Burns the King of Detectives Traps Frisco Boodlers
William J. Burns United States secret service agent known as the king of detectives, led the graft prosecution against San Francisco's board of supervisors and Abe Ruef. The article recalls his methodical, open approach, early cases in St. Louis and Portland, and sharp success in seizing bribe givers and counterfeiters.
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San Francisco
William J. Burns
United States Secret Service
Board of Supervisors
Burns
Francis J. Heney
Oregon
St. Louis
Ruef
Heney
Trocadero
Schmitz
Board
Lonergan
Gov ernmental ownership might end rail rate woes says Barnes
Milwaukee John Barnes president of the Wisconsin railway commission argues in a Merchants and Manufacturers' address that final rate solutions may force government ownership. He opposes private control alone and cites monopolistic railroads as needing government rate regulation or eventual ownership despite drawbacks.
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John Barnes
Wisconsin Railway Commission
Milwaukee
Vote to Enlarge Beloit College Stable Endowment Growth
Beloit trustees meeting at the Union League club in Chicago drew a large audience. President Eatons and Horace White attended as endowment funds show substantial growth. The academy will continue and become a distinct higher preparatory school. business and special courses may be eliminated in favor of a large classical academy model.
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Beloit
Beloit College
Union League Club
Chicago
E. D. Eaton
Horace White
New York
Surveying Parties at Work Near the Head of the Lakes
A crew of 14 surveyors near here works for the Western Improvement and Development association backing a proposed electric line from the head of the lakes to the Twin Cities. A second crew operates from Minneapolis toward the head of the lakes and the two teams plan to meet later in the summer.
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Superior
Western Improvement and Development Association
Head of the Lakes
Twin Cities
Factory Moves to Marinette from Madison
Officials of the Badger Shoe company of Madison Wisconsin plan to move their factory to Marinette. The move is driven by Marinette’s special shipping advantages. The plant employs between 300 and 400 workers.
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Marinette
Badger Shoe Company
Madison
Wis
Home Coming Date Changed for Clinton Residents
The Clinton township votes to rehabilitate saloons after July 1 prompting the Homecoming Committee to move the event from July 3 4 and 5 to June 26 27 and 28 to avoid visitors arriving amid saloon presence.
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Janesville
Clinton
Kenosha High School Homecoming Plans Set
Kenosha High School association officials are organizing the annual homecoming for former students to be held on the last Saturday in June. They anticipate attendance to exceed all previous years.
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Burns
Philadelphia
Taylor and Briddell
Kenosha
Kenosha High School Association
Kenosha School
Janesville Sets June Revival With Evangelist C R Scoville
Janesville churches including Methodist Episcopal Congregational Baptist and Presbyterian unite to hire evangelist C R Scoville for a June revival to be held in the west side vaudeville theater.
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Janesville
C. R. Scoville
West Side
Lumber Inspector Dies After Fall From Tramway
William Connors, veteran lumber inspector for L. H. McCormick company, fell from a tramway while inspecting lumber on the Menominee river. He sustained injuries likely to cause death and was among the oldest inspectors in the region.
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Marinette
William Connors
L. H. McCormick Company
Menominee River
Milwaukee Boy Dies Suddenly
Milwaukee student Jack Bigelow, son of William Bigelow vice president of First National Bank, dies suddenly in Philadelphia while visiting.
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Milwaukee
Jack Bigelow
Harvard
William Bigelow
First National Bank
Philadelphia
Advice to Rheumatics By Geo Edmund Flood M D
A physician outlines diet, exercise, and a home cure for rheumatism and kidney bladder troubles. He promotes a listed prescription with fluid extracts and herbal components and urges readers to follow post cure diet and water guidance for lasting relief.
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Geo. Edmund Flood
M. D
Reverend's Watch Time Lesson At Sunday School
A reverend addressed a Sunday school class about regulating sinful hearts by example. He held up his watch to show time issues and a boy urged selling the watch. A brisk health ad extols Garfield laxative as herbal, blood purifier, and constipation relief. The Cologne archdiocese is the world’s largest Catholic jurisdiction with over two million adherents.
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Pinkerton
Jim French
Honduras
Wiliams
John Rudd
Harper's Magazine
Garfield
Nature Makes Occupation A Necessity Duty Habit Pleases
Quote from Pelle reflects social shaping of work as need duty and habit. The line frames work as both obligation and optional pleasure within society.
Dr Williams Pink Pills Promise Cure for Rheumatism
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for rheumatism by purifying the blood. It cites Mrs Ellen A Russell of Auburn Missouri detailing long illness from impure blood and sinus symptoms, and claims pills improved headaches and joint pain after a few boxes. The copy appeals for pamphlets and diet book and lists price 50 cents per box, six for $2.50 from Schenectady New York makers.
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Williams
Ellen A. Russell
South Goff St
Auburn
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Langdon
J. Dwyer
San Quentin
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Kendig & Jacobs
Lancaster
Wilkie
Taylor
Biddell
Jacobs
Briddell
Central America
Frederico Mora
Ricardo de Requisens
United States
Costa Rica
Newburg
Long Island City
Chevins
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Cologne
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