Wisconsin Plans Omnibus Bill for State Recovery Program
Governor La Follette pushes an omnibus bill enabling Wisconsin to administer its share of the national recovery program. The piece argues for constructive action over partisan obstruction, urging timely debate on measures, funding, and potential inflation, and stressing that outcomes affect all Wisconsinites.
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Wisconsin
la Follette
Badger
Tribune
Washington
Shemaelvee
Jane Addams Dead Pioneer of Peace and Social Reform
Jane Addams an internationally known peace and social worker dies at Cedarville Illinois born September 6 1860. Her Hull House work and humane ideals advanced social reform across races and religions inspiring global efforts from Halsted Street tenements to Geneva court of nations.
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Ane Addams
Humane Hess
Hal! House
Mwain
Hull House
Menlo Park
Edison
Illinois
Cedarville
Halsted Street
Tribunal of Nations
Geneva
Miss Addams
Jane Addams pacifist leader and Nobel laureate dies
The article honors Jane Addams, highlighting her abolitionist influence, world peace work, and sociology studies. It notes her 1931 Nobel Peace Prize shared with Nicholas Murray Butler, leadership of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and her 1915 Hague congress advocacy ending World War.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Warren
the Hague
Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
Miss Addams
League
Memorial Day fund drive appeals La Crosse citizens
The Memorial Day Finance committee asks La Crosse residents to contribute to defray observance expenses. Letters were mailed and checks payable to the Memorial Day Finance committee should be sent to the State Bank of La Crosse. Also included are quips about Tokyo sinking and a rail passenger comeback, with unrelated humorous lines.
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la Crosse
Memorial Day Finance Committee
Finance Committee
What Others Think THAT BIG LOAN MILWAUKEE JOURNAL
The Milwaukee Journal questions President Roosevelt’s conditional $100 million Wisconsin work relief plan proposed through Governor La Follette. It flags repayment of $30 million, state and local matching costs, and calls for constitutional and broad state burden clarity before Wisconsin commits.
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Milwaukee Journal
Roosevelt
Wisconsin
la Follette
Washington
Madison
Roosevelt weighs bonus policy and printing press money
Washington commentary notes Roosevelt favors a cautious approach to the soldier bonus and warns against financing via printing press money. It argues such steps risk inflation and underscores the need for spending tied to productive capacity, with emphasis on heavy industry and enduring employment.
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Washington
Presse
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Adoo
Senate
Germany
Street brawl on Seventh Avenue ends with riot police
A curb dispute on Seventh Avenue escalates into a ferocious fight between two hatless men. The clash draws a large crowd, blocks the street, and requires riot police and police wagons to restore order. Witnesses recall earlier drunken brawls tied to Jack's restaurant and other local haunts.
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New York
Seventh Avenue
Cincinnati
Enire
Ten years ago today local market sees first home grown strawberries
In Ye Olden Times ten years ago Kendhammer of Smiths Coulee brought the fist home grown strawberries into the local market today. The day also notes that fifteen thousand poppies are the aim of American Legion and Auxiliary committees, with last year’s La Crosse total reaching 1300. The mercury hit 98 degrees, a May record, and the river stage fell to 1.5.
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Kendhammer
Smith's Coulee
American Legion
Oshkosh
Wis
Dorothy Yanzer
Lindlahr Colleges of
Chicese
Theresa
John C. Burns
la Crosse Club
John C. Kroner
Minneapolis
Frank Bond
la Crosse Hotel
John Knebes
North Ae
G. HL Tayla
Bares and Banter Highlight Early Political Snaps
An assortment of brief notes from Lord Eden to Congress, social gossip on marriages, and local commerce. It mentions Boston strip bandits facing future exposure, a portable farm on Broadway, and a large flour shipment from La Crosse via the steamer Pittsburg bound for St. Louis and the South.
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Listman Milling Company
Pittsburg
St. Louis
la Crosse
Babson Backs F. R. On Bonus Stand
Babson Park Massachusetts reports President Roosevelt's firm stance against the proposed 2 000 000 000-dollar bonus. The piece argues against financing the bonus by printing money or borrowing, warning inflation risks and defending the veto of the Patman bill amid pressures from veterans groups and Father Coughlin.
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Babson Park
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Germany
Rome
England
United States
Congress
Hitler
Washington
Father Coughlin
Rabson
Ceprright
Flannciad Bureaus
Pink Piney Keepsake Across Generations
A grandmother recalls the pink peony she saved for Savilla from a York State garden. After Savilla’s death the plant becomes a shared duty, passed to a relative who tends it on the grave and in the yard. The tale ends with the narrator leaving the plant to the reader.
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Grandma Smith
Savilala
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Train Wreck After Landslide In West Virginia
A Chesapeake and Ohio freight train hit a landslide at Sout Fayette and plunged into the New River. Eleven cars derailed and three crewmen were injured, one critically, in Montgomery West Virginia.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio
Sout Fayette
New River
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