Prosperity Returns as Metal Trades Reopen
Prosperity returns as metal trades manufacturing plants announce resumption of operations during January. Most plants are expected to be active this month. A Wall Street Journal summary cited by the Milwaukee Free Press notes dividends and bond interest totaling about $190 million next month, with Union Pacific leading payments.
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Taft invasion tale stirs Wisconsin political tempests
A Madison correspondent sparks a sensational but unsupported claim that Secretary Taft plans to invade Wisconsin to seize its delegation from Senator La Follette. Taft dismisses the idea, while The Washington Times comments on anti stalwart rhetoric and the intense Wisconsin reform mood.
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Taft
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Senator la Follette
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Joey Babcock
Washington Times
Homemade doll hints for festive crafts and stage notes
A home made doll project uses muslin or canton flannel with simple stitched hands and a single head and body, hair can be faux or knitted, pattern 5889 ships for ten cents. Also preview of The Vanderbilt Cup adapted play at La Crosse theater featuring sixty cast, stage car racing and glamorous set pieces beginning Dec 30.
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Fashion Department
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Broadway
Chicago
Joseph M. Gaites
Long Island
la Crosse Theater
Metropolitan
Taft Faces Wisconsin Split Over La Follette foes
The piece argues Taft risks voter trust by courting Taft Roosevelt forces and anti La Follette elements in Wisconsin. It accuses Wisconsin stewards of hostility to La Follette and warns of losses in Kansas and Nebraska if Taft allies with them. The writer urges Taft to avoid provoking La Follette supporters.
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Rumor of Petition for 2-Cent Washing Cellar Rate
Rumor says a rate commission petition will be filed soon to set a 2 cent rate on washing cellars. The item notes laundries water their stock daily.
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Rate Commission
Admiral Bronson Resigns Prompting Rixey Exit
Admiral Bronson has resigned, and it appears Dr. Rixey is stepping away as well, effectively ending the ongoing dispute.
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Admiral Bronson
Dr. Rixey
Charity Ball Supports Holiday Fund Drive
The final duty of the holidays calls for substantial support to the Charity ball. Organizers urge participation to boost the season's aid programs and community outreach efforts.
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A concise reflection argues that a belief in being wronged or consistently facing opposition halves a man’s earning potential.
Thelma Pleases In Grace Hayward's Stage Spotlight
Grace Hayward company staged Thelma with an exceptional performance as Thelma. Hayward displays clear grasp of Corelli heroine and strong sympathetic portrayal. Tonight she returns with Dumas Camille or the fate of a coquette and offers vaudeville features and matinees with Teddy bears for children.
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Grace Hayward
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Miss Corelli
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Camille
Boy Detective plays at La Crosse theatre Sunday
Harry Clay Blaney and Kittie Wolf star in Mr Baney s newest play The Boy Detective an edition of Willie Live at the La Crosse theatre on Sunday Dec 29 Blaney praised as the era s leading light comedian promises a grand scenic and electrical production with a strong supporting cast
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Kittie Wolf
la Crosse Theatre
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Boy Detective
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Miss Wolf
Monster Gem Poses Dilemma Over Crown and Revenue
The Cullinan diamond, described as the world’s largest, cannot fit the king’s crown without burden. Its owners, Premier Diamond Mining Co, and the Transvaal government, cannot meet the price to purchase it for Edward VII. Lifeorama at La Crosse theater on Tuesday Dec. 31 showcases the mine’s desert origins to global scale.
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Transvaal
Edward VII
Lyman H. Howe
la Crosse Theater
The Merry Widow Widely Discussed Across Nations
For three months American papers have focused on Franz Lehar s waltz opera The Merry Widow. It ran at the New Amsterdam theatre in New York and a company has formed in Chicago. During 1906 07 European cities from Rome to Christiania experienced widow craziness.
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Chicago
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Christiania
Story of a Cuban Millionaire’s Heartbreak
President Manuel Andor tells of a Cuban millionaire moved to tears by a beggar’s tale. The afflicted man vividly described poverty, prompting the millionaire to weep and order his servant to remove the sobbing visitor.
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Panama
Milionaire
John
Everybody's Magazine
Mystery of the Fairy Father at the Paris Hotel
In a twilight hotel room Hugh and Rosemary guard a secret as Angel awaits, while Rosemary begs for time before the fairy father’s vanishing promised by the scene. Mlle de Lavalette confronts a debtor mother over promised money and an upcoming marriage to an American.
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Evelyn
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Local snippets and notices from Wisconsin papers
A collage of small items: a New Year vow to quit drinking, La Crosse normal school expands to over one hundred rooms, a boy’s tuning whistle lodged in a windpipe requires surgery, a peculiar musical breath, a scribe buys two milch cows, Otto Johnson moves from barn to Central House clerkship, and a humorous query about sending papers and Blowers from West Salem.
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Black River Falls
Faia
John Kneubuehler
Watertown
Juneau Independent
Responsibility of the People sermon at Old South church
Dr. George A. Gordon delivers a pulpit address at Old South church praising civic duty and calling on Boston citizens to resist sectarian divides. He argues the church linked to Samuel Adams must engage in politics and urges reform, warning against cynicism and lax public ethics.
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Old South Church
Black Bay
Benjamin Franklin
Samual Adams
New England
Dr. Gordon
Boston
Vanishing Pomp in a Christmas Tree Tale
A Washington Star verse notes worldly pride fading as a Christmas tree in time becomes mere kindling wood. The, speaker reflects on transience and the changing meaning of holiday symbols.
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