Wisconsin Crew Beats Syracuse In Two Mile Race At Mendota
Madison June 1 Wisconsin defeated Syracuse in a dramatic two mile varsity race on Lake Mendota finishing about two lengths ahead. Freshmen won easily over St Johns cadets. four man boats were hit by a buoy delaying Wisconsin. Celebration erupted with 3000 students and townspeople around a campus campfire and a band led procession to visit each varsity member.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Syracuse
Lake Mendota
Badgers
Alr Adulh
Badger Routers
St. John's
Unclear sermon speech prompts church reform plot
A fragmentary newspaper item shows a preacher using a bold sermonic style to rally his flock around a controversial plan. The language is garbled and difficult to parse, but the piece references fundraising, a gadget price, and a dramatic demonstration during a service as part of a broader church commentary.
Adopt New Name For Monroe Guards Armory Group
The Green County Soldiers' League was adopted as the Monroe Guards Armory association name at a Friday meeting after new articles of organization were approved. The aim is to broaden membership to include all who served or were honorably discharged National Guard, with an auxiliary corps open to both sexes. Directors include W. Twining, W. T. Saucerman, Dr F. L. Hodges, and FLA Shriner, with Lieutenants John O. German and Chas. Welton as members. A second meeting will elect officers. Separate council discussion covered installing an electric street lighting plant with water works, forming a committee to study costs and feasibility for a combined water and lighting system.
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Green County Soldiers’ League
Monroe Guards Armory Association
United States Service
National Guard
W. Twining
W. T. Saucerman
F. L. Hodges
Fla, Shriner
John 0
German
Chas. Welton
Shriner
D. A. Stearns
Water Board
Council
Water Commissioners
Electric Light Company
A. F. Rote
Jac. Karlen, Jr
A. F. Shriner
Faith in Her Nine Lives
Dramatic tale of a cat aboard a burning tenement at 124 West One Hundred and Second Street. A fearless black cat with shiny yellow eyes leaps from a fifth floor window sill, gliding through smoke and flames, landing on the pavement and fleeing into the night.
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N. Y
The Rosetta Stone and a Treasure of Egypt’s Past
A black stone in the British Museum, the Rosetta Stone, could fetch a quarter of a million if stolen and claimed. Its unassuming appearance hides the key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, enabling future readings of renowned inscriptions. A French tourist carried a Rosetta-like piece to Paris for garden decor, reportedly bought for five francs, unaware of its immense value.
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British Museum
England
America
Egypt
Paris
The Likeness on the Cents Portraits on US Coins
An article discusses the rarity of portraits on American coins signaling an exception to the rule. It explains the Liberty emblem on the cent features a Sioux child likeness, Sarah Longacre Keen, whose father, an engraver, placed her head on the coin. Keen died in Philadelphia after long service with a missionary society.
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United States
Toder
Union Port
Washington
Sarah Longacre Keen
Philadelphia
Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary Society
June 1 ushers summer hats not yet worn
Text notes June 1 as the day license to wear summer headgear but AW hats have not appeared. Men may consider straw hats yet weather remains chilly, keeping them in overcoats.
Keyless Kind Arithmetic Key Baffled Teachers
A Georgia professor posted a note about an arithmetic that has no key. A teacher asked for a key and the professor replied by postal card stating it has no key and a 1b 1s slot winder.
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Georgia
Winder
Secret Remedies Prohibited in Swheatland Cantons
Two cantons of Swheatland Valais and Jensin ban the advertising and sale of search remedies and related products, prohibiting promotion and distribution within their jurisdictions. The move aims to curb unverified cures and protect public health by restricting misleading claims.
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Swheatland
Valais
Jensin
Card of Thanks from Turman family
Card of thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance and sympathy at the death of their little one. MR. AND Mrs. E. A. Turman.
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E. A. Turman
Valuable Weeds Turn From Plague To Profit
Government plant industry bureau art assistant Alice Henkel notes certain weeds once considered pests yield crude drugs. Roots leaves and flowers of these species are gathered cured and used locally and also meet foreign demand. Extermination laws exist but uprooted weeds could become income and weed plantations may prove profitable after harvest.
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Alice Henkel
The
Sovernment
Plant Industry Bureau
United States
Waste Gas Fueled Turbines Power US Steel Plants
United States Steel installs 12 monster engines at wartime plants that run on gas produced in blast furnaces. The system eliminates need for oil coal coke or wood fuel and aims to cut fuel costs while reducing smoke pollution in communities near the mills.
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United States Steel Corporation
Warriors
Turned Out by Nature in Craft and Industry
Nature acts as a maker and craftsman producing cactus wood bowls from dried hollows, and as a weaver supplying cloth from bark and leaves. Lapa cloth and glass pipes from quartz beds are described, with tropical vines and creepers used to make ropes and lace by a lace maker called Loo Ny.
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Bergali
Loo Ny
West, Indies
Indian Review
Camel dancing orate? Asian Kettle Drums spectacle
An excerpt describes Asian Kettle Drums in Asia with immense kettledynns and camels. It references crowned heads, adorned trappings, and a seat prepared for a player atop a camel's back. The passage reads like a fragmented, colorful circus scene from a historical text.
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Asia
Folly of Rashness in Chinese Prayer Proverb
A fragment notes a Chinese saying that a rash person provokes trouble, but the ensuing misfortune arrives unchecked and unreturned. The text presents a caution on impulsive behavior and its consequences, though the source is incomplete and lacks fuller context.
New Orleans Supper Featured In Automobiles Taste
The article notes a northern tourist curiosity about New Orleans fare describing six fried ars priced at 40 cents a half dozen and popular items like chicken salad and beer with charlatin-rysse.
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New Orleans
Bolivia sparsely populated and low density nation claims
Bolivia, a hermit republic, ranks lowest in population density with about ninety nine people per square mile after the last census. Tripa TH follows next, listing one inhabitant per mile.
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Bolivia
Dolivia
Republe
Peresa
Wood for sale by W B Shafer in cordwood and stove wood
W B Shafer advertises cordwood and stove wood of all kinds for sale with phone contact 222 for orders and delivery options.
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W. B. Shafer
Big Store Spring Ready-to-Wear Bargains
The Big Store offers unheard of savings in the Ready-to-Wear department with two specials: Women’s All-Wool Skirts priced around £6.50 originally now $4.45 to $12 and Women’s All-Weather Spring Suits in black gray blue and tan with a special price $4.93. Graduation outfits and June bride wear featured with wide selection of fabrics ribbons laces gloves and hosiery.
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Cane
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Felug
Trukenbroid
Snex
Trokerbrod
Longley
Benkert & Stauffacher
South Side Square
Monroe, Wis
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Washington Street
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