Nationals Defeat La Crosse Pennants In Close Game
The Nationals beat the La Crosse Pennants by 8 to 5 after a scoring sequence featuring Emil Schroeder and John Bettin. Lineups included Tony Shuda and Hugo Exel for the Nationals, Forest Mercier and Alfred Lessig for La Crosse. Pennants trailed 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 we 5 9 3.
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Nationals
LA Crosse
Emil Schroeder
John Bettin
Tony Shuda
Hugo Exel
Fred Allemand
Peter Nonstad
Geo. Hansen
Herman Exel
Ben Eidsmoe
P. la Crosse
Arthur Olson
Frank Eiziec
Frank Netwel
Swade
Leo Witzke
R. H. E. Nationals
Watertown Homecoming Draws Dense Crowds
Wisconsin report on Watertown fifth annual homecoming, with visitors from across the state and country. Mayor Arthur Mulberger delivered the welcome, Judge M L Lueck of Juneau gave the address, and County Judge Charles B Rogers spoke. Carl Schurz noted. Main street, Tivoli island illuminated.
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Watertown
Wis
Tivoli Island
Arthur Mulberger
M. L. Lueck
Juneau
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
Charles B. Rogers
Fort Atkinson
H. L. Kimball
Neenah
Main Street
H. Werthemer
Judge Lueck
Carl Schurz
Arrest Gamblers on Board Ship
Milwaukee dispatch reports Harry Flatoro and Ralph Levinson, both Chicagoans, arrested aboard the Whitefish Bay steamer Wisconsin for alleged dice gambling. Offiers witnessed the game from start to finish as the boat neared the Whitefish Bay pier. the men were seized just as the rope reached the dock. The pair used a wire cage wheel, three small dice, and a painted green cloth to host bets from spectators, with players receiving double on winning numbers. They faced district court after transfer to the county jail.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Harry Flatoro
Ralph Levinson
Chicago
Wisconsin
Berry Line
Whitefish Bay Pier
Sheriff's Office
Flatoro
High Seas
Levinson
Whitefish Bay
Lake Mills La Follette club organized by Republicans
In Lake Mills Wisconsin on Aug 5 a La Follette presidential club was formed with over 100 initial members and a canvas aiming for 300 to 400. Officers include Mayor P C Henning son president S C Dodge vice president E C Brown secretary treasurer and an executive committee of five. The meeting was energetic with strong applause for La Follette and the expectation he will be the next U S president.
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Lake Mills
Wis
Lake Mills la Follette
P. C. Henning
S. C. Dodge
E. C. Brown
W. F. Kison
C. F. Greenwood
H. T. Nicholas
B. F. Newton
F. P. Mansfield
la Follette
Wisconsin
United States
Ripon College names sixth new faculty member
Ripon Wisconsin Aug 5 Announcement from Ripon college that the sixth new faculty position since last year has been filled. Titus E Mergendahl chosen for mathematics chair. He comes from Bromfield Mass and Tufts College graduate. He will teach mechanical drawing descriptive geometry and machine design. Campus improvements include a new central heating plant ready for September opening. Regular as the Sun ends with Dr King’s New Life Pills advertisement.
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Ripon
Wis
Ripon College
Titus E. Mergendahl
Mergendahl
Bromfield School
Mass
Tufts College
Hughes
State briefs from Wisconsin drowning and rail stories
STATE BRIEFS report a 20 year old drown in the lower Wisconsin river at Rhinelander after cramps while bathing. The body was recovered. Other items note Congressman and Mrs. Kuesterman returning from Europe, a Haywood celebration in Racine Kenosha and Milwaukee, the sale of Gillett State Bank stock to Shawano’s German American Bank, Judge Silverthorn naming George Hart official court reporter, a $4227 cyclone relief fund distribution in La Salle, John Hollihan aged 18 killed in Oconto mill accident, two youths stealing Postmaster Gittings horse near Racine, Mrs Marwick killed by a reaper mishap near Thorpe, brakeman J E Karn declared insane in Janesville, and Archie Quayer son of Milwaukee listed among Kenosha reports.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Charles Reynolds
Wisconsin
John Reynolds
Green Bay
Kuesterman
Europe
Kenosha
Racine
Milwaukee
Central Park
Haywood
Social Democratic Party
Gillett
State Bank of Gillett
George Hart
Wausau
LA Salle
Oconto
John Hollihan
Oconto Company
C. C. Gittings
Thorpe
Stanislaw
Marwick
Janesville
J. E. Karn
Crystal Lake
Archie Quayer
Robert Quayle
Father Son Riddle About Seasons and Sports
A brief dialogue where a father asks how many seasons there are in the year and the boy names two football and cricket. The exchange reflects a playful take on counting seasons through sports.
English Author on Australian Natives and Tribal Life
An English author notes that intertribal war for territory is unknown among Australian natives. Fights occur over women or blood feuds, deaths believed caused by hostile magic, with no conquest or slavery and little material progress. No hereditary chiefs exist though some tribes have a male hereditary moderatorship in assemblies.
