Party Flap Sees Dems Split Over Office Rents and Reruns
The piece argues that a small group of long‑tenured party officeholders have siphoned about $60,000 in salaries from the city treasury and will not quit. It notes disaffected loyal Democrats may vote against them, potentially aiding Republican rivals to prevent the incumbents from repeating renomination. The author likens the situation to a royal spoils system and urges replacement by capable Democrats to uphold integrity.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Post Office as Nearest to the Citizen Editorial Praise
The Chicago Tribune lauds Mr. Tscharner's article and its daily postal hints, arguing the postoffice department touches individuals most. The editorial notes how rules on wrapping, mailing, and fraud prevention educate the public and protect both citizen and government, urging broad readership.
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Tscharner
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Postoffice Department
War
Navy
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Tribune
Frank Allen Rival for City Treasurer Cites Clean Cut Ability
Frank Allen, Republican candidate, presents himself as a strong, individual reformer in the race for city treasurer. Opponent George Young is praised for honesty and steady work but viewed as ready for a break after long service.
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Frank Allen
Allen
Office
Life
George Young
Rip Van Winkle Sees A City Clerk Election Near
The tale opens in 2009 with Rip Van Winkie awakening as an election approaches. A bellboy hands him an almanac and asks about Joe Sieger, the city clerk, who confirms the upcoming vote and a long nap to follow.
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Rip van Winkie
Joe Sieger
Rip van Winkle
Magic Trick At Orphan Asylum Sparks Laughter
A magician named Kel lar performed for inmates at an orphan asylum. He asked a sedate girl to inspect a handkerchief and magically revealed candy. The girl, complying literally, blew on the ball and caused a chorus of laughter from the audience. The anecdote appears in Success Magazine.
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Kellar
Success Magazine
Schnell's conduct questioned in mayoral race
An editorial accuses Alderman Schnell of harming fellow Democrat James T. Day by opposing Day’s candidacy for commissioner of the board of public works. It warns Schnell to repair his loyalty to the ticket, arguing his actions weaken the ticket and that Day’s supporters can defeat him.
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Alderman Schnell
Board of Public Works
James T. Day
Schnell
Democratic Party
Day
Friends of Day
City election opens as five-party contest for mayor
The city faces a five party mayoral race after Wen del Anderson declines re election. Ori J Sorensen leads the democratic ticket and Dr Friend Sutter heads the republican bid. Voters are urged to seek the best administration and limit partisan influence as the campaign unfolds.
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Wendel A. Anderson
Ori J. Sorensen
Demiic
Friend Sutter
la Crosse
Postmaster Tscharner Addresses High School Students
A Tribune excerpt summarizes an address given by Postmaster W. B. Tscharner to high school students. The talk provided practical guidance on using the mails and highlighted postal procedures and tips.
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the Tribune
W. B. Tscharner
Tscharner
Ten Doctors Endorse Miles Heart Remedy For Heart Trouble
A Mrs. T. S. Edwards of Milner Georgia writes that after ten doctors warned of fatal heart trouble her husband improved from the outset after using Miles Heart Remedy and Restorative Nervine. The North Georgia Conference later gave him a charge in 1904 and he continued heavy camp meeting work. The letter urges others to obtain a bottle from their druggist and notes a money back guarantee if no benefit.
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Miles
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles In Market
A satirical verse from Success Magazine lampoons how public demand fuels booms. Brokers, tipsters, and financiers profit while markets run hot, then falter. The piece ends with the public disappointed, seeking gains yet again.
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Dogs of Finance
Success Magazine
Verdict by Postmaster Coroner Opens by Mistake
A Fargo official gave a verdict in a stranger’s death after an appendectomy misdiagnosis. The surgeon found the patient’s appendix had been removed earlier, and the postmaster coroner stamped the cause of death as “Opened by mistake,” notes Succcess Magazine.
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Fargo
N. D
City Hospital
Postmaster-Coroner
Succcess Magazine
Her Mother Wit Kentucky Girl Eludes Caste Label
A Kentucky girl sent to a fashionable New York boarding house to finish education fears social loss when asked about her father's occupation. She reveals only that her father is a southern planter, highlighting class perceptions in Lippincott's anecdote.
