The Four Cent Gas Tax Debate Across Wisconsin Roads
A Wisconsin editorial surveys the proposed four cent gasoline tax, weighing whether motorists will fund a $87,290,000 to $114,840,000 ten year road program. It questions plan definiteness, asks for two sided information, and urges motorists to judge merits and costs before supporting or opposing the tax.
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State Highway Commission
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Beloit
Superior
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Minneapolis
Green Bay
Michigan Line
Iowa Line
Lake Michigan
Minnesota Line
Highway Commission
Modern Slavery of Machines and the Rise of Power
An essay contrasts historical human bondage with modern servitude to machines and electricity. It argues that while slavery ended, humanity remains under the control of tireless forces in industry, farming, and cities, and predicts science will expand this dependence rather than lessen it.
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Earth
Mania Surrounds Play and Graft Rumors in New York
A chaotic column teases theatre intrigue and gambler legends linking an Empire State premiere to a $250,007 stake. The piece cites Katharine Gomplli, Gilbert Miller, and Gabriel McClintic amid talk of Rip, a Judith Wharton novel adaptation, and a Washington DC photograph sting with police station misdirection.
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Manitowoc
Éttral “Press Dispatch
New ‘York
Appetts
Katherine Gompli
New York
Nigstor
Empireé Lmg
Raytonil
Rothstein
Gibert Millers
Los ‘Angeles
Washington, D.C
New York News
Hocus Focus Inds
Soandso’s
Gilbert Miller
Judith Wharton
Margaret Ayeres
Gathriel McClintic
Nui
Fragmented Old Timey Gossip and Quips From a Page
A collage of jokes and snatches about celebrities and performers. Sir Harry Lauder talks of a caddie monument after losing a wee ball. Banter about a reporter and divorced stars, and musings on theater and critics mingle with brief witticisms from stage and society figures.
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Harry Lauder
Sir Harry
Hudson Bridge Inspires Poetic Dreams and Debate
A writer recalls the new Hudson River bridge linking New York and New Jersey and praises its towering steel, while letters from readers debate medical experimentation on condemned murderers and crown the greatest woman as one who juggles family care, work, and spiritual growth.
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X. Bart
Brownsville
Tomas
Seuilane
Hie Grande
Matamores
Hudson
New York City
New Jersey
Hself
Lear
RS. L. Vigla Tabler
Berkeley
Cal
Mary Amole
Pomeroy
Fennsylvana
Gomeans
Mhenia
Saad
Senators Winding Up Term A Sorry Sight
Washington report notes eight senators face rejection or retirement before inauguration day. Only Senator George P. McLean of Connecticut retires voluntarily at age over 70. The piece highlights the somber post election mood among lawmakers and the variety of defeats endured.
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Washington
Jess
George P. McLean
Connecticut
Fred
Political veteran dynasties and party shifts noted
The piece reflects on election results and historic lineages, mentioning Senate defeats and triumphs of figures like Bruce, Reed, Gerry, Neely, Bayard, and Mayfield. It discusses Rhode Island, West Virginia, Delaware, and Texas contests, and observes how party changes reshaped seats, with Tom Connally succeeding a Democrat and the broader pattern of Democratic gains from Republican successors.
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Peter G. Gerry
Rhode
Smith
Wee Rhody
Peter
Rhode Island
Pete
M. M Neely
West Virginia
M. M
Jyear
Guy D. Goff
Gilead
McLean
Reed
Gerry, Neely
Baylard, Bruce
Edwards
Tom Connally
Mayfield
Questions Answered by the Manitowoc Times Editor
Freely offered reader Q A service invites inquiries to Frederick M Kerby Ques Hon Editor Washington Bureau Manitowoc Times Washington D C enclosed two cents stamps for reply Medical advice and research cannot be provided Letters confidential and unanswered questions will not be replied to
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Phy
Frederick M. Kerby
Manitowoc Times
Washington
New York Avenue
Washington, D. C
Q and A on literature, rewards, and history
A reader asks about word counts for novels and publisher royalties, Edna Wallace Hopper’s status, wheat and corn leaders, whirlpool causes, the Hood battleship, numbers of U S prisons, and dates related to the 19th Amendment and Ku Klux Klan charter.
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Publiher
Edna Wallace “Hopper
North Dakota
Hood
United States
Congress
House of
Secretary of State
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Betelgeuse dwarfs the sun by vast margin in size
A science note recalls Betelgeuse as a star vastly larger than the sun with a diameter over 206 times greater, and contrasts this with common stellar scales. It also includes trivia on Lithuanian numbers in the US from census data and early watchmaking in Nuremberg in the 16th century.
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United States
Peter Hele
Nuremburg
Germany
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