Battle on the Sugar Trust trading floor ends in ruin
Barry Conant and Bob Brownley duel over Sugar stock as the crowd floods the market with selling pressure. Beulah Sands faces heartbreak when Bob blames the system for losses and confesses remorse, while Conant contemplates the cost of his rise and the wreckage left behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Conant
Bob
Lord
Richelieu
Sugar
Randolph & Randolph
Wall Street
Sugar Trust
Jim
Beulah Sands
Brave Explorer Myth in Outing Magazine History
The excerpt argues that Native Americans excel in jungle tracking and ambush tactics, claiming whites suffer more in forest fighting. It contrasts endurance in pursuit with perceived instability of the redman after setbacks, portraying bravery as a savage trait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Outing Magazine
Courtesy at Horn and daily life habits
The passage argues that daily habits shape character with selfishness as root cause. It notes manners decline when self first, and true courtesy should become habitual like a second nature, persistent even among friends. It emphasizes home life tests social ceremony and etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horn
Eelf
New York Life Reports Over 70 Million In Half Year Business
The New York Life Insurance Company announces six months ending June 30 with paid business over 70 million dollars and policyholder payments totaling 21.66 million. Death claims reached 11.18 million while mature endowments annuities and dividends amounted to 10.48 million as the firm notes its strong position under the new law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Life
Armstrong
Modesty and a Rising Star at the Plate
Abou Ben Adhem, praised for a modest start, notes he may fall in the batting percentage as the season progresses. He accepts flowers from an admirer, then steps to the plate, strikes out, dodges a lemon from a displeased fan, and retakes his seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abou Ben Adhem
Towne and Browne Dispute Over Gifted Etching
Towne relates a quarrel about an etching sent by Dubley to Browne. Browne complains that he was told of the gift and his wife rearranged several pictures in the parlor to accommodate it, and he has not finished rearranging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towne
Dubley
Browne
Unkind Advice from Ally Sloper Cartoon
Two Irishmen share lunch with a sly quip about heaven and hell. Pat muses on how to get his clothes over his wings in heaven, while Mike retorts that his hat would fit over his horns in the other place. The cartoon caption reflects a humorous morality bite typical of Ally Sloper.
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Pat
Mike
Ally Sloper
Grape Nuts Endorsement Sparks Diet Debate
An article argues for starchy foods like Grape-Nuts as essential and pre digested, comparing vegetarian concerns with risks of over consuming partly cooked grains. It cites improved strength and brain cell rebuilding from phosphate of potash in the grain and promises a ten day proof with a slogan There’s a Reason. Read The Road to Wellness in packages.
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V’elNille
Sleep and Death Through Natural Law Arguments
A Cosmopolitan writer outlines sleep as temporary death of the sensitive system, with the vital system preserving function. It classifies natural death, sudden death, and death from disease, detailing pain, time, and consciousness at each transition and noting birth and death as the major physiological events.
Monster Philippine Snakes Observed in Manila Exhibition
In Manila Times May 16 report a giant boa constrictor skin, 29 feet long, shot 40 miles north of Zamboanga by American prospectors Bell and Newman. The skin, brought by Wickerham, measured 30 feet six inches when alive. the snake reportedly seized a deer by the nose before buckshot killed it. The wound left a three inch diameter hole. Wickerham notes a larger snake of 36 feet exists and will exhibit the skin to convince skeptics.
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Manila
Paris
Zamboanga
Bell and Newman
Wickersham
Whooping Cough Bacillus Identified by Vienna Professor
At a Medical Society of Vienna session Dr. Heinrich Albrecht reported finding the cause of whooping cough identical to the influenza bacillus. He prepared a serum from the influenza bacillus and injected it into rabbits, causing severe inflammation of the heart, which may explain influenza's impact on the human heart.
