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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1920
Page
4
Workers on strike for longer day in Paris loom in the report. Two hundred fifty government workmen rebuilding were torn by a strike, demanding a ten hour day. They refuse to return to work without the right to ten hour shifts, as the piece notes from the unrest.
Big Ten action starts September 25 with Indiana meeting Franklin College in Bloomington. Other conference games begin a week later as the 1920 schedule unfolds, listing a long slate of matchups across campuses including Purdue Chicago Michigan Wisconsin Ohio State and Notre Dame appearances.
A Spanish column from Larache under General Barrera moved from Tefeg and attacked Mororein tribes. In joint action with another column, they dispersed the enemy after strong resistance. The dispatch reports twenty four Moroccan dead, many guns and horses captured, and Spanish losses including two officers killed and around one hundred wounded or killed. The operation is described as achieving its objective.
Fragmentary OCR recalls a scene in a public school where students and teachers respond to voices and singing. Miss Achasa Reeehler, a primary teacher, is noted for a curious chorus about whether tones carry a title or stay the same, hinting at a lesson on musical perception.
Information editor cites preventive medicine and regular physician exams as key to avoiding serious illness. Emphasizes early detection and treatment, noting winter respiratory disease risk and the benefits of preventive care for a run-down body.
The Grand Army of the Republic held its annual encampment in Indianapolis with over 10,000 members in a review parade from a mile route to the state house. Leaders Wall and his staff led the march. A business session and reunions followed, with notable figures Loomis Scofield and Daniel Wilder mentioned.
In Amerongen and Doorn Netherlands William of Hohenzollern former German emperor funds a national orange celebration for a hospital gift. The event culminates with a hospital dedication to the Knights of St John and a royal wedding slated for Count von Benst ink’s daughter to Captain Tisemann as Prince Henry of Prussia plans a ten day visit.
Paris announces a new issue of gold coins and declares pre war coins no longer valid in circulation. Hoarders must exchange old coins for new, tightening control on gold reserves and circulation.
Madison Wis Sept 22 A large crowd questions why apple prices stay high. Nordman director of the division of market cites labor shortages. Farmers rush harvest with few workers offering up to five dollars a day. He urges motorists to pick and haul apples to towns to lift prices for farmers and provide cheaper fruit for buyers.
Vernon County Wisconsin reports near completion of tobacco harvest by week end. Frost two weeks ago damaged some top leaves in the north, but southern crops meet standards and buyers report 75 percent sold with prices at a record high.
Paris announced that francs will repay the full 29 million dollar portion of the Anglo French loan in New York on October 15. The payment settles France's share of the 50 million dollar loan floated in the United States during wartime.
Bertie C. Johnson a British subject held by bandits in Jalisco since August 10 has been freed according to an official statement issued in Mexico City.
The staff of the Racquet, the weekly publication of the Normal school, has been organized and will begin work on the first issue. Executive editor Florence Worth and managing editor Vivian Lewis lead the team, with literary editors George Miller, George Gerling, and Ida Schelbeth Fettes among others.
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