La Follette Drives Valuation Issue for Railroads
Washington reports a government valuation of railroads as a likely major issue for the next Congress. Senator La Follette argues for federal valuation despite opposition, with railroad leaders Mellen and Brown among backers, signaling a 크게 contested policy shaping the national debate.
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J. C. Welliver
Washington, D. C
la Follette
Washington
Chas. S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford
W. C. Brown
New York Central
Mellen
John F. Stevens
Panama Canal
New Haven
President Mellen
Roosevelt
Burns
Far Western
Big Eastern
Harriman
Chicago Great Western
Rock Island
New York City
Indianapolis
Congress
Handshake With Trouble Warns Before Encounter
A cautionary line warns that shaking hands with trouble risks inviting conflict. The remark emphasizes hesitation before engaging with unknown challenges and underscores prudent caution in social or competitive encounters.
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles Miss Muffit
A Kansas City Times playful note recounts Miss Muffit facing a tough steak she cannot finish, preferring curds and whey after despising chipped wood, framed as a light blast of quips and whimsy.
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Miss Muffit
Kansas City Times
One Trial Was Enough for Him
A prudent peasant insured his property and his wife's life. When a hut burned, the insurer replaced it with a new one, prompting the man to cancel the wife's life policy. He quips that if a hut is replaced, the insurer will soon replace his wife with money.
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Ls Diavolo Rosa
Originality in Drama Praised by Clyde Fitch
Clyde Fitch, at a Philadelphia dinner, praised the originality of French playwrights. He warned many writers copy western ideas and urged finding new dramatic ideas as essential to modern theater.
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Clyde Fitch
Philadelphia
Dreadful Quandary: Aero Club Leader Interviewed
Cortland F. Bishop the new president of the Aero club discusses aeronautics and airsickness. He jokes that only fidgety, highly sensitive people get airsick like the old lady on the train who worries about the locomotive at the rear.
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Cortland
Why She Died Teacher Becomes Shakespearean Joke
A Boston Evening Transcript quip shows a classroom exchange about Cleopatra’s death. The pupil’s answer absurdly blames indigestion and a bite, prompting the teacher to correct the misstatement.
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Henry
Cleopatra
Henry Perkins
Boston Evening Transcript
Fisherman’s Gift Joke Sparks Kitchen Chaos
A humorous sketch shows a wife chiding George for not giving presents after marriage. He quips that a fisherman offers bait to a catch, then the kettle boils over, adding a comic domestic twist.
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George
Boston Dinner Highlights Women Temperance Praise
Miss Agnes Slack, secretary of the World's W C T U, praised temperance work by women at a Boston dinner. She quipped that even fine cooks are men and that women lack interest in food to rival Brillat Savarin or Gavarni, recalling a brief anecdote.
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Agnes Slack
Boston
Brillat-Savarian
Gavarni
The Self Made Man And Other Vintage Observations
A montage of satirical excerpts noting stereotypes of men and women in social roles. The Self Made Man mocks boastful wealth talk and the ease of wealth. How Judge Shute recounts letters mixed with a potential romantic misstep and a lawyer losing a client and nearly his wife due to careless correspondence.
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Pelf
Birmingham Age-Herald
Judge Shute
Miss K
Boston Herald
To the Letter Writer Beaver cautious what you say
A Washington Star opinion warns that careful wording in letters can become crucial evidence years later, urging restraint in public remarks and correspondence.
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Beaver
Washington Star
Maytime in the orchard and a kidney cure notice
A poem describes Maytime scenes with blossoms, birds, and blue skies. The page also includes a testimonial from Alvin H. Stimpson of Williamite Conn praising Foley's Kidney Cure after multiple remedies failed, claiming four bottles cured him completely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Foley
Alvin H. Stimpson
Williamite
Conn
Doctor Promises Free Counsel for Cures of Chronic Ailments
An advertisement invites men with Varicocele blood poisoning nerve vitality or allied troubles to visit the office. The practitioner claims to explain why previous treatments failed and to prove a safe quick and permanent cure. Counsel is free but charges for a perfect cure are said to be reasonable and mutual respect is stressed.
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Bunsen
C. T. Erhart
John Brakke
North la Crosse
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Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Hickman-Bessey CO
Alvin Joslin
Chinatown
Father Quill
Barbara Russell
LA Crosse, Wis
Milwaukee
Deutsche Past Theater Gesellschaft
West
Alt Heidelberg
LA Crosse Theatre
Elliott-Loeffler Company
Pearl Street
Tribune Sporting News
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Minneapolis Journal
Will
Dunroy
A. & C. Johnson
Main-St
DR. Turbin
Berlin
Germany
la Crosse
Hotel la Crosse
Uure
Doctor Turbin
Randolph St
Chicago
Ill
Fox
Correspon
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