Landings Chose Steen President At La Crosse Meeting
H A M Steen of Northfield Wisconsin was re elected president of the Landingslag during the final day of a three day session at Linker hall La Crosse delegates numbered four hundred eighty two Beck of Lake Preston was re elected secretary James Thompson former district attorney spoke urging preservation of Norwegian traits in American citizenship The convention voted to meet next year in Minneapolis A Mississippi River launch excursion closed the gathering
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Landingslag
Linker Hall
Steen
Northfield
America
Landings
Norway
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Thompson
Mississippi River
Wilson seeks early currency reform to steady markets
President Wilson urges prompt currency reform legislation in a letter to Senator Tillman. He opposes delaying action and wants measures enacted to prevent an artificial panic by tariff bill opponents. The note was released to the press by Tillman.
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Washington
Wilson
Tillman
South Carolina
Smoke and Drink Spread in U S
May 31 report shows beer and whiskey consumption rising in the United States while cigarette smoking also increases. Through May 29 internal revenue receipts exceed last year by nearly 17 million dollars with beer and fermented liquors driving about two and a quarter million more, wines whiskeys and other spirits seven million over, cigarettes 300 thousand over, and tobacco overall five and a half million more.
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Washington
United States
Internal Revenue
McCarty Estate to Be Settled in Springfield
Billy McCarney and Mrs Rhoda McCarty widow of Luther McCarty who was killed in Calgary Alberta last Saturday plan to arrive in Springfield Missouri from Piqua Ohio to begin settling the dead pugilist estate Mrs McCarty will seek letters of administration in Missouri McCarty had Springfield as his home making local settlement essential
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Springfield
Billy McCarney
Rhoda McCarty
Luther McCarty
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Arthur Pelkey
Piqua
Ohio
McCarty
Jolivette Baby Born at La Crosse Hospital
A six pound girl named Jolivette a daddy was born to Mr and Mrs Bert Jolivette on Thursday at the La Crosse hospital. The county clerk has a box of cigars on top in his office in the courthouse.
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Bert Jolivette
Stork
la Crosse Hospital
County Cerk
Court House
Veterans Thank Citizens For Loaned Automobiles
The Spanish American War veterans express gratitude to citizens who loaned their automobiles for the Memorial Day parade. Signed by Percy Long.
Student Airman Killed in Flight at Cicero Field
James Colo ran, 22, a beginner, was killed when the Curtis biplane skids tangled in a tree at Cicero flying field. He started the plane himself, circled at 500 feet, then nosedived into a shade tree and was crushed by the engine.
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Chicago
James Coloran
Cicero
Curtis
Colovan
Former Lacrosse Man Dies Here
William Cook aged 52 of Minneapolis died at his brother in law W E Barber residence after a long illness of sarcoma. He served twenty seven years in the mail service between Chicago and Minneapolis and previously lived in La Crosse. He leaves a widow and one daughter, two brothers Frank and Arthur, and a sister Mrs O R Tower. Funeral Monday at 2 30 p m at 1250 Ferry street with Rev Stanley P Adams officiating.
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William Cook
Minneapolis
W. E. Barber
Cook
Chicago
la Crosse
Frank Cook
Arthur Cook
O. R. Tower
West Allis
Wis
W. KE. Barber
Ferry Street
Stanley P. Oadams
M Caled In Clash With The Police (Assumed Globe Style)
Postcard from R C Mc Caleb socialist lecturer and former mayoralty candidate in Wilkes barre Pa says he was arrested in Carbondale Pa for street speaking. He claims police tried to bring him before the mayor who fled and he was released.
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R. C. Mc Caleb
Wilkesbarre
the Tribune
Carbondale
Inauguration of Denver commission form delayed
Denver officials refuse to surrender their offices prompting delays in instituting quo warranto proceedings as new commissioners plan to demand control Monday. The move aims to establish the commission form of government but faces resistance from current city and county officers.
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Denver
Colo
Porter Refuses Help as Luggage Vanishes
A fragment from London Opinion shows Porter dismissing a traveler’s missing luggage with a blunt remark. The exchange hints at humor or social attitude in a bygone urban setting.
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Porter
London
President Wilson Plays Golf At Chevy Chase
President Wilson, following a four year precedent, golfed today with Dr. Cary Grayson at the Washington Country Club known for inclusive membership. It was his first game since taking office, chosen over studying currency questions as he spent a spring holiday at the White House. In the afternoon he planned a visit to the ball park with no White House visitors admitted.
