Lorimer Exoneration Shadows Illinois Bribery Inquiry
The text argues the Lorimer case is being used to push a broader senate probe into Illinois bribery in elections. It contends the committee will likely exonerate Lorimer and condemn previous findings while La Follette expands calls for a full investigation. It notes bipartisan support remains to control the inquiry.
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Lorimer
la Follette
Illinois
Senate
Senatre la Follette
Senate Adopts Lorimer Probe Resolution In 1910 Debate
The article outlines the United States Senate’s move to reopen the Lorimer case with a full inquiry into alleged corrupt methods in Lorimer’s Illinois election. It details commissions to investigate, powers granted to the committee, and the link to the jackpot fund, plus a note on a related Iowa district race and Canadian reciprocity sentiment.
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Senate
Committee On Privileges and Elections
William Lorimer
Senate of the
United States
Illinois
Williamage
Banc
Ilinois
Saic
Congress
Senator La Follette Denounces Copper Magnate on Key Committees
The senator protests the appointment of Guegenheim to the agriculture and forestry, conservation of natural resources, mines and mining, and public lands committees. He calls the selection prearranged and a scandal citing private interests influencing committee duty.
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la Follette
Senate
Guegenheim
Alaska
U S Cotton Report Shows Big Growth
Washington June 3 A crop report from the Department of Agriculture shows the year’s cotton area about 104.7 percent of last year’s total including planted and to be planted This equals roughly 35 004 000 acres up from the revised 33 418 000 last year an increase of about 1 586 000 acres or 4 7 percent
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles in Verse
Edith Burton Henson laments in verse that a household vanishes away leaving only a hungry cat and hidden bones. The narrator laments lacking meals and shelter while servants depart and pets are placed elsewhere, noting neighbors scattered and no one left to remember the feline.
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Edith Burton Henson
Philadelphia Ledger
Two Tramps Comment on Apartment Buildings
A Detroit Free Press quip shows two tramps rating nearby apartment buildings. The first boasted visiting the upper building for meals while noting the lack of grass or wood to cut there. The second questioned the locals’ generosity.
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Detroit Free Press
Dilemma Over Rat Poison’s Tastiness Sparks Bet
A quip from Fliegende Blaetter depicts a pharmacist and an assistant debating rat poison that is too tasty. The joke imagines rats avoiding the poison while humans demand a more palatable formula.
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Fliegende Blaetter
Obstructing the highway charge after brief overspeed claim
Silas questions the chauffeur about a five o'clock start from Quinceville. The chauffeur hints at a wink while the constable notes the six hour four mile trip and contemplates charging obstruction along with overspeeding.
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Quinceville
Silas
Wazal
Harper’s Weekly
Humorist Dobbs Enters Sanitarium After Riddle Worry
Mr Binks and Higgins discuss Dobbs the humorist who has entered a sanitarium. He claims a six week pursuit of a riddle about a chauffeur and a fur show will yield the question that answers his sleeplessness, leaving him nervously prostrated. Harper's Weekly.
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Mr. Binks
Higgins
Binks
Harper’s Weekly
New York Public Library Opens With Citywide Hopes
New York's public library opened last week and is hailed as splendid. The piece urges visitors to view the library and gain confidence in the city’s subway future, noting some things work out right and the library will influence city life.
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New York
Harper's Weekly
Aftermath of Explosion Sees Henderson Reflect Amid Ruin
Henderson sits on a rail fence surveying the wrecked car parts strewn along the highway after an explosion. One wheel rolls away, another dangles from a tree, and he laments having opposed an assembled car just the night before. He would pay to see his own car reassembled right then.
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Henderson
Harper's Weekly
Cascarets Belong In Every Household
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets as vegetable laxatives for daily use. It argues modern diet and inactivity clog bowels and slow the liver, endorsing one candy tablet as a gentle, natural aid kept in a 10 cent box for home use.
Herpicide Claim Focuses on Genuine Dandruff Cure
A shopper criticizes druggists who push similar products claiming to be as good as Newbro's Herpicide. The letter asserts Herpicide truly destroys dandruff germs, stops itching, and prevents hair loss, with a one dollar bottle and 10 cent sample option through The Herpicide Co. Detroit.
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Herpicide Co
Dept. R
Detroit
Mich
Hoeschler Bros
Whitewater leader Salisbury dies after twenty five years
President Salisbury of the Whitewater normal dies after twenty five years at the helm. His death shocks faculty and students across Wisconsin as condolences flow to his family. His widely used works and strong influence are noted.
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F. A. Cotton
Professor Shutts
Whitewater Normal
Albert Salisbury
Salisbury
Wisconsin
United States
Sanford
Congregational
Cashton
Congregational Church
Delsarte
Opinion Split on Picture Meaning Sparks Debate
Quote from the Journal Amusant stirs reader discussion as viewers disagree on what a presented image represents. The remark “Wonderful, marvelous” contrasts with cooler interpretation, reflecting divergent views in the public forum.
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Journal Amusant
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by La Crosse Reader
La Crosse reader John Sokolik reports back pain and kidney discomfort improved by Doan's Kidney Pills. He claims natural relief from backaches and loins pain and urges others to use the product sold by all dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo is sole U.S. agent. Remember the name Doan's.
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Dean
la Crosse
John Sokolik
Avon Street
Wis
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
May Be Appointed Belgian Minister
Larz Anderson, long a candidate for ambassador to Berlin, is now viewed as the likely successor to Charles P. Bryan as minister to Belgium. The article notes his prominence in diplomacy and speculation about his next appointment.
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Larz Anderson
David Jayne Hill
Berlin
Charles P. Bryan
Belgium
Dental visit joke cuts to patient’s fear
A Nervous Patient questions a dentist after an examination about anesthesia and gas, joking that the dentist might tinker with teeth in the dark, in a humorous Tattler item.
Foreclosure Sale Notice for Martell Property in La Crosse
Della Reque announces foreclosure on the promissory note of Edward Martell for 1000 dollars secured by a mortgage on the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter and related parcels in La Crosse County Wisconsin. The sale will be at the La Crosse County Court House east front door on June 26 1911 at 2 o clock in the afternoon to satisfy the debt taxes insurance and attorney fees.
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Edward Martell
Della Reque
Rd Martell
Della Roque
County of la Crosse
Wisconsin
Towit
la Crosse County
la Crosse County Court House
la Crosse
Della
Rris & Har
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