La Follette Endorsement Sparks Baraboo Challenge
Edward F. Dithmar of this city, an independent progressive candidate for governor, declares he will stay in the race against John J. Blaine. He argues La Follette’s backing of non partisan league candidates risks wiping out the progressive movement in Wisconsin. Dithmar cites support from progressives statewide and says he will pursue progressive legislation within the Republican party if nominated.
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Senator la Follette
League
Edward F. Dithmar
John J. Blaine
la Follette
Progressives
Dithmar
Wisconsin
Dithmars
Madison
Nonpartisan League
Republican Party
U S Alone to Aid Coal Famine
Illinois mine operators say settlement of the day workers strike hinges on Washington. FE C Searls, head of the Illinois Mine Operators Association, notes strikes have spread to Indiana Clinton and Terre Haute districts, idling fifty miles of the area. United Mine Workers president Ed Stewart at Terre Haute urges a conference of miners and operators to seek authorities’ settlement.
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Illinois
Washington
FE. C. Searls
Ilinois
United Mine Workers of America
Terre Haute
Lewis
Wisconsin Leads Union Commercial Record
Wisconsin shows the best commercial record among states with over 10 000 firms. Over the past ten years failures were fewer per firms than any state, and in the last three years Wisconsin had the lowest rate. About 50 000 concerns operate in Wisconsin with failures at about one half of one percent.
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Division of Immigration
Agricultural Department
State of
Wisconsin
Madison
U S Allocates German Oil Tankers for Europe Transport
A German subsidiary of Standard Oil Co oil tankers are allotted to the United States for petrol and oil shipments to Europe, per a reparations commission communication issued Saturday from Boston.
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Hight
Standard Oil Co
United States
Europe
Boston
Army forms to join with Muslims amid invasion fears
Observers arriving at Angora report Bolsheviks training an army of about 10 000 at Baku on the Caspian Sea for an invasion of Persia. They say the Bolsheviks plan to push into India after Persia and spark Muslim unity against the Turkish peace.
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Angora
Turkey
Baku
Caspian Sea
Persia
India
Baranovitchi
Minsk
Baraboo Triumphs Over Ableman In Slow game
Baraboo defeated Ableman 17 to 3 in a low scoring game. Trepton pitched beautifully for Baraboo with 10 strikeouts over 7 innings and 7 scattered hits. Baraboo collected 23 hits led by Stewart and Cooper with 4 each. Next Sunday Baraboo faces La Valle at the Lake and then Portage on Monday.
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Devils Lake
Reedsburg
la Valle
Baraboo
Ableman
Sweedish
Stewart
Cooper
Trepton
Lake
Portage
Corcoran
Weidman Cooper
Barnard Gannon
Barkley Stewart
Pope Ryan
Gall Trepton
Sweedish Rice
Plicka Haugh
Frank Hill
Harvey Frenz
Haugh
Brown and Gall
Falvey
Babble
Smith—Lavalle
Crandall
Glumski
Drowned boy Ivan Gibbs in Wiggins Bay Wisconsin River
Ivan Gibbs fifteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Carl Gibbs of Sumpter drowned Sunday afternoon while wading at Wiggins Bay Wisconsin River. Body recovered after drag hooks. Family and others at a river picnic. others could not swim. Remains taken to Sumpter home.
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Ivan Gibbs
Carl Gibbs
Sumpter
Wiggins Bay
Wisconsin
Ivan
Aged Civil War Veteran Dies in Madison Home
Charles Gussman aged 90 dies at his Madison home. A G A R member and former assistant state carpenter for 30 years, he was honoured in local circles.
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Madison
Charles Gussman
Harding Beliefs Outlined By Candidate in Address
The candidate presents comprehensive beliefs on budget reform the role of federal departments a strong navy and merchant marine immigration standards civil rights and law enforcement He calls for humble military needs fair taxation fair housing and improved relations with Mexico while stressing constitutional governance and honest law enforcement.
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Republic
America
Mexico
Car in ditch near Marshall farm Delton injures sister
Oscar Olson of Stoughton drove at high speed Saturday evening toward the second turn northwest of the Marshall farm near Delton when his car left the road and toppled into a ditch. One wheel broke and his sister was slightly hurt. others escaped. A number of passing machines aided, and the damaged car was taken to Delton. Two years earlier a Reedsburg car crashed at the same spot for the same reason.
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Oscar Olson
Stoughton
Marshall Farm
Delton
Reedsburg
Grave Crisis Confronting Europe Now
First hand information from C H Defosse to Senator Harding warns of an extreme grave crisis in Europe with Trotzke's army at about 1 75 million. He urges America to slow foreign commitments and focus on its own interests while Europe hovers on the edge of war. In Harlem a 21 year old Columbus, Ohio woman, Ivy Nasur, is jailed for masquerading as a man.
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Russia
Poland
Harding
C. H. Defosse
Defsse
Europe
Trotzke
America
Ivy Nasur
Columbus
Harlem
N. Y
Buffalo
Cleveland
Barnum & Bailey’s Circus
Detroit
Nasur
LaFollette Leads Progressive Republicans Meet in Madison
A conference of Progressive Republican candidates for the state ticket and U S Senate, led by Senator LaFollette, convened in Madison Sunday afternoon to map campaign plans. Attendees included James Thompson of La Crosse and others. George Comings absent due to prior speaking engagement. Separately, clashes at the Bedford State Reformatory for Women near New York left several state troopers injured as 27 black inmates armed with flatirons and weapons escaped into the woods.
