Jeffris Speech Draws Massive Crowds in Wood County
Jeffris addressed about two to three thousand voters across Wood County in a Saturday rally, filling the armory and opera house. The Roosevelts club chartered a train bringing about a thousand attendees from nearby towns, while patrons praised his defense of state issues and attacked Governor La Follette’s administration, with strong applause at both venues.
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M. G. Jeffris
Wood County
Opera House
Roosevelt-Schofield Club
Babcock and Nekoosa
Intermediate Paints
Jeffris
Armory
Joffris
Halfbreed Lie Attacks Opponents Across Rail Labor Debate
A letter argues that accusations against opponents of La Follette are lies and fabrications. It cites Conductor Amos Fowler denying unjust dismissal claims, asserts railroad workers remain loyal Democrats or left-leaning while defending his shift in support to George W. Peck. An unrelated timetable change on the Ripon branch of the Northwestern road improves connections to Milwaukee and Chicago.
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la Follette
Amos Fowler
Fowler
Tle
Ripon
Northwestern Road
Milwaukee
Chicago
Janesville
Fond du Lac
City sewer connections reach one hundred sixty six sites
The new sewer system has been used by 166 residences and business houses within months of completion. Average lateral length is about 125 feet, totaling 20,750 feet dug by local workers. Nels John Joan and his crew installed 93 connections, about two thirds of all city connections.
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Hause
Nels John- Joan
Meeting on early Maryland Carolinas and Georgia history
A Monday evening discussion covered the founding and early history of Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia. Names and terms appear garbled, but reference to Dutch and English colonial figures such as William Penn and Henry Hudson are noted amidst unclear notes.
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Maryland
Carolinas
Georgia
New Nether
Vollmara Az
Golonies
New York
New aCe
Po Dolarad
Wiliam Penn
Henry Hudson
Bailey
Roosevelt-Scofield excursion to Grand Rapids address
A Roose velt Scofield club excursion with five crowded coaches rode from the county to Grand Rapids for A K Stebbins opera house address. Stebbins spoke to a packed crowd as sentiment ran strong against Gov LaFollette and the administration. Beenhice introduced the speaker. prominent Republicans attended. Gov LaFollette later admitted a 235000 short state treasury and blamed others.
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Roosevelt-Scofield Club
Nekoosa
Grand Rapids
A. K. Stebbins
Wood County Teachers Association to Meet at Grand Rapids
The Wood County Teachers Association holds its annual meeting on Saturday November 12 at Grand Rapids with music and program items including Geography Grammar Primary Reading and High School Conference. Supt Yonker and Supt Borden direct sessions followed by a business meeting and three minute talks by teachers and guests inviting participation.
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Wood County Teachers’ Association
Grand Rapids
PIVU
Supt
J. B. Borden
Caroline Briere
Hannah McGrath
Elizabeth Walshe
Mattie Larkin
Katherine McKeown
Mary Kriten
Marnie Smith
Bertha Akey
Messrs
Stage Triumph Promises Elevation in Nov 11 Op Era
The piece denounces rumors of socialist vote buying in Wood County as a slander and urges honesty. It praises Sign of the Cross, Quo Vadis, Ben Hur and Pompeii or Power of the Grass as morally uplifting dramas. The production features strong drama, elaborate scenery, costumes, and effects culminating in a Vesuvius eruption. At the opera house, Nov 11.
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Mt. Vesuvius
Opera House
Frost Por McGee at LaFollette rally in armory
C A McGee, laFollette staff orator, spoke before about one hundred voters at the armory on Monday night. The gallery was empty and main floor attendance did not exceed two hundred as party workers failed to draw a crowd. He offered untruthful statements and refused to answer a prominent Democrat's questions, provoking independent voters to dissatisfaction and urging defeat of officials who admit state bankruptcy and ruin.
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Wrom
C. A. McGee
Armory
Omaha K. R
Robert M. LaFollette
George W. Peck
Fowler
LaFollette
Mr. McGee
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A. S. Fowler
Delevan
Teachers’ Association
Pompeii
Rose Brothers’ Store
Fleisher
Stark Mills
Russia
Crass
Uneeda
Santa Clara
Perton
Swik
Tate Tigme
Swift
Frost Por
McGee
First National Bank
Marshfield
Adam Hafer
WM. Uthmeier
EDW
L. Reese
John Seubert
Cash
L. Th. Thom
W. A. Sexton
C. E. Blodgett
Thos. Daly
Leander Choate
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