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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1908
Page
10
Archbold of Standard Oil said the company will not enter the political campaign. He argued Standard is a business corporation and its actions will withstand public scrutiny. He claimed small businesses seek to cripple big rivals through legislation and stated he is not a politician or a Wall Street gambler.
A brief note on how blessings arrive disguised and how clever concealment makes them seem unlikely, capturing a quip about perception and luck.
Delegates travel to Clinton for waterways convention while Winona eyes the 1909 Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association meeting. City leaders send a formal invitation praising Winona as a thriving gateway city with industries, parks, and schools.
The British government ended the beef ban after Upton Sinclair's exposé. Erskine the Chicago consul awarded Libby, McNeal and Libby a 5 million pound fresh beef contract worth $500,000. After plant inspection, bids were invited for canned meats. Packers say the embargo is ending.
Andrew Lightfoot, a patient at the government hospital for the insane, killed two fellow patients with a crow bar during an episode of homicidal mania. He escaped into the woods while thirty guards pursued him. a posse surrounded him in a swamp at noon and capture was expected.
Tommy Bardell brags his William Henry Harrison gram mar school Tornadoes will beat Oliver Wendell Holmes team. The Tornadoes lose 26 to 0, and Tommy jokes about changing the team name to something stronger.
A dialogue from The Sketch recalls a man who sought cyanide in a drug store and declared himself a self-murderer. The exchange riffs on convention and language, with interruptions about flesh, maps, and hayseeds.
D F Yoakum chairman of the Rock Island Frisco lines argues US railroads offer superior service at lower cost. He cites inter state data 1907 rail revenues 1.826 billion and contrasts wages and rates in the US with Britain France and Germany. He notes cheaper freight and higher pay for US workers and warns against over regulation. He uses maps to show grain movement costs and asserts rail policy should protect growth and employment.
A fragment reports a waist demonstration at a dressmaker’s event last week. The demonstrator explains a waist can be hooked or buttoned with one pull on a ring while bystanders, including a stout man in gray and a pale twice married man, observe and discuss.
The readable lines show a torn Baltimore American fragment mentioning someone being told off and a remark about old Skil em, with surrounding dialogue indicating a disrupted subscription or editorial debate. No clear event, date, or full names emerge.
A humorous exchange notes no dukes or earls but a land “without a peer.” The Boston Transcript quips about a candidate with the largest bra vel staves off defeat, as Town Topi supplies the context.
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