Rural schools in Wisconsin need better support and reform
Taxpayers in La Crosse county are urged to push for a unified rural school program. The call cites rural districts housing over half the state’s population and argues for stronger teacher prep, agricultural and industrial curriculum, and schools as civic centers. It notes past efforts and cites the Russell Sage Foundation ranking Wisconsin 28th in average school merit, urging improvement under State Superintendent C. P. Cary.
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la Crosse County
Wisconsin
Russel Sage Foundation
C. P. Cary
Election Reflections on Cary vs Kittle Platform
An editorial argues the choice in the election between Cary and Kittle. It notes Cary seeks re election and Kittle opposes him. Kittle’s platform is cited with two quoted paragraphs as pivotal. Taxpayers must decide between past decade’s service or the new service promised by Kittle.
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William Kittle
Abuse of Temporary Injunction Grievance in Labor Disputes
Courts often deny immediate injunctions in labor conflicts and demand full hearings, a move praised by labor groups who argue previous injunctions favored employers. The American Federation of Labor has pressed for limits on judicial power to halt strikes, warning some judges show corporate bias while others stay impartial.
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Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
The Value of Thinking to Develop Strength
A call for universal access to education and lifelong learning. The piece urges attending night schools, reading newspapers and magazines, and watching educational films to develop thinking power. It emphasizes that education is not only formal book learning but the ability to think, reason, and form a personal philosophy.
Political Orator Seeks Fame By Common People Rhetoric
A veteran politician uses phrases about the common people money power and broad interests in a bid for acclaim. The speaker’s style evokes classical stump oratory as he campaigns for support amid rising attention from allies and detractors alike.
New Woman Takes Center Stage In National Debate
Luther Burbank comments on race mixing as a broader national focus shifts to the emergence of a new woman. The quote signals a shift in public interest toward gender roles and contemporary social change.
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Luther Burbank
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles of Lemuel Hicks
The verse laments changes in prices and living costs over the years. It recalls past days when a ten cent piece bought bacon for pancakes and a dollar bought groceries, contrasting with current high prices and shrinking buying power, noting people may end up eating hay. The speaker concludes prices may not rise as fast as the number of dollars.
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Lemuel Hicks
Why He Didn't Get a Bite President Cleveland
President Cleveland recalls a fishing trip in which two countrymen with a reputation for mean tricks both got bites but failed to reel them in. He explains he had no bait on his hook, so he won the crowd by default. The tale appears in The Ladies' Home Journal.
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Cleveland
Ladies’ Home Journal
Balcony Romeo Elevates Juliet to Ride in Sedan
In a humorous scene quoted from Tit-Bits a modern Romeo urges Juliet to descend from a vine covered balcony into a large car. He asks if they should remove the rope ladder but an elderly man appears at the window and warns to leave the ladder as he aims to dispose of two daughters.
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Romeo
Juliet
Agitation Misconstrued 'Miss Sweet' Loan Request
A young man starts a hopeful plea to Miss Sweet but is rebuffed as the maiden pleads for no further illusion. He quickly clarifies he only asks for car fare home, apologizes for the lapse, and promises to return the money, then departs at night.
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Matthews
Miss Sweet
Printer's Wandering Sea Crossing Reveals Vicissitudes
An American printer's yearlong voyage across the ocean unfolds a sequence of changing fortunes and distant shores, revealing how travel reshapes craft, identity, and prospects in a year of tumultuous voyages and quiet discoveries.
Burkhart Vegetable Compound Promises 25 Cent Cure Offer
An advertisement by Dr. W S Burkhart from Cincinnati promotes a vegetable compound claimed to cure digestive and liver ailments. The pitch guarantees money back if unsatisfied and offers free trial treatment, citing authority from banks and businesses in Cincinnati and listing Cherry Hill Square Station R Cincinnati Ohio as contact.
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Cincinnati
Printer's plan to start England paper in London
A Cleveland printer recounts his idea of opening a small newspaper in central England. He visits a type founder who clarifies that type is not sold at a draper’s shop, provoking a comical exchange on how printing supplies are obtained in his homeland.
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London
Cleveland
England
Type Founders
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Two of a Kind Traveling Show Promises a Nine Foot Giant
A traveling showman hawks a nine foot giant to an amused crowd. The crowd doubts the claim as the showman insists on the feat while the countryman quips the giant is lying down. The exchange ends with good humor and skepticism.
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Minneapolis Journal
Panhandler’s tale exposes ring selling ruse on Superior
A Cleveland Plain Deader tale recounts a panhandler who pressed a passerby to buy his wife’s wedding ring claiming poverty. The man accused him of a prior scam from two weeks earlier, exposing the ruse as the panhandler claimed a second marriage and a new wedding ring.
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Cleveland
Superior Avenue
Real life tale of reluctant suitor and stern teacher
A witty note suggests the notion of a schoolboy romance, contrasting fiction with reality. It muses that while some men are overwhelmed by greatness, it often inflates the ego instead of maturing it, implying caution about inappropriate desires.
The Last Night at Idle Hour and a Fateful Ride West
North faces departure from Mount Hope after confessing love to Elizabeth as he plans to leave that night. The general urges caution, but North walks away into the snowy night toward Idle Hour, where memories and fate linger before a sudden, revealing encounter with a passing buggy and news of McBride.
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North
Mount Hope
Eliabeth
Elizabeth
Man McBride
Murder at the store shocks town in late evening death
A passerby reports a store owner has been murdered late this evening, found injured and dead after six o clock. The identity of the killer remains unknown as authorities begin to investigate. This closes with a prompt to continue in the next installment.
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North
Train Crash Injures No Students Near Madison
A Janesville Prairie du Chien passenger train on the Milwaukee Road collided with a freight train in Stoughton Wisconsin crashing into the caboose. The engine was derailed and the passenger car demolished but all students aboard the crowded train escaped injury as they were returning to Madison.
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Stoughton
Wis
Janesville-Prairie du Chien
Milwaukee Road
Madison
Early Spring Prices Meet a Late Frost saying
A brief proverb notes that the cost of an early spring is often a late frost, implying delayed warmth may bring unexpected cold damage or delays in growth. Farmers and gardeners may face delayed planting or reduced yields due to cooler spells lingering into spring.
Fireside Sermon on Boston Massacre March 5 1913
Lucius C. Clark warns about mob rule and unclear fault in the Boston Massacre of March 5 1770. He notes soldiers faced provocation and citizens were killed while questioning who gave the command.
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Lucius C. Clark
D. D
Boston
Swamp Root Ad Promotes Kidney Remedy
An advertisement extols Swamp Root as a cure for kidney trouble including back pain and urinary symptoms. It claims prevention of Bright's disease, offers free sample bottles and a book, cites Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York, and urges readers of the La Crosse Tribune to request the offer by mail with guaranteed genuineness.
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la Crosse
Nature
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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