Governor Philipp Names Five State Board Appointees
Governor E L Philipp selects Carl D. Jackson Oshkosh and Walter Alexander Milwaukee for railroad commissioners George S Weigle Milwaukee dairy and food commissioner ex Governor James Q Davidson Madison head of state board of control Moritz F Blumenfeld Watertown superintendent of public property The appointments are praised as prudent and broadly competent with support for the governor and opposition to petty criticism by The State Journal faction.
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E. L. Philipp
Carl D. Jackson
Oshkosh
Walter Alexander
Milwaukee
George S. Weigle
James Q. Davidson
Madison
State Board of Control
Moritz F. Blumenfeld
Watertown
Jackson
Mgr
Alexander
Milwaukee Railroad
Weigle
American
Davidson
Wisconsin
Moritz Blumentfeld
State Journal
Rockefeller Ostrich Image at Colorado Strike Hearings
A critical editorial attacks John D. Rockefeller Sr and Jr for avoiding responsibility during Colorado mining unrest. It mocks their wealth aided influence in hearings, urges action to treat workers as human beings, and notes a miner’s plea in Cleveland for help.
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Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
New York
Colorado
Brotherhood of Man
George the Third
Rockefeller
Colorado Cruel & Iron Company
Marty
Rockefeller Sr
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
The Mills of the Gods in Wisconsin Politics
Four young Wisconsin assemblymen once in conflict with the La Follette machine rose to high positions. Mickey Cleary’s fate remains unclear, while Bray, Hambrecht, and Whittet advanced to state senate and assembly leadership, illustrating the proverb that mills of the gods grind slowly but finely.
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Madison
George F. Hambrecht
Grand Rapids
William M. Bray
Oshlosh
L. C. Whitter
Edgerton
M. J
Mickey") Cleary
Janesville
la Follette
Bray
Winnebago County
Senate
Hlambracht
Wood County
Assembly
Whittet
President Wilson vetoes immigration bill over literacy test
The president opposes a literacy test in a proposed immigration bill, arguing it would bar capable newcomers. He cites Wisconsin’s immigrant success and says the veto is a plain, sincere state document likely to win him broader support among foreign born citizens.
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Wilson
Congress
Wisconsin
Lenroot’s Presidential Plans Stir Wisconsin Politics
The piece notes Lenroot, longtime La Follette ally, reportedly pursuing a presidential bid, amid broader Republican maneuvering. It mentions Arenes eyeing goals that could clash with Lenroot’s ambitions and recalls Lenroot’s influential role as La Follette’s principal speaker and organizer.
Rangers Heroic Tower Built By Seasonal Forest Rangers
An Arizona Sitgreaves National Forest crew built a 115 foot tower with limited tools and 300 feet of three quarter inch rope. Despite a 75 mile supply gap and looming fire season, the team of eight, later four, completed the tall structure using tele graph wire as guys and available axes saws and climbers. The work, done under tough conditions, delivered essential lookout capacity and will serve for years.
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United States Forest Ranger
Sitgraves National Forest
Arizona
Temporanes
War Era Meat Question and Unusual Dishes in Editorials
Faroy and Fireside editor Herbert Quick discuss meat use amid scarcity in an editorial extract. They pose that survival drives acceptance of unconventional meats, noting whale meat’s canning push, Japan’s preference for dog meat, and horse beef entering commerce after 1871.
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Herbert Quick
Japan
Fryrce
Tolerance spirit grows at German American Chamber NY
Dr Adolph Muller an agent for woolens said a better spirit of tolerance is emerging at the German American Chamber of Commerce in New York. He recounted sharing a table with a French shoe buyer and an English cloth buyer and noted the men treated each other respectfully while discussing their trade duties.
Courtesy as the gulf stream in business echo
The quote frames courtesy as a powerful force that overcomes cold indifference to steer commerce toward success, likening it to a guiding current that carries an old trading ship safely into harbor. The Silent Partner credits behavior with shaping outcomes in enterprise.
Butter Cutter Wires Entrust Neat Cake Division
An Ohio inventor shows a butter cutter system for quickly dividing a butter block into uniform small squares. A rotating frame supports the cake while a footboard like a bed frame carries two intersecting wires that slice through the cake, enabling clean, precise portions for individual use.
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Ohio
Mechanical Slicing Press Produces Multiple Square Wafers
A description details a machine with parallel wires across a platform forming a frame. Butter sits on the platform and is pressed by a top frame, dividing into square slabs about an inch thick. The cake is then pushed through another frame and cut into four times as many smaller squares.
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Han
Milk preservation method and deafness cure notice
When water or milk access is limited a wet flannel around the milk can cool it by evaporation. Deafness is caused by inflammation of the Eustachian Tube and only constitutional remedies can cure it. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to cure catarrh related deafness. prints a Toledo address and a 75-cent druggist price for Hall's Pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Madison Capitol Overcrowded Amid New Governor’s Finances
Madison dispatches state that the handsome new capitol is already overcrowded by the numerous boards and departments. Maybe there will be more room when Mr. Philipp gets through. The Wisconsin Idea crowd is amused by hysterics over Governor Philipp and the loss of Reform’s financial check.
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Madison
Philipp
Wisconsin
Inspiration and the toil behind achievement
There is a critique of relying on inspiration as a source of progress. True achievement comes from toil, struggle, and continuous effort to master small tasks that accumulate into a larger, perfect whole.
Plan Maori Memorial In Auckland For Perpetual Protection
The Victoria Teague in Auckland plans a scheme to secure the site of an old Maori pa as a perpetual memorial to Maori warriors who fought and died there 59 years ago. A public road currently bisects the pa, and the aim is to prevent further destruction and restore the site to its original formation as far as possible.
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Victoria Teague
Auckland
New Zealand
Victoria League
Modern Method and the Banker's Tragedy
A Chicago banker's threatened divorce over affection for a stenographer is cited by George Ade as a modern tragedy born from business methods. He contrasts past penmanship with today’s reliance on a typewriter, illustrating societal changes in moral temptations and professional life.
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Chicago
George Ade
Best Laxative I Know Of Chamberlain’s Tablets
Frank Strouse of Fruitland Iowa endorses Chamberlain's Tablets as the best laxative for constipation. He has sold them for years and recommends them to customers as the top choice. available for sale by all dealers.
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Frank Strouse
Fruitland
Iowa
Uneasy Lungs Rally Against Winter Air Campaign
The message urges residents to fill lungs with fresh winter air to ease summer breathing. It presents a metaphor about the burden of royal duty and the weight of leadership.
French Remedy for Stomach Troubles
Leading doctors of France prescribe a tablé oily remedy for chronic stomach trouble and constipation. One dose convinces, severe cases improve within 24 hours. Many report relief for bowel, liver, and stomach troubles. Sold by druggists with money back guarantee if one bottle fails. For sale by R. J. Strauss.
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France
R. J. Strauss
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