State Eyes New Home for Feeble Minded Inmates
Wisconsin boards study sites in southern state for a combined new home and hospital at Chippewa Falls to serve the Feeble Minded. The plan follows past appropriations and a 1895 shift shifting care away from contagious disease wards, with site choices including Waukesha Watertown Eagle and Calumet areas and a possible West Bend option. The board aims to finalize after January 1 and addresses inauguration plans and other state university events in the same briefing.
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Madison
United States
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Waukeaha
Watertown
Eagle
Calhoun
West Bends
Deaf School Delavan Adds Big Annex and Dormitory
The Wisconsin State School for the Deaf at Delavan will complete a $20,000 addition on January 1 doubling instructional space. A new girls dormitory, finished last spring, enhances what is described as the largest equipment of any state deaf school. State board of control will join the celebration. Superintendent KE Walker notes many Wisconsin parents have yet to recognize the free facilities offered by the state. The school provides academic work, a full manual training and domestic science department, and strong physical training. All deaf children of school age are admitted. Ten Days Farmers' Course at State. The eighth annual ten days farmers course will be held at the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture in Madison in February with expanded features and several special meetings to attract winter visitors. The state board of agriculture and livestock associations will hold their meetings February 8-5. The event includes the Wisconsin Country Life Conference addressing rural life issues and features national speakers alongside college professors. $10,000 for University. One bequest from Col. A. H. Hollister of Madison will fund a graduate fellowship in pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin. The remainder of the estate benefits the Historical Society and the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association. Tobacco growing to be co operative. Wisconsin tobacco growers form a cooperative, renaming the Wisconsin Tobacco Growers Association as the Farmers' Tobacco Association to operate warehouses and conduct business on a member basis.
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Nly
Milwaukee
Wisconsin National Guard
G. 11. Joacim
Secretary of State’s Department
Assembly Chamber
J. B. Winslow
University Gymnasium
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association
Col- Regs of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Norgard
Rh. A. Moore
P. Bull
University of Minnesota
George Stephenson
Ohio
National Corn and Grain Growers’ Association
L. D. Harvey
Manomonie
Charles Everett
Wisconsin Agriculturist
State Horticultural Society
Wisconsin
KE. W. Walker
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College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin At Madison
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Livestock Associations
Wisconsin Nericulture
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A. H. Hollister
Madison
Regents
Holltater
Late Historical Society
Madion Park and Pleasure Drive Association
Wisconsin Tobacco Growers' Association
Farmers' Tobacco Association
Associa Dionan
One From the Cashier
A humorous scene at a cigar counter shows a friendly customer joking with the new cashier about spending money. The man offers a tip or smile as he hands over the amount and comments on the ease of spending. The cashier responds firmly about money not being for hoarding and coins with candies.
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Hig Dinger
Bavarian immigrant proves lumps are money at Ellis Island
Charles H Rosenberg from Bavaria arrived on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria with lumps on his body that puzzled doctors. A closer look revealed he carried about $11,000 in American bank notes, including a $500 sample lump. He explained he planned to buy an apple orchard in Oregon. New York Tribune.
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Charles H. Rosenberg
Bavaria
Hamburg
Oregon
Rosenberg
Mr. Rosenberg
New York Tribune
Why He Laughed Miss Matte and the Distinction Guest
A tale set in the old south shows Miss Matte hosting a distinguished guest. She instructs Tillie to provide water and a bath, and the guest’s amused reaction is recounted through Tillie’s dialogue about the exchanged compliments and the bath request. The scene highlights social contrast through a humorous exchange.
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Tillie
Jay
Quoted Exchange Sparks A Whitewasher Testy Banter
In a fragment from Muck's National Monthly, a new resident questions a Black craftsman Ale Hall about being a whitewasher. The colored patriarch defends him though the talk turns to a chicken house assignment, revealing social tensions and language constraints of the era.
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Ale Hall
Jacob
National Monthly
Make Up Your Mind About Contentment and Hope
Fragmentary verse reflects on choosing contentment despite misfortune. It ponders whether optimism and hopeful memories endure as years pass, noting hidden springs of happiness in the human heart and the warmth of love as aging progresses.
Landlady Quarrels Over Mysterious Stranger’s Payment
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a foreign nobleman lodging with a landlady who complains he has not paid. The lines suggest uncertainty about the guest’s identity and status, raising questions about his origin and financial reliability.
More Human Nature in a Pocket Gag Exchange
Grouchly boasting that by denying himself ten cents daily for twenty years he saved 2190 dollars. Moxley questions the math, and Grouchly confirms before proposing a quick share of tobacco. A local humor interlude in a street dialogue tone.
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Grouchly
Moxley
Vaudeville Race Joke Sparks Tense Showroom Cue
At a vaudeville venue a track-face comedian is cheered as a color line joke provokes whispers from Innocent Uncle Hiram and a city man. The exchange hints at racial humor and social tensions in the audience.
