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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1908
Page
2
Frederick Van Eeden laments servility as unjust social order fades. A cartoonish tale in Amsterdam contrasts a bookkeeper and a millionaire tulip dealer, where the master complains of a bad egg and the clerk quips about the good parts, in a New York Press advent.
The Quakers defeated the Giants in the afternoon after a morning loss. Detroit gained ground in the American League by sweeping the Browns in a doubleheader. Scores span several leagues with multiple games, including Boston Philadelphia and New York matches, plus standings updates across the circuits.
Billy Papke of Illinois stunned Stanley Ketchel with a decisive first round assault in Los Angeles. Papke floored Ketchel five times in the opening minute and finished in the twelfth round with a powerful cross that left Ketchel unable to continue.
Huron South Dakota September 5 The high school football team has been reorganized and is getting into condition for the coming season. L K Smith an experienced athlete will have charge of the team. Arrangements are made for games with Brookings Pierre Aberdeen and the Aberdeen game to be played at Huron. Manager Young will try to arrange games with Sioux Falls Mitchell Watertown and Parker.
The barber tests a new shaving soap while a victim chokes on the brush during application. The exchange reveals a tense moment as the brush slips into the victim’s mouth in a local Catholic Standard and Times item.
The passage notes men dress their wives better than their wives’ husbands, and that when a man errs his wife blames the other woman publicly, yet she avoids blaming publicly when alone with her husband.
An Essentials article extols a broad fund of health knowledge and world trusted products. It highlights Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a reputable family laxative, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
Madison defeated La Crosse 3 to 2 in the first game and 6 to 0 in the Labor Day twin bill. Liese starred on the mound for Madison while Jones faltered for La Crosse as nearly 2,000 spectators watched in Madison, Wisconsin.
In Green Bay Wisconsin Wausau split a twin bill with Green Bay. The morning game saw Green Bay win 1 to 0 on strong pitching by Miller and Lang’s dominance. The afternoon contest featured Wausau breaking through with six runs as Vance struggled for Green Bay and the Lumberjacks built a late lead. Green Bay reported 25,000 in attendance for the day.
Oshkosh beat Fond du Lac 10 to 5 in the opener with Kutina homering. second game halted in the sixth with Oshkosh ahead. Batteries were Converse and White for Oshkosh, Siewert Hooker and Gard for Fond du Lac, and Nichols White Howley Rheinhart Gard in the box.
Freeport and Rockford split a twin bill with Freeport winning the morning 2 1 and Rockford taking the afternoon 5 0. Cummings broke the right hand finger and Moore suffered a facial cut but finished. Batteries were Harmon Stark Christman Moore in the opener and Scott Stark Palmer Moore in the nightcap.
Abe Attell the American featherweight champion and Owen Moran of England fought to a twenty three round draw at the Colma open air arena before about six thousand spectators. Referee Jack Welch declared the bout a draw, leaving the crowd pleased with a tame but clever contest and cheers for both fighters as they left the ring.
Moran cited a broken right hand in round two and claimed he won by a mile after Attell impressed with defense and clever work. Moran stated willingness to fight again after forty five rounds with a winner takes all purse.
Oysters become the focus as the annual blue point season arrives. The country ships abundant crates to cities unfamiliar with the salt sea breeze and La Crosse dealers report good supply and near normal prices. Oyster stews, fries, and cocktails return to favor as the season of the blue point begins.
A quoted line shows a speaker contemplating punishment for an offended rival. He weighs the trouble of whipping a man against the impulse to act. The remark reveals tension between anger and restraint in a personal feud.
A woman asks her son to come “just for a minute” and he ends up helping for an hour, as described in the readable fragment. The exchange hints at daily family labor and time use in the home setting.
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