Goggins Declines State Railroad Chairmanship
The declination of Bernard R. Coggins to accept the chairmanship of the state railroad commission is distinctly disappointing. Governor Davidson’s selection drew wide approval across parties and newspapers. Coggins cites private duties and family welfare, but notes other well qualified men exist. A Madison dispatch suggests a return to Roemer Bashford or Sturdevant, with Davidson unlikely to depart from his inclusive stance. The piece argues the next chairman will likely be a gentleman, a scholar, and a Democrat, reflecting broad political support.
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Bernard R. Coggins
State Railroad Commission
Davidson
Bashford
Sturdevant
Rochester Camera Plant Could Bring Jobs to La Crosse
Report by Bentley and Reid lauds a Rochester based camera company considering relocation to La Crosse. The firm runs year round with about 100 workers and meets strong demand, underscoring how local payrolls fuel general prosperity by circulating wages in the community.
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Messrs. Bentley and
Reid
Rochester
la Crosse
Men of Note James Speyer Banker and Philanthropist
James Speyer a prominent New York banker and railroad financier, born in New York on July 23 1861, educated in Germany, married Elin L Prince in November 1897, led Speyer banking house in Frankfurt London and Paris before moving to New York. He aided poor Jews in New York and helped found and served as treasurer of the Provident Loan Association.
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James Speyer
New York
Germany
Speyer
Ellin L. Prince
Frankfort-on the-Main
London
Paris
New York City
Provident Loan Association
Revised tale on Korean prince visit stirs anti Japanese alliance talk
The nephew of the deposed Korean emperor is depicted as seeking a U.S. alliance against Japan. The piece notes the Mikado may intend to attack the Philippines, but views the visit as aimed at driving Washington toward backing the dethroned Korean dynasty.
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Philippines
United States
Railroad commission resumes work with railroads
The railroad commission continues limited operations with state railroads and hints at potential actions against express companies. A limelight seeking doctor warns, “Don’t cross your legs, girls,” while a clubman quips that it’s good for sore eyes.
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Railroad Commission
Immigrant Girls Are Winners in Boston Transcript
A Boston Transcript reflection portrays immigrant girls advancing through discipline and development, emerging self aware and ready for work or family leadership with defined plans for the future, contrasting with a passive market. The piece frames growth as steady and hopeful, urging confidence in opportunity.
Indian Woman Lawyer Guards Ancestor's Grave
Miss Lyda Conley, a pioneering Indian woman lawyer in Kansas City, has built a cottage in Huron cemetery and will use a shotgun to guard her mother's grave from government efforts to sell the Wyandot burial site. The case arose after a federal court ruling against her request to halt dispossession.
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Kansas City
Kan
Lyda Conley
Huron Cemetery
Sam
Ciate
Ohio
Kansas
Miss Conley
Federal Circuit Court
Princesse Chemise Pattern 5735 for waistline tuck or draw
Pattern 5735 describes a combined corset cover and petticoat that can be tucked above or drawn in at the waist. It uses batiste with Valenciennes lace or alternatives and offers variations with beading embroidery and ribbons. Sizes 32 to 42 bust, material lists provided, mailed patterns available for ten cents plus optional two cent stamp for faster delivery.
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Batiste
Fashion Department
Just Life A Joke for the Column
A light comic riff fills a newsroom column with quips and cartoons about jokes, editors, delinquents, and the dangers of a world ending by comet, plus a running gag about a new copper and a wary police beat. Nearby snippets reference mosquitos, a clam commission, and rural readers.
Tested Nut Cake With Maple Icing Recipe
A tested nut cake recipe with maple frosting details. Ingredients include butter sugar milk flour baking powder vanilla eggs and walnuts. Instructions describe creaming, folding, layering, and a three layer bake with a maple sugar frosting and optional caramel alternative. One similar recipe was shared last week.
Sympathy for the Filipinos and a tale of inner strife
In a reflective column on colonial politics the piece critiques Filipino subservience to American power. A dramatic excerpt from a melodrama follows Jim, Diana, and Henry as secrets, love, and suspicion erupt within a noble household. Henry confronts Diana with ruinous accusations, Jim and Diana acknowledge their feelings, and a mother recalls her lost child as dawn reveals a house engulfed by conflict.
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Jim
Henry
Diana
Lady Elizabeth
Bates
Petrie
Elizabeth
Agripina
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles in Georgia Verse
A verse from the Atlanta Constitution recounts quips and cranks with a deacon and preacher in a church scene. The preacher wishes to wake as light nears while the deacon, amid singing, must close his eyes to faith’s sway.
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Atlanta Constitution
We All Say It Rich Man Aged John D Hookline
A fragmentary item echoes a line about a man with soul and a half chance to be rich like John D. The text preserves a rhetorical, period voice and hints at a proverbial or satirical note about wealth.
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John D
Not Popular. Seventeenth Century Songs Preferred by Mr Suphrer
In a witty exchange Miss Skreecher asks Mr Suphrer what songs he loves. He answers that he favors the seventeenth century because no one sings them nowadays. The cartoonish humor reflects a Punch style quip.
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Miss Skreecher
Mr. Supherer
Suphrer
The New Excuse Ballooner Falls From Roof
A farmer confronts a housebreaker armed with a shotgun. The intruder, claiming Aero club membership, explains he fell from a balloon, offering a comic avoidance of his wrongdoing and a quirky dodged consequence.
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Aero Club
Quip on Bryn Mawr Girl Sparks Beach Banter
A witty exchange mocks a Bryn Mawr student who is described as very beautiful yet shunned by beachgoers. The joke hinges on her habit of correcting others while she herself lacks modest self-restraint.
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Bryn Mawr
Bills Bills The Fair Visitor and The Artist
A brief item notes letters about bills at a fair with humorous wordplay. It mentions oversize notions of bills and a reference to a visiting figure and an artist, signaling a light column or quip. No critical events or names are provided.
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Morocco
Boston Transcript
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