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Washington
Wilson
William H. Taft
Chevy Chase Links
Cary Grayson
Washington Suburban
Washington Club
White House
Ballpark
Intoxication Not Wilful Misconduct in Workmen Case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court rules intoxication is not wilful misconduct under the workmen's compensation act in the case of Pat Smith and Nekoosa Edwards Paper. Smith died after falling from a wagon while intoxicated. his widow Mattie Smith had been awarded $2,040 by the industrial commission, a ruling the Dane County Circuit Court had overturned. The court upheld that intoxication is a moral delinquency, not wilful misconduct, and sent the case back for further action consistent with that interpretation.
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Madison
Wis
Supreme Court
Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company
Industrial Commission
Mattie M. Smith
Pat Smith
Mattie Smith
Appellant Paper Company
Dane County Circuit Court
Smith
Commission
Senators to Lead West Virginia Civil Rights Hearings
Senators Swanson Martine Shields Borah and Kenyon form the sub committee to begin hearings Monday under the Kern resolution. The group was chosen at a labor committee meeting to probe alleged suppression of civil rights in coal regions of West Virginia.
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Washington
Swanson
Martine
Shields
Borah
Kenyon
Kern
West Virginia
Labor Committee
Morris to Speak at Aggie Glass Commencement
Lieutenant Governor Morris will deliver the commencement address at the county agricultural school on Tuesday June 3. The present class is the third graduating class with 28 students and 115 graduates overall. 15 live in La Crosse county and others in nearby counties in Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa.
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Morris
County Agricultural School
la Crosse County
Buffalo
Trempealeau
Jackson
Vernon
Columbia Counties
Wisconsin
Dodge County
Minnesota
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Agricultural School
Walter Alstrom
North la Crosse
Hazel Hoyt
Chaseburg
J. L. Pettingill
County School Board
Walter Ahlstrom
Helga Anderson
Catherine Brooker
Donald F. Carter
Mabel Finstad
Armin Ganz
Arthur Gronning
Clara Hauser
Anna Holthaus
Howard Kinney
Catherine Mailer
Julia Miller
Lilly Nelson
Bert Otterness
Amelia Paulson
Selma Paulson
Grace Peterman
Mary Roddle
Lillie Roningen
William Sheely
Jalmer Sletten
Orange Smith
Martha Solem
Wendell Todd
Lydia Zeller
Backers of Henwood Defense Tie to Ex-Jail Inmates
In Denver on May 31, a close Henwood associate said former county jail prisoners and not the Western Federation of Miners are financing Henwood's second trial for the Copeland killing. Street people Henwood aided with money and help are supplying the funds, described as the sinews of war.
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Denver
Colo
Western Federation of Miners
Harold Henwood
George Copeland
Henwood
Pulp Rates in Northwest Declared Unreasonable
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that car load wood pulp rates from Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan’s upper peninsula were unreasonable. The commission prescribed a graduated scale of rates deemed reasonable.
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Washington
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Memorial Day 500 Ended In Flame Filled Victory
Jules Goux won the 500 mile Memorial Day race in Indianapolis aboard a Peugeot, time 6 hours 31 minutes 43.45 seconds at 76.59 mph, collecting $35,000 in prizes including $20,000 for the winner. Charles Merz drove a Stutz with flames under the engine to finish and earn $5,000, while Delbert Guyot placed fourth aboard a Sunbeam for $3,500.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jules Goux
Peugeot
France
Speedway
Goux
Wheeler and Schebler
Spencer Wishart
Mercer
Merz
Delbert Guyot
Sunbeam
First Step by Players Association in salary suit
The Professional Baseball Players Association filed suit in New York Supreme Court seeking 1480 back salary for Kurt M. Hageman formerly with the Boston Americans as part of efforts to challenge contract and release methods used by organized baseball.
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New York
Professional Baseball Players Association, Incorporated
Supreme Court
Kurt M. Hageman
Boston Americans
Lemons Tariff Saved By House Action
Congressman Kettner of California said assurances exist that the one half cent lemon tariff in the House bill remains. Chairman Underwood of the Ways and Means Committee intervened to keep lemons off the free list.
