Water Works Fight Over Electrolysis Destroys Pipes
The Peoria Water Works seeks an injunction against Peoria Electric Railway to stop using a single trolley wire, arguing escaping currents damage underground pipes. A special master found evidence supporting the claim, potentially forcing return conductors. case may set citywide precedent for electric streetcar return circuits.
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Marcy
Syatem
Chancery Court
Chicago
Peoria Water Works
Peoria Electric Railway Company
Prorla ‘Water Company
Ewater Company
Wingle
New York
Democratic Louisiana Senator McEnery Comment Reveals Southern Policy Stance
Fragmentary OCR notes quote a Louisiana Democrat Senator McEnery on Paria treaty expansion policy and his recent New Orleans remarks. The text references filiation channels and southern coast concerns as part of a broader political debate.
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Cimenetor McEnery
Louisiana
Paria
Amamtry
Sonmier McEnery
New Orleans
Justice Harlan and the Downes Case Note
The passage argues that Justice Harlan sided with the minority against the majority in Downes, noting the Madison Democrat omitted this point and asserting public trust in the Supreme Court remains strong despite perceived imperfections.
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Justice Harlan
Downes
Madison Democrat
Supreme Court
Milwaukee Sentinel Attacks Primary Law With Vice Charge
The Milwaukee Sentinel argues that anti–vice crusades and indictments in Minneapolis show the primary election law fails and that vice and crime rise under caucus and convention systems. It notes officers nominated under the law and asserts broader urban corruption trends across Chicago Milwaukee New York and other cities.
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Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Grand Jury
Chicago
New York
Cuba must accept Platt amendments as written by Congress
The Cuban constitutional convention rejected the Platt amendments in terms seen as evasive. Washington demands exact adoption of the congressional language, with Cuba’s act modified to align with the original act. The president will keep military control until Cuba complies, delaying its full republic formation.
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Cuba
Congress
Indigent Lawyer Shelter Idea Prompted by Folly
The piece humorously questions a plan to house indigent lawyers, noting public apathy toward lawyers' poverty. It references the Milwaukee Sentinel and mocks the term Pfisteria while wryly remarking on lynchings of families amid talk of holiday themes and weather.
Fragmented 19th Century Voices and Political Dissonance
A collage of clipped items. notes on advertising ethics in newspapers, misfit labored experiments, and eccentric quotes. It surveys Dr Rodermrand, a hotel scene, and wartime humor alongside editorials from the La Crosse Chronicle, Eau Claire Leader, and Antigo Republican. It laments party purism, praises governor La Follette, and previews a realignment in Wisconsin politics.
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Wisconsin
la Follette
Wausau Central
Love and Clover Winds in fading memories
A brief verse from Post Wheeler in New York Press recalls days and nights past with clover scents and echoes of a lost love. The poem reflects on memories of affection as time moves on under sun and sky, ending with gentle wistfulness for what once was.
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Post Wheeler
New York Press
Does the constitution follow the flag in new territories
Chicago Post analyzes the Porto Rico case and the question whether the constitution follows the flag to annexed and conquered territories. It notes a five to four judicial split, with Justices McKenna Shiraz Gray and White supporting that incorporation must come from Congress and that temporary governments imply limited constitutional reach.
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Supreme Court
United States
Justice Brown
McKenna
Shiraz
Gray
White
Congress
Constitutional Union
Porto Rico
Chicago Post
South Carolina Battle Between McLaurin and Tillman Eases
The article notes Governor McSweeney’s refusal to accept resignations of Senators McLaurin and Tillman. It suggests the planned clash between Peel faction leaders may end in peace or armed neutrality. The governor acts as peacemaker to avert possible bloodshed and domestic upheaval. Both senators are expected to accept counsel and withdraw resignations.
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South Carolina
McSweeney
McLaurin
Tillman
Peel
Democratic
Notable Punchlines From Historic Newspapers
A collage of witty exchanges from era newspapers features a pugilist challenging a loss, office hours quips, suburban digs, and a playful dialogue about engagements. Jokes cover reading faces, marriage asks, and milkman versus cow credit contrasts, reflecting light humor from varied papers.
Tramps Mecca House Gives Food Shelter in New York
New York’s Washington Square home known as the tramps Mecca offers food and shelter without questions or work. The landlady’s philanthropy extends to animals, feeding stray dogs cats horses and keeping birds and fish in aquariums. For twenty years the house has refused no applicant and avoids sermons or coercion.
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Washington Square
Mecca
New York
Latyere Home Project Shrouded by Missing Manager
Unease grows over a plan to fund a home for indigent lawyers in the state after the sudden disappearance of C. W. Gibson of Merrill, who led the Wehheme venture and negotiated a $1000 June 1 binding with the Scott residence. Reports of debts, a clouded property title, and a sister’s claim that Gibson died in another city circulate amid the unsettled affair.
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C. W. Gibaon
Merrill
We #hheme
Scott
Gibson
Bomee
Nome
Gibeon
Motorman’s conflicted mood over long hours and dope
In Philadelphia, a motorman vents about long hours and low pay. He laments the lure of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs, saying electric energy drives his work but leaves him feeling panhandler poor after shifts. He jokes the world taunts him and hints at contemplating quitting only if fired.
