The La Crosse Tribune from La Crosse, Wisconsin • Page 16

Crosse Tribune, Saturday, January 29, 1972 One of the larger steamboats to call at La Crosse was the of the Streckfus Line. This picture was probably taken around 1914. The was one of the last of the big stern-wheelers on the upper Mississippi. The boat is docked at Riverside Park. The old wagon bridge is at left.

From the Area Research Center collection. Weekend Chuckles By SYD KRONISH The third stamp in the American Poets series an 8 center honoring southern poet Sidney Lanier will be issued Feb. 8 on his birthday in Macon, his birthplace. Previous American Poets series stamps have honored Edgar Lee Masters and Emily Dickinson. This new adhesive features a profile portrait of Lanier taken from a Cummins photograph made in Baltimore where Lanier was a teacher at Johns Hopkins University The portrait is black but in the lower left is the lettering 8 cents U.S.” in reddish brown Centered beneath this, in blue, is the name At the bottom of the stamp, also in reddish brown, is the inscription Collectors desiring first day cancellations should send requests to Lanier 8-cent Stamp, Postmaster, Macon, Ga.

The proper remittance, money or certified check, must be enclosed. The Republic of China in Taiwan has marked its first participation in the Winter Olympic Games by issuing three new stamps, according to the World Wide Philatelic Agency The theme of the three stamps is skiing which has grown in popularity on Taiwan with its high mountains and many ski slopes. Depicted are downhill skiing, cross country and giant slalom, plus the official Olympic symbol in either the upper right or left comers. Although most nations issued Christmas stamps with a religious or Yule spirit theme, the Republic of stamps depicted three species of local fish. The 1972 edition of Specialized Catalog of United States stamps is a far cry from the first book of this title published 50 years ago.

The 1922 edition contained 67 small pages while the latest one has 763 pages covering all material for those who specialize in U.S. material. Its table of contents lists 103 categories, 27 of which relate to revenue adhesives and stationery. you any poor one that I you any rich one that knows Woman (on telephone): the ambassador Aide. gone to the United Kingdom." Woman: so sorry.

When was the A driver stopped for a red light and was bumped by the car in the rear. He saw a woman driver in his mirror, and turned to glare at her. Having to stop short at the next light he was again bashed in the back by the same car. Opening the door he leaned out and shouted: it, At the third corner he was bumped again. This time the woman got out of her car, and came toward him with license and registration.

he pleaded, want your license or the name of your insurance company. I just want a five-minute head Over in Scotland research chemists in a series of tests served oats to a dozen heavy-smoking subjects. The desire for cigarettes in each case was practically nil. They made a pretty strong case when you stop to think you see few race horses smoking. One of the greatest things about living in a democracy is that we have complete control over how we shall pay our taxes cash, check or money order.

MONEY CLIPS A Japanese visitor to the United States remarked: Americans are funny people. You take a glass, put sugar in it to make it sweet, lemon in it to make it sour, then add gin to warm you up and ice to cool you off. Then you say to and drink it A news photographer, on his return from Hong Kong, had many stories to tell about Tommy his Chinese houseboy. A typical Oriental, Tommy was always reluctant to disturb the serenity of his master in any way. One night before going to bed, the photographer instructed the boy to wake him at 7 a.m.

sharp as he had an important early engagement When the photographer awoke shortly before noon he found a note from Tommy beside his bed: sir, it is now 7 Wake Copyright 1972, Gen. Fee. Corp. Comment from a man in Alaska: Texans if they quit their bragging split Alaska in two and make Texas the third largest by Mort Reed With an eye on the international monetary situation, the leading coin experts and dealers are forecasting a year of mixed blessings for numismatics in 1972. All of them good.

According to a majority opinion, public awareness of coin collecting was stimulated by the introduction of the circulating Eisenhower dollar. The January 1972 edition of Numismatic Scrapbook magazine is the 20th annual issue devoted to predictions from outstanding professional numismatists and other hobby leaders on just what the New Year will bring. A majority of the experts have expressed a feeling that President economic programs have slowed inflation, permitting many collectors to return to Leisure-Living activities they were forced to abandon during much of 1971. This trend will continue upward through 1972. Of chief concern to most if not all professional and nonprofessional collectors and dealers is the battle against counterfeit and replica coins.

Congress is not approaching the situation with sufficient vigor, and citizens in, as well as out of, the coin collecting hobby are calling upon their representatives to speed up adoption of the Protection (H R. 10600) introduced by Rep. Seymour Halpern, D- N.Y. A quick look at some of the predictions and ideas submitted to the and this reaction which is based on the trends reflected in this reader mail: Schiller and Homza of McKeesport, suggest a return to significant U.S. commemorative coins started by the issuance of the Eisenhower dollar.

I agree wholeheartedly. Aubrey Bebee of Omaha, the man who paid $46,000 for one of the five known 1913 Liberty head nickels, feels that if the stock market continues at its low ebb during 1972, more collectors may become heavy buyers of U.S. coins from an investment angle. Confidence in the new economic policies should continue with a beneficial effect on the hobby. analysis commands considerable respect from this and many other columnists since he rarely calls a bad shot.

His $46,000 investment in 1967 brought an offer of $80,000 in 1971, and I know for a fact the ante will be raised this year to $100,000. On a pessimistic note, a downeast professional numismatist states that in his opinion the Eisenhower proof and uncirculated 1971 dollars will sell far below their original issue price in 1972, a wholly unqualified expression that should never have been included among the predictions. True, the proof and uncirculated Eisenhower dollars were overpriced when compared with similar issues in other countries. But be taken in by vicious rumors designed only to talk you out of your coins. Numismatic Scrapbook magazine editor, Russell Rulau, pointed out that a limited number of the January Crystal Ball issues are still available to readers of this column who send their names, address and 60 cents to Numismatic Scrapbook, P.O.

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