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Hiram
Le the Rich Indian in the United States
The article notes Indians have high per capita wealth around 2190 dollars while other Americans average about 1300 dollars. Indian lands hold rich oil resources, timber, and other natural resources. Agricultural lands are valued in the millions and ranges support about 540000 sheep and cattle with leases earning over 272000 in revenue. The tribes own vast holdings including feed for over 1,600,096 horses cattle sheep and goats.
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United States
Indian Landa
Red Man
No Slang for Her in a Lunchroom Exchange
In a tense lunchroom exchange a jaunty man orders using double meanings while the waitress challenges his slang. The conversation shows a clash over language as the patron uses coded phrases like “Keys up” and “Adam and Eve” while the waitress corrects him and notes a shift to plain English in restaurants.
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Kute
Berlin Forms The League Of Politeness For Civility
The League Of Politeness is formed in Berlin on the initiative of Fraulein Cecelle Meyer. The group adopts the Italian motto Pro gentilezza and will feature a talisman medal worn like archers insignia to deter rude language. Any polite person is eligible for membership.
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League of Politeness
Berlin
Pnd
Fraulein Cecelle Meyer
Rome
Country Churchyard Graveyard Rule At St Giles Stoke Pages
A Gazette page notes an order prohibiting ordinary interments in the churchyard at St Giles Stoke Pages Buckinghamshire. The notice echoes Gray's Country Churchyard and warns against routine burials in the peaceful site.
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Gray
St. Giles
Stoke Pages
Buckinghamshire
the Gazette
How She Learned
A mother recalls her children’s progress, noting Edith the baby is the brightest. Master Joba adds a humorous family observation explaining Edith’s quick learning due to her being coddled and not left to struggle.
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Tom
Edith
Joba
Humpa
Notable Georgia Governor Candier and his pipe tradition
A quirky reminiscence notes Allen D. Candier of Georgia famed for humor as governor. A Games-Yule figure recalls Candier starting the year with a pipe and keeping the resolve until year end, quipping about savings from pipe smoking over elgar style excess.
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Allen D. Candier
Georgia
South
Candier
Iver
Ramadan traditions in Moslem belief
The A Christian Herald recounts how Ramadan is exalted among Moslems. It describes Gabriel delivering the Quran to mankind, Mohammed’s retreat to the cave of Hira for prayer, and revelations to Abraham and Moses. The piece notes doors of heaven open, hell shut, and devils chained during the month.
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Koren
Gabriel
Mohammed
Mecca
Hira
Abraham
Moses
Heaven
Hell
A Christian Herald
A Medical Compromise in a Late-Night Consultation
A patient recalls two doctors in consultation last night. One recommended one approach, the other suggested a different course. The dialogue ends with a question about a possible compromise or test, highlighting a deadlock and the final advice to "mit 'emt" or similar.
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Fea
Hard on the Mare. Door slams on Cumberland Gap ride
In a rustic tale from Success Magazine a mare reacts to repeated door slams on a steep Cumberland Gap ascent. The driver whispers to avoid alarming the animal as the group climbs, the mare mishears each closing door as someone leaving to walk up the hill.
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Cumberland Gap
Success Magazine
Exaggeration: Bernhardt in New York Mine Visit
Sara Bernhardt, replying to a compliment on her youth, jokes that she is a great grandmother and works constantly. The crowd laughs as she notes others exaggerate youth and contrasts with busy Paris streets. A nurse declines a boy’s request to view an automobile accident, urging speed.
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New York
Sara Bernhardt
Bernhardts
Metress
Retraction on Pig Remark Sparks Verbal Exchange
A conciliatory man tells a caller not to insult another as a pig. The vindictive man agrees there is no sense in implying the man is worth 49 cents per pound to anyone. The exchange highlights tensions over demeaning language.
Blissful Ignorance Proposal Gaffe Sparks Wry Retort
In a lighthearted exchange a sentimental observer asks Mr. Meekton if he was nervous proposing to his wife. He replies that nerves would have troubled him only if he could foresee the next ten years, prompting a wry nod to future trials.
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Mr. Meekton
Economy in Art Debate Sparks Parent’s View
Mr. Sirius Barker advocates artistic education for his daughter suggesting singing as suitable. He questions if painting or literature is excessive, arguing art can be wasteful. The exchange hints at differing views on arts education and its lasting value.
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Sirius Barker
Frightful Awakening After Hotel Earthquake Scene
Mrs Bossin asks her husband about his first thoughts upon waking to an alarm in their hotel room during an earthquake. He recalls anxiously thinking of her as objects around him struck, including a vase, chair, books, and a framed picture. The exchange ends with her remaining anger over the event.
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National Monthly
New Staining Glass Process Feels Like A Breakthrough
A new glass staining method combines mineral color design with an extreme heat to fuse color and glass into a pebbled textured pane. Each panel is molded separately for large windows, then assembled in a metal frame for varied shades and a softened overall appearance.
Our Voices and the Train Soprano Observation
A speaker notes unintended conversational singing heard from young women on a train at an industrial center. He contrasts harsh street talk with occasional sweet voices, insisting he tells the truth and recalls hearing only two voices that frightened him by sweetness. Holmes is referenced as the source of the remark.
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Hes
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