Satisfactory Affair Unites Manufacturers and Jobbers in La Crosse
A dinner of the Manufacturers and Jobbers union at The Stoddard drew about 200 traveling and office staff from 63 firms. The event showcased close ties between managers and road workers, promising improved cooperation and stronger promotion of La Crosse as it highlights its traveling representatives as its best advertisement.
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Knights of the Grip
la Crosse
Bill-Omanta
Philadelphia
Lyman H. Howe
la Crosse Theatre
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Court of Honor
Broad Street
Union
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Edward VII
Cowes
Engand
France
Victoria Falls
Africa
Reedham
Switzerland
Stutzman
Crawford
Seaman and Burns
Lopez
la Vallie
Mies Standish
John Alden
Priscilla
Worry Over Bryan and Democratic Nominations
The piece mocks William Jennings Bryan for blocking track for a preferred Democratic candidate. It notes editorials and pundits deride him as an “end seat hog” while wishing for Parker or Chandler as rivals. It suggests party factions fear defeat and discuss potential nominees like Johnson and Folk.
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James) Bryan
Puck
the Record- Herald
Johnson
Alton B. Parker
Chandler
Bryan
Foraker
Fairbanks
Folk
Tailored shirt waist with frills or plain front pattern 5860 V
FashionHints outlines a versatile tailored shirt waist by May Manton with optional frills and fitted lining. It suits wash fabrics to silks, detailing include box plait neck finish, tucked fronts and back, and adjustable sleeve design. Pattern 5860 V fits busts 32 through 40 inches and mailed for ten cents plus postage.
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Fashion Department
Political rhetoric and trust issue in 1908 race
The column argues for nominating a Roosevelt aligned candidate against Bryan in 1908, noting public skepticism of praise for Roosevelt La Follette and Hughes while condemning Bryan as influential. It cites Herbert Knox Smith and hints at oil trust rebating and Harden trial censorship by the German government.
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Bryan
Roosevelt
la Follette
Hughes
Herbert Knox Smith
Moffett
Oil Trust
Run to Ground Man Threatens Bogus Deed Sale
Horace McKinley has been run to ground and warns that if authorities do not act, he will sell a bogus deed to the land. The report frames him as a persistent figure in local disputes over ownership and potential fraud.
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Horace McKinley
Farmers finance and back bones
The Philadelphia Record argues farmers are the nation’s backbone and have financed government while bearing taxes and production costs. It urges Grangers to gain a rightful voice in politics, tax reform, and distribution of revenue for fairer control of expenditure.
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Philadelphia
Republic
At the Boarding House Hewitt and Jewett Christmas Gift
In a town snapshot Hewitt asks what to give the landlady for Christmas Jewett replies he will send her a copy of the pure food law. The brief scene captures local humor and civic note.
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Hewitt
Jewett
Plaza hotel builder cites public confidence in capital
John P. Crimmins warned that public confidence underpinned New York's 15 million dollar Plaza hotel project. He said weak confidence would make such a venture impossible now. He compared capital to a sick man needing a doctor and public support to his healing.
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John PD. Crimmins
New York
Plaza Hotel
Mr. Crimmins
Didn't Try a Fork
A guest cannot eat the soup and the waiter replaces it three times. The guest finally explains the reason is he has no spoon, triggering a silent, then furious, intervention by the waiter and proprietor. The anecdote appears in London Tit-Bits.
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London
Christmas shopping spree precedes a Paris hotel reveal
Hugh buys lavish gifts for Evelyn and Rosemary in Riviera boutiques, selecting dresses, hats, a ring and dollhouse outfits. He frets over risking offense and wonders if his generosity will spoil a planned Christmas with Evelyn at the Pension Beau Soleil before attending an English church.
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Mademoiselle
Hugh
Dame de Jolie Taille
Evelyn Clifford
Jane
Madame
Evelyn
Rosemary Clifford
Riviera
Evie
Eze
Rosemary
Pension Beau Soleil
Puzzled Readers Seek Answers in Curious Letterbag
In this column style feature readers ask about weather quirks and social quirks. A reader wonders why cold spells arrive as the sun nears, while others doubt scientific explanations. Letters poke fun at work life, beauty tips, and editorials reveal lighthearted commentary from the country press.
For sale in local ad a nearly new bedroom suit offered
An elderly German man seeks a pair of pajamas and a boarding house mistress rebukes him for treating the lodging as a department store. The Bavarian man reads a garbled advertisement describing a nearly new bedroom suit for sale, highlighting communication mixups at the door.
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Weber and Field
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