Open river commerce plan gains political support in Wisconsin
State Waterways Commissioner Ray S Reid pushes a light-draft, low-cost plan to reopen rivers for commerce, challenging the $50 million deepening proposal. Senator Burton backs Reid’s approach as Collier's Weekly notes Missouri river precedent and Kansas City’s revival of river traffic with modernized boats and facilities.
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Water power plan faces legislature over office continuation
The Missouri project advocates modern river navigation using six boats to prove profitability without big federal funding. The Tribune urges extending the office’s term to 1911, arguing it prevents private grab of public water resources and aligns with Roosevelt conservation principles.
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Local paper questions Wagner testimony credibility
A Madison based editorial questions the accuracy of the senate investigating committee proceedings featuring Frank T. Wagner. It condemns a sensational claim as slander and faults Senators Morris and Marsh for allowing the testimony to be treated as truth.
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Neillsville
Court Finds Street Obstruction Delayed Fire Response
In Houren versus Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Ry Co the Illinois Supreme Court held that a train of cars blocked a street delaying fire engines for about 30 minutes. The obstruction was a concurrent cause of a nearby house’s destruction, and it was reasonable to expect the fire department could have prevented spread if not for the delay.
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Northeastern Reporter
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Stirring the Drawer Unearths Hidden Notes in Bureau
A quick tip suggests sweeping through a top bureau drawer with a stick to lift hidden items to the surface. The playful method promises faster access to buried papers and reminders.
Mothers Solve Girl Health Problem With Peruna
Letters from mothers describe weak sickly daughters improved by Peruna after other doctors failed. Mrs Schopfer of St Louis reports four year old Alice gained strength. Mrs Moss of Chippewa Falls notes eight year old with cough and run down condition improved so she can play again. The letters praise Peruna as steady relief amid medical theories, stressing cures.
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Martha Moss
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
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Peruna
To the Highest Bidder Fable from Huddersfield
A clergyman near Huddersfield offered a penny to a grandson if he kept his sleepy grandfather awake during sermons. After a month the old man slept again. the boy explained that the grandfather paid him two pence to let him sleep, while the minister paid only one penny to wake him.
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Dooley and The Review's Stairway Mystery
In Danger of Discovery a 25 year old note recalls Col Dooley who ran The Review in Liberty Montgomery county. The witty editor once moved his office after claiming the alley stairway risked someone wandering up and claiming his office by right of discovery.
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It Is Not Best Always to Stay Home
An idle home routine is challenged by a claim that occasional change benefits all, even in domestic spaces like the kitchen where a small fire can burn out.
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Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles Parody
A satirical poem from Illustrated Bits mocks a domineering husband. The speaker complains of the husband's cold, rule bound manner and asserts a desire to freely express her mind despite wifely subservience. The piece plays on gender dynamics within marriage.
Texas Soldier Swords Surrender Tale at Gaines Mill
In J B Polleys Soldier Letters to Charming Nellie a scene from Gaines Mill 1862 features Col Upton surrendering Yankee swords while Big John Ferriss of Company B blocks escape. Upton orders Let them go you infernal fool Wed a sight rather fight em than feed em. New York Sun.
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Wedding Dress Debate Sparks Office Gossip
In a Philadelphia Ledger note, a playful exchange questions a boss about flirting while a first girl asks if the job is at risk. The dialogue centers on a real versus fake wedding dress and workplace chatter.
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Star Boarder Spotlights Big Dipper Mention
A humorous dialogue features three boarders noting the Big Dipper in the night sky. The third speaker points out an actor-like figure who repeatedly dips cream and strawberries, while another calls him the star boarder.
Fat fiddler halts dance at child ball in comic quarrel
At a fancy dress ball a fat fiddler stops playing and glares at a dancing maid. The leader mocks him asking what ails him as the fiddler mutters about resin. Another line jokes about Queen Mary and Amlet while guests eat scraps.
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John Shil Leaves London for Essex and Tracks Black Hall
John Shil drives from Widley Street to a Carlton hotel, steelily mournful as he contemplates Laura Vane and Leonore. He moves to Essex near Lord Crawcour’s estate, seeking a friendly welcome, while the looming Tankerlanes shadow his past and Black Hall’s grim exterior awaits within.
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Dean's Kidney Pills and a Gothic Es*sex estate tale
The ad promotes Dean's Kidney Pills with a testimonial from Mrs. Elizabeth Berger of La Crosse, Wis., then shifts to a mixed narrative about John Shil purchasing five thousand acres in Essex, rebuilding a grand estate, and planning a model landholding amid a moody, moonlit landscape. A short humorous Georgia church vignette closes the fragment.
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General Hudson’s vaccination jab joke recalled by editor
Almost a General John MacDonald recalls asking J. K. Hudson if he should be called major or general. Hudson, a civil war major later made brigadier general in the Spanish war, did not serve actively in the later conflict. He told MacDonald to call him major, noting vaccination never took for general.
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Western School Journal
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Kansas City Star
He Doth Protest Too Much in Quirky Exchange
A playful exchange features Gerald and Geraldine trading lines about love and skepticism. The dialogue recalls a maritime metaphor and a touch of irony from a Philadelphia Inquirer snippet.
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Newbro's Herpicide Promises Dandruff Cure and Glossy Hair
Practical ad noting dandruff as a germ disease and promoting Newbro's Herpicide as the only treatment that kills the dandruff germ. Claim: it cleanses the scalp, prevents hair loss, and promotes new growth with glossy results. Sample offer via mail for 10 cents in stamps.
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