Wisconsin lawmakers clash over foreign language education
The Wisconsin legislature debated bills on foreign language instruction and old age pensions. Senate leaders moved to postpone or defeat measures while a proposal to reorganize the National Guard was advanced, and a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt was killed in the lower house.
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Xeeviee Toman
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Samuel Fallows
Chcago
University of Wisconsin
Bison Matlows
University of Wisconsin Chub of
Chicago
Thirty-second Wisconsin Infantry
Tortfeth’ Wisconsin Infantry
Perrysmith Wisconsin Infantry
United States Army
Wisconsin towns report crop yields and war honors
Douglas county seeds exceed last year with oats leading at about 10 000 acres and wheat rye barley soybeans flax corn and potatoes among totals. Sergt Walter Tippett awarded Croix de Guerre with bronze star for bravery. Watertown freight service expands. Lawrence college fundraising plan shares. Appleton mid September junior high move. multiple local incidents and civic notes across towns from Madison to Kenosha and beyond.
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How to Make an American Flag with Ribbons
A historical guide explains two methods to construct a flag using two inch silk ribbons. It details dimensions for a flag about 42 by 26 inches, material needs totaling six yards white and six and a half yards red, and 48 stars arranged in six by eight on a seven by seven inch canton. It notes the 13 stripes and the 13 stars pattern adopted by Congress on June 14 1777 and recounts Betsy Ross’s disputed role in the flag’s creation, with later adoption of 48 stars in 1912 and the fixed 6 by 8 star arrangement.
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Flag Day and the Liberty Symbol in Public Life
The article recounts Gen. Horace Porter’s call to keep the flag visible everywhere from courts to public spaces. It notes Flag Day origins in 1889 by Prof. George Balet, ties to June 14, 1777, and Betsy Ross’s legendary sewing of the first flag. It ends praising liberty, equality, and national heroes as the flag’s enduring meaning.
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Republic
First Man to Carry Flag to Europe
Historian note recalls Lafayette passing the Bastille key to Thomas Paine in 1790 to take to America and deliver to George Washington. Paine wrote from London that he sent the key to J Rutledge Jr. and declined being bearer on grounds tied to return to Paris for the Constitution. Paine likely the first to carry the American flag in a European procession.
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Money vanishes from hole bank in Essex Market case
In Essex Market court Marg's stocking became central as evidence showed $28 reserved from a savings bank and handed to Mary Glavek. Witnesses testified Feonor picked up money from the door, but Justice Simms noted no charge of larceny from the person since the defendant did not rifle the stocking. Feodor was dismissed for lack of evidence about missing $20.
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Alarm Clock Rescues Family From Gas Fumes
The Willian Reuss family of 610 Trnd Street narrowly escaped a deadly gas release when an alarm clock jolted the household awake. Mr and Mrs Reese and their children, Hattie, Matry, and a son, suffered gas effects but were saved by opening windows and medical aid.
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Conmelaus
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Lock of Hair in Letter Brings Suit
London. At Neath Elizabeth Thomas of Cerclstreat Neath applied for a variation of a maintenance order against her husband Philip Thomas of Ynyscedwyn House Cadoxton Neath. Counsel for the woman and the defendant appeared. A summons by the husband for discharge of the separation order was also heard. In cross examination the complainant denied friendship with any man. She said she began proceedings after finding in his pocket a note from a woman named Gertie. A dock of hale was enclosed and asked if he took responsibility. The bench dismissed both summonses.
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Boll
Contractor charged with bigamy in New York
Louis Kroger, a contractor, was arrested on a bigamy charge. He allegedly has five wives dating back to 1884. The indictment follows a complaint by Anna B. Lange, who says she married him in 1905.
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Une
Pat Went Home In Barrel In Ragged Town Tale
A fractured report details Pat Rowen fleeing in a barrel after a mugging in Uichicheta Indiana with a ragged taunt. The story cites a mistaken identity case involving Bertha Jensen posing as Private John Jones and a funeral smoking request by W S Goodwin in Boothsville West Virginia.
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Pat Rowen
Weakened Mothers Find Relief with Vegetable Compound
A Philadelphia woman describes recovery from nervous indigation and fatigue after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for three months. The testimonial highlights common maternal strains and claims restored health, energy, and appetite. The piece promotes the product as a remedy for run-down nerves and related symptoms.
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Philadelphia
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North Taylor St
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Worthline
Swamp Root for Kidney Ailments Ad Claims Cure
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as the premier remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It urges readers to start treatment promptly at drug stores or request a sample bottle by sending ten cents to Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. The piece blends testimonial dialogue with a caution about finances and ends with a brief unrelated quotation.
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Mort Canes, Jr
Binghamton
N.Y
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