Virginia Heiress Seeks Risky Market Plan to Save Family Trust
Beulah Sands, daughter of Judge Sands of Sands Landing, asks Jim Randolph and Bob Brownley to consider a desperate six month gamble to recover two million in trust funds after Reinhart and a Baltimore lawyer manipulated the market. The scheme hinges on turning 60,000 in legacies into enough capital for a rescue, a plan she believes could avert disaster for her father and their Virginia fortunes.
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United States Senate
House
the James
Beulah Sands
Seaboard Air Line
Jim
Reinhart
Judge Sands
Purgatory
Sands Landing
Miss Sands
Bob
Kate
Lee Sands
Old Sands
Virginia Sands
Baltimore
Wilsons
Bettybone
Bob Brownley
Wall Street
Jim Randolph
Harvard
Hell
Randolph
Katherine
Taste for Morbid Novels Sparks Gender Contrast
The Graphic notes a gender divide in reading tastes with men favoring direct narratives while many modern women seek deep psychological analysis and motive dissections over dramatic plot movement.
Education and Protection for Nation’s Progress and Home
A essay emphasizes education and solid homes as pillars of American greatness. It argues homes foster patriotism, stability, and character, while equal opportunity and support for local schools and towns enhance civic life. Loyal citizens should prioritize home interests, then state and nation.
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Russia
Central American
America
United States
Who Makes the Town in Coyte Oklahoma
In Coyte Oklahoma the editor declares a town is built by many hands not just by workers who leave earnings elsewhere not by a farmer who sends money to distant mail order houses nor by a preacher paid by local business interests. The piece argues these cited groups do not alone make towns.
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Coyte
Okla
Sks
Express
Chicago
Folk on Home Trade Promotes City and Country Growth
Governor Folk advocates local commerce broad growth for cities and their country towns. He expresses pride in flourishing communities and urges city merchants to strengthen urban prosperity while supporting rural merchants. He opposes centralized mall ordering and emphasizes spending locally where one earns.
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Mall Order
Misfits in Songs Exchange Witty Theatre Banter
A voice notes a plan to see a new American play by an English author and jokes that best American plays are by English writers. The friend counters with a quip about English songs, recalling a chorus about cotton fields in Old New Jersey.
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New Jersey
Killing the Small Towns
The piece argues mail order business is destroying small towns by reducing local commerce and employment. It warns farmers near towns lose markets and face poor schools and services, while farm values decline as town vitality fades.
The Dangers of Naivety in Investments and Public Affairs
A columnist urges readers to stay informed through newspapers and magazines to avoid fraudulent schemes. It warns that lacks in civic knowledge enable get rich quick mining and oil scams and urges caution against investments promising high returns with secured principals.
Home trading sustains town life against mail order
The piece argues trade should stay local to protect employment, schools, churches, and town benefits. It warns mail order systems drain business, reduce land value, and threaten the community’s economic and social structures. Emphasizes instilling value of home markets among farmers.
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Catalogue House
Importance of Good Roads for Town Prosperity
The article argues good roads boost business and pride in a town. It notes impassable, boggy roads deter trade, while initial costs are repaid by reduced wear on wagons and horses and easier access for farmers seeking fairer markets. It emphasizes roads as vital to a town’s well being.
Adulterated Coffee and Food Stuffs Warned by Officials
Chemists in Missouri and South Dakota examined samples from a premium seller and found coffee extracts and canned goods greatly adulterated. The goods sold at top prices at local grocers, and health conscious buyers are urged to avoid mail order food from premium giving concerns.
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Missouri
South Dakota
Milton College Commencement Features Whitford Memorial Hall
The Milton college commencement highlighted the dedication of Whitford memorial hall. Prof. Albert Whitford spoke on the hall’s history, and University of Wisconsin President Charles R. Van Hise delivered the address on The Value of Scientific Training. Attending were Rev. Dr. Frothingham of Chicago representing Union College.
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Milton
Milton College
Whitford Memorial Hall
Albert Whitford
Charles R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Frothingham
Chicago
Interior
Union College
New York
Whitford
Woller Sentenced to Three Years in Milwaukee County Jail
Frank E. Woller, long time clerk of Milwaukee municipal court, is sentenced to three years hard labor for embezzling $30,000. He pleaded guilty before Judge Brazee after court discoveries of canceled checks payable to Morgenroth and McCoy suggesting gambling debts. If wagering losses are proven, the city may sue to recover.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee County House of Correction
Frank E. Woller
Waller
Judge Brazee
Frank Morgenroth
John McCoy
Milwaukee Y M C A drive misses goal in 17 days
The Milwaukee campaign to raise 250000 for a new Y M C A building failed after 17 days. By 11 pm on June 21 officials reported 225000 subscribed and, after a final review, decided to extend efforts for several more days despite earlier plans to end at midnight.
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Milwaukee
Dr Hughes to Lecture at Lemars Chautauqua
Dr R C Hughes president of Ripon College will debut this year as a chautauqua course lecturer appearing on the program of the chautauqua at Lemars Iowa from June 29 to July 6. The Lemars chautauqua is the most important of the Iowa summer lecture courses.
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Hughes
Marinette
R. C. Hughes
Ripon College
Lemars
Iowa
Leg Damages Awarded in Northwestern Crash
John Jacoby of Kaukauna was awarded $10,000 in Port Washington circuit court for the loss of a leg after being run over by a Northwestern engine. The verdict was ordered after the court heard the evidence.
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Green Bay
John Jacoby
Kaukauna
Port Washington
Lutheran Pastor Dies on Train En Route to Milwaukee
Rev. J. G. Gruber, a Wisconsin pastor en route to a Lutheran conference, died suddenly on a train between Merrill and Wausau. The body was returned to Merrill. he served a congregation at Main Street near Merrill and had come to Wisconsin from Texas.
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Milwaukee
J. G. Gruber
Merrill
Wausau
Main
Wisconsin
Texas
Fire Destroys Milwaukee Store of J K Lawing
A $5,000 fire partially destroys the store and stock of J K Lawing at 606 Grand Avenue Milwaukee. Lawing and his sister searched for each other during the blaze, each fearing the other was burned.
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Milwaukee
J. K. Lawing
Grand Avenue
Lawing
Conductor Killed by Crane on Northwestern Train
Janesville's Conductor Murphy dies after being struck by a small crane as his train departs Sand River. He suffers a fractured skull and both legs are severed, throwing him under the wheels.
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Janesville
Cornelius Murphy
Northwestern Road
Sand River
Veteran Postmistress Quits at Stanton Station
Mrs. Catherine Quinlan resigns after 30 years as postmistress at Stanton North of here. Her successor will be a man.
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New Richmond
Catherine Quinlan
Stanton
Here
Paper Boxes Price Rise Tied to Material Costs
The Wisconsin Paper Box Manufacturers' association has officially agreed to raise the price of paper boxes due to higher material costs.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Paper Box Manufacturers’ Association
Winnie tops list in Wisconsin deaf schools exam
A. C. Winnie, principal of the Jefferson school in Racine, was among candidates for the Wisconsin superintendent of deaf and dumb schools. He has received word that he passed at the head of the list.
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Racine
A. C. Winnie
Jefferson School
The
Deaf and Dumb Schools of
Wisconsin
Fruit crop prospects at Sparta show varied yields
The Sparta report notes strawberries are unusually good this season. Blackberries are developing well, but raspberries are expected to be below average.
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Sparta
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