Board Annual Meeting Elects Officers and Superintendent
The adjourned annual meeting elected officers and Superintendent for the coming year. E. A. Evans was named president, J. B. Worthman secretary, and H. R. Chamberlain chosen superintendent. Ward school janitors selected as Peter Jorg First William Moyse Second and William Welk Third. Miss Josephine Hollenbeck approved as clerk for the superintendent. The school terms run Fall 15 weeks Sept 6 to Dec 17 1909 Winter 11 weeks Jan 5 to Mar 18 1910 Spring 6 weeks Mar 28 to Jun 3 1910 with vacations. Cory Norton to work on diplomas and H. R. Gnade handling incidentals. A.4.50 Erswell Melzl McGann chair rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Evans
Sec’y
Worthman
H. R. Chamberlain
Peter Jorg
William Moyse
William Welk
Josephine Hollenbeck
Taft Knows His Craft in Cornerstone Day
President Taft, at the Washington Congregational church cornerstone ceremony, took a mortared role, answering a bricklayer union inquiry by noting his card is in the Steamshovelers' union of Panama. He resumed the task, delivering a praised “swell” job.
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Taft
New Congregational Church
Washington
Herbert Kaufmans Idea of a Good Advertising Medium
Herbert Kaufman argues that circulation statements mislead advertisers and that the true test of a paper is whether it carries most advertisers. He asserts newspapers printing the most advertising over time are the best medium for ad campaigns.
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Herbert Kaufman
Neighborhood Bell Chorus Ends In Troubled Feud
A quiet neighborhood dispute escalates after misheard accusations and gossip spread via telephone calls. Neighbors Swanson, Boggs, Scroggs and Jones clash as rumors of lies and undercutting hogs provoke fighting and broken lines. Wires rust and poles topple as twenty locals become sworn enemies.
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Swanson
Boggs
Mrs. Scroggs
Farmer Jones
Scroggs
Smith
Johnson
Ezra Boggs
Jones
Scratchin Hen Teaches Profit Through Perseverance
A rustic verse extols the hen who scratches all day, serving as a parable for steady work and doubled profits. The speaker urges digging in harder during trouble and finding livelihood through persistent effort.
Queer Traits Of Criminals Revealed In City Blue Notes
An unnamed New York central office detective recalls criminals who cry for sentimental pets rather than family. He notes crooks often care for birds dogs or ferrets and rarely mention wives or children when distressed by capture. The piece suggests odd emotional patterns among criminals.
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New York Central Office
Back From Lake Champlain Trip Celebrates Tercentenary
Dr. C L Thuerer and family returned from the Champlain Tercentenary celebration spanning eastern New York and Vermont. They joined Mrs Harwood of Ripon, attended Fort Ticonderoga ruins and Crown Point, and toured Lake George. The hull of Benedict Arnold s ship The Revenge was raised and displayed. a fragment was given to the Sauk County Historical Society.
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C. L. Thuerer
New York
Vermont
Henry Hudson
Hudson River
Samuel Champlain
Hudson
Champlain
Thaever
Harwood
Ripon
Benedict Arnold
Ticonderoga
Thaerer
Sauk County
Judgment of Human Nature in Readings on Character
The essay argues people misread character by faces and outward signs. It notes faces hide kindness or temper, and a bland exterior may conceal a stingy or cruel heart, while a frowning expression can mask humor and healing. The piece emphasizes spirit and conduct over mere appearances.
Photographer Exploits Vanity With Morning Horse Portraits
A young man used a camera to snap seven riders at dawn, sending proofs to the subjects. Each man ordered more finished pictures, proving that men often buy their own likeness on horseback to boost vanity and self-image.
Pumping Air to Raise and Float a Dead Whale
A crew pumps air into a dead whale to lift it, uses pulleys and a winch to bring it near the ship, then inserts a perforated spear tube to inflate the carcass until it floats. After inflation the incision is plugged, a buoy attached, and the carcass set adrift for later retrieval.
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Hunter
Popular Magazine
Logomobile tour spans Wisconsin towns by two Chicago men
Gilbert Lacher and Donald Milroy journey from Chicago to Crystal Lake then Lake Geneva Madison and Sauk County while walking about 200 miles in a week. They rode a logomobile, abandoned a train, sheltered in a hay stack, and plan to visit Maple Grove farm Kilbourn and Devil's Lake on the return.
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Gilbert Lacher
Donald Milroy
Chicago
Baraboo
Crystal Lake
sThey
Lake Geneva
Madison
Sauk County
Merrimack
Maple Grove
Kilbourn
Devil’s Lake
Jennie Wade Killed At Gettysburg While Baking Bread
In McClure's reminiscences Albertus McCreary recalls the Battle of Gettysburg noting three accidents to citizens and one fatality. Miss Jennie Wade was shot by a stray bullet through an open window while baking bread for the soldiers, a notable historic tragedy later commemorated by a separate monument.
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Battle of
Gettysburg
McClure
Albertus McCreary
Jennie Wade
The Characteristic National Meal Across Nations
The London Chronicle notes that the English breakfast is a defining national meal not only in Scotland. It contrasts continental habits with rolls and butter and honey in Switzerland and croissants in France, while Denmark adds cream to coffee. The piece recalls that English breakfasts became an institution in the eighteenth century, earlier enjoyed mainly by royalty, with commoners like Pepys drinking buttered ale.
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Scotland
The
London Chronicle
Switzerland
France
Denmark
Pepys
Married Women Must Work Critique of Female Labor
A critique argues that women who marry should not cease work but instead pursue training and continued labor. It contends that stopping work upon marriage keeps women a low-paid, unskilled, temporary class, harming both individuals and industry by wasting opportunities and abilities.
Crossbreeding White Ant and Plymouth Rock Hen Suggested
In a speculative note the Topeka Capital poses a provocative question about crossing a white ant with a Plymouth Rock hen. The piece suggests the idea as a humorous or absurd possibility rather than a real proposal.
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Plymouth Rock
Topeka
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Board Annual Meeting
Ness
Cory Norton
H. R
Erswell
Melzl & McGann
Hugh Kelley
J. van Orden
W. EE Sentth
C. H. Farnum
Stanley Co
Otto Schadde
Risley Bros
Buckley & Taylor
Hood Bros
H. E. Cole
Bunde & Upmeyer Co
Rand McNally & Co
Lake Champlain
C.L. Thuerer
Old Ver
Mont
Dr. Pierce
Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
People’s Common Sense
Brswell, Melzl & McGann
Risley
Llee
Madras
White Goods
Ita
Saar SR
Bey
Claude
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