Wisconsin Journal targets Stephenson with La Follette clash
The Wisconsin press columns attack Isaac Stephenson and accuse him of seeking to overthrow La Follette’s control of the Republican party. They question his motive, note his Senate vote with Aldrich and Foraker, and discuss the legitimacy of the primary results and calls to retire La Follette. The La Crosse Chronicle and Wausau Record-Herald are cited as Bourbon-leaning outlets in the debate.
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la Crosse
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
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Stephenson
Spooner
Senate
Aldrich
Foraker Piffie
la Crosse Chronicle
Wausau
United States Senate
Aready
Foraker
New York Times
Leap Year Romance and a London Zoo Exit
A fragment recounts a Leap Year era with poetic snippets and a narrator named Walter Beverley Crane. It shifts to Hugo’s London life after a voyage, exploring desire, a failed flirtation with Joy, and his dread of Mayfair pleasures. Hugo resigns from the Zoological Society, proposing a grim plan to repurpose the Gardens as punishment for social ills.
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Walter Beverley Crane
N. Y
Wilverly
Harrow
Hugo
London
Wilverley
Adriatic
Mayfair
Cynthia Charteris
Poppet
Angela
Zoological Gardens
Society
The
Times
Natural History Museums
Hugo and Angela Reunited In Wry Family Tangle
Hugo returns to Angela and meets Poppet, while Angela tests his feelings and intellect. The scene blends playful irony with sharp exchanges as Angela probes Hugo about past lines and present intent, revealing power dynamics and lingering tension in their relationship.
Short legislative sessions blamed for evading duties
Milwaukee Sentinel criticizes calls for shorter sessions as a device to dodge passing beneficial laws. It warns readers that lawmakers retreat to delay reforms, citing Senator Stephenson and the push to repeal state insurance, and urges public vigilance against backsliding by those who seek to evade duty.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
West
Shorsese
Stephenson
Secret plan to seize party leadership surfaces
Fragmentary notes in the ukee Journal claim Mr Stephenson’s influence and alleged Gelatt papers reveal a secret strategy to control the Republican leadership and harm Senator La For, prompting reactions in county circles as old political factions face exposure.
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Ukee Journal
Stephenson
Ierm
Cerfit
Gelatt
Ike
Reform Needed to Curb Rockefeller Power
The passage argues that the trust system is futile if John D. Rockefeller can recall or forget facts to his advantage. It calls for enforceable laws against the wealthy who flout rules, noting that contempt could jail Rockefeller and force truthful recollection.
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John D. Rockefeller
Pink Hawley Signed by Oshkosh For 3000
Pink Hawley signs with Oshkosh for 3000 to manage the club this season. Locals say the move risks the pennant as La Crosse could have kept him for half the price. Puzzle: Find the sucker.
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Pink Hawley
Oshkosh
la Crosse
Gelatt proclamation bars McConnell from vote
After Gelatt issues a proclamation depriving John C. McConnell of voting rights for the upcoming legislature, the assemblyman-elect faces pressure to resign. The move underscores partisan maneuvering affecting candidate representation.
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Gelatt
John C. McConnell
Progressives Win Senate Victory at Springfield
The Record Herald reports a progressive victory in the Senate at Springfield, removing the Barnacles as an obstacle to reform. The piece urges alignment with House Republicans to ensure real progress, warning that coordination between chambers is essential for lasting policy changes and public benefit.
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Record-Herald
Senate
Springfield
Combine
House
A Light Excang The College Man of Yesteryear
A light verse contrasts the old college man who toiled by lamp and midnight oil with the modern student who uses electricity. The Cleveland Plain Dealer musing notes the shift from study by lamp to electric light.
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Yesteryear
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wisconsin Tenement House Act Declared Unconstitutional
The Wisconsin tenement house act requiring courts of specified size and modern water and sewer provisions was ruled unconstitutional in Bennett vs Walker 116 Northwestern Reporter 885. The court held the statute would coerce owners to abandon property or face penalties, effectively taking property without due process.
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Bennett
Walker
Northwestern Reporter
Wisconsin Supreme Court
How Is Your Digestion
Mrs. Mary Dowling of No 228 8th Ave San Francisco praises Electric Bitters for acute indigestion and stomach and liver troubles. She calls it the best remedy on the market. The tonic purifies the blood and strengthens female weakness. 50c at O T Erhart's drug store.
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Mary Dowling
8Th Ave
San Francisco
O. T. Erhart’s
Flippancy at Bar Harbor Dinner Cited by Hitchcock Critic
Bar Harbor host dinner features Flippant critique from Hitchcock who argues flippancy spoils beauty and cites Ruskin and Kingsley as amusing examples. He notes how elegant verse can be made ridiculous by superficial commentary and asks whether the lines retain their charm despite mockery.
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Ripley Hitchcock
Bar Harbor
Hitchcock
Ruskin
Kingsley
People debate existence of the biggest half quota
Readers argue that the idea of a largest half is illusionary as no measure defines a single ultimate half. Advocates claim fairness in division, while skeptics warn against oversimplification in distribution models across contexts.
Better Than Spanking Spanking does not cure bed wetting
A newspaper notice from Mrs. M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers free to mothers a successful treatment for bed wetting with full instructions. It claims a constitutional cause and urges writing today without sending money. The method also allegedly cures adults with daytime or nighttime urinary difficulties.
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Joseph Lacelle
Bronson St
Ottawa
East
Ontario
Canada
M. Kiiner
36Th St
S. E
Cleveland
Ohio
M. Summers
Box W. Notre Dame
Ind
Quizzed to Land a Job in a Bank Tale
An aspiring youth meets a bank officer who tests him with quirky questions about fishing and honesty. The banker approves only after the applicant admits catching a single perch, revealing the era’s blunt entry tactics and a broader anecdote about self made men like Henry Clews.
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W. R. Travers
Henry Clews
Mr. Travers
Mr. Clews
Clews
New York Telegraph
Truth and Quality Laxatives Endorsement Claim
The advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued laxative that cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility or dosage increases. It touts physician approval and urges buying the genuine product from California Fig Syrup Co, sold by leading druggists.
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California
Seven Years of Proof Dr King’s New Discovery
W V Henry of Panama Mo claims seven years proof that Dr King’s New Discovery cures coughs colds throat chest and lungs. The world has thirty eight years proof for coughs and colds la grippe asthma hay fever bronchitis hemorrhage of lungs and early consumption. Timely use prevents pneumonia. Sold with guarantee at O T Erhart’s drug store 65c and 1.00 Trial bottle free.
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W. V. Henry
Panama
O. T. Erhart
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