales indicate a lively run.
A heavy seat sale for Up and Down Broadway opens the week in La Crosse. Donald MacDonald presents the musical comedy Thursday with sixty prominent local society girls in the cast. The opening day sale was the largest of the season and rush continued today.
An old Kentucky Negro preacher expounds Bible tales from the Deluge to Daniel and lions. Auditors doubt their authenticity until a young listener asks if the lions were like current circus beasts. The preacher insists no, they were B. C. lions, meaning circus parallels.
At a Vienna physicians convention Prof Herman Von Schelt praised vintox a simple drug for catarrh claiming success in two years of cases. He said vintox is available in America and can be bought at drug stores with two ounces in a pint of water for gargling and nasal use.
An appeal on kidney health emphasizes that most sickness stems from kidney issues. It promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy and offers a free sample by writing to Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York. It notes regular bottle sizes are sold at drug stores.
A poemistic survey of lauded progress and civilization with mockingly quoted dispatches from New Orleans Pittsburg and New Zealand. It contrasts advances in science and exploration with sensational racial and violent headlines and ends noting rumor of Bryan again running.
The event featured speeches commemorating Cornwallis surrender with Major Arthur Forrester of the First Royal Dragons delivering a playful jab about Yorktown. He mused how Cornwallis kept Yorktown for weeks against militia, then commented on the town’s appearance. The chairman concluded with a toast, prompting a playful shout about drinks.
A nervy professional umpire hesitates before the grandstand asks if the vice president is present. After no reply he clarifies the game can proceed without federal interference and then commands, Play ball, in a booming, crowd-ruffling finish.
The Chattanooga Times recalls Joaquin Miller proposing a poet colony. He imagines lively quarrels over literary figures like Matthew Arnold Swinburne Tennyson and Keats as harmless, contrasting them with bitter religious political feuds. A trio of Maine divines argue over royal houses until a waiter is alerted.
Griswold and Bosworth clash over a requisition for Appleweight papers hidden by the governor. Barbara Osborne challenges Bosworth and reveals her resolve while Griswold warns of consequences, as truth about New Orleans and North Carolina fades into memory.
Louis Boon of Norway Michigan praises Foley's Honey and Tar for curing his son’s severe cough and credits the remedy with saving a neighbor’s child after doctors reportedly gave up. O T Erhart supports the claim as safe and certain.
A humorous dialogue between a contributor and an editor imagines the editor noting a red-headed office boy carrying out the contributor’s ideas as he goes downstairs. The exchange riffs on editorial process and inspiration in a light strip.
A Boston Transcript note records a brief exchange where an elderly woman asks if a ticket is valid to stop off, and the conductor replies it is not good for reboarding.
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