Inter Ocean tirade mocks Equity packing plan in La Crosse flare
The Chicago Inter-Ocean denounces the American Society of Equity cooperative packing plant as a misstep in La Crosse Wisconsin. It argues meat price causes and production factors, but oddly supports the beef trust while opposing cooperative packing. It hints at large financial waste and accuses the paper of servile slant.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Hanna-Platt Republican
American Society of Equity
la Crosse
Farmer Co operative Plants and Hog Receipts Debate
The excerpt argues hog receipts at western packing plants total about 8 million, contending the meat trust exploits farmers and consumers via market manipulation. It claims farmers owned their own cooperative plants and dismisses the idea that profit is excessive, noting $40,000.06 in ninety days as a modest figure.
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Meat Trust
Appreciation of Our Rich Men in La Crosse
The article argues wealthier citizens in La Crosse receive unwarranted criticism and deserve public credit for vast philanthropy. It notes contributions totaling over 350000 for parks, significant YMCA and school support, and many private gifts given discreetly. Recognizing these deeds would boost community spirit.
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la Crosse
Why Is The Ocean So Near The Shore
The piece argues lake advocates complain the La Follette seaman bill fails to distinguish safety needs on oceans from lakes. It ridicules extensive shorelines and argues life preservers are unnecessary and a luxury.
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Lake Navigation Companies
la Follette
Creat
Blanche King
New Yorkers Reluctant to Believe Even Murder Confessions
The public here remains highly suspicious and refuses to accept statements of guilt from anyone, even when a confession to murder is claimed. This skepticism reflects a broader fear of being harmed or wrongfully deceived by others.
Arab bandit contingency links dynamite and germ-laden fly
A cautionary note suggests the bandit may resist dynamite and instead attempt releasing a germ-laden house fly in the mine as a disruptive tactic. The remark blends implausible warfare ideas with wartime fear.
Comptroller Seeks Per Capita Currency Before Christmas
The comptroller aims to determine the per capita currency before Christmas if possible, signaling budgeting and financial planning steps ahead of year-end deadlines.
Early riser Willie wins Christmas bragging rights
A Sunday school scene has Willie boasting of waking two hours before his siblings on Christmas morning. The teacher asks how, and Willie cheerfully explains his early rise led to his advantage over his brothers and sisters.
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Willie
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles This Christmas
A child senses a secret in the family home during December nights. Hidden in the lounge, the narrator overhears a grand Christmas surprise kept by Pa and Ma, causing fear, curiosity, and quiet mischief. The mood blends secrecy with festive anticipation as Christmas approaches.
Scenery Prized as Engine Performs Smoothly in Windborne Drive
A car cruises along a windy high road raising dust and passing mile markers with steady regularity. The driver jokes about the landscape while his companion, barely audible above the roar, mutters a sharp reply about having endured enough scenery for one day.
The Ticket Speculator And A New Opera
A Cleveland Plaindealer item quotes a director noting the elements of creating a new opera including music story cast tenor and audience temper. The director gestures with white kid gloves and then tears at a clove button in a brief aside about the influence of ticket speculators.
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Cleveland Plaindealer
Perils of Drink in Forty-Niner Era
The reminiscence of James R. Keane recalls the clash between temperance and frontier drinking. A Forty-niner pressures a tenderfoot in a bar to drink, the abstainer declines, and a tense moment follows before a provocative remark about drinking and danger ends the tale.
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James R. Keane
Everybody's Magazine
Street car conductor collects in church for first time
A church member recounts a new street car conductor attempting his first collection. Nervous at first, he gains composure as children in front row drop pennies and others contribute. A big, glum man in the third pew refuses, pockets full, prompting the conductor to declare the bell card and tell him to get off.
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National Monthly
Baldpate Inn cooks up plans with hermits and critics
At Baldpate Inn, Mr. Magee enlists a hermit author and two amateurs a haberdasher and a professor to cook breakfast and join a scheme to bring wild schemes to life as they await Quimby’s reaction. The trio bond over coffee and a New York paper as winter light fills the inn.
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Mr. Magee
Rathshellars
Peters
Arabella
Masee
Quimby
Baldpate Mountain
Magee
Mr. Bland
Rolten
Jake Peters
New York
Reckless Driver Sentenced in Wisconsin Manslaughter Case
In Milwaukee on Pec 20 Judge Turner sentenced Roman Schubert to one year in the Green Bay reformatory after a reckless race on a country road killed a 4 year old girl. The defendant was found guilty of manslaughter in the fourth degree, with reputation and character cited as factors in avoiding a higher charge.
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Milwaukee
Pec
Turner
Wisconsin
Roman Schubert
Green Bay Reformatory
States refuse photo copies of Wisconsin articles of incorporation
Pennsylvania and Winds have refused to accept Wisconsin photo copies of articles of incorporation that are not typewritten. Illinois was first to reject photographed copies, followed by Pennsylvania, while most other states accept the Wisconsin method as an improvement over typewritten pages.
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Madison
Wis
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Illnois
Pulitzer Built an Extra to Foil a Threat to His Life
Alleyne Ireland recalls Joseph Pulitzer the Westliche Post editor who, after a judge in St. Louis vowed to shoot him by sunset, issued an Extra and stayed in his office to ensure no disruption to his publication plan.
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Neo Hitech
Joseph Pulitzer
Westliche Post
St. Louis
Pulitzer
Alleyne Ireland
Sniggsley Rep Gets Mocked Over Wisdom Claim
A witty quip from the Chicago Record-Herald mocks Sniggsley's reputation for wisdom, noting his wife talks so much he never exposes his ignorance.
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Sniggsley
Chicago Record-Herald
Cynical exchanges hint at matchmaking and misery
A terse dialogue fragment shows gendered jibes about marriage and matchmaking, with a sharp edge implying frayed relations. The tone suggests satire on social roles and companionship dynamics.
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Quick Cold Relief
An advertisement claims Ely's Cream Balm opens blocked nostrils within a minute and cures catarrh and colds by morning. It touts a small bottle, easy application, and soothing effects for nose throat and head while promising immediate relief from congestion and discharge.
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Ely
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