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Washington
Kettner
California
Underwood
House
Ways and Means Committee
Vitense Glue and the Chinese Glue Formula
The so called Chinese glue is prepared by dissolving shellac in ten times its weight of ammonia yielding a solvent for adhesives.
Man Lacking Aim Compared to Wagless Dog, Chicago News
A reflective quote from the Chicago News notes a man with no purpose resembles a dog without a wagging tail, highlighting aimlessness and drift.
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Listisss
Chicago News
Strange Feat of Strength in Reminiscences
A veteran named von Schiichmann, noted for extraordinary strength and striking looks from his 1878 Transvaal military service, could fling four men by gripping their hair. The anecdote comes from Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer, describing his thick curled yellow hair and dramatic display.
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von Schiichmann
Transvaal
The Easiest One Best Way of Getting Cash
A Baltimore American quip cites a tongue in cheek exchange about making hard cash. The brief line contrasts blunt demand with a sly response, reflecting lighthearted urban humor.
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Baltimore American
Tongue Quip Sparks Curious Exchange in Boston Transcrint
In a brisk exchange from the Boston Transcrint, a speaker questions a woman's location with humor and ambiguity. The reply suggests indifference or independence, reflecting a playful social snapshot of dialect and wit.
Proclamation Declares Direct Election of U S Senators
Secretary of State Bryan announced that the seventeenth amendment is proclaimed and that United States senators will be elected by direct vote of the people in the future.
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Washington
Bryan
United States
Week Finances Show Mixed Bank Movements in New York
The weekly bank statement for New York reports surplus up 1.8 million, loans down 6.75 million, specie up 467 thousand, legals up 430 thousand, deposits down 4.8 million, and circulation down 28 thousand. Reserve totals 28.63 million.
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New York
Spider Parlor Joke in Kindergarten Lesson
A teacher explains humans talk and spiders cannot while a three year old mishears. The boy asks how a spider could say come into my parlor, imagining a talking spider in a playful exchange.
Clear Air Views From Mexico's Sierra Peaks
Mexico offers exceptionally clear air with visibility up to 200 miles from mountaintop vantage points. The Sierra range, including Mount Sparta, provides distant horizon views that would require four hours for an express train to reach.
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Mexico
Sierra Mountains
Mount Sparta
Disease Toll Rising in Pennsylvania Deaths
The article notes Bright's disease causes more deaths in Pennsylvania than tuberculosis, highlighting a surge in fatalities from this kidney ailment.
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Bright
Pennsylvania
Shafer Quits Giants To Let Snodgrass Play
Arthur Shafer, star in the New York Giants, leaves the club over a personal matter. Friends say his desertion stems from a wish to give Fred Snodgrass a chance, aided by Shafer’s temperamental nature and loyalty to Snodgrass. Shafer, 21, batting .296, had been shifted from shortstop to center field before quitting.
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Arthur Shafer
New York Gants
Fred Snodgrass
Shafer
Lo Angeles
Snodgrass
McGraw
Eas
Ten Killed On Coast By Storm Stirs Coastal Losses
Norfolk reports a deadly storm on the coast with several fishing boats lost at sea and ships damaged. Dozens of schooners anchored at Lambert's Point were dashed against others, and a schooner Fairfield collided with a barge in the harbor as authorities assess the toll.
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Norfolk
Lambert's Point
Fairfield
Bat Bor
Two Arrested for Stealing Shirts in Chicago Store
John Price and Tom Reilly of Chicago were arrested today on charges of stealing shirts from Stockhaus & Peterson. They face county court on the larceny charge tomorrow. Nels Holden of Leon Wisconsin and Ch Hagen with John Anderson of Granite Meadow Minnesota were fined $12 by Judge Edward Cronon for holiday spirits violations. Ole J. Hoglund of Deer Park Wisconsin was fined 94 for the same reason.
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John Price
Tom Reilly
Chicago
Stockhaus & Peterson Clothing
Nels Holden
Leon
Wis
Hagen
John Anderson
Gna] Meadow
Minn
Edward Cronon
Ole J. Hoglund
Deer Park
Casberg auxiliary honors veterans with flower ceremony
The Casberg auxiliary of the 5P TM War veterans gathered at the clubhouse at 3 p m yesterday then moved to the wagon bridge where the camp acted as escort of honor. Five ceremonies were held and flowers were cast upon the water honoring sailors and mariners who gave their lives for the country.
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Casberg
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