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Medical Society of
Vienna
Heinrich Albrecht
Wilhelmine Hospital
Albrecht
Can You Walk Straight
A literary bit notes that people cannot walk in a straight line with eyes open or shut. It jokes that most people veer left or right due to torsion in walking and urges a playful bet involving two lawn posts and a crowd struggling to walk between them.
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Adam
Fugitive Berge Ends Flight by Drinking Carbolic Acid
Alfred Berge, 45, long time resident, fled sheriff chasing him on a warrant for abusive language issued at Wilson. He eluded capture, returned to his boarding place, then fled again across fields. He drank two thirds of a three ounce bottle of carbolic acid and died before a doctor could reach him. Berge was single and had lived in the area for two decades.
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Fifth Avenue
Tiffany
Senate
Beulah Sands
Bob
Jim
Judge Sands
Randolph & Randolph’s
Glenwood
Alfred Berge
Wilson
Berge
Labor and Farmers Unite In State Affiliation Move
The Wisconsin State Federation of Labor endorses affiliating with the Wisconsin State Society of Equity and pushes central distributing depots at localities. At a mass meeting delegates heard N C Crawley Baraboo E T Melms Milwaukee and others speak in favor of the plan. The resolution calls depots under joint producer consumer control to cut rehandling costs and reduce profits for buyers jobbers and commissions.
County Union Prepares Farm Support in Menomonie
The county union of the American Society of Equity organizes to handle local crops and buy farm supplies. They sold pooled wool through the society and county secretary Blanchard purchased binding twine for members. Plans include potatoes, beet sugar, and tobacco crops with new warehouses under construction.
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County Union
Menomonie
American Society of Equity
Blanchard
New Corporation Organized in Grand Rapids Lumber Venture
A new $50,000 corporation was organized with charter application sent to Madison. Incorporators include Peter Mitchell and James Hickey of Rhinelander and D. D. Conway and T. A. Taylor of Grand Rapids. The firm aims to deal in all grades of fine lumber and build a large dry kiln for furniture manufacture on a local site.
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Grand Rapids
Madison
Peter Mitchell
James Hickey
Rhinelander
D. D. Conway
T. A. Taylor
New Bank for Racine Junction
Racine Junction will get a new bank with capital of 50000 dollars. H N Bacon of Oshkosh is expected to be cashier and W H Gittings of Racine to serve as president. The capital stock is to be 35000 or 50000 dollars with Oshkosh men taking half and Racine residents the balance.
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Racine Junction
Racine
H. N. Bacon
Oshkosh
W. H. Gittings
Ellsworth to Be Brought Back
Gov Warner of Michigan approves extradition papers issued by Gov Davidson for Frank Ellsworth a noted crook wanted for uttering false checks. Ellsworth was arrested at Marquette Michigan a week ago.
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Ellsworth
Kenosha
Warner
Michigan
Davidson
Frank Ellsworth
Marquette
Mich
High Price for Water Works in Racine
The special committee appointed by Mayor Horlick quotes 1,000,000 dollars to buy the Racine Waterworks company plant. Supporters of municipal ownership expected a price not much over 600,000 dollars.
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Racine
Horlick
Racine Waterworks Company
Seven Reported Missing After Unknown Remains Found
In Racine the discovery of two unidentified men one later identified as Frank Morton and another found in the woods sparked a missing persons alert. Seven individuals have been reported missing to Coroner Hoyle following the grisly finds.
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Frank Morton
Hoyle
Money Found in Old House at Madison
While tearing down an old house in Madison Daniel Trainer owner of the property found a pocketbook containing 1500 dollars. The money is believed to have been hidden in the walls by Emil Behrend who lived in the house for sixteen years.
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Madison
Daniel Trainer
Emil Behrend
Kenosha Woman Rescues Boy From Lake
Mrs. John De Young of Kenosha leaped into the lake and saved Vernon Armstrong a nine year old boy who had fallen from the breakwater while fishing.
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Kenosha
John de Young
Vernon Armstrong
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Federation of Labor
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