What Heresy Is This Protest at La Crosse Convention
Resolutions adopted at the stalwart convention in the La Crosse county courthouse on May 21 protest the costly handling of state affairs over the past decade. Henry Freehoff, a delegate, criticizes road and state spending, noting that good roads aid farmers and city folk yet drive up costs for university and schools. He adds that “you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.”
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Henry Freehoff
Larosse Court House
Wing Dam Leak Hearing Sparks Pork Bar Debate
Congressman James A. Frear assails pork bar politics over river and harbor funding. He argues waste and futility of the wing dam plan while the June 6 issue notes Congress appropriates thirty-five to forty million dollars annually for river and harbor improvements.
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James A. Frear
Mississippi
Congress
Calls for an investigative probe into river and harbor spending
The piece argues that pork barrel river and harbor expenditures total around 150 million over five years and fosters belief of waste and graft. It urges Congress to order a thorough, independent inquiry by the Interstate Commerce Commission to determine public benefits versus waste and potential graft. It emphasizes using congressional investigative powers at home.
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Congress
Frear
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Perkins and Roosevelt tangled in bull moose purge
A sharp political clash features Amos Pinchot denouncing George W. Perkins as a trust advocate unfit for the bull moose movement. The piece questions Pinchot’s alliance with Perkins against Theodore Roosevelt and calls for a broader cleanup rather than targeting only isolated figures.
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George W. Perkins
Bull Moose
Amos Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Perkins
Garfield
Roosevelt
LaFollette
T. R
Ready ability to explain what others say about you
A professor of economics discusses leadership essentials and asks for the key trait. A student from the back quips that the great trait is the ready ability to satisfactorily explain what others say about you. The remark underscores perceptions of leaders in a light, witty moment from the Argonaut.
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Argonaut
Criticism as a Study of Growth and Value
A concise remark on criticism noting that it makes men important and formidable with little cost, attributed to Dr. Johnson. The quote emphasizes the transformative power of critical thought in personal development and reputation.
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Dr. Johnson
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles
A poem recounts a narrator describing their father as shrewd and wary of scams. He boasts solid instincts against con games, shops, and crooked bets, yet once bought a city park and lost money. The voice blends humor with streetwise caution and a hint of street-life incident.
Dinner with Carnegie Ends With Fifteen Cents Found
Herbert Corey recalls a dinner where Andrew Carnegie, after speeches, dropped a dime and crawled beneath the table to search for it. He reportedly found fifteen cents, a moment retold with humor by Corey.
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Herbert Corey
Andrew Carnegie
Corey
Mr. Carnegie
Parson’s Sermon Fumble Ends With Job Chapter
A quip from Old Yarns of English Lakeland recalls how a clergyman, due to a crack in the pulpit, admitted the sermon “is gone down the grike” and chose to read a chapter from Job instead. The tale notes many parsons lacked sermon craft and the Book of Homilies proved useful.
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Lakeland
The Late Pete Daly Remains Out Late in NYC
The obituary notes Pete Daly, remembered by theatre people for his habit of burning midnight oil. He was a lifelong night owl who left an all night cafe on Lower Broadway at dawn, continuing his evening at any place open.
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Pete Daly
Lower Broadway
Gets-it Corn Cure Promises Quick Relief for Corns
A vintage ad touts GETS-IT as a fast simple remedy to shrink and shed corns and calluses. It claims two second application, no messy plasters or painful cutting, and asserts safety with no flesh injury. Distributed by E Lawrence & Co Chicago. sold locally at Columbian Pharmacy La Crosse.
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Johnnie
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
la Crosse
Columbian Pharmacy
City Book and Drug Store
Daly's Nod To Polo Grounds Ends At Bases
Very large Mr Daly, riding in a Hansom, sleeps through a trip to the Polo grounds. On arrival he wakes only to request a drive around the bases before nodding back to slumber, leaving the cabby puzzled at the ball park.
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Daly
Broadway
Polo Grounds
Ball Park
Paine Advised To See Brain Specialist After Lunch List
Mr Paine grows troubled by stomach pains and seeks a specialist. In the doctor’s office he details a heavy lunch including crabs on casserole bisque soup chicken nut salad ice cream coffee crackers and cheese. The physicianPX suggests a brain specialist and charges twenty five dollars.
