Same Vote Repeats as Devils Lake Visit Prompts Park Talk
Madison May 1 Senate State Affairs Committee reports drastic measures including an anti cigarette law banning exhibition cigarettes in public places with a fine of 25 dollars and ten days in jail Saloons within three quarters of a mile of the university main thoroughfare also targeted A party vote in the assembly to reconsider the McKenzie bill failed 58 to 36 The senate passed eight insurance measures and approved a 25000 grant for a Wisconsin exhibit at the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition Balloting for U S senator continues at 9 tonight with Republicans in a deadlock and members visiting Devils Lake to view the proposed state park site
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Madison
Wis
United States
Weisse
Frear
Devil’s Lake
Senate
Senate State Affairs Committee
University
Arong State Street
State Capitol
Assembly
McKenzie
Justice Court
Devils Lake
Marsh
Wisconsin
French Review Notes Progress Against Whooping Cough
A French reviewer highlights progress against whooping cough. The germ is identified as a small oval non spore forming bacterium. Dr J de Nittis cites arsenic as an effective remedy. Dr H de Rothschild reports favorable results with internal chloroform, especially in children. Pasteur Institute sees promise in serum treatment.
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J. de Nittis
H. de Rothschild
Pasteur Institute
Short Life of Ink Brief Warning from Chemists
Scientists warn common ink fades within seventy years, urging records be preserved in more enduring materials. The note highlights the impermanence of written records and suggests seeking durable formats for important deeds.
Swearingen Visit to Mazc manie
Mrs Hulda Swearingen and her daughter Miss Cora Swearingen traveled to Mazc manie to visit relatives today, continuing family ties and sharing news from the countryside.
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Hulda Swearingen
Cora Swearingen
Mazcmanie
Exposition Travel Rates For Jamestown Trip Wisconsin Readers
A summary of summer travel options to Jamestown Exposition from Wisconsin. Highlights include round trip and seasonal tickets from Milwaukee, with prices for same route and mixed routes, and connections via Chesapeake & Ohio Norfolk & Western and water routes from major eastern ports. Erie announces through sleepers Chicago to Jamestown.
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Norfolk and Western
Jamestown
Norfolk
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Baltimore
Washington
Milwaukee
Chicago
Cincinnati
Columbus
Louisville
Norfolk & Western
Boston
Phiadelphia
Erie Road
Norfolk & Western Road
Capitol Stone Choice Debates Over White Bethel Granite
Wisconsin capitol commission meets in Madison to choose building material for the new statehouse. White Bethel granite from Vermont is favored, but terms with contractors remain unsettled and Georgia marble is still a consideration.
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Statehouse
Bethel
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Georgia
Wisconsin Capitol
Minnesota
Post
New York
Seedy Philosopher Describes Ideal Happiness
A seedy philosopher quips that true happiness would be to enter a top restaurant, cover the menu prices, and order what his taste dictates regardless of a diminished wallet. The remark reflects his satire on wealth and privilege.
Egotist Debate In Family Exchange
A father defines an egotist as a man who thinks he is smarter than everyone else. The mother counters with a gentle correction, suggesting many assume they are smarter, while clarifying the egotist is the one who truly asserts superiority.
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Bertie
Father
Mother
Widow Seeks Dog During Mourning Time
A brief exchange shows a young widow seeking a dog from an animal seller who offers color options. The widow declines white gray or brindled and chooses black, citing she is in deep mourning.
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Loisirs
Venus and Cupido: life beyond archery
A playful exchange implying Venus and Cupid's roles beyond archery. Puck quips about being kept busy rhyming with "stupid" as the rustic whimsy of a magical woodland scene.
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Venus
Puck
Seneca on Anger Wise Restraint Over Foolish Fury
The aphorism notes that anger marks folly, but true wisdom lies in restraint. It frames anger as a natural impulse yet champions measured response as a sign of wisdom.
A Little Martyr
A minister's daughter recalls church visit and her father's long sermon. She explains with patient humor that she endured the long talk and kept silent, saying she "bared it" to avoid offense while listening to her father.
A Long Prayer (Original) A tale of pardon and devotion
A young woman seeks mercy for her brother Arthur Hewer on Tower Hill. Mary Hewer safeguards a promised royal pardon through a clergyman’s two hour prayer, aided by Sir Richard Vyner’s intervention. Arthur survives and gains prominence in the naval war. Mary becomes Lady Vyner as the family story ends.
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Charles II of
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Palace of Whitehall
Mary Hewer
Mary
Richard Vyner
Castlemaine
Hewer
Church of England
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Duke of York
Richard
Arthur
Sir Richard
Arthur Hewer
Vyner
Rosalie Whiting
Ambition For Little Son At Columbia University
An Italian immigrant outside Columbia University’s subway stops studies English beside his ten year old son Rocco. The father Giuseppe teaches, the son learns, and passersby watch a moving scene of aspiration. A Columbian student helps with words as Giuseppe hopes Rocco will attend Columbia in six to seven years and become a gentleman.
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New York Herald
University Grounds
Rocco
Giuseppe
Columbia
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Capitol
White Bethel
Building Commission
Seneca
Janesville
Axminster
Hamidan
Trorenbrod
Savings Department
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Monroe
Wsconsin
Hufprfman’s
Huffman’s
North Side Square
Stein-Bloch
Benkert & Stauffacher
South Side Square
Monroe, Wis
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