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United States
Senator LaFollette
Madison
James Thompson
LaCrosse
John J. Blaine
Boscobel
Elmer S. Hall
Green Bay
Solomon Levitan
Adolph Kanneberg
Milwaukee
George F. Comings
Eau Claire
State Reformatory For Women
Bedford
New York
Seersgt
Frederick Faber
High Schools Help Analyze Featherstonhaugh Journal
Doctor Joseph Schafer leads a State Historical Society experiment using high school students to identify riverine features in G W Featherstonhaugh s 1835 Canoe Voyage up the Minway Sotor. Texts on the Wisconsin river portion were sent to Lone Rock Muscoda and Blue River high schools for geographic matching.
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Joseph Schafer
State Historical Society
G. W. Featherstonhaugh
Wisconsin River
Minway Sotor
Minnesota
Prairie du Bay
Helena Shot Tower
Blue River
Featherstonhaugh
Lone Rock Muscoda
Diary of British officer from Sixty-Third Infantry found in Canada attic
The authentic wartime diary of Captain William Hazelwood of the Sixty-Third Infantry details his unit landing on Boston Common June 13 1775 and fighting at Bunker Hill Long Island Philadelphia Germantown and other actions before his resignation in 1778 The discoverer traced the author using Army Lists and Howe's Orderly Book and suggests readers value original sources.
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Canada
Madison
Sixty-Third Infantry
Boston Common
Bunker Hill
America
Boston
Long Island
Hudson
Philadelphia
Germantown
Howe
William Hazelwood
England
Facts and figures from historical curiosities
The Vatican library holds more than 220000 volumes and 30000 manuscripts. The British Museum houses over thirty two miles of shelves of books. A fly pulling a tiny wagon can bear 170 times its weight. Oysters, when startled by thunder, could be killed in large numbers.
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The
British Museum
Tale of Two Brothers Named Oldest Fiction
The British Museum houses the Tale of Two Brothers, a three thousand year old fiction written for the son of King Merenpiah of Egypt. Signed by Seti II in two spots on the nineteen papyrus sheets, it was purchased by the museum in 1857.
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Merenpiah
Egypt
Seti
British Museum
Fire destroys 2000 Bombay cloth shops worth 10 million
A massive blaze in Bombay last Friday night razed about two thousand cloth shops in the city center. Officials estimate losses near ten million dollars and indicate no immediate recovery of the stock.
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Bombay
India
Germany approves draft law for disarming population
The German Government approved a draft law on Sunday that provides for disarmament of the population. Nearly half of U.S. presidents have been of Scotch or Scotch-Irish descent.
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Germany
United States
Disabled soldiers to study this summer at university
About 143 of the 200 disabled soldiers attending the university under the federal board of vocational education will remain in attendance during the 1920 summer session. Some of them will take special agricultural work.
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Federal Board of Vocational Education
Clockwork decoy duck mimics lifelike swimming action
A French inventor creates a clockwork decoy duck that uses a hidden mechanism to propel its feet and imitate natural swimming motions, offering a realistic lure or display piece.
Mothers in Iceland Guardians of Their Children
In Iceland the mother is described as the guardian of her children, reflecting a cultural stance on maternal responsibility and family protection. The article highlights the central role of mothers in child welfare and family life within Icelandic society.
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Iceland
Baraboo Visit By Mrs Shimnick and Family
Mrs John Shimnick and two daughters Meta and Ruth with Mrs Ernest Hanger toured Baraboo on Saturday for a brief visit.
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John Shimnick
Meta
Ruth
Ernest Hanger
Baraboo
Recital by Pupil Musicians of Mrs Grace Sheldon
Pupil musicians hosted by Mr and Mrs V S Pease staged a Saturday recital at Baraboo reflecting beginner progress. Mirian Weed and Margaret Ann Getthell performed three duets with Weed also soloing. several students including Helven Weiglow and Gertrude Zuch showcased solos. Mrs Sheldon and Robert Pease offered a duet and she presented two numbers in response to a request.
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Gertrude Zuch
Evelyn Platt
Marian Dwinnell
Margaret Zuch
Diehl Snyder
Robert Pease
Stephanie Schultz
Mrs. Sheldon
Clay Bank Collapse Kills Two Boys in Philadelphia
Two eight year old boys died Friday afternoon when a clay bank collapsed while they played beneath it in Philadelphia. Several other boys were reportedly buried as police dig for victims.
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Philadelphia
Wisconsin Rescue Party Struck by Shell Fire Near Kiev
American Red Cross workers strayed toward Bolshevik lines near the Kiev bridgehead and came under shell fire. The party, including Capt. Charles Philips of New Richmond, Wis., all escaped injury as medical supplies were being taken to a dressing station.
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Red Cross
Kiev
Charles Philips
New Richmond
Wis
Native U S Asters Color Range and Varieties
The article notes about 120 aster species native to the United States, with fifty four in northeastern regions. It highlights the New England aster as striking with violet purple flowers on a tall stem. It mentions British gardens growing mas d aisy and Swiss purple aster along New England highways with goldenrod for a purple and gold display.
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United States
America
New England
Train Interruption Foils Bathing Scene Joke
A Chicago and Alton railroad man watched a bathing scene in a movie with young women disrobing near a railroad track. A freight train passed just as the moment would have shown them in the pool, prompting the man to stay for another showing, noting the train won’t be on time twice.
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Chicago and Alton
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