Committeed to the Grave says Dr Weir Mitchell
A patient finds Dr Weir Mitchell closing a large bundle of letters resignations from committees or boards. He gleefully plans to quit all of them and tells his wife he wants a tombstone reading Committeed to the Grave.
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Weir Mitchell
Superfluous Work Quips Spark Household Banter
A humorous exchange shows the child Bobby seeking a bath while the mother insists on thorough washing. The dialogue highlights a witty clash over exactness and the idea of washing “the dirty places” versus risk of removing the clean areas.
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Bobby
A Life in a Day Quote Reflection
A life wisdom note urges each morning as a new start and each sunset as life’s close. It frames daily acts as records of kindness, strength, and knowledge shared or learned.
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John Ruskin
Be Strong and Courageous In Early Virginia Camp
After months at sea the party rests on shore on a Sunday. Captain Kendall builds a makeshift barrier and Mister Hunt teaches the natives while Wingfield’s weak leadership and council's avarice spark restlessness. Men plan river exploration and treasure hunts as discipline wanes amid a paradise camp. (To be Continued.)
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Captain Kendall
Hunt
Edward Wingfield
Council
Wingfield
Home made quinzain scalp tonic for gentle hair care
A reader describes a simple at home tonic using quinzain mixed with alcohol and water to produce a pint of solution. Applied twice weekly, it claims to relieve itching dandruff and scalp faults, restore shine and fullness, remove oily sallow color, and enhance complexion.
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Dolly
Do It Yourself Hair Lightening Paste Advised
A reader is advised to mix powdered delatone with water to form a paste. Applied to hairy skin, it supposedly blunts hair after a few minutes and can be washed away leaving smooth skin. The ad recommends keeping delatone on hand to maintain hairless skin.
Eye Remedy Promises Relief for Strained Eyes
Frances advises a simple remedy for eye discomfort. Dissolve one ounce of crystal in a pint of water and drop 2 or 3 drops in each eye to relieve smarting and strain, strengthen tired muscles, banish granulated lids, and restore youthful sparkle to dull eyes.
Parnotis Weight Reduction Remedy Promises Easy Results
A 19th century claim touts parnotis as a flesh reducer. Dissolve 4 ounces in 1% pint hot water and take 1 tablespoonful three times daily. Authors assert gradual, positive action without dieting or vigorous exercise, promising plump figures and smooth skin when weight lowers.
Timely beauty lotion for cleansing the skin
A recipe describes dissolving spurmax in a pint of hazel or hot water with two teaspoons glycerine to create a cleansing lotion. It is applied to the face neck and arms for a vanishing tint and velvety smoothness.
Hair Care Ad Promotes Canthrax Shampoos
An old time advice notice urges women to avoid soap and use canthrax dissolving in hot water for a rich cleansing lather. It claims Rin sing makes the scalp clean and hair soft and healthy, and notes canthrax shampoos correct oiliness dryness and dandruff.
Old Fashioned Blood Cleaner And Body Builder
Pimply blotchy skin described as caused by accumulated poisons. A tonic is prepared by mixing kardene from the drug store with sugar in alcohol and hot water to make a quart. Take a tablespoonful three times daily to cleanse elimination organs, boost appetite, and strengthen the system against disease.
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Julia
Wrinkles Fading cream-jelly recipe from Betty Dean's Beauty Book
A beauty notice promotes almozoin cream-jelly for wrinkles and fine lines. The mixture uses 1 ounce almo zoin and 2 teaspoons glycerine in a pint of water, applied after cleansing to stimulate tissues and restore youthful skin, with a $5 price.
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Jack
Pension Offer Draws Birthright Residents to Klingenberg
In Klingenberg Bavaria townsfolk receive no upkeep fees yet natives born in the parish gain £12 15s yearly from the municipality. Invested at 3 percent this could grow to about £1,500 by age sixty, sparking interest in settling there. Inhabitants must prove parish birth to qualify. West minister Gazette notes the potential popularity.
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Klingenberg
Aschaffenberg
Bavaria
Westminster Gazette
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