Oceanic Navy Comparisons Stirrical Critics and Crises
Critics compare navies of England Germany and the United States after the Atlantic squadron’s record voyage and target practice. English and German fleets suffer several disasters including a destroyed destroyer, a magazine explosion, and 32 deaths. A Japanese cruiser Matshushima sinks after a magazine detonation killing 290 sailors.
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United States Navy
England
Germany
Uncle Sam
Atlantic Squadron
Onalaska chosen site for agricultural college
The La Crosse County board settled on Onalaska as the college location after spirited countywide debate. La Crosse did not pursue the project as a suburban site, and West Salem shifted to secure the site here, with "eternal fitness" arguments guiding the decision.
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Agricultural College
Onalaska
la Crosse County
la Crosse
West Salem
La Crosse county backs college decision in village fight
In a spirited contest involving West Salem Bangor and Onalaska, La Crosse county lines up behind the choice for a county college. The vote showed regional unity with Bangor West Salem and Onalaska supporting the strongest applicant and La Crosse county unity cited as the key factor. The piece urges support for the chosen site and shifts focus to regional concerns like roads and schools.
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West Salem
Onalaska
Bangor
la Crosse
Harvard
Yale
la Crosse County
Bangor Independent
West Salem Nonpareil-Journal
United States
Merchant Letter Cites Circulation Figures
A correspondence labeled Mr. Merchant cites circulation numbers split by more than 6,000 versus under 1,500, highlighting a stark contrast in readership. The exchange implies debate over audience reach and publication reach.
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Mr. Merchant
Anarchist Meeting Incident Told by Detec tive
H K Adair recalls in Detroit how an anarchist meeting ended with a speaker denouncing police and a security guard declaring I am a policeman The speaker then admits to being a coward and pleads to return to his seat in a vivid New York Times anecdote
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H. K. Adair
Detroit
Paterson
New York Times
Why He Married Again
An Ohio lawyer recalls a German farmer who recently buried his wife yet calmly states he has remarried. The blunt man explains his wife is dead as ever and that he is now legally and practically tied to a new marriage, reflecting a hard‑living, plain attitude.
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Ohio
Teuton
Rolfe
Max
Cromwell Road
Charlie
Maud
Villa Des Fleurs
Aix-les-Bains
Sam Statham
London
Locked in the iron tree-guard incident in Seattle
A Seattle man, intoxicated and wandering home, encounters an iron tree-guard. He grasps the bars and circles the tree twice before collapsing in despair, lamenting his fate as he becomes lost in the forest. This peculiar mishap appears in Everybody's Magazine.
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Seattle
Popping the Question in Whimsical Verse
A playful Bohemian line features corn and wind trading a breezy exchange about whispers and listening ears, labeled as a lighthearted quotation. The exchange reads Hello whispered by corn and Yes, wind has sought the ear for some time, capturing a whimsical mood.
I Hear You Are Engaged To One Of The Richboy Twins
In a light Illustrated Bits item, a reader asks how to tell the Richboy twins apart for an engagement rumor. The response notes difficulty distinguishing them, highlighting celebrity intrigue with a tongue in cheek tone.
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Richboy Twins
Rolfe
Max
Maud
Nature Faking Wall Flowers at a Codfish Ball
A playful article asks if fishes dance at a stylish codfish ball proposing that nature fakes wall flowers by wondering what fishes do when invited. It humorously questions aquatic etiquette and social scenes among marine life.
No Noise Anoys an Oyster Cheer Across the Rink
A playful verse notes the oysters shouting a college yell to disrupt law and order as each shell opens and bells out Raw Raw Raw in a humorous nautical campus scene.
The Moths Appetite
A quirky note on a buxom moth that seems to grow fat by simply eating a hole, a humorous observation on its insatiable appetite.
Stung a study of the busy bee for the young
A brief note explores how studying busy bees may guide youth in industry and work habits, while warning that the insects can sting. The piece emphasizes curiosity, practical learning, and caution in handling nature.
Little Dollie Dimples at La Crosse Theater
Spotlight on C Herbert Kerr’s operatic comedy in two acts set around New York Paris and America starring Grace Cameron as Dollie Dimples. The plot follows a waif’s rise from street life to Paris stages and back to claim an inherited estate with Robert Loraine aiding her.
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Dollie Dimples
C. Herbert Kerr
Dainty Grace Cameron
New York City
Miss Cameron
Paris
America
Dollie
Robert Loraine
Mayme Green
Alexander Comstock
al Lawrence
Florence Langdon Tempest
Louis Lor’lon
Phoebe
Jessie Cardownie
Will Philbrick
Daisy King
Elm City
Pony Ballet
la Crosse Theater
Flints Bring Six Nights of Laughs to Temple Theater
The Flints opened a six night engagement at Temple theater in Alton with nonstop humor. Dr Flint spoke on hypnotism and tested volunteers on concentration while Mrs Flint wowed the audience with hypnotic feats and bright wit. Her stage presence and graceful manner carried the show, delivering a hour and a half of rapid, humorous stunts that left the crowd roaring.
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Mrs. Flint
Watch a Man Peel an Apple for a Bite
A simple scene shows a man peeling an apple, inviting the viewer to imagine a fresh bite. The action centers on the fruit and the act of peeling, conveying a small moment of everyday life.
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Promises Blood Purifier Benefits
Pierce's medicines claim to be made from native forest roots without alcohol and triple refined glycerine. The Golden Medical Discovery is advertised as a blood purifier stomach tonic and bowel regulator that helps head and throat catarrhs, weak stomach, torpid liver, bronchial troubles, and hang-on coughs, with cautions to use patiently for best results.
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Pierce
Important to All Women Readers of This Paper
Women are as subject to kidney troubles as men and may suffer back pain headaches and loss of ambition. Kidney health affects overall wellbeing. Swamp-Root, a kidney liver and bladder remedy, has helped many women regain strength and vitality. Send for a free sample bottle by mail to Dr Kilmer & Co. Bing hamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
One Piece Child's Dress Popular This Season
Fashion notes from May Manton describe a simple one piece dress for children in pale blue linen or washable fabrics. Features include belt, shoulder straps, and cuffs in embroidery, with easy invisible shoulder closure and minimal seams. Pattern 5969 covers ages 2, 4, and 6 and costs ten cents plus optional postage.
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Fashion Department
Wolves Fill Michigan Countrys Vast Frontier
A Detroit Free Press survey estimates up to 200 timber wolves in upper Michigan, with wolves present in all fifteen peninsula counties. Despite reports of as many as 500 wolves killed in the past year, wolves remain plentiful as woodsmen insist the population holds steady amid broad wilderness. Bounties paid in Luce and Dickinson counties show ongoing effort to curb the animals.
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Detroit Free Press
Federal Biological Survey
Upper Michigan
Peninsula
Luce County Board
Dickinson County
Origin of Yankee Pronunciation Traced to Suffolk Families
In 17th century Suffolk families carried their distinctive vowel sounds to America, forging the modern gemi nasal Yankee twang that later defined regional speech.
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London Spectator
America
Meeting After Years Caught By Weather Joke
Two old acquaintances unexpectedly meet in the street and exchange warm greetings. They remark on how little they have changed and wonder why they have not visited sooner, noting the weather as a light, humorous excuse. Tit-Bits style light humor.
Dickery Dickery Dock Secret Tick Nest
A playful verse twist explains the clock strikes one as a mouse slips down the clock. The punchline reveals the mouse’s nest is full of ticks, reframing the familiar Mother Goose rhyme with a cheeky, rhythmic wink.
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Mother Goose
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