Straw Show and La Follette boom in Wisconsin politics
A Madison dispatch reports the Republican banquet at the university gymnasium where 400 attendees applauded Senator La Follette as the logical leader of the Progressive Republicans. The national Progressive party is ridiculed as a will o the wisp as the McGovern sites note party dynamics and prospects.
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LaFollette
Revising County Book System Sparks Debate and Local Items
County board committee aims to replace worn books in the register of deeds with new volumes and correct long-standing errors. Madison’s love feast draws Republican harmony and La Follette progressive talk as McGovern stays away. A county highway car proposal prompts a $500 expense, while a poor-farm investigation and state fair inquiry raise local interest. Wisconsin congressmen return home as tariff debates proceed. A 30 mile highway project and Marshfield road work near town prompt talk of the Richfield route upgrades.
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Fined in Wausea Dance Hall Case
Peter Fay was found guilty of permitting a girl under seventeen in his dance hall connected to his saloon in Fijeth. Municipal Judge Marchetti imposed a $50 fine plus costs after a jury trial that followed a hung first verdict. The Wausau Sun notes the case as the second trial.
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Fijeth
Marchetti
Wausaw Sun
President Wilson Threatens Action Over Tariff Panic
The piece argues President Wilson would hang anyone provoking an artificial panic after tariff revision. It praises new federal funds to probe wage-cutting tactics and unfair economic pressure, while noting Democrats adopt Roosevelt era big stick rhetoric against coercive big business. The Wisconsin Leader cites this as righteous retribution.
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Ozhkosh Northwestern
Washington
Judiciary Department
Teddy
Wisconsin
Dumping at City Park Corner Sparks Prosecution Threats
Known individuals used the Fox River Land company donated park corner of Park avenue and Seventh street as a dumping ground for ashes and refuse. The board of health, alerted days ago, will arrest and prosecute the guilty parties if they do not remove the dumped material, Alderman MacFarlane stating the board will press full legal action.
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Fox River Land Company
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MacFarlane
La Follette to Hold Civil Service Cadet Exam
United States Senator R M La Follette announces a new civil service examination after two Annapolis cadetship applicants failed mentally or physically. For details, write to Senator La Follette in Washington D C.
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United States
R. M. la Pollette
Annapolis
LaFollette
Washington, D. C
Noise and politics mix in Wisconsin reflections
A collection of quotes from editorials and papers notes politicians entering office and public figures. It mentions Watson, Vincent Astor as a farmer, and comments on civic duties and public health. The tone is caustic and satirical about leadership and national figures.
Ragtag Trivia and Local Jokes from Racine Eagle
A collage of lighthearted vignettes and small-town humor from the Eagle Magazine including a wake anecdote at Jimmy Harrigan's and mischief about lawyers, horses, and high jinks in Marshfield. It also notes a clerk nervously testing shoes and a quip about a neighbor with a new motorcar amid local chatter.
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Eagle Magazine
Jimmy Harrigan
State Laws Target Liquor Sales To Forbidden Persons
The legislature passed two local interest laws on liquor sale restrictions. One makes saloonkeepers liable for allowing forbidden persons or minors on premises, with fines or imprisonment for offenders and the offenders themselves. The other permits officials to renew prohibitions against selling to habitual drunkards from year to year as needed.
Films Shown In Parsons Schools Under Theater Contract
Parsons Kansas school uses a monthly contract with a theater manager to supply the theater films and operator for two Friday afternoons. Selected by the superintendent, titles include The Coming of Columbus Rip Van Winkle Spring Log Drawing in Maine and Life and Customs of the Winnebago Indians. After screenings, teachers lead oral and written discussions across language, history, and literature.
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Parsons
Kansas
Maine
California
Bank cashier pleads guilty in Milwaukee conspiracy case
Albert J. Eidsmoe former Crandon bank cashier arrested in Saskatchewan and brought to Milwaukee faces seven counts. He pleaded guilty before Judge Geiger and received a five year sentence in Fort Leavenworth. Co-defendants Hart and Price await trial as roughly $36 000 was involved.
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First National Bank of
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Guy D. Gof
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