Tricks That Are Vain Attack on Senator Morris
A Leader-Press piece accuses the Free Press of copying and blasts senator Thomas Morris over campaign spending. It contrasts Morris’s readiness to account for $25 in Hatton with Stephenson supporters who refuse full disclosure of $1,800. The column accuses rivals of using political vengeance and secrecy to discredit Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leader-Press
Free Press
Thomas Morris
Stephenson
la Crosse County
Hatton
Morris
Gordon
Question on Overbeck dismissal in Nagier Madison letters
The Milwaukee Journal excerpt questions whether Former Game Warden Overbeck was dismissed by Governor La Follette and why. It notes Nagier, a state official neighbor to the secretary, aligns with La Follette and criticizes anti reform papers that back Overbeck, while speculating on who can or will explain the reasons behind the dismissal.
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L. B. Nagier
Madison
Secretary of State
Nagier
la Follette
Ike
Overbeck
Unclear Court Scrutiny on Overbeck Case and Governor
The passage discusses hopes for relief from the guilty parties by resignation and concerns about certifying evidence to the attorneys general. It mentions possible prosecutions for recovery of money and urges careful attention to Overbeck, regardless of who is implicated in the dispute.
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Overbeck
Dr Anderson declines mayoral bid in nonpartisan bid
Dr Ed Evans and John H Holley Sr receive the declination of Mayor Wendell A Anderson to stand for re election. The Tribune recalls his decade of progress transforming La Crosse from a saw mill town to a modern city and notes the effort to maintain a nonpartisan city government.
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Wendell A. Anderson
Ed. Evans
John H. Holley
Anderson
la Crosse
Dr. Anderson
Half a Laugh at Bryan in La Follette Magazine
La Follette Magazine mocks Bryan and the Democrats in Congress for derailing reforms, arguing Taft’s presidency would have faced obstruction from Cannon and that Bryan narrowly escaped a backstabbing plot. The piece extends congratulations to Bryan while scrutinizing Democratic misrule.
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Congressman Fitzgerald
New York
la Follette
Bryan
Taft
Cannon
Speaker Cannon
Suergents Fight Over Speaker and Rules Revision
Readable fragments show factions opposing the Cannanites as they press for a new speaker and changes to the procedural rules. The clash signals a broader maneuver for control and governance within the chamber.
Shea Week Spotlight Opens at La Crosse Theater
Thomas E. Shea begins a two day engagement at the La Crosse theater with three dramatic pieces. Friday features Counsel for the Defense, followed by The Bells on Saturday matinee and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Saturday evening. Co starred by Cohan Harris with strong production and cast.
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Thomas E. Shea
la Crosse Theater
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Henry Irving Dodge
Mr Shea
Sir Henry Irving
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Shea
Cohan & Harris
The Right of Way dramatic adaptation heads to city stage
Klaw and Erlanger present a five scene dramatization of Sir Gilbert Parkers The Right of Way produced by Eugene W Presbrey with Guy Standing and Theodore Roberts as Charley Steele and Joe Portugais. The plot centers on a castaway choosing honor over personal happiness through self renunciation.
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Sir Gilbert Parker
Eugene W. Presbrey
Klaw & Erlanger
Guy Standing
Theodore Roberts
Charley Steele
Joe Portugais
Servant in the House heads to La Crosse stage April 6
The Servant in the House described as a daring drama with a central Indian figure regarded as a Christ reincarnation. Critics praise it as the greatest drama of the generation as Henry Miller’s Associate Players bring an all star cast including Creston Clarke and Clay Clement to La Crosse for a spring engagement.
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la Crosse Theater
New York
Chicago
Henry Miller
Europe
Creston Clarke
Clay Clement
Geo. W. Wilson
Lizzie Hudson Collier
Wilfred Rogers
Gladys Wynne
Henry Dornton
House Efforts to Fast Track Payne Tariff Rule
In Washington March 27 John J. Hannan reports the house seeks a rule to shut off debate and pass the Payne tariff bill without amendment. The move, unprecedented in tariff legislation, would restrict minority input and limit amendments while the Ways and Means Committee guides the bill.
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John J. Hannan
Washington, D. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Committee On Rules
Ballad of Duplicate Gifts from Quips and Cranks
A humorous verse from the Chicago Daily News catalogs holiday gift exchanges. It lists Uncle Jim’s clock, Aunt Myrtle’s vase, Willa’s lamp, Grace’s sugar spoon, Maud’s shawl, Ethel’s clock, Bessie’s spoon, Bobbie Pace’s coffee pot, and Sam’s vase with chase emblems, noting the ironic spread of presents and the human urge to show affection through objects.
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Uncle Jim
Myrtle
Willa
Grace
Bessie
Bobbie Pace
Sam
Alarm Clock Demand To Arouse Hired Girl Unwaking Family
A Baltimore American quip sketches a customer seeking an alarm clock that stirs the hired girl without waking the family. The clerk dismisses the notion, offering only ordinary clocks that wake everyone. The humorous exchange highlights social class and domestic life in the era.
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Northwestern Academian
Baltimore
The Generous Lawyer and Ames the Injured Client
A Boston lawyer recounts Ames stepping in a street hole and breaking his leg. Ames sues the city for 1000 dollars and wins. The city appeals, but Ames wins again. After settlement, Ames gives his client a silver dollar, explaining it covers his fee and costs. The client questions the remaining coin.
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Boston
Ames
Supreme Court
Waiter’s slight sparks dispute at table dinner argue
Mr Tightwad recalls a nickel left on a table that vanished into a crumb tray provoking a sharp rebuke about service insubordination in a Birmingham Age-Herald quip.
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Mr. Tightwad
Birmingham Age-Herald
Prodigal Son Told By Southern Pulpit Orator
A Southern pulpit orator recounts the prodigal son tale from Harper's Weekly. He describes the young man casting off his coat vest and shirt in remorse before he comes to himself, illustrating shame and moral awakening.
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Harper’s Weekly
Court Rules on Non Transferable Tickets Case
Balti more and Ohio Railway company versus Hamburger involves restraining ticket sales linked to passage to the Jamestown exposition. The defendants challenged the non transferability clause as invalid for not appearing in the published interstate rate schedule, and the circuit court upheld the objection.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company
Hamburger
Federal Reporter
Circuit Court
Tankerlane Rescues Laura Vane by Buying Silence
In a forest encounter Tankerlane coerces a snare witness to reveal a crime but uses restraint to protect Laura Vane. He offers £100 a year to suppress the informant’s tale, warning that any leakage ends payments and speech. The exchange shows his resolve to shield the woman he loves and twist the leverage of blackmail into a moral stand.
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Tankerlane
Guv’nor
Wolf Monney
John Shill
Blurton
Laura Vane
Blackguard
William /ankerlane
Réan
Henry Blurton
Mike
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