Cummins Denies Support of Taft in Senate Clash
Washington dispatch reports Cummins denounces rumors he joined Taft wagon as groundless and vows no backing for Taft in Iowa. The piece notes Kenyon's Taft ties, other senators split with insurgents, Borah's cautious stance, and Ladlettes backers ready to weigh in.
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Washington, D. C
Cumbas
Rep
Town
Taft
Cummins
Senate
Kenyon
Iowa
Ken
Brown
Dixon
Borah
Idaho
Friends of la Follette
MYSTERY WITNESS TESTIFIES IN LUMBER PROBE IN CHICAGO
A mysterious man, possibly John E. Rhodes, private secretary to Frederick Weyerhauser, testified before a secret federal grand jury in Chicago. He produced大量 correspondence and papers on the lumber trust while reporters were kept away by secret service agents under Judge Landis.
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Chicago
John E. Rhodes
Frederick Weyerhauser
Lumber King
Federal Grand Jury
Secret Service
Weyerhauser
Bren's Bond Evasion Seen in University Shortfall
Investigation by the assistant public examiner uncovers a larger university cash shortfall beyond the $13,600 Bren claims was stolen. Bren transfers deeds and notes to Stacy as trustee while the Regents demand all university funds in his custody be turned over and threaten action against his bondsmen if not.
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Ast. Paul
Minn
J. D. Bren
Bren
J. O. Cederberg
Frank Stacy
Stacy
Board of Regents of
the State University
Joseph D. Bren
E. W. Decker
Northwestern National Bank
Minnesota Loan and Trust Company
University
Regents
Young Shakespeare Recites Verses for Nobles
In a cordial scene Sir Marmaduke praises a young William Shakespeare for his delivery. The boy explains his mother taught him the verses and claims a repertoire of ballads about knights and ladies learned from nurse Cicely.
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Shakespeare
Sir Marmaduke
William Shakespeare
Cicely
Misuse of Words and Virtue in Bishop Hall’s View
A quote explores how language and virtue turn toward evil or good depending on use. It contrasts deceitful speech, corrupt wit, and oppressive authority with the righteous use of scripture as the sword of the spirit. It notes that even misused ideas can yield beneficial outcomes when applied properly.
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Bishop Hall
Appetite Worries a Boy Far From M6
A small boy frets about his appetite as M6 is described as a long distance away, suggesting concerns about travel and meals amid a distant location. The fragment hints at a travel or commuting context affecting a child's routine.
Normal School Seniors Finish Classes For Semester
After the last class this afternoon the seniors will not return this semester while other classes resume next week. Commencement week events include a grammar school program, Fete Day at Myrick Park, a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Robt. C. Congdon, junior banquet, class day exercises, the class play As You Like It, an river excursion, a commencement address by Arbert L. Willetts, and alumni reunion. Tennis tournament with twenty signups and a drama presentation by Miss Garratt’s sixth graders concludes.
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Normal School
Myrick Park
Thayer
Robt. C. Congdon
River
The
Normal
Arbert L. Willetts
Chicago University
Rational handling of criminals urged at national conference
Boston newspaper reports the national conference of Charities and Correction hearing advocates for humane criminal treatment. Prominent speakers include Rev. Frank Moore from Rahway reformatory, Dr. William Healy of Chicago, Ernest K. Coulter of New York, with Governor Foss opening the meeting at Tremont Temple.
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Boston
Mags
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Frank Moore
Rahway
N. J
William Healy
Juvenile Psychopathic Institute of Chicago
Ernest K. Coulter
Children’s Court
New York
Tremont Temple
Foss
Prison reform plea from Dr Eliot targets resorts
New York Prison association and Frederick Howard Vines of Illinois report urging more prison instruction and a continual war on immoral resorts to curb the propagation of the morally defective.
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New York Prison Association
Federick Howard Vines
Illinois
Eliot
Washingtonan Dr Solloway Traces Washington Line
Dr Solloway, researching George Washington’s ancestry, claims a Lancanshire Washington lineage. He asserts the line traces to Danish settlers in the tenth century.
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London
Dr Solloway
George Washington
Washington
Husband charged in bath tub murder mystery
The body of Mrs. Lillian Scheib was found in her flat bath tub in a baffling case. Henry A. Scheib, the chauffeur husband, is detained after admitting he told a friend that she died of pneumonia. Earlier he claimed he had not seen his wife for months.
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Lillian Scheib
Henry A. Scheib
Young Sparta man dies after illness at 20
Herold Dorwin son of Mr and Mrs S N Dorwin died at the family home in Sparta Wis after battling acute tuberculosis. He was 20 and a Sparta native who graduated from Sparta High School in 1909. Funeral services were held at home conducted by Rev Brenner and interment at Woodlawn cemetery.
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Sparta
Wis
Herold Dorwin
S. N. Dorwin
Herold
Ernest
Harvey W
Delia
Brenner
Methodist Church
Woodlawn
Arntz
Bangor
Smith
Oscar Melgard
Cashton
Charles Slayton
Leon
Assembly Hall
Unique
Dan
Ruby Palmer
William Earle
Tomah
Sparta Friends
John R. Jones
William M. Jones
Milwaukee
Madison
John H. Jones
George Soulman
Richland Center
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