River President in La Crosse Today
Major Thomas Wilkinson head of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association visits La Crosse meeting Captain W A Thompson Mayor Anderson and John Burns. He spoke in St Paul on river improvements and urged Congress to allocate two million dollars per year until eighteen million is raised to make the Mississippi a premier waterway and boost commerce.
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Thomas Wilkinson
Upper
Congress
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
London Fog Shuts City Down Amid Record Dense Cover
January 29 London endures a three day fog of unprecedented thickness causing near total darkness. Transportation stalls as buses and trains run hours late. thefts and burglaries rise with show windows smashed for gems worth 2500 pounds. Hospitals report injuries and crowded conditions.
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London
Skinner and Company
Man
Beast
Winter Storm Drives Deep Drifts Across Central States
A severe storm tracked from eastern Kansas into the central states with high winds from Texas to Michigan. Peak gusts reached 72 miles in Kansas City and 64 in Omaha as temperatures plunged. schools closed early or dismissed as the storm passed.
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Kansas
Central States
Texas
North Dakota
Michigan
St. Paul
Duluth
Cairo
Omaha
Kansas City
Northwest
Minnesota
Canadian Northwest
Devil's Lake
N. D
Prince Albert
Battleford
la Crosse
Shoals
Gas Pipe Burn Creates Hole At Lien's Drug Store
Early this morning at 7 o clock fire department No 2 was called to Lien's drug store at 727 Rose street where an electric wire falling on a gas pipe caused a short circuit. The pipe was burned through and gas continued burning briefly in the ceiling before the fire was extinguished with no further damage.
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Lien's Drug Store
Rose Street
Will Give Wife Half His Wages
George Colburn appeared before Court Commissioner Harrison for nonsupport of his wife and three children. He was ordered to pay his wife $5 per week. his wages were $10.
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George Colburn
Harrison
Colburn
Roosevelt Kin Seeks Prosecution of New York World
The White House says Douglas Robinson will be the complainant in a proposed case against the New York World. The report places political tension on press coverage during the era.
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Teddy
Washington, D. C
White House
Douglas Robinson
New York World
Beauty Doctor Beauty Doctor
A Chicago Examiner piece quotes a beauty column promoting a bust and neck firming regimen. The author details a glycerine cadomene tincture based treatment, borax rosewater mix, to be massaged into the bust arms and neck twice daily for weeks or months, claiming increased firmness and contour.
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Moneaux
Knox Root switch sparks Senate talk of cabinet reshuffle
The Jan 29 dispatch notes widespread interest in Senator Knox trading his Senate seat for the State Department role with Secretary Root. It highlights Knoxs rapid efficiency, diplomatic experience, and leadership style in law and governance, plus potential to steer foreign policy and diplomacy.
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J. C. Welliver
Washington, D. C
Senate
Knox
State Root
State Department
Paris
Department of Justice
Infant Allan Klum Funeral Set at 1 P.M.
Allan, infant son of Mr and Mrs Adolph Klum of 1619 Jackson street, died at three weeks after a brief illness. The funeral will be from the residence at 1 o clock tomorrow afternoon and burial will be in Mormon Coulee cemetery. Mrs Theodore Mannstadt is in charge of arrangements.
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Allan
Adolph Klum
Jackson Street
Mormon Coulee
Theodore Mannstadt
Smith and Esch in Debate on Money in Elections
A Wisconsin senator denounces money in politics, calling for strict enforcement of election laws, harsher penalties, and a ban on expenditures for unnecessary purposes. He warns that payoffs and hired influence undermine representative government and threaten honest elections. The Wisconsin supreme court is cited for its rebuke of wealth influence in campaigns.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court
Republic
Hepburn Attacks Government Printers Over Labor Influence
Iowa Representative Hepburn denounces government printing office as controlled by unions and wasteful, arguing 95 percent of printers are union members and urging work be kept in the GPO unless contract work serves 24 million nonunion workers. The House later approves the census bill conference report with the questioned amendment.
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Washington
D. C
Government
Representative Hepburn
Iowa
House
Government Printing Office
United States
Hepburn
Hull
Civil Service
Union
Belief in Giving Teaches Charity Amid Community Hat Drive
A local scene reflects the saying that it is better to give than to receive as residents pass the hat to support neighbors. The gesture spreads goodwill and reinforces communal responsibility in challenging times.
Fat gambler stigma haunts actor Jim Lackaye tale
A whispered tale portrays Jim Lackaye, famed for his "York State Folks" role, as a fat gambler who supposedly won at a county fair shell game. The story claims he carried his own pea, defeating the confederates and prompting disbelief from onlookers, while Lackaye denies the claim.
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Jim
Lackaye
Neal Goodwin
Kirby
Jim Lackaye
York State
Shell
Gov Davidson as a candidate for U S senator
Madison Wisconsin January 29 The Milwaukee Journal reports political circles see Gov Davidson as a receptive candidate for the United States Senate after Isaac Stephenson failed to win election A journalist sought comment but the governor avoided specifics saying he would not say anything The secretary Munson pressed about the fall primary but the governor again refused to speak
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Milwaukee Journal
Madison
Wis
Davidson
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Journal
Munson
Affinity case heads to court as Voorhees fights divorce
Ella Culver Voorhees arrives in Chicago to contest her husband George L. Voorhees’s divorce suit. She targets co respondent Geraldine Farrar and vows to end the “affinity business” while highlighting her own rural duties at Sunnyside Farm near Alton.
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Chicago
Ella Culver Voorhees
George L. Voorhees
Samuel B. Morse
Sunnyside Farm
Alton
Englishman's Home Play Revised for Stage
London reports that the sensational play An Englishman's Home, staged at Wyndham's, was revised by James M. Barre and Gerald Du Maurier amid censor fears of offending Germany. Viscount Esher urged provincial companies to stage the play nationwide as a lesson to the country regarding territorial armies.
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London
Wyndham’s
England
James M. Barre
Gerald du Maurier
Germany
Viscount Esher
Territorial Army
Governors urged to settle strike by Lilley call
A Hartford legislative committee asked Gov. Lilley to request governors of other affected states to resolve the strike. Lilley said the matter would receive his attention.
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Lilly
Hartford
Conn
Lilley
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