Unsettled Wisconsin Weather Forecast With Showers Likely
A garbled report describes unsettled conditions across Wisconsin tonight and Saturday with showers possible in eastern areas. Expect little temperature change, moderate to fresh winds from the west, and partly cloudy skies elsewhere as a broad high pressure system moves slowly. The text notes low pressure fronts near Minnesota and Canada contributing to unsettled weather with chances of showers tonight and tomorrow across the region.
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Burevasts
Wisconsin
Waustly
Star Central
Minnesota
Arizona
River forecast shows continued fall in next few days
The Daily River Bulletin notes stage heights and forecasts a continued drop over the next few days as boats move toward La Crosse, with readings around low levels at St Louis and New Orleans stations reflected in the report.
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ES Ha Law Qrossa
Lowis
Orleans
la Crosse
McKing fruit on stilts a labor saver for pickers
A Chliternia fruit grower designed special stilts for pickers to move easily, avoid tree damage, and cut harvesting time. Each stilt has forged feet and body straps, with a fruit basket, enabling around-the-tree picking and easier pruning. Critics joked about debtors and a misread caption.
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Meg
How to Administer Americanism in a Dakota Ceremony
A federal cabinet member witnesses a Dakota reservation ritual in which Native participants take the oath of allegiance under a symbolic rite. The piece critiques Americanism rhetoric, argues citizenship tests are rote, and urges a genuine program to instill American ideals beyond courtroom phrases. It notes the ceremony’s simplicity as a potential model for meaningful incorporation.
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United States
Justice Hughes
What Is a Regular Author Card for Writers Union
Pacific coast commentary questions the idea of authors joining the American Federation of Labor and seeks details on membership tests. It ponders qualifications for regular authors, merit, and payment scales for poets, fictionists, and journalists, noting rejection slips among household effects. It promises to seek a card once criteria are clear.
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Pacific Coast
Unknown Man Killed By Freight Train West Of Racine
A 25 year old unidentified man was struck and killed by a Milwaukee Road freight train four miles west of Racine Wisconsin on Tuesday. An unsigned postcard found in his pocket was addressed to Mrs. Katie Newman of St. Louis Missouri.
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Racine
Milwaukee Road
Katie Newman
North Thirteenth Street
St. Louis
Notable Verses and Vignettes From Early Press Ads
A collage of ads and anecdotes references Bell-ANS indigestion remedy jokes, a dramatic ship tale where a match saves a voyage, a western gambling den shooting rumor, a humor strip about a mother and Bobby, and a flirtatious pirate captain exchange. The clippings mirror early 20th century newspaper miscellany.
John Fool An American Romance excerpt scene unfolds
An American romance unfolds aboard a swamp craft with John Fool, Virgil, Laure, and Clell. Mary Mason and Doctor Dick observe shifting loyalties, love triangles, and frontier labor as the crew battles bugs, wind, and a noisy wilderness day.
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John Fool
Mary
Laure Drouwillot
Clell
Virgil
Harrar: a maze of streets and towers in Abyssinia
The article portrays Harrar as a labyrinthine city with unplanned, narrow streets and mud walls. Despite a stern late curfew and provincial walls, it shows strong patriotism and trade importance while the main square buzzes with a crowded market and vendors amid rough stone homes.
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Sudan
Herrar
Mutual to Release Florence Turner Films in June
Mutual announces six Florence Turner features, first shown June 14 in a film adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Far From the Maddening Crowd, with plans for monthly releases including Doorsteps and The Welsh Singer. Larry Trimble directs Turner, once with Vitagraph, now leading her own company in England. Broncho Billy Anderson plans westerns from New York frontier crews, with a carload of props and a team of assembly and camera men. Turner, born in Brooklyn to Spanish Italian roots, began on stage at age three and spent nearly a decade in films. Joseph Urban to design posters for Fox’s Annette Kellermann play. Metro Co notes occasional visitors may occur.
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Florence Turner Pictures
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Vitagraph
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G. M. Anderson
New York
Eryhey
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Niles
Cal
Corps of Assembly
Brouecho Billy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joseph Urban
America
Fox
Annette Kellermann
Metro Co
Stars and shows lure visitors to New York studios
In New York admission to studios is arranged by circumstance and visitor. Stars at the studio include Francis X. Bushman and Marguerite Skirvin, who resembles Hazel Dawn, to appear with Lionel Barrymore in the Metro-Rolfe play The Quinter. Pearl White learns French soldiers on leave see her Exploits of Hlaine renamed in Paris Les Mysteres De New York.
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Marguerite Skirvin
Hazel Dawn
Lionel Barrymore
Metro-Rolfe
The
Pearl White
Hlaine
Paris
Les Mysteres de
Mangy Cook Returns After Grueling Day Aboard Ship
A disillusioned cook, exhausted by a half day fighting through morasger of John the Foot to the canal, clambers back aboard the vessel. He complains of harsh treatment and vows to resume his duties, while crew members remark on the cook’s ragged appearance and the yellow mud stained across the deck.
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Williams
N'Awlyins Syed
Mangy
Fragmentary Confession Tells of Harsh Treatment
A garbled reminiscence recalls torture and threats involving a Black man named Crump during quarrying or forced labor. The speaker mentions being made to walk all night, pistols, and coercive control as others forced him to quit. The text cites Rutford Abbey as the residence of Lord Saville once described by King Edward VII as England’s most comfortable home.
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Lord Saville
Edward-Vii
England
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