Wisconsin Crew Triumphs Over Syracuse In Two Mile Race
Wisconsin edged Syracuse by about two lengths in a dramatic two mile race on Lake Mendota amid rough water and late light. The freshmen also won decisively as 3000 students and 3000 townspeople celebrated with a campus procession and fires on Madison’s campus.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Syracuse
Lake Mendota
Badgers
Badger Rooters
St. John’s
Radical church finance sermon ends with mock election box
A preacher, described as a negro with dwindling supplies, warns his congregation of hard times and introduces a mock election box to collect funds. He explains that a half dollar or quarter will land on a red plush cushion, a nickel will ring a bell, and a suspendah button will trigger a pistol, while he removes his hat and leads a hymn.
Georgia Professor Solves Riddle With No Key Stem Winder
A Georgia professor published an arithmetic with tough problems that have no key. A teacher asked for a solution key, and the professor replied by postal card stating it has no key and is a stem winder.
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Georgia
Secret Remedies Advertising Ban in Swiss Cantons
Two Swiss cantons Valais and Jessin prohibit the advertising and sale of secret remedies.
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Cantons
Switzerland
Valais
Jessin
Card of Thanks From Huffman Family
Card of thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance and sympathy at the death of their little one. Signed Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Huffman.
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E. A. Huffman
Adopt New Name for Monroe Guards Armory Group
The Green County Soldiers' League was adopted as the name for the Monroe Guards Armory association at a Friday meeting. New articles broaden membership to all who ever served in the United States service or National Guard and honorably discharged. An auxiliary corps will admit both ladies and gentlemen. Directors elected: C. W. Twining three years, W. T. Saucerman two years, Dr. F. L. Hodges one year, F. A. Shriner representing bondholders. Lieuts. John D. German and Chas. Welton as company officers. D. A. Stearns to join as another company representative. Board to meet next Saturday to elect officers.
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Green County Soldiers’ League
Monroe Guards Armory Association
United States Service
National Guard
C. W. Twining
W. T. Saucerman
F. L. Hodges
F. A. Shriner
John D. German
Chas. Welton
Shriner
D. A. Stearns
Faith in Her Nine Lives Story of a Firehouse Cat
A tenement fire at 124 West One Hundred Second Street drew a dramatic rescue by a black cat with yellow eyes. She leapt from a fifth story sill,Navigate the flames with a squirrel like flight, landing on the pavement unharmed, then vanished into the night.
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N. Y
Rosetta Stone's Hidden Worth in the British Museum
A black stone slab in the British Museum, the Rosetta Stone, could fetch a quarter of a million if claimed and sold. Its value lies in the deciphering keys it provides to ancient Egyptian writings, a treasure once bought for five sovereigns by a Paris gardener, unknowingly misvalued until death.
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British Museum
England
America
Egypt
Paris
Valuable Weeds as Profitable Plantings in Agriculture
The piece notes that some weeds in the United States contain medicinal properties and can yield crude drugs when cultivated or cured in Europe. It cites government input suggesting uprooted weeds could become income sources and that weed plantations on marginal land might be as profitable as tillable fields.
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Alice Henkel
United States
Europe
City Council weighs electric lighting with water plant plan
A Friday council water board meeting formed a committee to study combining water works with an electric lighting outfit. Members A F Rote Jac Karlen Jr and A F Shriner will gather cost data and report to decide if joint operation benefits the city, with figures sought from the electric light company.
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Water Board
Council
Water Commissioners
Electric Light Company
A. F. Rote
Jac. Karlen, Jr
A. F. Shriner
Portraits on U S Coins Meet a Lone Exception
The article explains that US coins normally avoid living or real portraits, preferring Liberty as the emblem. The one cent features a Liberty goddess with a Sioux feathered headdress, but the face is that of Sarah Longacre Keen, whose father, an engraver, placed her daughter’s likeness on the coin. Keen died in Philadelphia after 35 years as secretary of the Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary Society chapter.
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United States
Federal Union
George Washington
Washington
Liberty
Sarah Longacre Keen
Philadelphia
Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Waste Gas Fueled Engines Backed by U S Steel
United States Steel plans to install 12 large engines across various plants that run on gas produced in blast furnaces. The fuel will be taken from waste gas, eliminating the need for oil coal coke or wood. The innovation promises fuel cost savings and reduced smoke emissions, marking a notable advancement in industrial efficiency.
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United States Steel Corporation
Turned Out by Nature in Curious Natural Crafts
Nature serves as a maker of marvels producing cactus wooden bowls from hollowed trunks by resin hardening. Weaver crafts bark cloth like tapa. glass pipes form from lightning on sand. vines and creepers yield ropes. West Indies lace tree showcases natural lace making.
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Nature
South Sea Islands
West Indies
Indian Review
Asian Kettle Drums On Camelback Trains Of Heads
In Asia immense kettle drums are carried across camel backs in the trains of all crowned heads. The drums wear gorgeous trappings and a seat is prepared for the drummer on the camel’s back.
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Asia
Folly of Rashness Provokes Consequences
A proverb echoes the old truth that rashness invites trouble, yet when trouble arrives the rash person proves no match for it. The saying reflects on impulsive action and the hard realities that follow.
New Orleans Supper Delights Tourists and Locals
In New Orleans during supper time a northern tourist observes local dining. Six fried oysters at 30 cents for a half dozen, plus chicken salad beer and a charlotte russe emerge as favored combinations among locals and visitors alike.
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New Orleans
Bolivia sparsely populated nation at census low
Bolivia, described as the hermit republic, ranks last among nations in population density with ninety nine one hundredths of a person per square mile. Tripoli follows with one inhabitant per square mile according to the latest census.
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Bolivia
Cordwood and stove wood for sale by Shafer
Cordwood and stove wood of all kinds for sale by W. B. Shafer. Phone 232.
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W. B. Shafer
Cane in Costume Fun for Dorothy
Dorothy enjoys playing with her father's big cane and finds an umbrella with a similar head, running to her mother to exclaim that the cane has its clothes on in a playful family moment.
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Dorothy
Straw hats await June 1 licensing in summer wear
On June 1 straw hats have not yet appeared though the day marks licensing for summer headgear. Men may consider straw hats but current weather keeps them in overcoats as the season remains cool.
Big Store Ready-to-Wear Spring Specials
Unheard of savings in the Big Store Ready-to-Wear department with two specials. 100 women's all-wool skirts and dresses offered at bargain prices, including spring suits in black gray blue and tan, with prices down to 4.45 10.00 and 12.00 and a special price of 4.98.
Graduation Necessities Our Specialty for June Brides
Vendors advertise a large stock of wedding outfits for June brides at popular races. They highlight sheer soft clinging white and colored fabrics, ribbons, laces, embroideries, gloves and hosiery with many choices and quantities available.
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Council Chamber
Tacitus
Old Dame
Cane
S.main ST
Sita
Templeton
Axminster Raven Rugs
Ren Jam
Chiung
Muresco
Trokenbroid
Veautiful Danitary
Grooj
Trokerbrodd
Longley
Benkert & Stauffacher South Side Square
Monroe, Wis
Miny Reduction Sale
John D. Germann
East Washington Street
Monroe
Citizens Bank
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First National Bank
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