Wisconsin to Improve Roads Across State in Coming Year
Wisconsin outlines a 1912 road program allocating $4,097,040 for highway and bridge work across 50 towns and 64 counties. Dane heads the county list with 24 miles of stone and 9 miles of gravel, while Milwaukee faces state aid limits. The article also notes expansion of traveling libraries and rural reading programs under the Wisconsin Free Library Commission.
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Dane
Nadixon
Wisconsin
Sol
Dane County
Link County
Milwaukee County
Bancratl
Dismet
Hwaukee County
Errawne
Waupaca
John RB. Jones
Assembly
Browne
W. C Howehkigs
Anid
Natural History Survey
Legislaure
Wisconsin religious innovation at Madison university chapel
Wisconsin leaders championed a secular church at Madison's University of Wisconsin, naming St Pauls chapel as Americas first religious institution of its kind tied to a state university. Catholics raised about 40000 toward 65000, a chapel costing 25000 with 400 seat capacity, serving services and student religious instruction. The piece notes the income tax and new state life insurance plan taking effect January 1 but awaiting court and commission actions.
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Wisconsin Bie
St. Paul's University
University of Wisconsin
America
Wisconsin
Sur
Ax Catholic
Madison
Ab Ehanel
Allied
Il C. Bengell
Holy Teedeemer
United States
St. Mauls Chapel
Dullitings
Nis
Pew
Lfe
Supreme Court
Ax Commission
Wisconsin Exults In 1911 Progress And Reforms
Governor McGovern heralds 1911 as a prosperous year for Wisconsin with growth in education, taxes cut by nearly a million, and capital projects funded. Legislative advances include primary election reforms, workmen compensation, and an industrial commission to balance capital and labor. A public affairs board audits state operations and seeks efficiency, while discussions on commissioners replacing traditional democracy spur debate.
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Board of Publie Affairs
Atute
Wisconsin
Wolf Dead After Lumber Yard Fight in Chicago
A timber wolf killed in Chicago after entering a lumber car and fighting watchman Louis Feinberg. The animal was trapped, shot multiple times, and finished with a coup de grace as it struggled near the lumber pile. The wolf likely rode in from the far northwest, identity confirmed by searchlight view.
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Chicago
Aumber Yard
Fred Tate
North Woods
Louis Feinberg
Kling
Petoberg
Colle
Timber Company
Jan Salfe
Way
Pemberg
Secon
Feinberg
Kelnberg
Dee
President to Send Multiple Messages to Congress
Washington expects President Vett to deliver several messages to Congress. The economy committee report and a transmittal letter will accompany its views. Alaska conservation and District of Columbia affairs will be addressed before month’s end. The woolen schedule report under Payne Cart Law will be returned with another message.
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Washington
Vett
Congress
Postal Commission
Alaska
Conservation
District of
Columeda
Sofayhe Tari
Jury Indicts McConnell in Ocean Grove Assault Case
Andrew McConnell, famed as a discoverer of human electricity, has been indicted by the county grand jury for felonious assault and attempted murder for wounding his wife Marion Daniel McConnell at their Ocean Grove home. A detective heads to Albany with requisition papers as McConnell remains jailed in Tombs prison, New York City.
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Asbury Park
Jan
Andrew McConnell
Marion Daniel McConnell
Ocean Grove
Ae Detective
Albany
McConnell
Tombs
New York City
Bandit Foiled by Horse in Oklahoma Bank Heist
Jan 4 Walking into the Bixby bank the robber held up the cashier Lipse at gunpoint and stole 3700 then fled on a horse a Texas broncho. A crowd pulled the fleeing bandit from the horse and the alarm brought help as the suspect was tackled.
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Yulsa
Okla
Bixby
Tulsa
Pirates Loot Spanish Steamer Banbee After Attack
River pirates attacked and looted the Banbee a Spanish coast steamer off Tongan January 4. An expedition has been sent against the pirates to pursue them.
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Amoy
Banbee
Tongan
Aecina
Wisconsin State Happenings From Green Bay to Madison
State notes report Jersey cows culled as tubercular on H B Aldred farm near Stiles with compensation to owner. Fire at Emil Johi meat market causes $46,000 loss with Park Washington and Grafton aid. Welsh Eisteddfod crowds in Racine. Hayward man Faulson badly hurt after killing his wife and child then attempting suicide. Manitowoc year’s fire loss under $1,000 with $273,000 insured value. Janesville freight wreck at Afton injures fireman and engineer. Appleton veneer talk ends with no union but plants shut till Feb 25. Milwaukee man Grover jailed then to be handed to Illinois. Madison poultry show grants delayed due to corporate rules. Racine burglary at Migilacco rooming house. Kenosha refugee note on Miss Rey Funk. Sheboygan Shieler Brewing fire mass loss. Madison high school letters on state university open letters by Cary.
