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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1909
Page
3
The Tribune of La Crosse notes its circulation statement is verified by an actuary, the Association of American Advertisers, and the Blue Book of A. A. Siever, highlighting an unusual audit among local papers.
The report outlines the monthly circulation figures for August 1909, showing totals by edition and that circulation remained steady across major departments. It highlights top regions with highest reach and notes shifts in distribution channels.
The article discusses water power transfer to private control with government safeguards, Taft's call for public profit sharing, and broader political context. It also analyzes British parliamentary practice, recall concepts, and the proposed constitutional safeguards to curb caesarism and graft.
The excerpt questions how long monopolization can continue until Senator Aldrich enacts legislation deemed favorable to his imperial self. It asks what law the president thinks Aldrich would allow, given eastern capitalists aim to seize land. It notes the Aldrich Payne tariff bill being touted as the best ever enacted.
The Chicago Tribune urges reconsideration of the decision not to debate the Democratic tariff policy. It suggests the party division on tariff aims needs a defining influence and questions how the Republican Party should proceed amid mixed Democratic views.
A era of sensational claims describes a colored Georgia man in Washington and a minister bail bond visit. It then promotes Electropodes an electric device promising to cure rheumatism and other ailments with a 30 day trial and money back guarantee from The Electropode Co.
Willard Mack’s Wyoming tale offers frontier life on the prairies with love intrigue and adventure. The stirring drama blends strong plot, rousing humor, and gentle pathos, promising broad audience appeal tonight at the La Crosse theater.
The comedy opera King Dodo, penned by Frank Pixley with Gustav Luders’s music, comes to La Crosse theater tomorrow night. The tale follows an aged king who seeks youth only to learn it brings trouble. a bewitching queen and conspirators spark amusing complications as the king returns to his former age.
Under John Cort management the production boasts new costumes scenery and effects described as unusually magnificent. The principal company is of rare excellence and the chorus highly attractive with tuneful numbers such as The Tale of a Bumble Bee Look in the Book and See A Jolly Old Potentate Two Hearts Made One The Eminent Doctor Fizz Diana The Cat's Quartette I'll Do or Die Old Father Time The Lad Who Leads and In the Spring.
In a La Crosse Theater piece the composer Ben Jerome explains why orchestration matters more than mere pleasing tunes. He notes counter melodies sustain The Spirit of 76 march and American national airs weave throughout the score, urging modern composers to focus on orchestration for success.
New York reports celebrations as Matthew Henson plans a countrywide tour to recount his experiences with Commander Peary at the north pole. The story highlights his steadfast service and historic role, promising inspiration for the colored community.
A cheerful bachelor avoids dispute with a woman suffragist by agreeing with her claim. The spinster replies that his admission damns him, asking what he has done for women's emancipation. He calmly answers that he has at least remained a bachelor, a wry judge.
A three year old boy named St Edwin admits to his mother that he struck the family cat. The child shows a guilty expression and a scratch on his hand as the scene portrays a child's remorseful moment from a period source.
A Washington Star poem criticizes dietary fears and self denial with playful verses about coffee tea milk bread fruit and meat. It questions how to cope with life’s dreary grin when stomachs are empty and worries abound.
During the afternoon session delegates, led by women, fervently backed cold water resolutions. The day’s speaker, recently returned from abroad, narrated his trip, prompting a furious rural woman to denounce him as hypocritical for enjoying shipboard evenings on the Atlantic voyage.
A London Globe snippet records a humorous exchange where a tramp offers to accept five pounds for a hit on a golfer who shouted Fore. The tramp counters with four pounds, prompting the humorous remark about the near-miss injury and compensation.
In a crowded car a conductor warns a passenger about a fare and threatens removal. The man rings another fare, prompting the conductor to eject him toward the platform edge. The passenger thanks the conductor and hands over a dime.
A senator famed for a negotiable instruments treatise explains how he wrote two volumes while busy with politics. A young man asked if a sight draft bears interest, and Daniel says he needed to research it. In a later quip he admits uncertainty on the matter. The pieces also note a Sunday School class singing and a child’s reply about singing louder.
Ardmore and Griswold discuss life and adventure as Ardmore ends his reform career in New York and contemplates a grand quest. Ardmore recalls a winking stranger on a southbound sleeper bound for New Orleans, hinting at a developing romantic pursuit and a search for meaning beyond wealth and status.
A La Crosse reader cites Dr. Dean's Kidney Pills from Erhart's drug store as highly effective for dull back and hip pains. The testimonial from Mrs. Theodore Segler of 1720 Badger St. claims relief after using the product. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo sole U.S. agents. Remember the name Doan's.
It is learned that the steamer lost near Winter Quarters off Cape Henlopen Sunday was the Norwegian Gere. Of its crew twelve perished while the captain first officer and five seamen were rescued and brought to the lightship at Cape Henlopen.
The excerpt lists financial line items including loans and discounts totaling 2,179,871.58, overdrafts, U S bonds, other bonds, banking house taxes, cash in vault, due from banks, capital stock, undivided profits, national bank notes, deposits, dividends, unpaid, and reserves for taxes. It reflects a balance sheet segment with several asset and liability categories.
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