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New York
Lippincott’s
Prayers Taught by Mother Referenced by Child
A 3 year old visiting grandmother answers that she prays to her mother's knees or to the bed for forgiveness. The devout grandmother hears the child say she has learned prayers from her mother and reflects on the child’s simple piety.
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Jess
Baby Jess
Sullivan's Richard III Quips At Stage Door Prompt
An Irish tragedian Barry Sullivan improvised after a heckler cry of A horse, a horse My kingdom for a horse. The actor turned quickly, invited the wag to the stage door, and the audience laughed at the quick comeback reported by the Rochester Herald.
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Barry Sullivan
Sullivan
Rochester Herald
Waiting for the Last Act of Benches and Boys
In a public square a portly man reads a newspaper on a bench. A curious boy stares, provoking a sharp question about being funny. The boy replies the show will be a circus when the man rises, noting the freshly painted benches.
Nobody Understands Him An An announcer Of Trains
A Cleveland Leader quip notes a man at the Union depot who laments no one understands him. The line plays on a timeless teenage plaint, highlighting the announcer’s solitary role while confessing his unique perspective.
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Union Depot
Cleveland
Absent Scholars Return as Child Quips About Illness
Several scholars return to Sunday school after weeks away due to illness. A girl mentions measles, another mumps, and a third confirms both. The superintendent questions a curly headed boy, who finally sings that he had a little brother, prompting quiet amusement.
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Charlie
Woman's Folly, or Fooling a Lover?
A quip notes that when a girl makes a fool of herself over a fellow it may be better than the fellow being made a fool by her. The remark reflects social attitudes toward romance and reputation.
Enigmatic London contact links to Ben Holland case
The inquest into Ben Holland’s death shows a fatal fall from a height near the quarry after an evening at the Blue Boar. Witness John Shill, recalling returning from Snowland to Laverstone, asserts possible proximity to Holland but offers a ready lie to conceal timing.
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Ben Holland
John Shill
Laverstone
Holland
Snowland
Spotlight on Thomas E Shea at La Crosse Theater
Actor Thomas E. Shea brings two night engagement to La Crosse with The Counsel for the Defense and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde The program notes praise the Dodge penned American drama and the Cohan Harris production with a strong cast The matinee Saturday at 2 30 features The Bells The Tuesday April 6 engagement presents The Servant in the House by Henry Miller Associates with Creston Clarke Clay Clement George W Wilson Lizzie Hudson Collier Wilfred Rogers Gladys Wynne and Henry Dornton in a widely acclaimed touring company
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la Crosse Theater
Mr. Shea
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Henry Irving Dodge
Mr. Dodge
Shea
Cohan and
Harris
London
Sir Henry Irving
Henry Miller
Creston Clarke
Clay Clement
George W. Wilson
Lizzie Hudson Collier
Wilfred Rogers
Gladys Wynne
Henry Dornton
Iowa Supreme Court Rejects Adoption Contract Specific Performance
The Iowa Supreme Court rules in Chehak vs Battles that a contract of adoption must be specific to raise the child as a natural heir, but is invalid as an instrument of adoption upon the adopter’s death. The court holds the contract not within the statute of frauds since surrender of the child is performance, not testamentary in nature.
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Chehak
Pierce
Gate and path questions in coroner inquiry
The coroner questioned a red beard farmer juror about gate location and the sheep injury incident. Shill described going around the plantation and rejoining the road at the wood’s bottom while hearing nothing. The agent’s testimony added time and walking rate details but yielded little new light.
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Ben Holland
John Shil
Dr King's New Life Pills Said to Prevent Appendicitis
An old advertisement claims the pills prevent appendicitis by stimulating the stomach, liver and bowels. It also promises relief from constipation biliousness chills malaria headache and indigestion for 25 cents at O T Erhart's.
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Dr. King
New Life
O. T. Erhart’s
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