A Nobleman Laments Tobacco Reducing Size
From Compleat Herbal 1654, a comical note claims extreme fatness of a nobleman was reduced to ordinary size by chewing tobacco. It extols tobacco as beneficial for asthma, camp shortages of vittles, and even cholicks, praising its wide remedies.
Slippers Define The Life Of A Man In Wit And Wisdom
A concise observation on slippers as a recurring symbol in a man’s life from childhood to adulthood, noting how they accompany him at key life stages and persist under him for much of his years.
A Pleasant Frolic
A witty exchange quotes Dean Swift advising the dissipated Duke of Wharton to try a virtuous frolic as the pleasantest of all. The anecdote portrays Swift urging moral amusement over reckless revelry and frames a humorous contrast between folly and restraint.
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Duke of Wharton
Dean Swift
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt.
A terse remark attributed to John notes that complaints rarely gain sympathy, instead provoking scorn and disbelief from audiences. The line reflects a skeptical view of melodramatic grievance.
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Johnson
What Did She Mean By Mrs Armitage Story
A narrative from a period source recounts a slave or servant named Sameantha who repeats compliments about Mrs Reel, previously employed by Mrs Reed. The mistress asks what work was done at Mrs Reed's, and the servant replies plainly she cooked, cleaned, swept, and washed for her appearance.
The Limit of Life and Electric Bitters
The article states eminent medical scientists agree life span is far below possible with modern knowledge. It emphasizes the 50s decade as critical for longevity and urges careful bodily care. It promotes Electric Bitters as a tonic to revitalize organs, guaranteed by O. T. Erhart, druggist, 50 cents.
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O. T. Erhart
Fashion and the Modern Woman
The passage notes that aside from sensible attire, the average woman would endure nearly any fashion trend. It reflects social pressures to conform to changing styles while highlighting practicality versus trendiness in attire choices.
Another coal famine looming over the northwest
Cleveland shipowners warn of a coming coal famine harsher than 1906 as 3 to 5 million tons vanish from visible supply. Railroads and lake freighters fail to move output, ore handlers strike at Superior and Duluth docks, and boats idle awaiting cargoes, creating potential winter fuel shortages.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Northwest
Superior
Duluth
Upper Lake
Lakes
Japan's Grip on Korea Urges Colonization Over Immigration
The New York Tribune argues Japan prefers colonizing Korea near its shores to admitting colonists from across the ocean. It cites Viscount Hayashi to support the view that Korea could become a Japanese province, while Korea remains an alien sovereignty to distant lands.
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New York Tribune
Japan
Korea
America
Viscount Hayashi
That unwritten law in the Baltimore Sun objected
A piece arguing the unwritten law should yield to written law and statutory rules, to allow broad evidence on the credibility of individuals whose unsupported statements lead to capital punishment under private vengeance, asserting the unwritten law knows no regional bounds.
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Baltimore Sun
Chickens of Leisure at a Denver Area Home
Mrs. Goldwein of Cripple Creek, newly wealthy, built a country home near Denver. While hosting old-time friends in the poultry yard they admired the prize fowl with talk that the birds could crow daily. She retorted that in their position it is not necessary for them to do so.
Of Two Evils
A Philadelphia Press item notes a witty exchange about marital jealousy. A jealous husband is less aggravating when another husband is not, framing a light, social quip on marriage dynamics.
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Philadelphia Press
The Groom Must Pay in Quebec Wedding Customs
Fearson's Weekly describes a Quebec French Canadian wedding tradition after church services. The bride is humorously sheltered by a chair, a boot vendor tests shoes, the groom pays to redeem items, hats and cloaks may be stolen, and a final jig determines a prize from the groom.
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Quebec
Caleche
Carridle
Fearson’s Weekly
Maddening prank haunts Times makeup Ferguson temperance leader
Eugene Field as city editor at the Kansas City Times played a long running prank on John Ferguson a makeup artist and temperance society leader in Wyandotte. Field sent a taunting personal each night in copy bundles until Ferguson found and killed it or feared its print. The routine caused Ferguson vast distress and at times drove him near to leaving the paper.
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Eugene Field
Kansas City Times
Ferguson
Wyandotte
Kansas City
Field
John Ferguson
Times Composing Room
Cures of the Ancient Medical Authorities
A catalog of historic remedies cited by Dr. Hugo Magnus in Superstition in Medicine. It notes a bellyache cure using a living heart worn as an amulet, and epilepsy cures involving animal parts and plant amulets from Alexander of Tralles and Osthanes.
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Hugo Magnus
Alexander of
Osthanes
Tralles
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Secretary of State
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C. F. Lamb
H. O. Seymour
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William Steele
Northern Power Company
Robert Young
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Lake Mills, Wis
Dr. King
Linoacctt
Panama Canal
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