Debating Society Debates Taft Victory and Local School News
The De bating society held its first regular meeting with an extemporaneous debate on electing Taft as president, the negative winning 8 to 0. Baraboo football prospects grow as about twenty try out, with a lineup for tomorrow against Reedsburg High. The first high school dance of the season occurred in Elkington's Hall with about fifteen couples. lockers will be installed in the gym. enrollment hits 258, up 12 percent. Teachers and staff, including Miss Hatch resuming work and Miss Falvey in Milwaukee, are noted along with recent travels by Prof. Chamberlain and H. E. Swenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Taft
Harold Shatton
Samuel Fleming
Aldre Mabbott
Wm. Evenson
Carroll Hackett
Fred Paddock
Supt. Chamberlain
Reedsburg High School
Baraboo
Reedsburg
Mulcahey
Diener
Leider
English
Sandberg
Wright
Lucile Hatch
Katherine Falvey
Milwaukee
Mae Foley
Elizabeth
Prof. Chamberlain
H. E. Swenson
Madison
Local Notes From Reedsburg Area This Week
Saturday visitors include Mr and Mrs James H Hill and Mr and Mrs UC Wilkinson. Crushed Tragedian and Latest Airships shown at the Electric. Christian Endeavor officers elected at Congregational church. University of Wisconsin seniors Genkwan Shibata and others hosted by Baley and Peters. Sudden weather change noted with no other known cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society of the Congregational Church
Lillian Andrews
Lillian Frenz
Florence Farwell
Treas
Clayton Briggs
J. A. Conley
Reedsburg
R. L. Fisher
M.’‘D. Baraboo
G. EK. Pelton
G. M. Pelton
Madison
Genkwan Shibata
Toyama
Japan
University of Wisconsin
Earle Baley
Adolf Peters
Banks Treasure Hidden in Standish Parlor 1812 14
The forests of the city hid a vast hoard from 1812 to 1814 guarded in the Marrett house parlor Standish village. A heavy brass locked door and reinforced floor supported the weight while a single guard watched the cash transported by a six-ox cart from Portland during the War of 1812. The house remains owned by Rev Merrett descendants and is among Standish’s oldest.
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Forest City
Marrett House
Standish Village
Portland
Standish
A Penny Postage Vision Becomes Global Reality
Lord Lichfield condemned Rowland Hill's plan for a uniform penny postage in England noting it as extraordinary. Within three years the penny rate became standard and today letters travel worldwide for that small fee, signaling rapid progress in civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Lichfield
England
Rowland Hill
United Kingdom
Love as Life's Bright Bow and Creative Muse
A quotation attributed to Robert G. Ingersoll extols love as the universal force shaping art, poetry, philosophy, and morality. It describes love as light, life, inspiration, and the 'air and light of every heart' that elevates humanity toward a heavenly state.
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Ausic
Earth
Heaven
Robert G. Ingersoll
Duty as the highest virtue in life and service
A quotation from Rabbi Leon Harrison extols Duty as the supreme guiding force. It equates duty with heroism among mothers, soldiers, firefighters, and nurses, portraying selfless acts as the path to godliness and societal good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabbi Leon Harrison
Narrowing of Internal Revenue to Treasury Bureau Revenues
The term internal revenue is restricted to revenues collected under the internal revenue bureau of the treasury department. It does not include all internal sources such as land sales patent fees or postal service revenues, which are not generally known as internal revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
When Men Wore Wigs and the Hair Powder Tax
A historical note recalls Sir William Pitt imposing a tax on hair powder called the guinea pig tax. The tax led Whigs to cut off their queues and only men servants kept powder. It proved unremunerative and was finally removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pitt
Pitt
His Last Words in Hospital Interview
A hospital surgeon questions the dying victim about whether the shooting was an accident. The victim confirms the gun misadventure involved a man named Jigggins as the likely trigger. The case centers on whether the act was accidental or deliberate.
World Cruise of Our Battleships and Republican Policy
The article celebrates the 1907 1908 Pacific voyage of the American battleship fleet under President Roosevelt and argues the journey embodies a robust Republican policy. It details ship classes and numbers, notes open door diplomacy, and praises Taft for continuing the constructive naval strategy shaping U.S. influence in Latin America and Asia. It asserts the voyage demonstrates national discipline and a forward‑looking, world‑wide American leadership.
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Globe
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Hampton Roads
Horn
San Francisco Harbor
Connecticut
Louisiana
Maine
Missouri
Georgia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Virginia
Alabama
Illinois
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Ohio
Minnesota
Kansas
Vermont
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Puget Sound
Pacific
Oriental
West Virginia
Colorado
Maryland
Pennsylvania
California
South Dakota
Washington
Tennessee
China
Australia
Malta
Gibraltar
Republican Party
South America
Latin America
Republic of the North
United States
Europe
New York
Rio Janeiro
Japan
Uncle Sam
Philippines
America
William Howard Taft
Taft
Orient
Shanghai
Celestial Kingdom
Mr. Taft
Cochran Praises Taft While Backing Bryan Support
In Boston W Bourke Cochran praised Judge Taft as the greatest and best qualified nominee, while stating he will support Bryan as the Democratic candidate. Cochran argued Taft would be a superb administrator and surpass Roosevelt when in the same circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
W. Bourke Cochran
Boston
Bryan
Roosevelt
Democratic Faults Highlight Taft Remarks in Greensboro
The speech accuses Democrats of opposing corporations and trusts for years while taking no legislative action to curb abuses. Taft argues Democrats have shown self congratulation, while Republicans move to implement platform promises in Greensboro North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Wm. H. Taft
Greensboro
North Carolina
Taft Praises Society Till Soundness of Nation Evident
President Taft, speaking in Columbus, Ohio, notes signs of a quickening public conscience and demand for remedies to abuses arising from prosperity. He urges lovers of country to feel pride in a society still sound at its core and higher standards of business integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Taft
Columbus
Ohio
Local notes of social events and conservation talk
S A Pelton arrives from Madison while Editor Brandenburg visits his mother on Fifth avenue. A Ladies Aid musical and a Fortnightly Literary Club meeting highlight social life. The Troubadours perform at the A O U W hall and the Fortnightly Club discusses conservation and national resource surveys ahead of December governors’ meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. Brandenburg
Fifth Avenue
R. B. Griggs
United States
H. E. Cole
House of Governors
Washington
England
William George Jordan
United
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Wonewoc
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Prairie du Lac
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Dane County
Maggie Hutter
Spring Green
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Mrs. T. Supernaw
Chicago
W. J. Dwyer
Fred Malone
John Bick
Henry Simons
F. A. Manor
Frank Cline
Wm. O’brien
E. W. van Aiken
Merrimack
the Electric
Fred Block
Minnie Radseck
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Mrs. Radseck
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Oak Park
L. E. Hoyt
Warren
President Roosevelt
Ment
St. Louis
Oregon
Texas
Cockran
Seltergren & Pittman Baraboo
Wis
S. A. Pelton
Ladies Aid Society of the First M. E
Francis Kimball
Bertha Kimball
Watertown
M. W. A. Lodge
Emily Murray
Michael Briglia
John Varolla
Michael Varolla
Bureau of Statistics
A. W. Chase
Bright
Wa. Palardy
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R. W. Prothero
Third Ave
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