Taft Leaves Praise for Panama Canal Progress
A Washington dispatch reports that Taft leaves office amid praise for the Panama Canal project. An official close to the work describes the rapid, smooth progress and forecasts ships through within five years. Gatun dam construction, dirt trains, and the central artificial lake are noted as key steps toward completion.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
War Department
Panama Canal
Canal
United States
Canal Zone
Gatun
Chagres
Gatun Dam
Chagre
Special Committee of Three
James B. Reynolds
Roosevelt
Esprit de Corps
Move to Oust Speaker Cannon Sparks Republican Bid
An organized drive in Iowa and other states to defeat Joseph G. Cannon as speaker of the 61st Congress is reported. Iowa leaders want Col. Hepburn to succeed him, with Wisconsin and Minnesota among others ready to back reform and oppose Cannon’s rules. Burton and Boutell are named as possible alternatives if Republicans split, while Champ Clark could emerge if Democrats regain control.
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Washington, D. C
Jo” Cannon
Iowa
Illinois
Pete” Hepburn
Cannon
Guthrie County
Walter I. Smith
House
Joseph G. Cannon
Iis
Hepburn
Wisconsin
la Follette
Badger
Minnesota
Michigan
Nebraska
California
Kansas
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Col
Burton
Ohio
Boutell
Champ Clark
Missouri
Clark
Superb Service to Niagara Falls and Canadian Resorts
Abbreviated travel notice announces en route service to Niagara Falls Muskoka Kawartha Lakes Georgian Bay Temagami and more via Grand Trunk Railway with double track Chicago to Montreal and Niagara Falls. Special low round trip fares apply for the Summer season and requests for tourist publications and fares may be made to Geo. W. Vaux A. G. P. T. A. at 135 Adams St Chicago.
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Niagara Falls
Muskoka
Kawartha Lakes
Georgian Bay
Temangami
St. Lawrence River
Rapids
Thousand Islands
Algonquin National Park
White Mountains
Atlantic Sea Coast
Grand Trunk Railway System
Chicago
Montreal
Adams St
State Bureau Reports Strong Year in La Crosse
Supt. T. A. McMullen's annual La Crosse free employment bureau report shows 2,273 applicants sought work, with 2,224 placements. Of 1,593 male applications, all were filled, and 631 of 680 female applications found positions, despite 49 unfilled female openings as many graduates head to hotels or family residences.
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T. A. McMullen
State Free Employment Bureau
la Crosse
McMullen
Gromndana Objects to Medal Flour in Cookbook
A reader complains the cookbook dislikes Medal Flour, saying the recipe guidance omits that brand and lacks preferred flour options. The note suggests dissatisfaction with editorial choices and product endorsement.
Well Known Sparta Resident Is Dead
Sparta Wis July 7 Special John Martin died July 4 at his West Main street home at 75. Born 1833 in Hamburg he moved from New York to Wisconsin and married twice. He leaves a widow and one half sister in Germany. Funeral Monday at 3 pm at German Lutheran church. Interment Mount Hope. Other brief items note visitors and local notices.
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Sparta
Wis
John Martin
West Main Street
Martin
Hamburg
Germany
New York State
Wisconsin
Anna Willgrub
Big Creek
Roble
Henry Schmelling
Mount Hope Cemetery
Femme Spirit of Daring to Star in Ringling Circus
Mile La Belle Roche, famed French stuntwoman who executed a perilous automobile somersault in Europe, is booked to perform with Ringling Brothers in La Crosse on Tuesday July 21, drawing international attention for her iron nerve and blithe handling of danger.
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Ringling Brothers
la Belle Roche
Europe
la Crosse
Miss Roche
Republics and Rulers Spread Across the World
The article notes 24 republics mainly in South America with about 181 million people, over one fifth of the world population. It highlights U S population and area, Diaz of Mexico’s ironhand rule, and Brenner of Switzerland as popular leaders, with Brazil’s Penna as a key South American figure.
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South America
United States
Fallieres
France
Penna
Brazil
Republic
Liberia
America
Bolivia
Chili
Equador
Mexico
Paraguay
Argentine
Dominica
Haiti
Peru
Switzerland
Diaz
H. E. Brenner
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Japan
Minnesota Dairy
Oval Fairy
Snider
Engars’ Cash Grocery
West Avenue
Adams Street
LA Grosse Theatre
van Dyke & Eaton
Carmen
Panama
Gressed Fast
Assur
Ance
George W. Goethals
Canal Commission
Col. Goethals
Shontse
Stevens
Shonts
Col. Gorgas
Compar Td
Jo’’ Cannon
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
State Bureau
Gromndana
Iuocmy
Eva Bailey
Delavan
Milwaukee
L. F. la Claire
Minneapolis
Ed Lewis
A. L. Smith
Small Son
Manston
Tracy Huschka
Pearl Richardson
Viroqua
J. E. Broadwell
Berta
Tomah
Winnie Borne
Eau Claire
C. Anderson
D. C. Beebe
Hany Newton
Erwin
Lake Geneva
Oscar Gustad
Emma Burrows
Winnifred
Beloit
J. P. Rice
May
Colorado
Young's Drug S
Pric
Ludwig Coren
Main Street
la Crosse County
John M. Holley, JR
The
Doerflinger’s
Atlantic
Africa
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
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