Wisconsin Republicans affirm La Follette reform platform
Fond du Lac editorials argue the Madison platform convention sustains La Follette reforms and rejects Spoonerist stalwart backsliding. They praise tariff revision to aid consumers and workers, municipal ownership, income tax, and protections for railway workers, noting stalwarts lose broad endorsement and consolation in La Follette’s continued influence.
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Fond du Lac
la Follette
Wisconsin
Madison
Senator la Follette
Spooner
Republican Party
University of Wisconsin reports record preliminary enrollment
Madison Wis Sept 28 preliminary registration at the University of Wisconsin is the largest in its history with 103 more students than last year at this point. Engineering counts 763 up 44 and letters and sciences 1 372 up 51 with total enrollment expected above 3 700. Turners opera house seating is raised for Monday’s Romeo and Juliet with reserved seats 75 cents at Schneider Bros.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Colleges of Letters and Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
College of Letters and Science
Colleges of Agriculture and Pharmacy
Turner Opera House
Wm. Owens
Schneider Bros
Army Invades Cuba as Palma Abducts Power
Havana reports Secretary Taft to issue proclamation establishing a provisional military government in Cuba. President Palma abdicates and departs for New York. American forces land to protect Cuba’s treasury as disorder mounts. Taft directs control with interim militia leaders held responsible.
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Havana
Taft
Cuba
Palma
United States
William H. Taft
Matanzas
New York
Louisiana
Louisiana Were Landed To Protect the National Treasury
Gen. Rodriguez
Agramonte
Congress
Bacon
Wisconsin revokes licenses of two fraternal groups
Insurance Commissioner Host in Madison announces the revocation of licenses for the National Protective Legion of Waverly New York and the Modern Protective Association of Sayre Pennsylvania. The action follows a state inspection finding the firms insecure and unlawful under Wisconsin law, with delays awaiting attorney general opinions.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
National Protective Legion of Waverly
N. Y
Modern Protective Association of
Sayre
Major Treat Orders Tenth Battalion Back From Michigan City
Major Charles G. Treat in command of the U S army Tenth battalion of artillery received orders to return to Fort Sheridan by train. The unit had marched from Fort Benjamin Harrison and camped at Michigan City for two weeks of target practice, with possible Cuban service speculated as the reason for the abrupt change. Major Trent fell ill earlier on the march and was hospitalized.
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Charles G. Treat
Tenth Battalion of Artillery
United States Army
Michigan City
Ind
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Trent
Plastering Underway in New High School Building
The first floor rooms are ready for plaster and plasterers will begin once the roof is papered to prevent leaks. Steam fitters are nearly finished with heating, radiators await floor placement, and plumbing work advances. Contractor Wagner expects completion by December 15, with January 1 as a backup date, and the school district praises his handling of the project.
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Wagner
Regulate Hazing at Wisconsin by Freshman Sophomore Plan
Madison Wisconsin September 29 President Charles R Van Hise proposed to freshmen and sophomores that hazing be abolished and an orderly discipline system replace it. He urged voluntary student action and suggested reporting extreme cases to a student advisory committee with a discipline subcommittee. He praised sophomore restraint and asked that victims not be shown at Chadbourne Hall.
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Madison
Wis
Charles R. van Hise
Wisconsin University
van Hise
Chadbourne Hall
Public Lecture Course Seeks Large Season Ticket Sale
Dates announced for a citizens lecture and entertainment course include Oct 12 L B Wicker Sham, Dec 7 Cincinnati Cremona Orchestra, Dec 15 Father Vaughan, Feb 25 Ash Davis, and Apr 1 Chicago Glee Club. Surplus funds may support a future lecture fund. Solicitations will begin soon with a $1.50 season ticket offering reserved seating.
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L. B. Wicker Sham
Cincinnati Cremona Orchestra
Father Vaughan
Ash Davis
Chicago Glee Club
Sale of J. J. Newman estate farm and Juda village property
The Newman estate farm in Spring Grove and Jefferson townships will be sold to the highest bidder on Thursday October 4 1906 at 1 pm at the farm located southeast of Juda on Sec 6 Spring Grove. The 400 acre property features a good house barn spring and running water with 30 acres timber 250 acres tilled and the rest meadow and pasture. It is billed as a top stock and dairy farm and will be sold in lots. Also on the same day Juda village properties owned by the Newman estate will be offered for sale.
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J. J. Newman
Spring Grove
Jefferson
Juta
Juda
J.J. Newman
Senator La Follette Takes Out Hunting License
Madison Wis Sept 27 Senator R M La Follette bought a resident hunting license contributing one dollar to the state hunting fund for fish and game protection He lives near Maple Bluff where he may hunt and perhaps take a trip north The license lists his blue eyes dark hair 165 pounds five feet six inches and 51 years old
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Madison
Wis
R. M. la Follette
Senator la Follette
Maple Bluff
Pimples Call for Immediate Treatment
An advertisement promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a quick remedy for pimples. It claims a clean, healthy body as the basis for clear skin and offers Tea or Tablets for 35 cents under A F Lichtenwalner.
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Hollister
A. F. Lichtenwalner
Clark and Timmons Fall and Winter Shoes Debut
Clark and Timmons announces a new fall and winter shoe line for men women and children now in stock at South Side Square Monroe. The store touts quality style workmanship and low prices as the season opens and invites 5 000 shoppers to inspect the collection.
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Monroe
Clark & Timmons
Reliable Shoe Dealers
South Side Square
The Edge of Kansas Blood Feud Ends in Duel
Edmund Compton recounts a border ruffian era feud from Topeka to Independence. After his northern family fell to vigilante violence, he saved his sister and fled with a younger child to southern hosts. Years later in Independence he confronted the killer in a street duel, killing him after delivering a taunting confession.
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Kansas
Topeka
Locomptor
Kansas River
Father
Bessie
Independence
Weekly Times The Woman's Exchange Cook Book
Acomplete culinary encyclopedia edited by Mrs Grace Townsend. Size 8x16 inches with 540 pages and over 1600 tested receipts plus household articles. Described as valuable for new and experienced housekeepers with clear print and durable binding in white oil cloth.
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Woman’s Exchange
Grace Townsend
Bond
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Green County Directory
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