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Wisconels
Wisconsin State Library Commission
James H. Stout
Dunn County
Stout
Te Eat
Othier
Commission
Postage Increase Fight Sparks Publisher Protest
Washington debate on Hitchcock plan to raise second class mail rates draws firm publisher opposition. The American Newspaper Publishers Association bulletin cites a detailed inquiry showing vast volumes of weekly publications and mail handling costs, arguing the post office is mismanaged and should not dictate how news is distributed.
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Washington
Hitchcock
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Don C. Gelts
New York World
Bulletin
Post Office
House
Post Office Department
Willam A Ashbrook
Express
Ord
Mpller
Hie
Cannet
Irogress
Impracticable Suggestion at Sherry's and Latin Quarter Talk
Hebert Meors the artist recalls a fall at Sherry's in New York compared with the Latin Quarter. He describes wandering inside streets near the Baule Midi and noting dinner prices of 15 cents. A spring afternoon sketching in Luxembourg Gardens prompts a youth to comment on a shabby coat and a polite exchange about a possible eyeing.
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Hebert Meors
Sherry's
New York
Baule Midi
Mr. Herri
Luxembourg Gardens
Widener praised for museum gift idea at Ritz Carlton New York
The Connoisseur notes Joseph E. Widener praised the excellence of his father's pictures and quips that a millionaire plans to donate his canvases to a public institution. Sargent suggests an institution for the blind as a fitting recipient.
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Joseph E. Widener
Ritz-Carlton
New York
Sargenc
Yar Sr
Sargent
Increase in Wooden Flooring Demand in Italy
The article notes a rising use of wooden flooring in Italy, replacing earlier extensive demand for marble, slate and cement. Oak, larch and beech are adopted, with maple and birch occasionally brought to market.
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Italy
What Was in Her Heart
A terse exchange unfolds with a man pressing the woman for feeling, and she responds with a disdainful look and a single stark word Blood, revealing a dark undercurrent in the dialogue.
Wife of Canada's Premier lauded as society figure
Mrs. Robert Laird Borden, wife of the Canadian prime minister, is described as a cultured society leader famed for tact, intellect, and public affairs interest. A central figure in Ottawa winter entertainments, she chairs influential committees, supports women's work, and holds past presidencies in several organizations.
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Ottwa
Robert Laird Borden
Canada
Dominion
Worat
Borden
Laura Bond
Wallfax
Parltar Tueni
Flatrvax Women’s Council
Aberdeen Association
Canadian Women's Work Exchange
Lot
Associated Charities
United States
Tar Party at Lincoln Center Jail and Court House Damages
Lincoln County Kansas faced a tar party at the jail and courthouse built from local stone. Ed Ricord and Mary Chamberlain led participants. several are now in the building. Miss Chamberlain seeks damages but a compromise may yield at least 25 000 to her lawyers. Defendants Clark Fitzwater Scranton Schmidt face combined damages over 100 000 with Clark over 50 000.
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Lincoln Center
Kan
Court House
Ken
Shady Gend
Ed Ricord
Mary Chamberlain
Ricard
Lincoln County
Miss Chamberlain
Ings
E. ¢. Clark
Jay Fitzwater
Watson Scranton
John Scbhmint
Clark
Schmidt
Racer
Real estate dealer burns $1000 bill in public light
San Francisco resident Hartig Hartwig a real estate dealer formerly of Cincinnati accidentally set a $1,000 bill ablaze while lighting a cigarette to entertain friends. Samuel Haller joined as the bill burned, a detective helped separate them. A small fragment and ashes were recovered and Hartwig will send the remainder to Washington to attempt to reclaim the loss.
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San Francisco
Siguard Hartle
Cincinnat
Samuel Haller
Hartig
Haller
Hartwig
Treasury Department
Washington
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Stiles
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Leakville
Emil Johi
Coul
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Racine
Milwaukee
Gittings
William T. Lewis
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Nels Poulson
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J. E. Zeigler
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Janesville
No Eater Freight Rein
Aton
Leloir
Jancarilte
Pireman
James Peterson
Lod
George Boodle
Fond du Lac
Appieton
Pastert
M. N. Perry
Algoma
Nct
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U. Dayton
Ringlander
Lewis Leidinger
Morris W. M. Mattel
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C. Lemke
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Rags
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D. T. Edwards
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George Grover
George G. Smith
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Pekin
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Grover
Lulinois
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Youy Migilacco
Keonostia
Rey Funk
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Runven Lynk
Miners Central
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SUNY
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Sheboygan
Shieler Brewing Company
State’ Superintendent of Public Instruction
C. P. Cary
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American Newspaper Publishers' Assnciation Committee
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