By the Grace of the Kings War’s Global Suffering Foretold
A Washington era voice compares Napoleonic winter marches with modern warfare. The writer laments how WWI toll reaches beyond soldiers to peasants and families across continents, predicting a grim holiday season as Europe endures immense hardship and American reflection deepens.
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Atlantic
Chicago
Studebaker
Holland
Audienc
Jorda
Lux Napoleon
Russia
France
Yesteryear
Europe
The Triumph of Husting Wins Wisconsin Senate Seat
The piece lauds Paul O. Husting’s election as Wisconsin’s junior U S senator, viewing it as a sane result independent of La Follette influence. It contrasts Husting with McGovern, who shifted toward the Bull Moose at Chicago, and asserts Husting’s victory reflects independent thinking by thousands of clearheaded voters.
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Paul O. Husting
United States Senate
Wisconsin
Husting
McCovern
la Follette
Chicago
Bull Moose Party
Roosevelt
Messrs
Taft
Lafollette
Hadley
McGovern
Vietil
Gas for Marshfield lights a future with two options
A local editorial argues Marshfield should add a gas plant alongside its electric light system. It notes residents in upper floors need gas for cooking, urban apartments would rise with gas, and the gas plant would not reduce electric revenue but encourage a shift to a modern fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Marshfield
Thanksgiving 1914 in War Time Reflections
A 1914 Thanksgiving meditation contrasts everyday holiday rituals with a nation at war. The column notes Americans dine in peace while widows and orphans suffer overseas, praising Wilson yet questioning the causes of modern cannon and the fate of war. It frames faith, duty, and national reflection amid conflict.
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America
Wilson
Washington The Way Our Correspondent Sees It
Washington The Way Our Correspondent Sees It notes marriage reform in Wisconsin lowering weddings in early 1914 and discusses eugenic law effects, Capitol overhauls with new lightning tips on the Freedom statue, Taft’s seven year term proposal, U.S. submarine plans, and War era shortages in New York dining. The piece blends opinion with items on politics, navy, and society.
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Times Bureau
Washington, D. C
J. E. Jones
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
United States Capitol
Congress
Capitol Dome
New York
Manhattan
Philadelphia
Kyee
Traveling tree agents warned against frauds in horticulture
Editor urged caution with traveling nursery agents offering seedless raspberries or tempting new cherries at two dollars a tree. If sellers prove reliability and standard varieties, buy, otherwise question and call Sec. Cranefield of the State Horticultural Society in Madison. The society offers about one hundred copies of the 1914 Annual Report with fruit lists, spray formulas, and articles on fruit growing and floriculture.
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F. Cranefield
State Horticultural Society
Sec
Cranefield
Madison
Horticultural Society
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Horticulture
Magayne
Madison Society Opens Free Subscriptions
Public notice states the society will send copies to readers of The Times at no charge while supplies last, with applications to the undersigned and signed by Frederick Cranefield Secretary Madison Wis.
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Times
Frederick Cranefield
Madison, Wis
Baby Exercise Advice From Health Editor Letter
A Wisconsin health editor urges infant exercise through brief daily sessions with clothes removed in a warm room and a firm mattress. A physician recommends gentle infant massage and supervised playful resistance to aid physical development and prevent back issues, stressing safe tummy sleeping and head turning.
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Milwaukee
H. E. Dearholt
The
University of Wisconsin Bulletin
Auction Sales Require Veterinary Certification For Stock
A letter from Dr. O H Eliason state veterinarian outlines an order to prevent foot and mouth disease. All public auctions before 1 January 1915 must be certified by a Wisconsin graduate veterinarian that examined animals and farms show no disease. effective 16 November 1914.
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Wisconsin Live Stock Sanitary Board
O. H. Eliason
A. J. Abbott
Marshfield
Wis
Wisconsin
H. Eliason
State Fair Fund Is "Broke" and Delinquent Ads
Newspapers in Milwaukee report the State Fair fund is broke and apologies are issued for delays in payment for advertising. A letter received by local papers last week confirms the fund shortage and the advertising delay notices.
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the Times
Milwaukee
State Fair Fund
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Times Office Armory
Ted
Washington
Champ Clark
Clark
Panama
Cuba
Missouri
William Howard Taft
United States
Sam
Cong
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Wisconsin Society
Jsupation
Sexton’s
San
Madison Wis
West Allis
Wisconsin State Board of Agriculture
3. C. MacKenzie
Sanitary Board
Theo
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Incorporated
Woon
Taylor & Scott Co., Wood County Abstracts
Grand Rapids
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