Corruption and reform echoes from past politics
A survey of historic graft shows central figures like Tweed profiting from railroad schemes and land grants while politicians in the present echo similar tactics. The piece links era scandals to modern demagogues, voter manipulation, and machine politics across cities and nations.
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Central Pacific Railroad
Wisconsin The land of milk cows and many factories
A feature on Wisconsin portrays a balance of farming and industry. It highlights vast dairy output, diverse manufacturing from farm machinery to paper mills, and the state’s lakes, forests, and railroads. It notes immigrant roots, boundary changes, and growth from territory to state with strong rural and industrial identity.
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Edward Emerine
Wisconsin
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U.S
Consin
United States
Badger State
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Coulee
Mississippi
Great Lakes
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Lake Geneva
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Iim
Jean Nicolet
Green Bay Area
Nicolet
Wiskonsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas and Lines
Chicago
Michigan
Ohio
Ilinois
Indiana
OPA
Congress
House of Representatives
Washington Digest on Soviet Aid and OPA Clash
A veteran observer weighs Americas strategy in Europe and the Soviet role, arguing that aiding Russia prolonged the conflict. The piece critiques Roosevelt and Churchill, notes noism in Soviet history, discusses OPA politics, barber union bid to educate the public, and a humorous anecdote about the Great Seal and Secretary Hull.
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WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Germany
Europe
Russia
America
England
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Greece
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France
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Stalin
Eisenhower
Boswell
Butcher
Ike
State Department
Security Council
Ghengis Khan
Lillian ©. Watford
Tri-State Atomic Information Committee
Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
House
United States
Hull
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Mr. Hull
Tye
Hoard's Dairyman Founder Shaped Wisconsin Dairy Drive
In Fort Atkinson around 1870 editor William Dempster Hoard warned farmers away from wheat toward dairying. He published campaigns in Hoard's Dairyman and promoted tours that shifted Wisconsin from grain to livestock, drawing German and Scandinavian farmers into dairy and reducing wheat output.
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University of Wisconsin At Madison
Wiliam Dempster Hoard
Wisconsin
Hoard
Fort Atkinson
Hoard'’s
Dairyman
Heard
Barbs and Banter on Farm Prices and Prices and Prosaic Pleasantries
The fragment lampoons shifts in farm work hours and dairy timing amid rising consumer costs. A shopper notes butter at 66 cents and jokes about a clerk charging for strawberry cream in a chocolate soda, reflecting playful skepticism about everyday inflation and service.
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