Woodland stage attraction at La Crosse theater
Henry W. Savage presents Woodland a comic opera billed as a musical fantasy of the forest with bird characters and novel costume effects. The touring company led by Harry Bulger performs the same show seen in Boston Chicago New York and on regional tours, featuring a bibulous jay role and other familiar singers and comedians.
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Henry W. Savage
la Crosse Theatre
Mr. Savage
Pixley and
Luders
Pilsen
Dodo
Boston
Studebaker Theatre
Chicago
New York
East
Middle West
Harry Bulger
Jay Bird
Sousa and King Edward share hunting tales at Windsor
John Philip Sousa impressed King Edward with hunting stories during a supper after a concert at Winter Castle. The king awarded Sousa the Royal Victorian Order and sent four pheasants, which Sousa had mounted as trophies. A future buffalo mount may follow.
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John Philip Sousa
Edward
Winter Castle
Sousa
America
King Edward
Windsor
Themeslves
Carlton Hotel
London
Royal Victorian Order of England
Order
John Phillip Sousa
Sandringham
Heckman Bessey Company Opens Week at La Crosse
The Heckman Bessey company begins a week long engagement at the La Crosse theatre with Midnight in Chinatown a scenic melodrama showing both matinee and evening performances starting Sunday March 18. On Wednesday March 21 a matinee at 2 30 will be presented.
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Grace Dale
Hickman Bessey Co
la Crosse Theatre
Chinatown
Heckman Bessey Company
Volcano Makes Trouble on Savaii in Samoan eruption
The Sierra reports the Savaii eruption driving lava into the sea in a three-quarters mile wide stream twenty feet deep at twenty feet per hour. Three villages, including Muaiacola with its famed cocoa plantation, are destroyed. Residences of A. King and G. Larleley are ruined. A five mile molten lava wall extends into the sea, with boiling water and breaking surf ahead.
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Honolulu
Sydney
Samoa
Savaii
Muaiacola
A. King
G. Larleley
Gilliland resolution to probe railroad influence passed in Des Moines
Des Moines action records a 73 to 67 vote endorsing a Gilliland resolution asking Governor Cummins to provide proof for his charges that railroad money influenced the defeat of the primary bill. An investigation committee was rejected, with the governor now to supply disclosed evidence of lobbyist activity and legislative influence it cites.
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Des Moines
House
Gilliland
Cummins
Will Make a Clean Sweep of Recess Appointments
In Columbus on March 14 a Democratic senator caucus decided to reject all recess appointments of Governor Herrick, about 68 in total, both Democratic and Republican. This move frees Governor Pattison to appoint new officials, leaving incumbents to depart. Key vacancies include railroad and labor commissioners, shop inspector, soldiers' claims, insurance commissioner, fire marshal, state printer, and two oil inspectors.
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Columbus
Herrick
Pattison
Visits to Wisconsin Pearl Button and Valya Garment firms planned
The Committee on Visitation announces the third visit to industrial concerns on Thursday March 5 1906 meeting at 3 30 PM at city hall before touring Wisconsin Pearl Button company and Valya Garment company. The program has been well received and organizers urge members to bring friends for a crowd.
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Wisconsin Pearl Button Company
Valya Garment Company
Success or failure of the Algeciras Conference up to the Kaiser
Algeciras March 14 reports that Morocco talks hinge on Germany. France resists an inspector general and any international police that hides German aims. Neutral delegates fear Germany’s move undermines France while preserving the original issue.
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Algeciras
Germany
Radowitz
Morocco
France
Sweden
Holland
Switzerland
Letters Show Standard Oil On Ground Floor In Oil Rate Case
Kansas City March 14 Commission resumed its hearing into discrimination in railway oil rates. Testimony by E T McCarthy cited two letters from Standard Oil and the St Louis San Francisco railroad showing favorable rates to Quapaw and Baxter Springs. The Standard reply argued oil was uneconomical against coal at 24 cents to Quapaw, while Neodesha to Baxter Springs ran 6 1 2 cents per 100 pounds. The witness described attempts to tie up local oil buyers with contracts.
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Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas Oil Producers’ Association
E. T. McCarthy
Mission Mining Company
Quapaw
Indian Territory
Standard Oil Company
Broadway
New York City
St. Louis and
San Francisco Railroad
McCarthy
Kansas Line
Baxter Springs
Kan
Kansas Field
E. K. Voorhees
San Francisco
Voorhees
Neodesha
C. W. Ouston
Standard
Ouston
Weapaw Station
I. T
Standard Oil Methods Tied Shipments to Dealers
E L Willhoyt, former Standard Oil agent at Topeka now a dealer in Missouri, testified he tracked oil shipments to identify dealers. He admitted gifts to railroad workers and said the company used shipment data to pressure independents by contracts or price cuts to force them out. He previously worked from Wichita.
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E. L. Willhoyt
Topeka
Kan
Standard Oil Company
Joplin
Springfield
Willhoyt
Standard
The
Willout
Wichita
The Velvet Secret Free to You Promoted by Virginia Doctor
A Virginia physician announces Chase's Constipation Tablet as a cure for constipation not a universal remedy. The ad argues it tones digestive organs to restore natural function and claims immediate relief and long term cure while warning against pill dependence. It links constipation to disease and low energy.
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Virginia
Chase
Velvet Worker
Chase Mfg. CO
Threop Ave
Brooklyn
New York
Mrs DeLorea Plans West Visit After Rocky Mountain Oil Failure
Mrs F X DeLorea plans extended visit with friends and relatives in the West after the Rocky Mountain Oil Company failed its business.
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Rocky Mountain Oil Company
F. X. DeLorea
la Crosse
West
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