Park Commission Appointments Stir Chronicle Critique
The Chronicle critiques Mayor Anderson’s nonpartisan pledge while reporting the appointment of Henry Gund Edward L. Colman L F Easton and Joseph M Hixon as park commissioners Three appointees are Republicans Colman and Hixon two Democrats Gund crossed into the Republican column during Bryan era The piece questions payless service and the proposed ordinance broad authority for the mayor and council
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Anderson
Messrs
Henry Gund
Edward L. Colman
L. F. Easton
Joseph M. Hixon
Messrs. Gund
Colman
Easton and Hixon
Hixon
Gund
Bryan
Park Commissioner Appointments Questioned
The article argues the park board appointments by Mayor Easton show no political sacrifice of fitness. It denounces dishonest insinuations about political influence and defends the commissioners as having honorable qualifications. It cautions readers against claims of a political trap or gubernatorial ambitions.
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Park Board
La Follette’s Lack Of Delegates Sparks Gag Power Critique
Taft loyalists celebrate Minnesota convention results showing La Follette failed to gain a place among delegates. Authors argue primaries would have boosted La Follette’s quoted share, predicting broader support in several states and the potential to contest the nomination on the first ballot if Taft falters.
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Taft
la Follette
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Oregon
Washington
Council Dispatch Shows Accurate Snappy Method
The dispatch notes the common council's brisk handling of a varied docket, illustrating efficient public business procedure and orderly deliberation.
Wisconsin Senator La Follette illness noted during session
The illness of Senator La Follette is regretted as the session nears its close. Wisconsin hopes for his speedy recovery and values the active leadership time remaining.
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la Follette
Wisconsin
House OKs Aldrich currency bill amid do nothing reputation
The House of Representatives yesterday pronounced the death sentence on the Aldrich currency bill. Perhaps to redeem its reputation as a do nothing congress that was its greatest achievement of the session.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Definition of a philanthropist by a teacher in a 1910s tale
A teacher explains philanthropy as the effort to help others and imagines real impact by giving freely to the needy. She asks a boy named Tommy Saunders what she would be, and he quips that she would be a cinch, illustrating a classroom moment from Woman's Home Companion.
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Tommy Saunders
Play on the ground floor says wise friend
A Catholic Tribune item records a man caught cheating at cards who fears being kicked downstairs and receives timely counsel to continue the game on the ground floor. The quip reflects a witty, prudent response to a risky bluff.
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Catholic Tribune
The Wrong Kind at a Colored Party
A brief Yonkers Statesman excerpt shows dialogue about a safety razor, with Sam asking its use at a colored party and the boss explaining. The exchange highlights humorous misunderstanding and social context in a historical local paper.
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Yonkers Statesman
Busy Day Notes and Community Snippets
A collage of brief local items sketches daily life. W. E. Sparling rides to La Crosse and returns on a delayed Green Bay line. Roy Hughes promotes sheep shearing services in Grand Meadow. Bartenders brace for a dry spell, editor Klock switches to chicken farming. Leo Tebay’s late school excuse involves a burro. Pat Doyle visits La Crosse en route to Elgin for a life saving parlor job. A baby boy arrives at Sever Goodne’s, Waterloo Creek draws attention.
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W. E. Sparling
la Crosse
Green Bay
Northwestern
Grand Crossing
Trempealeau
Pat
Pat Doyle
Elgin
Illinois
New Albin
Waterloo Creek
Sever Goodne
The Modesty of Women and Favorite Prescription
An advertisement extols Favorite Prescription as a cure for drains irregularity and female weakness. It touts non alcoholic formula with printed ingredients and multiple professional endorsements. Also promotes Dr R V Pierce's Medical Adviser and Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels.
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Orce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Father John's Medicines Nourish and Strengthen the Body
An old advertisement touts Father John s Medicines as providing essential nourishment for the body. It claims the product strengthens each organ, builds up the body, and drives out impurities through regular use.
Dress for very young girls with half necks and epaulettes
Fashion hints describe a dainty dress for little girls with half low necks and sleeves ending above the elbows. White Persian lawn trimmed with embroidery or lace is suggested, with Dresden dimities and epaulettes making the outfit charming yet simple. Pattern 5965 covers sizes 2, 4, and 6 years and can be mailed from the Fashion Department for ten cents, with extra postage for quicker delivery.
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Dresden
Fashion Department
The Ottoman Concession Plot Between Max and Adam
In a London supper club scene Max is drawn into a covert scheme with Jean Adam to secure a twelve thousand pound Ottoman railway concession. Osman’s letter hints at a lucrative deal through Constantinople with a Turkish official, while Max, disenchanted with society, weighs bold financial risk against Marion Rolfe’s quiet influence.
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Osman
Yildiz
Nisch
Servia
San Giovanni di Medua
Adriatic
Muhil Pasha
Muhil
Constantinople
Paris
Adam
Sublime Porte
Austria
Bulgaria
Marion
Eva Townley
Chancery
Marion Rolfe
Haute Monde
London
Mayfair
Browne-Smith
Tooting
Duchess of Dorsetshire
Grosvenor Square
Claude Greene
Clapham
Jimmy James
Park Lane
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles Roller Skates Fad
A verse from the Detroit Free Press rails at rollerskating as a fad. A husband vows to resist the trend while recounting ways his wife Nellie has coaxed him to tie her shoes and button her waist as she rolls by on roller skates.
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Nellie
Detroit Free Press
Politics as a trying profession in life and politics
A quoted exchange discusses whether politics differs from private life. Senator Sorghum remarks that politics is not so different from private life, with friends praising and enemies criticizing a figure, reflecting a Washington Star-style viewpoint.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
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