President Roosevelts rebuke of Diekema over judiciary clash
Washington April 9 Representative G J Diekema faced a sharp rebuke from President Roosevelt after Diekema defended a subcommittee censure of Judge Wilfley. The incident drew praise for Diekema from allies in Washington and his home state, while highlighting tensions with minority leader John Sharp Williams over executive criticism of a representative.
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Diekema
Washington, D. C
G. J. Diekema
Judiciary Committee
Wilfrey
Wilfley
Shanghai
John Sharp Williams
House
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Nearby Cities Towns And Farms Near McGregor Iowa
A roundup of local movements and visits from McGregor Iowa listing residents returning from Mason City Prescott Chicago and Dubuque. Notable mentions include ferry updates river traffic and community events with several residents traveling for family visits illness care and relocation.
A Lazy Painter and the Stanlaws Style Critique
A young artist named Haig Patigian, after early work as a sign painter and illustrator, faced adversity and a firing from a firm for failing to finish drawings. A patron cited his habit of drawing only outlines, leaving details to imagination, even skipping precise measurements. The anecdote appears in the San Francisco Call.
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Haig Patigian
Patigian
Stanlaws
San Francisco
Not All From France
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press notes an opera audience member asking about the Frenchness of costumes. The exchange suggests many gowns were made locally while some performers appeared Parisian, and it includes a quip about a church fire and firemen who could not play on it.
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Shere
Trempealeau News Roundup From Ridge to City
Falls visited with Rev and Mrs Williams. pastors deaf mutes serving Upper Iowa conferences at Du buque Davenport Cedar Rapids Mason City Decorah and more. Trempealeau notes include baptisms farm work weather sickness visits and farewell sermon by Rev Murphy in Congregational church.
Fish's Daughter Is Now a Matron
A report notes a prior assault occurred long ago when the man was found in the islands by a trapper, propped against a tree with paralysis on the right side. Remains were brought to town. Various locals travel, visit, or conduct business in Rochester and Prairie du Chien as smallpox sweeps Lafayette households.
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Islands
J. Ellefson
Rochester
Local notes from Lansing Iowa—witness, housing, and obituaries
B F Thomas served as witness in Bakewell case at Waukon last week. John Segman improved after illness, while Harvey Miner visits on county business. Several new houses planned for spring for W F Saam Gus Dee and George Alberts. H F Gaunitz at Brownsville. Dr and Mrs Yeoman and brother return from a week outing. Wm Noffer seeks medical aid in La Crosse. Will Cowan visits. Dr S C Meyers travels to Dakota for land interests. City council meets as board of equalization. Clint Mulholland hosts brother from Waukon. Maggie Pierce and Wm Riddie of Jefferson to marry soon. Mrs T H Bakewell hosts Ladies Aid. Norwegian ladies meet at Rud home. Dr Lyttle visits Dubuque. M Carlyle and wife, residing north of Lansing, die of paralysis and heart trouble. death occurs in his tent while listening to his wife reading. Continuous local life notes and obit.
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Frances MacReynolds
Elgin
Rob Roy
McGregor
Prairie du Chien
George Bryan
Bemidji, Minn
Ray Schumaker
Macale
St. Paul
Grace
A. J. Widman
Lansing
George Lowell
Iroquois
S. D
Belle Clark
Wall
Mendow
Adam Erbe
Lester Johnson
Simon Luefer
Paul
Henry Kossack
Fairview
Montana
Rebeccas
Helen Blair
Light House Department
Catherine Perry Henderson
Santa Cruz
Cal
Caroline White
Brooks
Grace Kennedy
Gill Church
Milton Boyle
Lulu Jones
Anna
Mies Gunda Gronning
Espte
Amund Hetland
Arthur Hagen
la Crosse
Louis Skride
Bostwick Valley
F. Marden
Lange Farm
Hilmer Nelson
Geo
Ludwick Braidel
Merman Kohlmire
Joe Miller
Kasper Miller
B. F. Thomas
Waukon
Bakewell
John Segman
South Side
Harvey Miner
W. F. Saam
Gus Dee
Geo. Alberts
H. F. Gaunitz
Brownsville
Clint Mulholland
Maggie Pierce
Wm. Riddie
Jefferson
T. H. Bakewell
M. E. Church
L. O. Rud
Dr. Lyttle
Dubuque
M. Carlyle
Mr. Carlyle
Local visitors and residents depart Trempealeau region
Geo. M. Dudley of West Salem and Attorney Raymond of La Crosse were business visitors in Trempealeau Monday and Wednesday respectively. Mrs. Ingalls returned from Kansas City where she spent the winter with her daughter Mrs. Gibbons. Lydia Jones of Bangor is spending time in the area.
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Dean Wilcox
Thomas Wilcox
E. L. Hensel
Rev. Owen
Whitehall
Trempealeau
Jule Freas
Walter Rose
la Crosse
C. H. Adams
Caledonia
Ill
Arthur Drugan
Carl Johnson
Harry Hanson
Lake City
Minn
Jewel Nursery
Geo. M. Dudley
West Salem
Mrs. Ingalls
Kansas City
Gibbons
Raymond
Lydia Jones
Bangor
Naval Scares and the Illusion of Quick Fleet Victory
The Pall Mall Gazette argues that talk of crushing the fleet is baseless. History shows naval powers rarely engage decisively, with the French fleet staying near Toulon and British ships avoiding costly action in the Baltic during Crimea.
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Crushig
Toulon
Neilson
Baltic
Crimea
Unique Record Walked Entire North British Railway
William Fulton Jackson, general manager of the North British railway, holds a unique record for walking the entire length of the 1 240 mile system. He asks what other general manager could claim to have walked over the whole railway line.
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William Fulton Jackson
North British Railway
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J. K. Gray
Mason City
N. D. Williams
Prescott
Arizona
Elkader
Charles Wolf
L. Gallant
Chicago
Charlotte Kossack
James Allen
Fred Sloane
Marion
Q. A. Sloane
John Fitzimmons
Harpers Ferry
Wm. Fox
Taylor
Minneapolis
Ed Bergman
Frauen Verein
Elmer Brewer
Fayette and Oelwein
Florence Clark
Cedar Rapids
Bessie Heck
Ossian
Frank Larabee
Bessie
Daubenberger
Staysia
Lyle, Minn
Emma Hagensick
Monona
Stuart
Peter Zahn
Charles Fessman
France
Philadelphia Press
Secrets
Agers
J. C. Ayer Co., Manufacturing Chemists
Lowell, Mass
Henry N. Boehm
Busi
Continental
H. M. Lindenthal
America
Roelofs
Pany
Frank Thomas
Galesville
Hibbing
Thomas
Murphy
Portiad
Ore
Fish
H. Schierholz
P. Murphy
Lafayette
J. Nuterberger
Wilkin
Cherry Mount
H. A. Brouillet
Temphall
Jos
Shisler
George Roeder
Leo Hufschmidt
Will
Leo Tully
North Dakota
F. W. Hancock
CG. W. Hufschmidt, Jr
William Lawrence Breese
Julia Kean Fish
Tiamilton Fish
Iowa
Trempealeau, Wis
NAVAL
Pall Mall Gazette
Railway Magazine
J. B. Murray
LaCrosse
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