Remarkable Careers of Governors Beckham Cummins and More
Wisconsin Ames Davidson, successor to La Follette, rose from Norwegian immigrant to state treasurer and governor. Kentucky’s John Beckham, son of governors, led after Goebel era, famed for integrity and anti lynching stance. Idaho’s Frank Gooding, famed sheep rancher, attended Philadelphia launching of the Idaho. Albert Cummins of Iowa, reformist governor, fought tariffs and railroad rates, known as Handsome Albert.
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Ames C. Davidson
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
United States Senate
Castle Garden
Norway
Madison
Wis
America
Soldiers’ Grove
Crawford County
Ilis
Yim
Beckham
Kentucky
Blackburn
Gochel
Goebel
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham
Wickliffe
Charles A. Wickliffe
Mentucky
Robert C. Wickliffe
Louisiana
Frank R. Gooding
Idaho
Philadelphia
W. C. Hunter
Frozen Dog
Ida
The
Howling Wolf
Grizzly Pete
Hunter
Pete
Frozen Dog Vigilance Committee
Bert B. Cummins
Dolliver
Cumming
Iowa
Albert
Des Moines
Apollo
Cummins
The Great Force of a Six Inch Water Stream
A detailed account compares a six inch water jet and its power with massive effects, citing a 1 960 foot head at Mill creek plant producing 5 200 hp and a pressure around 560 psi. It notes a Butte creek jet reaching 20 000 feet per minute, driving a powerful wheel at 94 mph and 400 rpm, and describes the vast potential of such jets to erode earth and crack walls.
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Hamilton Wright
Mill Creek
Butte Creek
California
Reasonable Enough Why She Rejected Amateur Theatricals
In the Chicago Record-Herald conversation Miss Elderleigh rejects amateur charity drama saying no sense and moral decline come from it. She argues professionals should act and charity is better done without costly productions. Her cousin counters they educate and improve manners through performance.
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Miss Elderleigh
Clumsy Brute Incident On Stairs Ends With Apology
A gentleman treads on a lady's dress on a staircase near a popular establishment. She accuses him, but then learns he is a stranger, replying sweetly that she thought he was her husband. Captioned in the Tit-Bits style of social humor.
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Rhodes
Oxford
It Had Ita Points and Quiet Loneliness
A clergyman visits a widowed old man and consoles him for loneliness. The man, jokingly reframes his grief, noting that despite loneliness, the quiet of his life brings peace. The piece blends quip and reflection on balance and folly.
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Maister
Lonesone
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M. Mayer, Jr
Covington
Indiana
Fountain Trust Company
Washington Street
Covington, Ind
Pure New York
Abe
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Wabash
Danville
Illinois
McClure’s
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Baker’s Railroad
McClure’s Magazine
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Frisco Road
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Chicago
St. Louis Union Station
Frisco
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
R. S
H. Richardson
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J.C. W. Beckham
A. B. Cummine
J. O. Davidson
Gooding
Power OF
Metropolitan Opera House
Pierpont Morgan
New York Press
Russia
London Spectator
Horace Hutchinson
Nippon
Mme. de Thebes
Mother Shipton
Dumas Fils
Paris
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Attica
B. W. Richardson
NOR Gauy
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Lham
W. Richeson. Agert
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Danville Junction
Evansville
Dansville
Chicaro
Nuanville
Thanaritla
Chicago & Evansville
Chicago & Evansville Night Express
Chicago &Nashville Limited
Chicago & Florida Limited
ST. Louts
Danvilla
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Junction
Danzite
Tewaa
Mall
Expresa
Veedersburg
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W.H. Richardson
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