La Crosse News Topics: Tax Powers Roads and Baseball
An editorial notes a judge's comment on income tax prompts a Tribune reminder of Justice Brewer. It argues against influencing legislation but urges focus on law interpretation. The piece questions a county board proposal to fund roads with tax labor, suggests European style road works, and urges locals to support the La Crosse baseball franchise to avoid a dead city label.
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Brown
Chicago Tribune
Brewer
the Tribune
Oscar Hulberg
la Crosse
Europe
Controversy Over Ballinger and Pinchot Plays To Public Eye
A Chicago commentary argues the Ballinger Pinchot rift centers on method not aim. It warns of expanding water power rights and monopoly risk while praising Pinchot’s stance and public property protection. It notes Roosevelt’s lands withdrawals and Taft’s wary policy. A tangent anecdote mentions Governor Johnson and a lion hunt incident. Milwaukee note: University of Wisconsin adds journalism fellowship with Louis Lochner as editor.
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Scretary of the Interior
Ballinger
Forester Pinchot
Chicago
Pa- MY
Ballingeren
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
Whcn
Ty Wilson
John Johnson
Minnesota
T. R
University of Wisconsin
Louis P. Lochner
United States
Lochner
Wisconsin
University
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Spectator
Cosmopolitan Annual
Association of Cosmopolitan Clubs
Review of Reviews
The
Independent
The Circular Staircase Inquest Clues Unravel at Night
In the inquest into a murder at a private home, Miss Innes and Gertrude reveal late night movements of Halsey and Mr. Bailey. The coroner Jamieson notes a stopped hall clock and a smoking cigar on the billiard table as key details. Gertrude discloses she is engaged to Bailey and recounts a three o clock confrontation with a masked intruder on the east porch.
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Armstrong
Mr. Jamieson
Mr. Armstrong
Mr. Bailey
Gertrude
Halsey
Justice Brewer Tax Vitality Opinion Cited
Fragmentary note cites Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court on federal income tax and the notion of vitality affecting individuals in a historic tax ruling context.
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Justice Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Ips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles A Warm Old Number
A humorous verse about enduring heat and summer antics. The speaker imagines people praising the season and celebrating with hats in the air as they anticipate the heat and travel from place to place.
Roundabout Confession Sparks Fearful Heart Trouble Talk
In a tense exchange, Alfred hints at love but fears revealing it directly as he seeks treatment for imagined heart trouble. Yves responds coolly proposing a game of checkers while the Boston Herald notes the scene.
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Alfred
Boston Herald
Courteous Youngster Proposes Coin Toss to Decide Favoritism
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt shows young Clarence posing a playful dilemma about choosing between his mother and father. He suggests resolving the matter by flipping a coin, while the father declines to show favoritism.
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Clarence
Birmingham Age-Herald
Tricky Magician Revealed At Summer Resort
A Baltimore American quip notes a summer resort acquaintance is a skilled magician, described as both straightforward and tricky. The satire highlights a professional entertainer blending honesty with deception.
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Baltimore
Fisher of men and bait lead to trout tale
A Methodist bishop visiting a friend with two daughters joins a morning fishing trip. An older fisherman teases with a line about catching, and the bishop answers proudly that he is a fisher of men, while the fisherman acknowledges the bait as fitting.
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Success Magazine
The Same Yet Different in Courtroom Conflicts
A recalled court anecdote shows a lawyer probing a doctor on witness credibility with sly tactics. The doctor concedes doctors err as do lawyers, and the lawyer quips that lawyers’ mistakes hang in the air rather than buried.
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New York Times
What's that you call your mule
An old colored man explains he named the mule Corporation after studying the animal and reading papers. The mule gets more blame and abuse than anything else in the township yet continues to do as he pleases. Washington Star.
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Washington Star
Three in Cafe Kiss Scene Ends With Awkward Reveal
In a cafe the lady and two men sit at a small table. The lights go out and a kiss occurs. When lights return the men smile, the lady complains no kiss occurred, and the trio reddens with sheepish tension.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Barber Prank In Concordia Ends With Partial Shave
In Concordia a barber, away briefly, returned to find his soap replaced by a large peeled potato. He shaved two customers before the pranks ended.
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Concordia
Special Excursion Fares From Chicago 1909
Grand Trunk Railway offers round trip fares from Chicago to Montreal 20 dollars and back, Quebec 24, Temagami 21.60, Portland 27.85, Old Orchard 27.35, Boston 25.60, New York 25.50, Atlantic City 25.70, Asbury Park 25.35, with itineraries to over 100 Canadian New England and Jersey Coast points. Tickets valid 30 days, liberal stopovers, St Lawrence routes at higher fares. literature and timetables available by mail from Wm. Ss. Cookson, A G P A, 135 Adams St, Chicago.
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Chicago
Montreal
Quebec
Temagami
Portland
Asbury Park
Canada
New England
Jersey
St. Lawrence River
Rapids
Ss. Cookson
Adams Street
Thermometer Rises as Temperature Rises
The line about a thermometer rising to the occasion hints at steady warmth or rising temperatures amid ongoing conditions. It suggests a dependable metric responding to events without detailing specific locations or dates.
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