Alleged Strike Breakers and Police Involvement Stir La Crosse
Readers report sensational claims that La Crosse Street Railway hired strike breakers and that city police and a man named Dunn spy on car men. Union leaders allege police passes and city workers push members out, while officials deny any city detective deployment. Superintendent Shaw dismisses the tale as excited rumor though confirms a city employee named Dunn exists. Chief Webber notes a police order to avoid discussing union troubles.
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la Crosse
Dunn
Pittsburg
City Ooen
Darling
Wolfe
Brownsville
Minn
Shaw
Our
Flynn System Promises Beauty and Youthful Appearance
A promotional piece outlines the Flynn System claiming secret beauty methods. It promises facial exercises for tiny muscles, improved nerves and vessels, wrinkle reduction, blemish removal, plus routines for skin, hair, eyes and teeth, and aging care.
Final Flynn lecture promises beauty secrets and club link
La Crosse health lecturer Prof. W Earl Flynn plans a farewell talk detailing facial exercises diet and hair care to erase blemishes and boost complexion. The event includes a hundred year club push to continue his methods with a fifty cent admission and optional personal products.
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First Methodist Church
W. Earl Flynn
la Crosse
Flynn
Mr. Flynn
Roosevelt praises Warrington Dawson in Outlook
Col Theodore Roosevelt commends Warrington Dawson staff correspondent of United Press in the current Outlook issue for its Africa dispatches. He notes Dawson’s literary skill and praises his reporting on the Roosevelt party’s activities in Africa, drawing international attention.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Outlook Today
Warrington Dawson
United Press
Roosevelt
Africa
Roosevelt party heads to Kijabe for safari and hunt
Col Theodore Roosevelt and his entourage leave Nairobi by special train at 1 30 pm bound for Kijabe 40 miles away where the party will camp for the night. Tomorrow he will visit the American mission and begin caravan travel toward Sotik with no rail route.
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Kijabe
Roosevelt
Protectorate
Pfister libel case verdict upheld by Wisconsin Supreme Court
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds Milwaukee Sentinel owner Charles Pfister's $15,000 libel verdict against Milwaukee Free Press. Court also sustains rail crossing orders, rules against Milwaukee in regulating state buildings, and denies habeas corpus for Alberta Lundstrum alias Vera Lee seeking release.
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Madison, Wis
Circuit Court of Milwaukee
Charles F. Pfister
Milwaukee Sentinel
Milwaukee Free Press
State Supreme Court
Pfister
Supreme Court
Railroad Commission
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Lake Superior
Superior
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Normal
Alberta Lundstrum
Vera Lee
Adjournment Clash Into State License Bill Debate
The assembly passes the Austin bill to place saloon license supervision with a state commission by 51 to 33 and sends it to the senate which is expected to fail by a small margin. The anti saloon league opposes it as the senate rejects a lower house adjournment pact. The senate also passes a full pure food bill and kills the Barker 10000 license bill while approving the Mary Ann primary bill by 19 to 11.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Austin
Senate
House
German Editor Dead in Baden Baden at 60
Baden Baden advices report Dr Theo dore Barth former Reichstag member and noted German publisher died early today of internal trouble at age 60. He was a prominent figure in German journalism and politics.
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Berlin
Baden-Baden
Theodore Barth
Reichstag
Elevated and Subway Strike Sparks Mass Meetings
A mass meeting rallying against the Rapid Transit company led to a six day strike by motormen and conductors. Key demands include union recognition, open market uniform purchases, nine to ten hour days within twelve hours, time and a half for overtime, arbitration, fair hearings, and reinstatement of unjustly discharged workers. About 4,000 idle and 2,000 at work with 390 arrests and 1,500 strike breakers. Cars in service 550. 18,900 idle. costs to company and workers total $344,000.
Sensational jail delivery in Sparta and Philadelphia riots
In Philadelphia Pa riot police and strike breakers clash as 1500 workers flood city streets. Navy yard sailors clash at gates, shots fired but no injuries. Sparta Wis inmates Jim Clairmont and Jim Bradley escape jail by using improvised key and blanket rope, leaving no trace. Sheriff hunts suspectes with notices dispatched.
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Sparta
Wis
Jim Clairmont
Jim Bradley
Warrens
George Henry
Henry
Reardon
Dan McKeagan
Dr. Williams
Henry Rose
la Crosse
Clairmont
Bradley
Stone Named Agent of Germany in War Era Case
A historical report identifies Stone as an alleged agent for Germany during wartime. The document outlines charges, involved authorities, and the suspected scope of espionage activities, with emphasis on legal actions and broader implications.
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Stone
Germany
La Follette Accuses Aldrich in German Tariff Row
In Washington the senate flung bitter charges over German interference in American tariff law. La Follette accused Aldrich of lying and demanded all correspondence on the German tariff document. Stone denied Aldrich undercut him and said the document came from Montague Lessler, an ex congressman and razor importers’ attorney.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Aldrich
Stone
la Follette
Senaor Stone
Montague Lessler
Congress
Senator Stone
Germany
Weather and River Forecast Summary
Wisconsin shows partly cloudy skies with possible showers tonight or Friday and warmer conditions in the south. Minnesota expects generally fair weather with little temperature change, while Iowa experiences partly cloudy skies with possible showers. The river will begin to rise within 36 hours as water stages are recorded.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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