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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1920
Page
3
The article urges fair patrons to judge a new midways idea on its merit and promotes wholesome, amateur acts over racy fare. It suggests community support will aid child welfare and predicts the La Crosse midway may influence a national trend toward cleaner entertainment.
Local readers discuss building a Stowe League and semi pro contests here in Copeland Park and across La Crosse area. Citizens urge organizing a regional schedule and national sport share for next year after summer interest and busy attendance at world series bulletins.
A local La Crosse enterprise seeks to raise community profile in the Badger State. The Elks band is highlighted as a new effective agency to keep La Crosse on the map and promote civic pride without fundraising aims.
Testimony from visitors and delegates across Wisconsin credits the La Crosse Elks band with the best showing at the Milwaukee celebration. The band drew the biggest applause in the parade and at headquarters, with observers noting its growth and arrival as a rising musical group deserving recognition.
Autumnal travel is rising as a distinct vacation mindset. The piece contrasts preexisting vacation habits with a growing group drawn to autumn air and rural harvests, noting leaf colors, farm products, and cut rates. It also hints at Tennessee suffrage politics influencing re election fortunes.
Church News reports a 250 acre farm near Lyons France funded by Methodists to train French orphans in American farming methods. It notes home mission efforts, surveys across eight departments, and the Pilgrim Memorial fund nearing 7 million dollars. It also covers the National Council of Catholic Women forming across fourteen provinces with officials named.
Wisconsin anti tuberculosis clinic under Red Cross auspices found 19 percent of 507 examined with tuberculosis or related conditions. Twenty three advised immediate sanatorium admission as advocates push early diagnosis and sustained follow up to reduce deaths and improve recovery prospects.
A reader questions the Apple Time editorial and argues Duke duchess apples cannot be grown widely. The note recalls past farming aid, noting butter beer pork and other farm products fetched good prices, while urging fair prices for farmers today.
Dayton Ohio reports 119 deaths in August, lowest in years, while births exceed three times that figure. The article links lower mortality and rising birth rates to the presence of a hometown presidential candidate and ongoing campaign atmosphere.
A civic essay discusses the power of voters over democracy, warning against machine politics. It explains how local to national committees influence nominations, caucuses, and conventions, and defines the roles of ward, city, and state bosses. It also covers voter responsibility, registration, and civic sacrifice, ending with Q A on party chairs.
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