Visit of editors could boost La Crosse image
An editorial urges La Crosse to warmly host visiting National Editors Association delegates. It cites Colorado railroad hospitality as a publicity model, arguing grand civic reception will generate nationwide praise and attract readers, while a halfhearted welcome could harm the city’s reputation.
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la Crosse
Denver
Denver Press Club
Colorado
Boards of Trade
Great Western
Allion
Ca Se
City hospitality praised by visiting editors delegation
A letter extols the refinement of the land and the city as editors visit, promising a populace that honors contributors and showcases municipal achievement. Locals are urged to host visitors with carriages and entertainment to uphold the city’s reputation for hospitality and enterprise.
Record-Herald cites primary votes as check on machines
The Record-Herald argues Illinois and other states showed independence of voters despite alleged primary fraud. It highlights Foss’s advisory victory and Hopkins defeats, cites La Follette’s influence, and notes Bristow’s anti graft push defeating Long in Kansas and Cummins’ growing support in Iowa.
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Record-Herald
Illinois
Foss
Hopkins
la Follette
Senator Long
Kansas
St. Louis
Chicago
Harony
Downstate
Bristow
Long
Aldrich-Penrose Combine
Iowa
Allison
Cummins
Wright Aircraft Progress Seen in Aerial Navigation
The accident to the Wright aero plane is described as a small incident in the progress of a mighty enterprise. Wright and other scientists have already shown that aerial navigation is likely to succeed, that it will unfold a new era in flight.
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Wright
Demonstration Shows Ship Survives Earth Collision
The demonstrations illustrate a ship colliding with the earth after a steep ascent and high speed, with only minor damage to its mechanism and the operator escaping unharmed, signaling growing commercial certainty in the decade ahead.
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Earth
Doubts Rise Over Tom Law's Billion Dollar Trust Remedy
The piece questions the feasibility of Law's proposed billion dollar trust to combat trusts. It warns that if Law dies the funds could fall to grafters and ridicules Wall Street as offering only money to burn.
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Tom Lawson
Lawson
Wall Street
Iowa politics mirrors chaos after Allison's death
Commentary notes that Bob Cousins faces a difficult task uniting his district as Iowa reactionaries struggle post Allison's death. The piece cites poor record at the Chicago convention and other events as evidence of ongoing political missteps and leadership challenges.
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Bob’’ Cousins
Moses
Iowa
Allison
Chicago
Staggering Losses by Fire Report Underwriters Figures
The New York Globe notes national board of fire underwriters data showing five year American fire loss per capita at $3.02 versus 33 cents in six European countries. Excluding the 1904 Baltimore and 1906 San Francisco fires barely reduces totals. American loss remains about six and a half times European levels. The piece questions whether U S building codes, fire departments, and water supplies are the cause of the disparity.
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New York Globe
National Board of Fire Underwriters
United States
France
Germany
Austria
Baltimore
San Francisco
Naval progress poor and lagging in speed
The Boston Transcript notes frustration with U S naval design. It cites twenty eight knot destroyers versus Britain's Swift at thirty eight knots and accuses the construction bureau of extreme conservatism and isolation from line criticism.
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Boston Transcript
Great Britain
Navy Department
United States
Construction Bureau
Criminal or Picturesque
A terse quip from the Baltimore American contrasts two dramatic scenes as a witty aside about public danger and social events. It questions whether youths in knee pants disrupted a train on the tracks or occurred at a wedding, implying a broader reflection on crime and spectacle.
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Baltimore
Ole Swanson shines in Swedish comedy at La Crosse
All former Swedish comedy successes are eclipsed by Lawrence Russell's Ole Swanson at the La Crosse theater. Critics praise its fresh specialties and lavish scenery, calling it a pure, clean, refined entertainment for matinee and night performances Sunday August 16.
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Lawrence Russell
Ole Swanson
la Crosse Theater
Statistics being studied suggests a shift toward reform
The New York Evening Sun notes growing attention to mortality and casualty statistics, uncompensated resource losses, and fire damage reports. The piece argues that this focus signals a county moving beyond wasteful youth and toward a better era.
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New York Evening Sun
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Ministers and Their People in City and Country
The Boston Advertiser contrasts urban and rural church life noting the shift from isolated ministers to closer ties with diverse urban congregations. It argues city clergy face varied occupations and activities among parishioners while rural congregations share a unified mindset.
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Boston
Atchison Girl's Gracious Seat Courtesy
An Atchison woman, long taught that women rarely thank men for seats, accepts a crowded streetcar seat with exaggerated gratitude. A man offers a seat Saturday night. she thanks him lavishly, praising the seat as the most comfortable she has sat in. This playful vignette appears in the Atchison Globe.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Nothing to Speak of Capsules Before Meals
Doctor Fussey urges taking capsules before meals with emphasis on proper timing. The patient downplays the matter and cites the boarding house as influence. The Catholic Standard and Times quote reflects a humorous or pointed exchange about routine medications.
Too Suggestive
A patient argues with an hospital attendant over a supposed doctor named Kilpatrick. The attendant explains the doctor, but the patient Patrick McQuire insists no doctor with that name will operate. The exchange centers on identity and access to treatment.
Iowa Women Win Right to Vote on Tax Bond Issues
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled women may vote on public improvement bonds that raise taxes. Des Moines had blocked a city hall bond, prompting Grace Ballentyne to petition. The decision states the existing statute must be repealed to deny such votes.
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DES Moine SlLa
Iowa
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Grace Ballentyne
Battle At Incubus Pits Ends In Rescue Effort
Vic Morris volunteers to descend the No 2 Pit exit in a asbestos suit to reach trapped workers as fire and smoke threaten the shafts. Johnemann and James Kahn oversee the perilous plan while Vida Bryan’s involvement emerges amid prayers and protests from the pit community.
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Mr. Romer
James Kahn
Hector McKill
Walter Grindling
Kirktown
Vic Morris
Benjamin Irongray
John Fowler
Valley Kirk
Israel
Mr. Irongray
Mr. Fowler
Incubus
Jacob Romer
Kahn
Vida Bryan
Benjamin Trongray
No. 2 Pit
No. 2
Johnemann
Vic
Morris
Vida
Passage on Pit No 2 and a doomed escape
A narrator reflects on a character named Johnemann who would rather burn with the cage and its occupants than admit the impossibility of escape from Pit No 2. The tone hints at fatalism and a belief in unavoidable doom within the depths.
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Johnemann
Pit No. 2
Ancient Greek Hero Dies Not in Modern Times
A Cornell Widow verse playfully notes that the subject, though unseen in modern rituals and tastes, remains a lively ancient Greek. The poem contrasts vintage habits with contemporary customs, hinting at a timeless cultural identity.
Secretaries Epitaphs and Politics Elevated
Secretary Cortelyou defends politics as a duty and rejects spoil hunting. He contrasts Hilary Harkness a failed office seeker with a proposed epitaph noting his lifelong pursuit of office and poor returns. The Washington Star recounts the editor’s quip: Here Lies HILARY HARKNESS in the only place for which he never applied.
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Cortelyou
Hilary Harkness
Hilary
The Parable the Boy Prefers
A country clergyman tests a boy on Bible stories asking which parable he favors. The lad, under his mother's stern gaze, finally answers I like that one where somebody loafs and fishes indicating a humorous misremembering of the loaves and fishes tale.
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