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Digby
Higby
Howe
Bigby
Scott
Whia State Journal
New York Telegraph
Jeary
Patrice
Yonkems Statesman
Ice Man
Lanka
Philadelphia
Startling chessboard wheat figure spreads across nations
A reader sent a puzzle about placing grains on a chessboard with doubling amounts per square. A mathematician reportedly calculated 9 523 371 692 bushels of wheat, assuming one million grains per bushel, enough to match U S production in 19 46 years.
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United States
Orchestra Leader Feuds Over Funeral March Prank
A Memphis Scim item recounts a prank where a Kansas City conductor, after a fire near a theater, mailed funeral matches from a pile of sheet music to a Nashville counterpart. The Nashville leader reportedly plays funeral marches at dances, with the joke remaining undiscovered.
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Kanaay City
Nashville
Kansas City
Memphis
Scima
Milwaukee Modern High School Building Erected in 1892
Article details the Milwaukee Modern High School at Highth Avenue and Lap ham Street, completed June 26, 1892, with total cost 89 539 78 and itemized expenditures for masonry cut stone work carpentry galvanizing slate painting steam heating and extras. It also notes Oshkosh approving 71 000 for a new structure with bids to open next week.
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Ae Hicks
Oshkosh Postoffica
Nec
Horthwesters
Preas
Tate
Northwastern
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
New York
Anager
Wisconeia
Oshkosh
Wiscon
Michigan
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Ita
Japplyrey
Moat
Chicago
The
North- Western
Dearborn Street
H. Anderson
Northwesternn
D. H. Anderson
No. Oalecourt
Whecontia Telephone Company
Highth Avenue
Lapham Street
Inspector's
Feas
Tees
Wisconsin's Nerve Governor Delivers Direct Primary Stand
The piece praises Governor La Follette for vetoing a weak Hagemeister primary bill, arguing his decisive stance strengthens direct primary reform nationwide. It notes machine politics resisted reform, compares to Oregon, and asserts the veto boosts public confidence in elected leaders who act independently. The Portland Oregonian editorial views him as a strong, autonomous leader shaping reform.
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Wisconsin
Tatesrman
Spooner
la Follette
Oregon
Ly. Pollette
Iia
Multnomah
Ta Follette
Portland Oregonian
Right Men in the Wrong Place and Local Ethics
A satirical vignette catalogs professions misfitting their roles from servant girls to Beechers, noting misaligned occupations and calls for reform. The article also reports an uptick in rattlesnakes in Buffalo County and hints at a pending panel of county law at the upcoming board meeting.
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Choatas
Websters
Beechers
Buffalo County
Dounly Law
Daly Thompson to build box factory at Grand Rapids
Daly and Thompson of Morrill plan a box factory at Grand Rapids Wisconsin, while Chicago and Northwestern Railway buys fifty acres on Sheboygan outskirts for a yard site under a year old option that matured Thursday.
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Daly & Thompson of
Morrill
Grand Rapids
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Sheboygan
Watertown Republican
Charles Pettibone
Oconomo
Northwestern Telephone Company
Ada
Franklin
Johnsonville
Plymouth
Campbellsport
Fox River Valley Telephone Company
Tustin
H Jonnson
Fporsipp
Mineral Point Bank Mbbery
Mineral Point
Chicago
Fond du Lac
Ripon
Jellett
T O
John H McCrory
Pinkertons
Hirmon Stevens
Brotinettown
D Gurnee
Appleton
Benjamin Pinder
Kenorha
Danial Brett
Green Bay
City Fe
Teraha
State Street
Brett
Lanas
Wodle
Campaign in South Carolina between two U S Senators
South Carolina faces a remarkable political campaign born from a personal quarrel between Senators Tillman and McLaurin. Tillman, a former governor who backed the dispensary liquor policy, supports Bryan and free silver, while McLaurin criticizes the Democratic party and calls for a new southern political organization as he outlines his three terms in Congress and current senatorial role.
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Senate
John L McLaurin
Congress
Earle
Tillman
Bryan
Free Silver
McLaurin
South
Herresa Wedding Present A 35 Acre Metuchen Farm
The Herrons received a farm gift of 35 acres at Metuchen New Jersey. A colony of socialist and anarchist artists and writers will occupy the land this summer under The Social Crusade. Dr Herron and several partners will run the operation growing potatoes and other produce.
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William T. Brown
Franklin H. Wentworth
Nerth & On
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Bell-Boy
la Crosse Chronicle
Rodermund
Robert Emmet
Dublin
Ireland
Shamrock
Eau Claire
David Rose
Bowses
David
Madison
David S. Hose
la Crosse
LaFollette
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Sentinel
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Aissuielon
Stainch
Menges
Latyere
Kuneral
Dauece Munlee
Portland Paper Computer
State News
Polly
Freddie
Gaffney
ArcLaurin
J Ohn L. McLaurin
Hutt
Benjamin Ri ‘Tilman
Benjamin K, Tilimes
Herresa
Goento
Valen
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