Wisconsin Leads Again on Waterway Commission Pioneer
The Tribune reports President Roosevelt and waterway advisers follow Judge Reid's plan for state waterway utilization. Judge Reid predicted prompt steps and Wisconsin’s role as a pioneer. Rep. John J. Esch helped push the Burton bill, with Governor Davidson appointing Reid as state waterways commissioner.
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Journey of River Reform Figures and Reid’s Hidden Work
Weeks later President Roosevelt establishes a national waterway commission. Judge Reid criticizes the Mississippi River Improvement Association and its leadership. Burton writes an open letter urging fair dealing and government action. Reid supports European tow boats as part of a solution and reveals years of extensive study from his time as La Crosse board of trade secretary.
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Spotlight Bill at La Crosse Theater
Last evening Frank Winninger delivered a superb performance as a young German in Keppler's Fortune. He blends comedy with deep human emotion, delivering a creditable portrayal. The matinee Saturday offers a $5 prize for the student composing the most words from the title Simple Simon.
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Mrs Leslie Carter’s April Day Temperament on Stage
A writer lauds Mrs Leslie Carter as a superior actress whose temperament shifts like an April day and rainbow hues. Her magnetism, technique, and dramatic achievements place her among the era’s greatest. She will present Du Barry at La Crosse theater Tuesday May 26. seats are selling.
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles Haunt the Globe
A Cleveland Plain Dealer verse laments global shifts and disarray. It imagines drifting icebergs and a shifting north pole, noting zones and tropics unsettled, the equator overheated, and nothing in its place as a playful critique of world disorder.
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Dark car ride leads to quiet boundary at a farm
A Scottish man under 40 driving home from a hamlet overtakes a farm maid named Mary. He offers a lift and they chat pleasantly to the farm gate. She thanks him and he replies not to mention it. Mary agrees not to. from Everybody's Magazine.
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Late Arrival and Rejection Reported in Local Dialogues
A Detroit Free Press item notes Jane arriving an hour late and turning down May. In Somerville Journal a young physician gains a glimmer of hope when he can hide from friends that he does not know the patient’s illness.
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Simple reefer pattern for children fashion cue
May Manton outlines a versatile child reefer coat pattern suitable for girls up to eight and small boys. It adapts to fabrics from white broadcloth to dark serge with options for lapels or a roll collar, pockets, and varied fronts, with sizes 2 4 6 8 and pattern 5979 mailed for 10 cents plus postage.
Citizens urged to curb tomato-throwing at autos
A city editorial calls on parents and teachers to stop small boys from throwing tomato cans and stones at passing cars. It argues the nuisance stems from lack of restraint and suggests applying the same enforcement used for speeding to protect motorists, with intervention through argument, discipline, or city authority.
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The Girl For Him Scotch Proposal Joke
A Scottish suitor awaits a reply to a marriage proposal all day and hears the operator warn him. He replies that the lass who keeps a man waiting is the one he wants, as he jokes about waiting for night rates. This light anecdote appears as a quote from Everybody's Magazine.
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Language lessons in a wartime classroom dialogue
A schoolmaam explains how English learners will answer insults about pronunciation. She plans to quote a dialogue showing students distinguishing sounds in words such as cab, fo weela, pawtah, wallah, Indiar, idear, and the name Hannah. The exchange highlights spelling and pronunciation teaching amid suspicion.
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Ambition Caution: Avoid Constantly Boasting About Goals
A local columnist cautions readers that having an aim in life is fine but warns against repeatedly talking loudly about it. The piece emphasizes action over words and urges steady, humble progress toward aspirations.
SANE COUNSELS WIN
The Sentinel argues that a clash between railways and shippers over freight rate hikes should be avoided. Mutual business and political interests aim to avert hostilities to support a general revival and the upcoming presidential election. A railway strike would hurt the revival and benefit the party out of power, exploiting national discontent.
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Fragments Reflect Domestic Quips From Nashville American
A clipped Nashville American relic notes a lighthearted remark about domestic life. It sketches a man allowing his wife to pick his neckties and his stenographers, hinting at playful marital dynamics in a narrow newspaper snippet.
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Harriman Strides the Land and Plans Ocean Route
The Brooklyn Eagle reports the Central of Georgia Railway was bought by E. H. Harriman via agents Oakley Thorne and Marsden J. Perry for 3 million dollars with a 50 thousand dollar commission. Ownership was announced through the Illinois railroad commission, revealing Harriman’s dominance in the Illinois Central consolidation and a continental rail corridor from coast to coast, a dream Gould nearly realized but blocked by Wabash ties and Western Maryland complications.
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Mystery of the mansion lingers in London visit
Max Barclay probes a firm for Marion Rolfe's abrupt dismissal. Cunnington refuses details, noting only the act was personal. Barclay seeks Levi Statham's aid, hoping to uncover truth behind the locked door and Rolfe's sudden departure.
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Society Girl Olga Converse To Appear On Stage
Miss Olga Converse daughter of Rear Admiral Converse is a popular Washington society figure. Since her coming-out ball she has drawn public attention. An amateur authoress she has earned a reputation and her butterfly dance delighted charity audiences. Her potential stage career sparks wide commentary in the capital society.
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Opposition Meeting or Demonstration Debate
A young cub reporter questions whether the political gathering was a gathering or a demonstration. The star character grimly labels it an opposition meeting and finally a fiasco, prompting terse exchanges about how to describe the event.
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